Sentences with phrase «religious leaders often»

In addition, religious leaders often have the stature to advocate and negotiate with the most senior national decision - makers as countries make tough decisions on how to allocate scarce resources for health.

Fraudulent religious leaders often peddle false doctrine, but some of them also traffic in true doctrines by which they have not personally been transformed.

Not exact matches

If memory serves me correctly, the bible reports quite often when Christ was on Earth that he sat and ate with those condemned as sinners and he quite often, and openly, criticized the closed minded religious leaders of his day.

Church leaders maintained informal, often friendly, contacts with religious dissidents.

The helplessness that assails the grief - stricken often leads them to envisage the role of the religious leader in a symbolic aspect as the representative of God.

Every so often someone recognized as a religious leader will have an «aha moment» and writes an «our God is too small book;» but the sectarian religious tribalism never seems to go away.

These and subsequent «heresies» made leaders somewhat wary of unbridled religious experiences and often led them to discourage the use of some of the gifts of the Spirit.

In the face of such difficulties, liberal religious leaders have often presented themselves as a small prophetic remnant, despite the public's support for their causes.

The rhetoric of liberal religious leaders, unlike that of their conservative counterparts, has often questioned the value of America's distinctive cultural traditions.

Way too often it's the conservative Christians who seem to think that men are the only ones «qualified» to be religious leaders.

Those religious and political leaders which recognize this threat to their power often use the name of God in the attempt to destroy the Kingdom of God.

Men want to be leaders but problems in a marriage are often blamed on a women by many religious leaders - we aren't pretty enough, we don't give enough blow jobs blah blah blah.

Too often, self - righteous religious leaders use their power to promote actions that go against the core values of their religion and religious texts.

In a day when religious prophets and secular high priests often proclaim that political problems would quickly be swept aside if leaders trusted more to their common humanity, Mr. Lippmann shockingly asserts that modern - day seers and saints have remarkably little to offer by way of practical advice and specific guidance.

Often, as indicated in the story above, religious writings «sent from God» are the central tenant of these religious leaders, and provide them the «proof» they need to sway the masses.

At the same time interfaith organizations, often initially viewed with suspicion by religious leaders, have encouraged people of different religions to meet and get to know each other, in the hope that they can work together for peace and to uphold moral values.

While Fowler notes that black religious leaders are often willing to enter politics, the last thing the huge Baptist, Methodist, and Church of God in Christ denominations are is radical or revolutionary.

The overwhelming majority of religious leaders do not touch the subject and when they do, it is often to simply explain some complex interpretation.

Many Americans turn to religious leaders with questions about science and its implications, yet clergy members often have little exposure to science in their training.

Jeff Smith recently returned from a world tour, an endeavor most often associated with religious leaders or rock stars.

Friends do not usually provide the time and space for individuals to think about and explore their problems... Instead friends and relatives may jump in with premature advice, and inadvertently, discount their fears... Nonetheless, as noted above, people often solve their problems by talking to friends, relatives, co-workers, religious leaders, or some other confidant in their lives.

While often gifted in therapeutic triage, the religious leader is never a substitute for professionals who spend their careers working with individuals recovering from destructive partnerships, and those walking through a fiery divorce.