Sentences with phrase «someone comes to faith»

Second there are plenty of people who come to their faith as it were through something more than bible verses its called critical thinking people can critically think their way to the idea that they are rather small beings in a relatively huge universe and that they realize that they can't know everything and leave some things including the nature of the universe to faith and acknowledge it as faith if that's how they see the world fine is there anything particularly wrong with that?

Both were skeptics who set out to prove that Jesus and the Bible were a hoax, only to come to faith in Jesus at the conclusion of their investigations.

Seriously, President Obama says he came to his faith later in life because he saw in Jesus a living example of principles he could try to live by.

People are natural enemies of Christ until, and unless they come to faith and repentance in Him.

The summer I came to faith, my friend gave me a copy of The Cost of Discipleship [SCM Press], Bonhoeffer's most famous book, and he told me the story of this man who, because of his faith, spoke up for the Jews in Nazi Germany and got involved in the plot against Hitler.

When it comes to faith does it matter if Jesus walked on water?

The most important message ever known to man is one that should be heard and understood by as many as possible so that as many as possible might come to faith.

We'll keep praying for revival in this land and that thousand's if not millions come to faith in Jesus Christ!

«We saw young people coming to faith and starting small house churches.

Kirby, a committed Christian, discussed his story with the original miniseries, how he came to faith and the ways that faith shapes his career.

The Old Testament is filled with examples of gentiles coming to faith in the God of Israel through the works demonstrated by Him.

I am a member of Mars Hill Church and can only say that through the preaching at Mars Hill Church, I have truly come to faith and grace through Jesus Christ.

This sets a lot of atheists (who for some reason come to a faith blog!)

When it comes to faith, there is no free will.

I see and work with people who were athiests or agnostics, came to faith in God and for the first time in thier lives found hope, joy and solutions to long standing issues in thier lives.

again the point is that there is no value of telling «don't know» when it comes to faith or belief.

We clearly teach that it does not matter what path we have followed to faith, or precisely when we came to faith, but it is crucial that we do now stand in faith before God.

I came to faith THROUGH reason, NOT despite it.

If one is able (by God's grace) to come to faith apart from those crucial stories that would be great.

What about the millions of Christians who were not «indoctrinated» as children, but came to faith in young adulthood, middle age, older age, etc.?

I am the only believer in my family, and «came to faith» in my young adulthood.

Those that come to faith in Christ receive the benefits of His obedience to the will of God.

Steve... yr not answering my question.so I don't know whether to fall off my chair or not.But you say,» If one is able (by God's grace) to come to faith apart from those crucial stories that would be great.

And keep in mind that not all of these people came to faith as the result of some sort of psycho - emotional or other «need.»

So we came to faith in an unorthodox way, and we participated in small, organic,...

Part of Israel's call was to be a light of who Yahweh is so that the nations around could come to faith, through faith, by the Passover blood and then the sign of circumcision, which for us I believe plays the same role as baptism.

Andrew Klavan has a memoir coming out this year, tentatively scheduled for publication in September, The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ.

One of my favourite stories to tell is how my family came to faith in Jesus through a cheesy 70s children's record called Bullfrogs and Butterflies.

I've yet to see anyone minister effectively from a defensive posture, nor have I witnessed anyone who came to faith because they lost a theological argument.

Obama's faith advisers say Mansfield goes a step too far, though they acknowledge that when it comes to his faith, Obama has changed.

I'm a real baby when it comes to faith — I don't know the Bible yet.

Paul seems not to favor the image of «born again» but prefers instead to speak of coming to faith as being made alive.

I'm an agnostic, so I appreciate good, fair arguments when it comes to faith and atheism.

But I also say that people who choose other lifestyles, heterosexual or homosexual, should be accepted, just as atheists and libertarians are accepted, in the hope that they will come to faith in Jesus which will presumably involve repentance.

Isn't it funny how righties act when it comes to faith?

If viewing these accounts in the bible as allegory helps you come to faith, then I know God can straighten out your thinking from there.

Do you find yourself overcorrecting when it comes to the faith tradition with which you grew up?

I share the death and ressurection when I evangelize, but people can come to faith with out understanding or believing every truth in the N.T.

«I worked alongside the prisoners and other staff members in harmony, recognising our differences and praying that they would come to faith, but equally respecting their decisions and background.»

What ideas were planted in your head before, or shortly after you came to faith that you have since changed radically in belief?

I think Einstein would be the least credible one of those listed when it comes to faith / spirituality / religion.

Luther so rejoiced that nothing depended on him, not even the coming to faith or the having of faith.

It is a metaphor, Kaufman argues, that does not really describe the process by which we come to faith.

According to recent surveys, the average congregation in the USA reports approximately one person coming to faith each year.

It is given so that men and women who have come to faith through its teaching might learn to five in God's world on his terms, loving and honoring him in all that they do and seeking to make known to the world his law and gospel.

Wood says, «When I was Principal of Oak Hill Theological College in 1961 I would ask how many newcomers to the College had come to faith following Billy's crusades and there were never less than 10 %.»

I saw a deaf man begin to speak in tongues which was astounding and a young girl hear from a dead ear and an elderly catholic lady stand up straight as God ungnarled her arthritic back... those were times of awe... I was 16, 17, 18 — young, naive and I saw miracles, healings, incredible things but most of all hundreds of people come to faith.

I would always encourage people to explore to the furthest frontier when it comes to their faith, religion, spirituality, philosophy.

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This week as I sang in a coffee house attended mostly by street folk, I ran into a man who had been severely handicapped (something like cerebral palsy) and who upon coming to faith was transformed to the point where he can hold a full - time job and have a normal social life.