Sentences with phrase «questions about grace»

In this perspective, questions about grace and righteousness take on new urgency.

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Hillary, on the other hand, parried an uncomfortable question about her perceived shortcomings with grace, good humor, and even charm.

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«If it were only grace, making all earthly things cease to matter, God would still owe us an answer to the question about justice — the crucial question that we ask of history and of God.

And I wanted to introduce the topic through a series of questions, precisely because questions are about as far as I can go with this topic without tripping up on my own failed attempts to establish guiding principles or rules about how to engage other people with wisdom, conviction, and grace online.

If you do not hear this question when you teach about grace, you are probably not teaching grace.

The question is if it is all about grace and belief in jesus christ whatever, why would you even need to bother with the whole silly old testament nonsense that make the bible so laughable?

It's Peter Selby's re-issued Grace and Mortgage and it asks profound questions about what our message is to a culture in bondage by debt, who Jesus is for this culture, and with whom we are called to stand in solidarity.

Over at iMonk last week, Chaplain Mike wrote a lovely post about how, after a period of wandering through the denominational wilderness, he found a home in an ELCA Lutheran church «with a simple liturgy, wonderful music, a healthy and grounded pastor, a hospitable congregation, and an emphasis on Christ, grace, vocation, and other Lutheran essentials that answered questions I had been turning over in my mind for years in my evangelical settings.»

Hutchinson, a mother of 15 children, dared to challenge the male Calvinist clergy about whether they were being true to their theological convictions on questions of grace.

We look for ways to reveal the scandalous grace of God to the world, raising questions about justice, righteousness, forgiveness, and love.

Helen, I've been thinking about your statement about grace being necessary due to how we frame the question about human goodness.

All the serious questions about power and colonialism are graced with an enthralling visual style, a warm sense of humor and moments of tenderness that feel so human they'll make you cry.

But, I question what the fuss is about that we have no new Flannery O'Connors, when the old O'Connors, the Catholic writers of an earlier day, seem to have gained popular attention largely by giving a slightly Catholic accent to the conventions of existentialism rather than offering a vision of the world that really captured its intelligible and lovable quality — one that prepares us, as Beatrice prepared Dante, to enter into the presence of grace.

Sadly these misunderstandings about nature and grace distort people's understanding of Christian life, raising questions such as: Is grace at odds with our humanity?

In addition to this excellent post from Laura, I hope you will jump over to Zack Hoag's blog, where he raises some good questions about Sovereign Grace Ministries and the Counseling Cliff.

So when Jesus says that we must be born of Water and Spirit, and if you believe and are baptized you will be saved, I agree with you that in a strict sense God does the saving and we need only immerse (baptize) ourselves in the grace he offers us, I believe that the statement Jesus made about marriage to be applicable, «Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate» and echo Peter's rhetorical question, «Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water?

Yes, the ultimate question about forgiveness, grace, mercy on the one side, and justice on the other.

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

There were questions about the papacy and apostolic succession, about sin and grace, about the authority of Scripture and tradition.

Grace, as sweet as you sound, it is abundantly clear to me that you are not serious about learning the answer to your question.

The reply to all these questions is that in a measure at least all of these things have been done in this year of grace 1925 at the beautiful city of Stockholm, when seven hundred delegates from all about the world met to consider the problems of life and work which confront the Christian Church.

We are now if full fall mode, where roasts are more likely to grace your dinner table, and if you have any questions or just want to learn more about it — check out their Facebook page today where they will be talking about how to pick roasts out, how to cook them, etc..

Source: Questions About Growing Families International, Grace Church and Gary Ezzo

Many girls have been looked down on in church because of something they've done, so McLoughlin waits for them to ask questions to have teachable moments about God's grace.

«Gordon Brown was dragged into the Westminster expenses row last night after questions were raised about his claims for more than # 100,000 in second - home allowances despite having two grace - and - favour properties.»

South Africa has granted diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe, allowing her to leave the country without answering questions about an assault allegation.

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The movie ends on a grace note that doesn't quite answer the question, but gives us plenty to think about as we mosey home afterward.

The grace with which Lelio hints at questions about Orlando and Marina is compelling, and the manner in which the filmmaker begins to address the couple's status is gratifyingly direct and tender.

It varied from broad comedy with Hugh Travers» The Players, a black comedy about ex-IRA members who join an amateur drama group; to Anne Marie Casey and Joseph O'Connor's biopic Grace 1916, the story of Grace Gifford, an artist and icon of a revolution; Jasmina Kallay's alternate history Das Irland that asks the question «what if promised German help had materialised in 1916?»

That question is somewhat complicated, because there are very good things about it — Chloë Grace Moretz's fantastic as a foulmouthed twelve - year - old version of the Punisher, with some Jackie Chan thrown in, and so is «lead» Aaron Johnson, who manages not to look like he's lost the movie he's top - lining to every single other cast member, whether it's Moretz, Nic Cage, Christopher Mintz - Plasse (whose squinty nerd thing, identical to Superbad, is just annoying here) or Mark Strong, even though he does at one point or another in the film.

When Grace asks Evans some tough questions about life, both are impressive, but she goes above and beyond.

With the same grace and thoughtfulness displayed in her novel, Benton answers questions about women's reproductive rights, then and now, the Quaker faith and the power of motherhood.

There was a sense that Amazon was trying to railroad publishers in a certain direction and in a certain fashion, which would not have played out too well for authors or readers, and this gives a period of grace to work out how to tackle some of the big questions about publishing's transition to digital.»

My question is that after learning about all this, do you know of any grace period that would allow us to cancel with the new servicing company or would you happen to have any advice to maybe get out of this?

With The Sound of Silence, Alfredo Jaar uses remarkable force, grace, and economy to highlight a complex set of ethical and personal questions about the act of looking and the responsibilities that follow.

Joan of Arc's famous response to the trick question she was asked about whether she was in God's grace: «If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

Questions Every Judge and Lawyer Should Ask About Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System Osofsky, Maze, Lederman, Grace, & Dicker (2002) View Abstract Issues that should be addressed by judges, attorneys, child advocates, and child welfare professionals when making decisions about the placement of infants of toddlers in foster About Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System Osofsky, Maze, Lederman, Grace, & Dicker (2002) View Abstract Issues that should be addressed by judges, attorneys, child advocates, and child welfare professionals when making decisions about the placement of infants of toddlers in foster about the placement of infants of toddlers in foster care.