Sentences with phrase «on spiritual things»

V. 38 Paul states that if one doesn't acknowledge his teaching as authoritative, then that person should be considered as one having no authority to speak on spiritual things (he has in mind false teachers or church rebels who would oppose his teaching).

If we think on spiritual things we won't yield to the flesh and sin, which leads to death.

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and while scientists take on a technical arrogance of thinking that through the power of their own intellect, they can know and explain all things, not knowing how blind they are to the unseen world; religionists on the other hand do have a corresponding spiritual arrogance.

And this sort of thing does not matter any more because the kingdom is not of this world, and it does not matter if you worship on Mount Gerizim, or on Mount Zion, as long as all nations come to the spiritual Mt. Zion, the kingdom that has no end.

Now the pressures of the sexual revolution are tempting the Church to loosen her claim on the bodily act that Scripture consistently treats as most deeply implicated in spiritual things — sex.

@fimeilleur actually i can back up the claims i make both personally and historically, one example Abraham, Machpelah (actual location of his tomb and remains along with 5 others in Israel right where they are supposed to be) Kedorlaomer king of Elam, (defeated by Abraham and recently discovered) it is said Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.More than that Abraham saw God and spoke with Him, not the god you are on about that men use to justify their evil intent, but the God who has created all things, the God that no one especially you can not contain.Ignorance is your choice but that will not negate the existence of God in any way.No one that i am aware of has all the answers at this point regarding spiritual things, evolution or evilution there are areas God has not yet revealed to mankind but every day more is discovered.I find it amazing that God is big enough to share discovery even with those who would reject Him.

Prayer should not be all about receiving things and good things happening, it should also be about connecting to «the higher power» on a spiritual level and providing sustenance for your soul.

Michael «As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»

I didn't mean accountability in a negative sense... it was more like «back - up», checking things out, having a spiritual director, someone who is able to offer advice (which may mean questioning and challenging on occasion).

As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.

And I think this whole legal / spiritual wife thing is such a good idea I want you to keep on being the theologian - in - residence at my church, and I'll help you convince other people that your legal wife is crazy so you should have a spiritual wife instead.»

«Male and female he created them» is not merely a statement from Scripture but a reflection on the physical and spiritual reality of things, and in the modern era we are coming to understand just how very interesting it is that we are male and female, how different and complementary we are, howsignificant this might be, and how much we need to study and reflect on it.

Each of us needs different things at different times on their spiritual journey.

It is not by making themselves more material, relying solely on physical contacts, but by making themselves more spiritual in the embrace of God that things draw closer to each other and, following their invincible natural bent, end by becoming, all of them together, one.

Or, if you can, it is a very very difficult thing to do... (Not Even the Rain, on Spengler's Forum) The spiritual man is able to endure a duplication in himself; by his understanding he is able....

The idea that we are not human beings on a spiritual journey, but instead spiritual beings on a human journey, and we can sense and know all kinds of things about God through Jesus.

These spiritual practices help me focus in on the things that concern my heart and emotions to level things out.

There is a wide range of spiritual practices that one might do on their own that does not include believing in any of the things you mentioned.

The language of spiritual affectivity they often hear from the pulpit sounds like meaningless mumbo - jumbo to a person more used to reading a technical manual or, worse, more used to figuring things out on their own.

«Maybe they've never even had spiritual things on their radar before.

Butler shows how in the early national period, as the line of distinction between religion and the civil authorities («separation of church and state») developed and the citizenry relied ever less on the government for things spiritual or ecclesiastical, church life prospered.

Are there things going on in your church that are hazardous to your mental health, your intellectual growth, your emotional well - being, you spiritual journey?

If this whole thing turns into a personal «spiritual» journey, then it will end up everywhere... and more than likely not focused on, or anchored in Christ and His gospel.

This is a good thing, as Martha Stewart used to say, and as I've always been a bit of a loner, it suits me to make my own decisions on spiritual matters.

For some reason, when people read the Bible, they tend to put on spiritual - colored glasses so that words which mean one thing in any other context mean something completely different when read in the Bible.

Nothing Paul wrote shows his great gifts as a pastor more clearly than these letters, and his words on spiritual gifts in I Corinthians 12 and 13 and his ode to immortality in I Corinthians 15 are among the finest things in all literature.

I don't consider myself «postmodern» or «emerging» but most of the postmodern / emerging philosophy and theology I have read is a reaction against a modern philosophy and theology which overemphasized «the many» (the human ability to figure things out on our own), and as a result, is not too humanistic, but is almost excessively spiritual.

The terrifying thing about such a system was the arrogance implicit in the evaluation of unique spiritual beings on the basis of some predetermined, often shallowly conceived quality control.

Some how it's felt that values, morals, virtues are not there in a secular world only faceless solid lifeless laws of men rather than what has been relayed by Holy books that calls for good deeds and reject bad deeds and to build a faithful societies, communities, nations since communications among nations or even among the nations of mixed cultures and beliefs... Laws or God and universe are to be prepared by some thing that is equivalent to UN but built on nations beliefs to achieve the code of understanding among nations but as can see now it is build on groundless bases if not of words of God to faiths... in addition to those non spiritual secular beliefs to make decisions of faith but at the moment the secular world make and take the decisions while the beliefs and faiths has to pay for it when it becomes a war between all faiths or religions outside your world, it would become back into your inside among the mixed culture and beliefs of the nation or nations under one country flag...!

I don't think the Pope was challenging governments to change philosophy, but is merely calling on his followers to re-prioritize their lives from money and material things to spiritual wealth.

On all levels, the things that make for positive mental and spiritual health should be a prominent concern in the church school.

The ethical framework for biological science must be based on the same principles of truth and meaning by which we as Christians judge all things, material and spiritual.

In it I want to do three things: firstly, to overview Roman Catholic positions on the spiritual soul, secondly to mention some of the reasons for the present virtual silence about the soul and, thirdly, to provide the beginning of a positive argument for the human soul.

Republicans should be happy to learn this Truth that has brought America to the state of Light for Obama to pick on it.One thing good about American Democracy is it is «truly participating» and lasting with lessons for others to follow in modernity to tap blue horizons of life.Those blue horizons just do not end in economics that has many minds to tap the financial barometer of the country self educative in working of its affluent class and ordinary class both domestically and internationally relating to perfection with budgeting of money in economic plans that have been existing and are in the process to move charismatically with a tide over where bipartisan element also comes into play well integrated to test the mettle of the top leader of the country who has to stand over the continuous democratic element evolving of the country both in economic as well as inherently in spiritual terms for the good of the people at large mixing with the culture of exchange that has humanity behind it to survive??

Faith seems to be something on the spiritual side of things.

For example, despite his insistence that what he does is different than what goes on in an Institutional Church, he still describes a group of people who sit in chairs arranged in a square, sing some songs from a book, and talk about spiritual things.

Furthermore, a metaphysical outlook, being other - worldly, is unable to show the modem world a Christian outlook which values the things of earth and sees the world as in process of spiritual redemption and transformation and presents salvation as taking place here on earth.

«The Bling Thing» indicates a high level position on the materialism graph, and as such seems a little out of «sinc» for supposedly «spiritual» people.

And to be honest, we TRUELY religious people are cherry - pickers of bible because we only follow whatever good things and examples written on it that would strenghten us and improve our lives both in spiritual and temporal aspects.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

But don't assume that this building has the market cornered on any of those things, and don't cheapen the spiritual journey of those outside of the building, by acting as if everything found there can not also be found beyond it.

However, I also believe that we are all on a spiritual journey and God deals with «wrong things» at a different pace (and order) for each person.

According to what he calls the «first degree of humility,» which is the lowest degree necessary to attain salvation, it is incumbent upon the Christian «to obey the law of God our Lord in all things, so that not even were I made lord of all creation, or to save my life here on earth, would I consent to violate a commandment, whether divine or human, that binds me under pain of mortal sin» (Spiritual Exercises # 165).

on touchy or difficult topics, trying to listen and understand while wanting to be heard and understood, not to mention our differences in denominational / spiritual / cultural backgrounds — all things considered I think we do alright.

And Luther laughed at advisers, medical and spiritual: «Whatever one does in the world is wrong... One physician advises me to bathe my feet at bedtime, another before dinner, a third in the morning, a fourth at noon... So it is in other things: if I speak I am thought turbulent, if I keep silence I am thought to spit on the cross.

We're about halfway through the season of Lent, so for those of you fasting or focusing on a particular spiritual discipline, things might be getting tough.

As touched on in our current editorial the transcendent orientation towards higher unities of all physical things is mirrored in the artefacts of man, which are, in as much as these things are «real» things, directly relative to the spiritual minds of men.

In his sermon «Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness ``, he bluntly claimed, «I think, when a man says, «I never doubt,» it is quite time for us to doubt him, it is quite time for us to begin to say, «Ah, poor soul, I am afraid you are not on the road at all, for if you were, you would see so many things in yourself, and so much glory in Christ more than you deserve, that you would be so much ashamed of yourself, as even to say, «It is too good to be true.»»

Sometimes, God does not permit some to move on to maturity and deeper spiritual truths until they have learned, grasped or accomplished certain things that he had for them.

No one could, for instance, no matter how fine his eyesight or physical coordination, hit a major - league pitch with a cylindrical bat if there were not some prior attunement on his part to the subtle spiritual force that flows through all things, a sort of Zen cultivation of the mindless mind, in which the impossible is accomplished because it somehow simply accomplishes itself in us.