Commenting on criticism surround the Virgin Birth, Very Rev Michael Sadgrove said: «He wasn't deconstructing the meaning of the Gospel, he wasn't in any way devaluing what the tradition has to
say about faith.
You need to stop lying (might want to check the Bible on that point) about what the President has
said about his faith, and learn a little about the non-Christian you're no doubt supporting.
You need to stop lying (might want to check the Bible on that point, Janice) about what the President has
said about his faith, and learn a little about the non-Christian you're no doubt supporting.
Today the minister is afraid that Mr. Jones may never come back if anything
he says about faith is ever questioned.
Also, don't worry about what other people
say about your faith, they don't determine your life.
In order to investigate the meaning to be attributed to «faith» as Jesus used it, we have to consider, in addition, the complex of
sayings about faith «moving mountains» or «uprooting trees».
Arguing that Islam is universal and comprehensive in its message («for all of life,» as Christians would
say about their faith), Ramadan offers European Muslims a fresh reading of Islamic sources to help them integrate faithfully into their pluralistic settings.
What does
that say about their faith and belief systems?
If this is the fruit of a faith system regarding the church, what is
it saying about that faith system?
One notable thing about 411dating.com is what the article
said about its Faith - based online dating feature.
Not exact matches
At least 24 of the 34 colleges and universities granted religious exemptions based on their beliefs
about gender identity also received waivers allowing them to discriminate against gay and lesbian students and employees, citing
faith - based prohibitions against homosexual sex, the Human Rights Campaign
said.
In the letter, the two also make a good
faith effort to answer what they
say are the 10 toughest questions they get asked
about their philanthropy.
The chaplain for the House
said a top aide to the House speaker had told him last month his departure had been requested in part because of a prayer
about the Republican tax law and because of his Catholic
faith.
«We partner with charitable and
faith - based groups in the communities,» Mills
said about FEMA's recovery efforts.
They
say they are committed to religious pluralism, yet in interviews all three expressed reservations
about allowing Mormons, Hari Krishnas, and missionaries of other alien
faiths to enter Ukraine.
What
about those that
say that their
faith compels them to love others and do good acts?
The funny thing
about people
saying their
faith isn't shaken is that these are the same people who will often look at other natural disasters in foreign countries and
say God is punishing these people, or that something bad happened because of some aspect of the culture that God disapproves of.
Thomas thinks that it is the discipline of metaphysics that asks questions
about the ultimate cause of existence of things, and, as he
says, «not only does
faith hold that there is creation, reason also demonstrates it» (In II Sent., dist.
it is not an act of
faith to
say «I do not know» when asked
about the origins of the universe.
For me, this was a great example of the idea in 1 Peter 3:15 where Peter
says to always be prepared when someone asks you
about the
faith you have.
But you can trust that other have seen him, you can trust what was written
about him, thus it take really takes
faith (evident demonstrations) to believe that Abraham existed because you honestly can't
say you met the guy in person, but you believe right along with millions of other people who have met him either, as a group we are convinced that he was real.
Making a judgement
about a
faith, be it Christianity or Islam, on the basis of a few extremists has
about the same logical errancy as
saying evolution is false because Hitler's murderous race purification rampage was fueled by his study of Darwin's theory, a truth written by Hitler himself.
A polemicist might well have salty things to
say about this abdication of moral principles that Christians have held since the earliest days of the
faith, but in Wilcox's mild and irenic diction the mainline churches are simply «accommodationist,» espousing what he calls a «Golden Rule Christianity» that honors tolerance, kindness, and social justice as paramount virtues.
«I know that some of you here feel that successive governments and local authorities have wanted to applaud all the good things that you do as Christians, but discourage you from speaking openly
about the
faith that motivates you,» she
said.
Others, not sure what to make of him» he was intellectual like their professors but more unembarrassed
about his
faith than were the pastors of their suburban parishes back home» probably created mental folders into which they copied various of his hard
sayings so they could return to all that, perhaps, when finals were over.
RELEVANT looks at the recent ban on burqas in France, and what that
says about religious liberty and how Christians should think
about different practices in different
faiths.
CNN: Convention's Mormon speakers expected to shed light on Romney's
faith life Mitt Romney is famously quiet
about his Mormon
faith, but his campaign has
said that some of Thursday's speakers at the Republican National Convention will shed light on the candidate's role in the church — and that Romney may open
about his
faith, too.
Instead of simply
saying «that's not the majority of us» or «we are a peaceful
faith,» how
about really condeming terrorist acts?
What do the Seer Stones of the Mormon
faith say about stem cell research or a woman's access to birth control?
I'm speaking
about my own
faith only: To become a Christian, it must be your own choice.No else can decide this life style for you.I know many in the past and present have thought raising a child under the Christian label will save them for hell but in actual reality, the choice is their own not their parents etc.This life (being Christian) goes deeper than just believing.You have to consider this yourself.Many today do not even consider Christ as their savior because they just believe what their church or family
says.
I share this to
say that it's assumed that others can actually see your
faith, and when they do, it's worth asking
about.
To paraphrase him, I'd
say: «That if I was ever sick in the hospital, if I was ever dying, that the last person I would ever want to see is some Harvard Divinity School professor wanting to talk to me
about faith or the depth of his spiritual life.»
Gogglebox vicar Kate Bottley
says her TV role has led to more conversations
about faith than any of her... More
Funny how Christians can
say whatever they want
about their
faith and how the other religions are wrong but atheists.
The Christian
faith has important things to
say about power and war and moral responsibility.
I cintend that the bible also calls us to do the same thing — it calls us to action and then
says when we have donr everything we can and there is nothing else we are to stand in
faith that it will work out — of course i paraphrase — but wht do people think all christians do is sit on their butts and pray and look pie eyed at the sky - this christian worked her butt of on the streets - and look at Mother Thresa - and other christians working for humanity all over the world - i think athiests have the wrong idea
about chtistians...
«When one gives up the Christian
faith,»
said Nietzsche
about those «English flatheads,» the Victorians, «one pulls the right to Christian morality out from under one's feet.»
i am not above stereotyping, however i did
say most monotheistict beliefs... some don't preach that they are the best, infact those that don't preach it ask that the followers go and learn
about other
faiths in order to better understand there own.
This particular item can perhaps be dismissed as an oddity, but its appearance underlines the more general point that the most important intellectual and institutional expressions of the Christian
faith, including Rome and Canterbury, have found almost nothing of value to
say about the current Middle East crises, and more generally
about the West's struggle against militant Islam and terrorism, and the terrifying possibilities now facing the entire civilized world.
Never once did she
say that their love for their family was a love for God, but had you ever taken the time to learn anything
about this
faith before you started complaining you would understand.
You're right I suppose, the bible doesn't
say anything
about how it should or shouldn't be taken seriously, I guess only non-fiction both has to show their bonafides in order to prove the validity of the material its presenting and not asking the reader to just go with it, or «have
faith it's right»....
If this is the case, then, given what Warfield
says about professionalization and
faith healing, it seems he does think that it introduces a Catholic view of the priesthood into Protestantism.
say what you wan't
about religion, but no country has outlasted the jewish
faith, the muslim
faith, or the christian
faith.
I SO appreciate your artwork, which
says so much
about your honest grappling with doubts
about faith, humanity and Christianity.
Only a rookie who knows nothing
about science would
say science takes away from
faith.
There is alot of debate out there
about Christians, but just forget that debate, and take it from me, a person who
says prayers, goes to church, has trouble destroying ants on the doorstep... this is how I would describe my
faith... its a country song, but give it a chance, its a good song.
Faith - based charity Marriage Care has backed the proposals, speaking on Premier's News Hour, chief executive, Mark Molden
said: «what this is
about is
saying, look; at a key moment where public services are in front of both expectant mother and expectant father let's give them some support at that crucial juncture to think
about their relationship, think
about how they might weather the inevitable storms that a new baby brings into a relation ship.
So, while we're at it what
about also providing proof that there is no such God who does not want to be made known but would rather have us develop our
faith in
said God.
One thing to think
about with religion is that, if they
say they are actively professing in a certain
faith, it would stand to reason there would be more regularity as to their activities in that
faith.
And it may be for some people and you are correct in
saying that many great scientists were men of
faith, but they also were very private
about it.