Not exact matches
Before
signing up
with the anti-Victorians, however, you must read Gertrude Himmelfarb's latest collection
of essays, The De-moralization
of Society (Knopf), for an account
of just how strong and long - lasting those Victorian virtues were - even in an era
of declining
faith.
Can say that I believe in every thing that you disbelief
of when it comes to the Creator and the Creation
of universe, life and guidance, God has given me hearing, seeing, thinking and heart feelings to see and experience
signs and small miracles to have
faith in him and continue
with good deeds I was told
of in his Holy Book although am not perfect at that but nothing to lose but contrary to that there are more to gain in life and life after... For those disbelievers they lose their senses by being locked and blocked from such experiences... It is all about souls as verses speak for them selves;
It wasn't the summer that brought an end to my doubt, but it was the summer I encountered a different Jesus, a Jesus who requires more from me than intellectual assent and emotional allegiance; a Jesus who associated
with sinners and infuriated the religious; a Jesus who broke the rules and refused to cast the first stone; a Jesus who gravitated toward sick people and crazy people, homeless people and hopeless people; a Jesus who preferred story to exposition and metaphor to syllogism; a Jesus who answered questions
with more questions, and demands for proof
with demands for
faith... a Jesus who healed each person differently and saved each person differently; a Jesus who had no list
of beliefs to check off, no doctrinal statements to
sign, no surefire way to tell who was «in» and who was «out»; a Jesus who loved after being betrayed, healed after being hurt, and forgave while being nailed to a tree; a Jesus who asked his disciples to do the same...
There are also
signs of a new dawn, as people
of faith are renewed in their spiritual life and engage more actively
with the problems and suffering
of the world.
The mentality that Rauschenbusch deployed to seduce his readers — the turn away from troubling debates about doctrine, the shift from personal salvation to social reform, and the reassurance that progressive disdain for traditional religion was in fact a
sign of a more authentic and scientific
faith — provided a way to remain Christian while setting aside whatever seems incompatible
with modern life.
He wanted to avoid the life
of faith by moving from one sure
sign to another, just as the learner - swimmer wants to move through the pool
with his hand on one rail after another.
Former Archbishop
of Canterbury Rowan Williams and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins have
signed a letter in the Daily Telegraph along
with over 60 others, arguing that the cap on the number
of religious students at
faith schools should stay.
Unfortunately, in the Western Church, after the substitution
of «right beliefs» for «works» or «fruits
of the Spirit» as the
sign of authentic
faith by in classical Protestantism and the Enlightenment's emphasis on a reductionistic understanding
of reason based solely on empirical logic,
faith became confused
with orthodox theological beliefs.
New texts on systematic theologies, along
with new dictionaries, encyclopedias and biblical commentaries, are significant
signs of efforts at retrieving the
faith and «getting it all together.»
Jews who view
with alarm the
signs of Christian revival do so because, Kristol says, they incorrectly believe that if and when Christians embrace their own
faith with greater fervor, this will be harmful to the Jews.
The honeymoon, that is, between the now enfeebled and increasingly remote souls who for over a quarter
of a century had carped and sneered at Pope John Paul II (and by the same token at «PanzerCardinal» Joseph Ratzinger) but who had nevertheless hoped against hope for a Pope who would be somehow reborn if not as a fully paid - up liberal, as a Pope at least who would go easy on all that counter-cultural JPII stuff about being «
signs of contradiction» and about continuity
with the pre-conciliar Church and who had breathlessly found (so they thought) that, lo, it was even so, in the wonders
of Deus Caritas Est. «On his election last spring,» carolled The Tablet, «the former CardinalRatzinger was widely assumed to have as his papal agenda the hammering
of heretics and a war on secularist relativism, subjects
with which he was associated as head
of the Congregation for the Doctrine
of the
Faith.»
But the main stress in the sacrament is found not so much in that kind
of talk (which may be appropriate enough for an adult) but in the simple words
with which the minister
of baptism
signs the baptized person
with the
sign of the cross as he or she is «received into the congregation
of Christ's flock»: that «hereafter he [or she] shall not be ashamed to confess the
faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his [her] life's end.»
We Evangelicals who
signed «The Gift
of Salvation» do not claim a unity
of faith with the Church
of Rome.
But
with Scripture and prayer, in reaching out to God and hearing his reply in shouts and whispers, feeling his fatherly care in
signs and wonders that people
of lesser
faith might take for coincidences, Monville said she found healing.
A converted church in a corrupt civilization withdraws to its upper rooms, into monasteries and conventicles; it issues forth from these in the aggressive evangelism
of apostles, monks and friars, circuit riders and missionaries; it relaxes its rigorism as it discerns
signs of repentance and
faith; it enters into inevitable alliance
with converted emperors and governors, philosophers and artists, merchants and entrepreneurs, and begins to live at peace in the culture they produce under the stimulus
of their
faith; when
faith loses its force, as generation follows generation, discipline is relaxed, repentance grows formal, corruption enters
with idolatry, and the church, tied to the culture which it sponsored, suffers corruption
with it.
But instead
of being a
sign of weakness, doubt can actually be something that causes us to dig deeper into our relationship
with God, and can even make our
faith stronger.
For spiritual communion is by no means merely an act
of longing for the reception
of the Lord under the sacramental
signs; much deeper, and more properly, it is the act
of prayer
of a living and understanding
faith, by which it enters into living communication and communion
with Christ, the eternal and living Truth.
The Protestant will regard specific norms, in the moral sphere, even in the form in which they appear in scripture, rather as a sort
of sign - post pointing out the way to meet and endure the ever new situations
of the personal life
of faith,
with a critical attitude towards oneself and one's hidden sinfulness.
Characteristic
of Ratzinger's thought is that the communion
of believing must include not solely all those now making up the pilgrim Church on earth (synchronic communion) but all those who have come before us marked
with the
sign of faith (diachronic communion).
Considering the vast array
of geopolitical issues
with which a Supreme Pontiff is burdened in his solicitude for the whole
of the universal Church, that Benedict should choose to close his pontificate (or Francis to open his own)
with anencyclical on the theological virtue
of faith indicates a very pointed discernment
of the
signs of the times made by the papacy in our age; namely, that what is most lacking in the century in which we live — what is most crucial to today's society and what this era
of history most requires, therefore, from the Church — appears to be
faith.
Namely, God's mission works primarily through Jesus Christ's sending the people
of God to intentionally cross barriers from church to nonchurch,
faith to nonfaith, to proclaim by word and deed the coming
of the kingdom
of God in Jesus Christ through the Church's participation in God's mission
of reconciling people to God, to themselves, to one another, and to the world and gathering them into the church, through repentance and
faith in Jesus Christ, by the work
of the Holy Spirit,
with a view to the transformation
of the world, as a
sign of the coming
of the kingdom in Jesus Christ.
What the Old Testament especially teaches us is this: «that zeal is as essentially a duty
of all God's rational creatures, as [are] prayer and praise,
faith and submission; and, surely, if so, [then] especially
of sinners whom He has redeemed: that zeal consists in a strict attention to His commands» a scrupulousness, vigilance, heartiness, and punctuality, which bears
with no reasoning or questioning about them» an intense thirst for the advancement
of His glory» a shrinking from the pollution
of sin and sinners» an indignation, nay impatience, at witnessing His honor insulted» a quickness
of feeling when His name is mentioned, and a jealousy how it is mentioned» a fullness
of purpose, an heroic determination to yield Him service at whatever sacrifice
of personal feeling» and an energetic resolve to push through all difficulties, were they as mountains, when His eye or hand but gives the
sign» a carelessness
of obloquy, or reproach, or persecution, a forgetfulness
of friend and relative, nay, a hatred (so to say)
of all that is naturally dear to us, when He says, «Follow me.»
A brief example
of such corporate memory, which must have reached final form in the institution
of worship, is to be found in the Hebrew confession
of faith: «We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out
of Egypt
with a mighty hand; and the LORD showed
signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes; and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land which he swore to give to Our fathers» (Deut.
The bible is a joke along
with your «
faith» in an imaginary all knowing being who shows no
sign of its existence.
He
signed a new five - year contract upon the arrival
of Pochettino, who has since made him captain, and Lloris's
faith has been rewarded
with Spurs flying high in the Premier League this season.
It would seem as though Mourinho feels strongly about this topic, and while he remains defiant in his defence
of Pogba, he will hope that his
faith and belief is rewarded
with more consistent and dominant performances from the big - money
signing.
Alexis has also been rumoured to be unhappy,
with newspapers trying to spin his words into strong negatives, but the Chilean is also said to now be close to
signing his future to our beloved club, and hopefully he will start to repay the fans
faith in him
with some
of the star performances we have come to get used to from our star forward.
We are indeed, unlikely to see any more big incoming
signings (zero reports about interest in central midfield, and
with Arsene seemingly intent on keeping Ox and even Wilshere, it seems like he's erring on the side
of mostly keeping
faith with the same players for the umpteenth summer in a row; just once I'd like him to err on the side
of taking risks
with the squad by shaking things up and having a bit more turnover in order to significantly improve us, but there you go...).
With Klopp away, both Watzke and Tuchel, and now new boss Peter Bosz, have put more
faith in Zorc's judgement on transfers and their policy is to try and keep all
signings under the age
of 23.
The 26 - year - old thrived towards the end
of the season and
with the news that he has
signed a new 5 - year contract, it does look possible that Pochettino is showing his
faith in the player and rewarding him for his fine form towards the end
of the season.
Yet despite this, we will make our way down to Norwich tomorrow,
with our heads held high, and our
faith strong as all
of our new
signings are now illegible to face the side.
This year we are really being tested
with the
signing of Koscielny — I have to admit I am nervous, this is possibly the biggest leap
of faith we have ever been asked to make.
Without this accomplishment I would not have had the opportunity (and bold leap
of faith) to leave my corporate America job behind in pursuit
of a career in fitness and helping others, as well as
signing on
with Cellucor.
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There are distinct
signs of strain in the plot convolutions, not least in the spectator's loss
of faith over indiscriminate and cheating use
of hallucination; what certainly survives is Cronenberg's wholesale disgust
with the world in general.
The move is not only a
sign of the streaming services's
faith in the new show, but also it may also be indicative
of Krasinski's increased profile following the massive success he's enjoyed
with his directorial debut A Quiet Place.
If self - sacrifice is the ultimate show
of faith, then a recurrent fantasy sequence in which Julian submits to being figuratively castrated by a man
with a blade (whom we later discover to be Chang) is a gratuitous
sign of his enslavement to the maternal phallus.
Three years ago, the Wooster City School District (WCSD) took a leap
of faith,
signing on
with the state education agency as a partner district to help design and test the development
of a statewide improvement process that could be used by any district, regardless
of size and demographics, to improve student learning.
Playster in hand
with their questionable affiliates make many bogus websites, numbering in the many thousands, that abuse thousands
of authors copyright rights, in order to profit in bad
faith and deceive people in
signing up for free trials using the bait
of PDF...
It's a
sign of following through
with the transaction in good
faith.
Massachusetts is a two contract state, typically a contract to purchase is
signed (often called the offer)
with a good
faith deposit
of typically $ 500 to a... Continue reading...
I've watched that entire FFXIV documentary before, actually multiple times, and IMO its should be required viewing for everyone involved in the industry, it teaches how to see
signs of a screw up coming, how to repair a damaged brand, how to restore
faith in your customers, and possibly most importantly, how to communicate effectively
with your audience and not leave them in the dark (Looking at your DBG
with EQN!!!)
The work
of Malevich will undoubtedly and somewhat mysteriously continue to generate energy and
faith in the possibility that the tactile
signs of human beings are still very much
with us, and that we, in fact, depend on them in a functional and intentional way.
But is it a
sign of «bad
faith» for others in the field to disagree
with your evaluation
of this paper?
Now, you're wrong that TWU does not require its students to
sign on to a course
of conduct consistent
with or reflecting Christian
faith (as understood by TWU).
Because the respondent disclosed his criminal record to the appellant right at the beginning, before
signing the ICA and before commencing the project
with Canadian Tire, and complied
with all the requirements
of the security check, the appellant's reliance on the criminal record to terminate the contract one month later was not a good
faith exercise
of its rights under the termination clause
of the ICA.
The Airdrop will also benefit the users who participate in the Presale and ICO
with bonus tokens for their early
sign of faith in the project!
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faith - centered life to enjoy fellowship through God's love, witness & celebrate the manifestations
of God's spirit.Bringing salvation through Christ to all people.