Sentences with phrase «raise questions about faith»

And while it's true that every branch of Christianity has been racked with scandal over the years, films like the Oscar - winning Spotlight and Netflix true crime series The Keepers do a much better job of creating compelling art that raises questions about faith and morality.

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The Pascals wager I always found a interesting hurdle for those not of Faith to overcome but the question you raised about the multiple Faiths.

CNN: Franklin Graham apologizes for questions Obama's faith commitment The Rev. Franklin Graham on Tuesday apologized for publicly raising questions about President Barack Obama's Christian faith, saying «I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr. Obama.»

As a new mom asking big questions about how we want to raise our son in the faith, I found this book incredibly helpful, because it starts so small.

(CNN)- The Rev. Franklin Graham on Tuesday apologized for publicly raising questions about President Barack Obama's Christian faith, saying «I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr. Obama.»

To commemorate the event and to help get the word out about Kent Annan's terrific book After Shock, I've shared some reflections with the Patheos Book Club about how disasters like these raise troubling questions about faith:

Questions also are raised about the identity of the church that plays such a major role in the Radical Orthodox account of history, about whether there is a doctrine of providence implicit in it, about the dismissal or ignoring of Protestantism, about the role of Jesus in its Christianity, about the role of Socrates in its Platonism, about its failure to engage with the challenge of modern scientific and technological developments, about how other faith traditions are related to this version of faith, and about whether this is a habitable orthodoxy for ordinary life.

My piece was not a «lament,» but essentially a defense of Pope Benedict (as was my brief follow - up here) against just the type of over-the-top criticisms cited elsewhere in Allen's article, even as I raised one respectful question about the pope's prudential decision not to meet with leading dissidents — a legitimate, good - faith debate among sincere Catholics.

If employing the suggested possibilities would actually help Ogden with his stated intention of being more adequate to the «objective» side of faith assertions about Jesus, and if these possibilities are inherent in the process philosophy which Ogden employs, the question raises itself as to why Ogden has not developed his position along the suggested lines.

I have a friend working toward a Ph.D. in English, and her coursework has raised quite a few questions about her faith.

Unless one bleaches the debate of its living doctrinal substance — and the Rav explicitly states that requiring men of faith to bracket their deepest experiences constitutes unacceptable censorship — it inevitably raises questions about atonement, justification, faith and works, and so on.

As is evident, these questions raise all sorts of fundamental issues for Christian theology: about God, about «revelation,» about the decisiveness of the event of Christ — and corresponding questions for members of each of the other faiths (e.g., how veridical or «absolute» in this context is the «higher level of consciousness» of the Buddhists?).

Because there were fewer people telling Christians to be quiet about their faith at work or hurling insults, we weren't ready for the objections and questions that were about to be raised by Dawkins and co..

First, one can raise questions about the freedom of the act of faith; one then situates the problem in the field of an essentially psychological or anthropological discussion.

Such a non-utilitarian faith does not undertake to show that in the Christian gospel we can find the solution to all the problems of human existence any more than that we can find in the Scriptures answers to all the questions we raise about the world of nature.

Since our position here raises questions about the «permissive» spirit in counseling, it is interesting to observe the way in which Erich Fromm treats this problem of whether life can be understood without faith in God.

Growing this new family was so central to the faith of the early Christians it no doubt raised questions about how to operate in a world where hierarchal boundaries were such a big part of the culture's sociopolitical dynamic.

This sparked an interesting conversation around the table about our own faith journeys and how they have changed course in recent years, which raised some interesting questions that I would like to pose to you:

But we can give information about the Christian faith, and the right questions can be raised.

The «Troeltschian» questions that I have raised — about historical and cultural relativity, about the relation of Christianity to other faiths, and about the relation of Christianity to the methods and findings of modern science — are not foreign to pastors and members of their congregations.

The fact of evil in the world and in human experience raises serious questions for any Christian discussion, as much about human existence as about the reality and activity of God who in Christian faith is affirmed to be nothing other than «pure unbounded love.»

According to Tickle, we are living through one of those pivotal times right now as changes related to biology (evolution), physics, psychology, higher criticism, and the Information Age raise serious questions about the Bible, religious pluralism, authority, and faith.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Bowling Green, Kentucky (CNN)-- Rand Paul's wife made a rare public speaking appearance Wednesday to blast Kentucky Democratic Senate nominee Jack Conway for raising questions about Paul's faith in a controversial television ad still on the airwaves.

I answered basic questions about myself, a few questions about my faith (what church I was raised in, how often I attend church), and what I'm looking for in a match.

But one could easily build on the questions raised in the film and have some very encouraging conversations about faith and the answers that God has provided to us through Jesus» life, death, and resurrection.

«Menashe» also gently raises a few questions about faith, change and conformity.

As Jason DeParle wrote in the Times's «Two Classes» story, an epidemic of single motherhood among the poor has created «a tidal surge of inequality» that has raised «questions about a core national faith, that even Americans of humble backgrounds have a good chance of getting ahead.»

Despite a lack of faith in the results of primary assessments, 64 per cent of secondary teachers said their school created ability sets by using KS2 data, raising further questions about the efficacy of ability groupings.

Not only is that extremely unprofessional, it also raises questions about her good faith, and indeed, I was not the only person who saw her responses to my questioning over at the Smart Bitches blog as indicating she either didn't have the answers, or didn't want to give them.

This noteworthy debut raises crucial questions about faith and humanity that are increasingly relevant in today's culture wars.

The Children of Atom are as fanatical as ever, raising serious doubts over humanity's ability to live independent of blind faith (those of you familiar with Stephen King's The Mist will notice striking similarities), and the leader of the synth colony wastes no time in posing some genuinely thought - provoking questions to the player about synths who may not even know that they are synths, even going so far as to make the player question his / her character's true identity.

She raises questions about the formation of empathy, the nature of mourning and tragedy, as well as the possibilities for faith and redemption.

The differing statements raised questions about whether the cities may have committed securities fraud, or if the lawsuits themselves were filed in bad faith.

It's a subject to which attorney and Sen. Barack Obama, D - Ill., raises an eyebrow in his latest weekly podcast: Once Obama's done raving about the White Sox, he archly questions why the Bush administration sought to place Roberts» Catholic religion in an untouchable category, while the president himself has been vouch safing Miers» faith.

The native title parties drew attention to a number of aspects of FMG's behaviour, raising two questions in particular about the obligation to negotiate in good faith: