Sentences with phrase «role as communities of faith»

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This means that the lections, though similar in function to preaching, also have a distinctive role as the written record of the community of faith's common memories.

Thus, the common faith of early Christianity involved a considerable measure of agreement not only as to the significance of the event and the meaning of the community, but also as to the nature and role of the person: Jesus was Lord and Christ.

It must play a second and opposite role, as the place where the faith of the community can be tested against the faith of the individual.

Religion as the means of well - being for a community and thus for each individual, who has a role in that community, requires a common understanding between like - minded involving faith in a creed, obedience to a moral code set down in sacred Scriptures or participation in a cult.

A canonical approach, in Brevard Childs» words, «interprets the biblical text in relation to a community of faith and practice for whom it served a particular theological role as possessing divine authority.»

I still think you have so much to offer the greater community as a role of shepherd in the context of Christian community David... perhaps in a way that hasn't been explored by the way you expressed faith before.

In trying to develop upon the emphasis of Our Faith Story the most that OTWTL can affirm of the Church's role is this: «conversion is essentially a response to an encounter with Christ as truth mediated in the community of witness, that is the Church... (such that) we are «re-narrated» as we take on an identity which is conferred by grace.

If you find faith to play just as active role in a relationship as other interests, then Christian Matchmaker might be the tool you will grow fond of, it's a speed dating tool just for Christians, connecting free singles who believe into a community with ample dating and relationship opportunities.

Deborah Meier is responding to a writing prompt in Richard Elmore's new book: I Used to Think... And Now I Think... 1 In this book, 20 leading educators, researchers, and policy analysts individually reexamine their longstanding views on such school reform topics as community schools, inclusion, the role of unions, the effectiveness of turnaround strategies, and even their faith that any single public policy can make a difference in improving schools.

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