Sentences with phrase «open practice of faith»

Why do they work so hard to force such good people down, attacking the open practice of faith at high school football games or in public offices?

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Yet through all these diversities of phrasing — whether faith was thought of as a power - releasing confidence in God, or as selfcommitment to Christ that brought the divine Spirit into indwelling control of one's life, or as the power by which we apprehend the eternal and invisible even while living in the world of sense, or as the climactic vision of Christ as the Son of God which crowns our surrender to his attractiveness, or as assured conviction concerning great truths that underlie and constitute the gospel — always the enlargement and enrichment of faith was opening new meanings in the experience of fellowship with God and was influencing deeply both the idea and the practice of prayer.

When the doors to other cultures open, so do the doors to different ways of thinking of and practicing the faith.

I am convinced that it is by opening its mind, and conforming its practice, to the truth which Buber has perceived and so powerfully set forth that the Church can recover a fresh understanding of its own faith, and regain a real connection with the actual life of our time.

He will not lose sight of the ultimate issues of faith which he would bring before the other, but if he is to open the way to that faith he must practice a loyal, patient, and sacrificial acceptance of persons in their struggles.

Some Christians and theologians, open to the world of cultural and religious pluralism, fascinated by it and eager to experiment alternative ways of practicing their faith, are willing to go a second mile, a third mile, even any number of miles, with their new found friends and neighbors of other faiths.

Later describing himself as an atheist who is becoming more open - minded toward faith, Oswalt questions the widely - held practice of respecting other's beliefs and proceeds to attack those who vote against gay marriage amendments because «they like a book», equating the Bible with any old literature.

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their own.

After working in two separate immigration firms, she decided to take a leap of faith and open her own solo practice.

To be sure, Warner did praise each company for making «good faith efforts» in recent weeks to improve some of their practices — including their pledges to be more open about the political ads they permit and the sort of audiences that those ads target.

In November of 2010 I took a leap of faith, gave up a guaranteed salary and opened my own North Carolina law firm to devote my practice to resolving divorce, custody, alimony, property division and other family law issues outside of the courtroom.