Sentences with phrase «response by religious leaders»

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«Outrage and panic are not the responses of those confident in the promises of a reigning Christ Jesus,» read a joint statement organized by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and signed by more than 100 evangelical leaders, including David Platt, J. I. Packer, Richard Mouw, Jim Daly, Al Mohler, and Ron Sider.

Pittenger also discriminates among the various kinds of response to Jesus: rejection «by the authorities of Church and State,» «puzzlement on the part of local religious leaders,» «the acceptance of the common people who heard him gladly,» and «the utter loyalty and devotion found in the circle of his disciples» (CR 76f).

A hundred Christian religious leaders from Broward County gathered at a Pompano Beach church Thursday to pray for the victims of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and to also pray for Broward Sheriff Scott Israel, who they said is under attack by elected officials who have criticized the agency's allegedly delayed responses to the shooter when 17 died.