Sentences with phrase «saving efficacy of»

John Calvin's insistence on the saving efficacy of Christ alone, apart from any human work, touches the souls of young achievers trying to climb the career ladder.

, etc.): «Faith in the resurrection is really the same thing as faith in the saving efficacy of the cross.»

Moreover, Bultmann is quite right in maintaining that the saving efficacy of an historical event can be apprehended only when that event is experienced as something which happened pro me.

(Jeremiah 15:15) Moreover, the saving efficacy of good lives in a community had been an implicit corollary of the old sense of social solidarity, as is picturesquely evidenced in Yahweh's consent to Abraham's argument that if there were even ten good men in Sodom it should not be destroyed.

«The resurrection is not a mythological event adduced in order to prove the saving efficacy of the cross, but an article of faith just as much as the meaning of the cross itself....

Indeed, faith in the resurrection is really the same thing as faith in the saving efficacy of the cross.»

In some theological circles there has been much criticism, and even consternation, occasioned by the now famous dictum of Rudolf Bultmann, «Indeed, faith in the resurrection is really the same thing as faith in the saving efficacy of the cross.»

The saving efficacy of the cross is not derived from the fact that it is the cross of Christ: it is the cross of Christ because it has this saving efficacy.

In this way the resurrection is not a mythological event adduced in order to prove the saving efficacy of the cross, but an article of faith just as much as the meaning of the cross itself.

How do we come to believe in the saving efficacy of the cross?

Indeed, faith in the resurrection is really the same thing as faith in the saving efficacy of the cross, faith in the cross as the cross of Christ.

Not exact matches

In recognizing the catalysts behind the public's persistence to save and reluctance to spend, additional analysis by policymakers should focus on the efficacy of further rate cuts on spending and investment, as well as potential «roundabout» benefits of a more normal rates regime to affirm support toward the public's saving objectives, with the end goal of boosting public's risk sentiment and perceptions of future economic stability.

Similarly the word of God is not some mysterious oracle, but a sober, factual account of a human life, of Jesus of Nazareth, possessing saving efficacy for man.

For despite the interconnection of all the elements we must distinguish between the one saving act of Christ which is made present in the liturgy (though its efficacy is not restricted to this presence) and the external sacramental action as such.

Entrance to the community was by a rite of baptism, probably modelled on John's baptism but with the additional invocation of Jesus» name, whose saving power was shown by its efficacy in healing (Acts 3:6).

A staunch Puritan, Baxter could not suppose that the salvation of pagans nullifies the need for atonement; it must mean, rather, that the efficacy of Christ's saving work extends to some, at least, who have never heard of him.

The word of God is not a mysterious oracle, but a sober, factual account of a human life, and this word, it is claimed, possesses saving efficacy for man.»

The leaders in this faith have had an intuitive belief in the all - saving power of healthy - minded attitudes as such, in the conquering efficacy of courage, hope, and trust, and a correlative contempt for doubt, fear, worry, and all nervously precautionary states of mind.

The efficacy of the face - saving response items in nineteen different contexts.»

For equilibrium efficacies, I show estimates both from the raw data (save for iRF), and with the ocean heat uptake ΔQ divided by 0.86 to estimate the full TOA imbalance ΔN and the GISS - E2 - R equilibrium climate sensitivity of 2.3 °C replaced by its effective climate sensitivity, taken as 2.0 °C.