Sentences with phrase «practicing at a faith»

«I am a US Navy veteran practicing at a faith based practice, Genesis Counseling of Fort Myers.

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Nevertheless, this current situation described earlier makes us reflect, and, as pastors, we are worried about the fact that many people who contract marriage are formally Christians, since they have received baptism, but are not practicing the Christian faith at all; not just liturgically, but also existentially.

RELEVANT looks at the recent ban on burqas in France, and what that says about religious liberty and how Christians should think about different practices in different faiths.

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?

some of you atheists are still talking... I can hear you... the little patter of your heart as it increases in rate because you are so ticked off at those mean «ol believers whom you hate so much you just have to put all your time into the CNN posts dealing with faith and God... You are so predictable... blather on without me though, I have to go get my sons from practice, so you will have to spew your hate on those left behind... Merry Christmas!

The «central thesis» of The Arrogance of Faith, he announces at the book's outset, «is that Christianity, in the five centuries since its message was first carried to the peoples of the New World... has been fundamentally racist in its ideology, organization, and practice.»

But for many who checked the Catholic box on the questionnaire, says Miscamble, «the practice of the faith appears nominal at best.»

I feel really sorry for the lady, I deeply and truly respect her faith in her religion, however at the same time I reject any religion or practice which prohibits a woman to look beautiful... God made woman beautiful and they have all the rights to look beautiful... I believe she is cutting her nails for the same reason she has all the rights to get her facial hairs remove... but I know she wont do that..

Furthermore the West is yet Christian, in so far Christians are not persecuted at least and they are allowed to practice their faith.

None of htese morons is qualified for the job, so sometimes looking at how they practice their faith is a good indicator of trying to do good and be humble rather than an elected screwup know - it - all.

In fact, the 29 - year - old Lumberton resident doesn't call himself by any of the 12 faiths he practiced for a month at a time last year.

The faith has absorbed some Christian teachings as well, but peyote remains at the heart of its theology and practice.

From Kylie: To what degree do each of you integrate the nuances of the other's faith into your own practice (if at all?)

«The faith of the prayer - giver does not matter at all,» said John Auberger, Greece's board supervisor, who began the practice shortly after taking office 1998.

Over and over we hear that those of faith should practice our Faith at faith should practice our Faith at Faith at home.

Yes, there are precise religious practices spanning many volumes in Judaism and in the statements of faith and conduct in Christianity, but at their fundamental core is the instance by God that they should bring life.»

At the school Mass, pupils will be marshalled up to Holy Communion without any reference to their practice of the faith.

Judge not, lest ye be judged» I will continue to practice my faith, attend Mass, work at homeless shelters, administer Holy Communion to those who aren't able to leave their homes; I will NOT support the pro-egg stance of the Holy Roman Church, however.

Such differences were denied by the participants in these parishes who, if they countenanced distinctions at all, would confine them to matters of practice (worship patterns, frequency of Scripture reading, baptism) and not faith.

At our last meeting we were discussing ways to ultimately bring forth the destruction of Christianity when I realized how could we possibly live without the Christian faith and those who «practice» it.

I don't claim that every Christian practices unbiased love, but at least through faith in Jesus he would be able to do that.

I'm ready to see the same type of article written about Romney & Mormonism... if you are going to question if a candidate is «the right or wrong» kind of Christian, I believe a great number of the Christian Right would be stunned at some of the practices & beliefs of the Mormon faith.

Both English and Syrian Christian missionaries felt disappointed at the continuation of pre-Christian religio - cultural practices among the converts.54 The Provincial Council of the CMS in Travancore, which consisted of both missionaries and Syrian Christian priests, formally discussed this issue and concluded that the Pulaya Christians were «not well established in the faith.»

See, that is the case here, at least for me, how do Christians practice their faith, is it as a true belief in a Christ, or as a sword to condemn and chop away at those who do not believe as they do?

On the other hand, the presence of religious leaders and the prevalence of religious practices at the colleges allow students to discover or rediscover faith in ways that inspire them to practice it.

At last they were in a land where they could practice their faith to the fullest and live their lives as Englishmen.

At its best, this new concern with the spiritual life reflects a laudable desire to make Christian faith a matter of the heart no less than the head, a discipline of devotional practices rather than a repetition of doctrinal propositions.

From the extreme left who argue that the decline of Catholic faith and practice is due to the reactionary and intransigent leadership of an over centralised Roman bureaucracy, to the extreme right who argue that the same phenomenon is caused by the left wing leanings and excessive tolerance of the same bureaucracy in the face of a liberal ideology at variance with the true faith.

Faith practices begin to feel useless, at times empty, alienating, and even inauthentic.

We do also practice tradition, not as tenants of our faith though.Tradition at our house holds that the birthday person picks the meal, it also includes giving gifts at christmas.Not because it was created the same day as a pagan holiday, but because it is a family tradition.

You feel your faith (your practices, images, words, understandings) dissipating, and yet at the same time you have to admit, somehow your faith persists.

Under the sway of this feeling, large numbers of Catholics lead a double or crippled life in practice; they have to step out of their human dress so as to have faith in themselves as Christians — and inferior Christians at that.8

The Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith, based at Valparaiso University in Indiana, has been encouraging people to think about and live the communal practices that form Christian existence.

Part of me wonders if our resistance to telling the story is our lack of confidence in recognizing that just because Christians practice the faith incorrectly and inappropriately at times doesn't mean Christianity is false.

Only practicing Protestants (those who identify as Protestant, attend church at least once a month, and say their faith is very important to them) thought the Bible was especially needed this year: 86 percent said politicians would be more civil if they read their Bible regularly, up from 81 percent in 2015.

It also has an excellent appendix that looks at Catholic Prayers in an attempt to further bolster the link between faith learning and faith practice.

It is undoubtedly true that the «complete and total devotion to God», of which their letter speaks as being at the heart of Islam, is, on its own terms, an impressive feature of their faith and practice, from which we can learn.

Today many voices call for organizational Church union at the expense of doctrine and practice (faith and order).

Billboards will not upset the religious one's knowing only the weak one's will move out behind it... at least that will filter out hypocrites from their communities... Normally youth do start as non practicing to their religions as atheists or agnostics but there is a time or an exprianced moments come in to their life when they start to become into practicing and stronger in faith...

Iraq is a big land and has many bordering countries and a population of many Races, and many Religions and Faiths that were known or unknown beliefs... all of those lived in harmony during S - adam regime and every body was practicing his rights with out fear or with just a little fear But now having messed up the whole setup and the control of this mixed nation that were under a secular umbrella has cleverly for some ended it to be handed to Religious extremes at all sides of borders who are now fighting each other for taking control over the country or having it divided in to pieces.

Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess; once we begin to think of our faith in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or procedural transparency or proper leadership roles or managerial responsibilities and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or current and accurate and relevant identity / purpose / vision / mission statements or strategic and tactical plans or valid and useful performance metrics — at that point, we have become money changers and temple authorities, we have deformed from a community into an industry that requires exclusionary individualism.

In 1979, a consultation «inaugurated» by the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, which was held at Louisville, Kentucky, at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, brought together representatives of the paedo - baptist and believer - baptist traditions «to reflect on some kind of consensus in the understanding and practice of baptism.»

You know what Omid, the mullahs do not wish to recognize Bahais at the same time they feel jealous that bahias have a pacific pilgrimage to Israel and they can practice their faith there and visit theri holy shrine.

Craig Dykstra is vice president for religion at the Lilly Endowment, Inc., and author of Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practice.

The Barners are also practicing Pagans — a faith often ill at ease with military culture.

Well, yes, but that rather misses the whole point at issue, which is that the ban on contraception has created a crisis of conscience among Catholics who on every other point of faith and morality are obedient servants of the Church but who, as I put it, «find themselves unable to conform their beliefs or practices to Humanae Vitae.»

Religious players are pretty common in the league, but for many of these players, they live out their lives and faiths together — going as far as being baptized by a teammate in the team's recovery pool at the practice facility.

Practicing means respondents who self - identify as Christian, say their faith is important to them, and attend worship services at least once a month.)

At this time in its history, Israel practiced proselyte baptism — that is, gentile converts had to be bathed as a sign of radical change, purity in the new faith and birth into the people of Israel.

We have found that this process creates wonderful spaces our family to further explore our Christian faith by examining and practicing at least one of the traditions that the first Christian converts themselves practiced.