Gustaf Wingren
speaks of the presence of God incognito as «the anonymous demand.»
Jews make much of the place of reason as applied to the Scriptures in guidance of the community; and Christians
speak of the presence of the Spirit in the church to «guide into all truth.»
The fact that He is in
you all speaks of His presence.
It is significant that Vatican II (and also the Uppsala Assembly of the World Council of Churches) defines the church as the sacramental sign of the unity of all humanity, and also
speaks of the presence of the Paschal Mystery among all peoples (see Decree on the Church, and the document on the Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World) This approach assumes that in Christianity, acknowledgment of Salvation (understood as the transcendent ultimate destiny of human beings) finds expression and witness in the universal struggle for Humanization (understood as the penultimate human destiny) in world history which is shaped not only by the forces of goodness and life, but also by the forces of evil and death.
Where that intention is present in any form we will
speak of the presence of love.4 In the divine life, that intention is always present, for God is spirit.
Christ as community
speaks of the presence of Christ in the church.
Not exact matches
With
speaking, you can connect with audiences and promote your
presence, your brand, and your content,» Keith Alper, founder and CEO
of Geniecast, a curated marketplace
of speakers, said.
Before I joined WebpageFX, I didn't have much
of a «public» personality to
speak of online, and instead preferred to hide behind the comfortable
presence of the brand accounts I ran at the time.
Besides her roles as a Partner at Leap Ventures and the founder and Chair
of the MIT Enterprise Forum
of the Pan Arab Region, Fadel's
presence is almost guaranteed at pretty much every startupcentric event worth its salt in the Middle East, where she can be seen doing everything from
speaking on entrepreneurial paradigms to mentoring «treps on their fledgling business models.
Make your absence felt much greater than your
presence by developing the skill
of listening more than
speaking.
Federal authorities have
spoken of a strong
presence of the Zeta cartels in the state for years, especially an hour to the north in Cancun.
A leaked audio recording
of Theresa May
speaking at Goldman Sachs in May — before the referendum and before she became prime minister — features the then - home secretary saying: «If we were not in Europe, I think there would be firms and companies who would be looking to say, do they need to develop a mainland Europe
presence rather than a UK
presence?»
Taliban fighters who
spoke to Maclean's in the volatile district
of Panjwai, 30 km west
of Kandahar city, also concede that the Canadian
presence in Kandahar was better than the Americans, although their reasoning is based more on military considerations than humanitarian.
We take these protections for granted, but it's important to be aware
of the potential impact laws like these might have on our ability to do business and
speak up in support
of the protections that keep our online
presence open and free.
Recently, Ontario's Minister
of International Trade, the Honourable Michael Chan, met with stakeholders to
speak about the importance
of expanding Ontario's international trade
presence and growing the province's capacity to help businesses expand globally.
Becoming a professional speaker can also help you to build a larger Instagram following, which can in turn create a cycle
of more
speaking gigs thanks to a large online
presence.
The feeling is sitting there with me, neither
of us
speaking, each recognizing the other's
presence, yet both fully aware that we are separate beings.
It does not only
speak of desiring God, His words, or His
presence — the Bible gets sexual.
God will not
speak or bring Himself into
presence with you, unless you desire that more than anything else... there is alot
of voices out there, that we hear.
Instead
of focusing on «birth control,» the Pope turns to the first
of the cardinal virtues, practical wisdom (prudentia, phronesis), and
speaks of the excellence
of prudence in deciding, in God's
presence, how many children to have» how to «regulate» fertility.
He
spoke of Mary and Jesus, their
presence to us and her solicitude for us, her children, especially in the face
of darkness.
A small but active
presence of Hebrew -
speaking Catholics in the State
of Israel is growing in relative importance.
As per the quote, what we do in comparison to God is «like filthy rags» and rightfully so — we are comparing creation with the Creator — I am also guessing we all feel like Isaiah in that
presence of the Creator «not worthy» to even look upon it or
speak.
It was like being wrapped in an enormous loving mystery: I had a terrific sense
of presence and
of mystery, but a
Presence to whom I could
speak.
We have a notion — we learn it from Bible stories in our children's illustrated Bibles — that God
speaks to people, but what's startling is feeling you're in the
presence of a God to whom you need to
speak back.
If we believe that religion has a
presence in human societies in any fundamental sense, then we can no longer
speak of universal religions in the customary manner.
No: it is the reason we can
speak of God's total
presence to the world.
Here the sun, the centre
of the universe, its eastern rising, its brilliant light pouring past the great crucifix over the cathedral sanctuary, is mere material by which the cosmic architect fashions a symbol that
speaks of himself, his silent, humble
presence in the bread and wine that is given to be eaten.
«In so far as one wishes to
speak of a modification
of faith before and after Easter, it can only be said that «once» became «once for all», the isolated encounter with Jesus limited by death became that
presence of the exalted Lord such as the Fourth Gospel describes.»
By the same token, we certainly do not eliminate the grace
of God by failing to
speak of it or to be aware
of his
presence.
In Matthew (whose account is much more formalized) the disciples in Galilee were aware
of a
presence which some
of them recognized at once, «but some were doubtful»; then he
spoke, and they knew perfectly well who it was.
They reminded me that Christianity isn't meant to simply be believed; it's meant to be lived, shared, eaten,
spoken, and enacted in the
presence of other people.
In addition, there is the
presence of pornography in the culture at all levels, degrading women and destroying families by the millions, not to
speak of the Pill, which both poisons the woman and prevents new life.
In an article written while he was in the United States, Bonhoeffer
spoke of Christ as «the personal revelation, the personal
presence of God in the world».10 Again, in the same article, he brought together the three important conceptions — person, transcendence and God:
He
speaks of God not above reality, but at the point
of hidden
presence in reality.
I think we can be reasonably sure that those Resurrection stories which
speak of a fully corporeal
presence of Jesus after his death could not have been known to Paul.
To wait for another historical destiny, or to
speak the name
of God in the
presence of his absence, is to renounce the very reality
of the Incarnation, and to close himself to the
presence of Jesus.
It lacks the full dimensions
of the
spoken word: tone, intonation, interaction and personal
presence.
For this
speaks of the local churches as the place where the
presence of the Church as such is actualized in the highest form.
Despite its great relevance to our situation, the faith
of the radical Christian continues to remain largely unknown, and this is so both because that faith has never been able to
speak in the established categories
of Western thought and theology and because it has so seldom been given a visionary expression (or, at least, the theologian has not been able to understand the radical vision, or even perhaps to identify its
presence).
We might, therefore,
speak of the theology
of Christian Science as at once a theology
of God's
presence and
of God's absence.
And, if it can be shown that God
spoke to such a people in the past, we can more readily believe that the living Lord
of history can come into my life today and transform it by his
presence.
If I may be allowed to
speak personally for a moment, I find the
presence and being
of God bearing upon my experience and thought so powerfully that I can not but be convinced
of His overwhelming reality and rationality.
They were those who had the eyes to discern the
presence of the holy God in the living moments
of history, and they
spoke to that insight, opening the eyes
of the people
of their generation to the realization that God was active in their lives.
God has and continues to
speak through the undeniable
presence and existence
of his creation; he
speaks through our consciences; he
speaks through the various events
of our lives (birth, growth, health / illness, prosperity / want, relationships and death); he
speaks through the events
of history; and to those who would listen, he has
spoken through his servants (Hebrews 1).
His reasons for
speaking of God's causal
presence in the world revolved primarily around the notions
of order, novelty, values, and truth.
Many since Kant have doubted whether God, who gave us language, actually uses language to communicate with uswhether, that is, God's «
speaking» to people is a cognitive event for them as my
speaking to you would be, or whether this «
speaking» is a metaphor for some non-cognitive way in which we are made aware
of his
presence.
Although she may not describe it in such terms, Hudson - Wilkin's
presence at the centre
of government is a prophetic and pioneering act, which
speaks of the humanity we all share with Christ.
The early apostles also knew, however, that the church would be restored in the latter days and in anticipation
of that great day they
spoke directly to you and me in Acts 3, «19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times
of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord; 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times
of rest itution
of all things, which God hath
spoken by the mouth
of all his holy prophets since the world began.»
They
spoke of the two travelers who are blind to the
presence and person
of Jesus until he sets their hearts burning and opens their eyes with the breaking
of the bread.