Sentences with phrase «statements of faith for»

An earlier version of the bill was so broad that it threatened to bar not only religiously - grounded codes of conduct and statements of faith for faculty and students, but also a host of other religious elements essential to many faith - based colleges such as mandatory chapel attendance or required Bible or religion courses.

To be sure, they argue their views in the Hope way, which is to say in a middle way: they want neither a statement of faith for all faculty to sign (like Wheaton) nor a Protestants - only hiring policy (like Calvin).

Not exact matches

«It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not for herself — thanks to her abiding faith — but for others,» McGrath said in a statement.

If you ask a conservative for a statement of his political convictions, he may well say that he has none, and that it is the greatest heresy of modernity is precisely to see politics as a matter of conviction: as though one could recuperate, at the level of political purpose, the consoling certainty which once was granted by religious faith.

Evangelii gaudium, which followed a 2012 Synod of Bishops meeting on «The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith,» has long been seen as a sweeping statement of Francis's agenda.

In a statement issued by the Patriarchates of Antioch and all the East for the Greek Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, and Greek - Melkite Catholic Damascus, the faith leaders questioned the legality behind the move.

At Bryan College — a school named for a man who is best known for opposing evolution — some members of the faculty objected to a statement of faith that outlined a literal view of creation.

If you are able, please explain what Mr. Rainer meant by that statement that I am a hypocrite (even though I truly believe I am saved by my faith in Christ Jesus, doing His will for my life to the best of my God - given abilities).

«As was the case throughout these past three years of court trial, and the earlier two years of investigation, we have placed our faith in God and trust that whatever the outcome, He will use it for our good (Romans 8:28),» Ho told CHC members last week [full statement below].

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...

(I am aware of the irony of this statement coming from a regular contributor to this blog) The great problem with religious faith is that any proposition predicated on dogmatic acceptance of unprovable supernatural postulates can and will be manipulated by the unscrupulous for their own gain.

Most ancient interpreters understood the Timaeus» arche to regard a metaphysical, not a temporal, principle: Wallis, 20, 65, 68, 77,102 f [19] For the metaphysical grounding of these statements cf. J. McDermott, S.J., «Faith, Reason, and Freedom,» Irish Theological Quarterly 67 (2002), 307 - 332.

It will have been noted that in its windy statement about RE in the English baccalaureate, the CES doesn't point to RE as being a way in to religious faith: that wouldn't be of much interest to the government, of course, but it ought to be for Catholics.

Also, if he claims for statements about Jesus» ultimate significance a self - evidence or demonstration in no way dependent upon participation in the community of faith, he would not intend his statements to be theological in the sense of my definition.

For Kauffman, nonviolence «is the core value» of his life; that is to say, living nonviolently is his «faith statement.»

As for my statement that it takes as much faith to be an atheist (or more) than it does to believe in God: 1) First of all we should clarify - by commonly held terminology you would better be described as an agnostic not really an atheist.

Colin... Very nice «statement of faith» (back on page 98) unless you personally did all the «objective research» yourself, which, in part, you would have had to trust in one or two «man - made» instruments for your so called «objective» testing.

Critics against Christ never give good reasons for their lack of faith but belittling statements.

Those who still cling to pre-scientific religious fictions, ignoring the truths discovered through modern science, should at least take notice when the biology department at the world's most prominent Baptist university, where a statement of faith is a prerequisite for teaching, unequivocally support evolution through the following statement, which you can look up on their web site:

They do not give us so much in the way of personal inspiration — not even much positive statement of the faith which, Jude says, «was once for all delivered to the saints.»

By this person's statement it makes me think of them choosing the oppisite of what Moses chose as we see in Hebrews 11:24 - 26 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

It is a drama that unfolds in several contexts at once: within the historical context of a «great cloud of witnesses», that is, in relationship to all of those who speak (and have spoken) as «Christian preachers»; within the context of the speaker's own human existence in relation to other statements of faith collected as «Christian theology» within the time and space set aside for the performance of Christian liturgy.

13:16), but perhaps the clearest statement of the continuing need for the community of faith to identify itself with the poor, even as has God, is to be found in James 2:1 - 7.

The appearance of the Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry agreement of the World Council of Churches» Faith and Order Commission, the theological consensus statement of the Consultation on Church Union (COCU), and the proliferation of local ecumenical efforts in countless places offer new possibilities for effective unity.

In a survey of Presbyterian laity, for example, two - thirds agreed strongly with the statement that «peacemaking is not simply «another political issue» but is a basic aspect of the Christian faith» (Research Division of the Support Agency, Presbyterian Panel, January, 1982).

Judge made the biggest mistake of his life to let that mosque to be built.and problem is that people will pay heavily for that decision.Islam is the source of problem, Koran is the source problem.They use our freedom of religion, they sneak in cities under the name of peace and love then they strike hard, though other religions have no rights in their contries.Here is statement from Omar Ahmed chairman of the Board of council on America Islamic Relation:» Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant.The Quran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth «Does this sounds to you religionf peace, love and logic?or terrorist thresd for thr future?

I think we agree on the fact that it is by faith that all are saved i have no problem with that and its in that that there is unity.You find within any christian modern church law can be mixed with Grace that is not peculiar to any domination maybe it is more extreme in some.Where there are believers there are works of the flesh such as pride and self reliance.I was thinking today the word says if we believe in our hearts and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord then you shall be saved.Its not a hard doctrine to believe thats in its basic form.The seventh day have tacked on to that belief adherence to the sabbath that is sadly how denominations spring up.In the anglican church we still recite the apostles creed how many church still do that today as a basis for there faith in Jesus Christ.Your statement that some are saved is just as true to those who go to modern christian churchs who say they are christian but walk according to the flesh..

There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.

A truer statement would have been «I, skippydog, am an uneducated backwater inbred who has trouble thinking for myself so I prefer to have «faith» that I know something instead of studying it cause I just might find out i'm wrong, and i'm to full of myself to be wrong.»

You can not doubt Belief A except from a position of faith in Belief B. For example, if you doubt Christianity because «There can't be just one true religion,» you must recongnize that this statement is itself an act of faith.

But did he really think that the organizations he worked for would support him in going off the grid and against the statement of faith he signed?

Where the Council was not teaching on matters of faith and morals, such as where it was describing contemporary conditions or offering recommendations for renewal, its statements are to be received with respect and gratitude but are not necessarily flawless in either their factual accuracy or their prudential judgment.

«As a matter of conscience and my faith, I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner,» Joel Northrup said in a written statement, according to the Des Moines Register.

(See W. Jaeger's statement in his Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers, p. 177: «The concept of auctoritas which is later to be of such decisive importance for the attitude of the Church in questions of faith, is entirely missing in Greek thought»).

A new study from the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding found 30 percent of Muslims agreed with the statement «I believe my faith community is more prone to negative behavior than other faith communities.»

«I apologize to him and to any I have offended for not better articulating my reason for not supporting him in this election — for his faith has nothing to do with my consideration of him as a candidate,» Graham's statement continued.

The «Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian» issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1990, stated that no public discussion of non-infallible doctrinal statements is permitted within the Church.

While John Lennon and Oprah Winfrey would surely love this «statement of faith», isn't it somewhat disingenuous for someone with your theological education to suggest that this could in any way be considered a New Testament church or that starting an «Open Circle» is «church planting»?

We do not miss the loyalty of David's mercenary troops (15: 19 - 21); the narrator's conviction of the mature quality of David's faith (15:25 f.; 16:12); the essential gentleness of David in these most wretched hours (16:5 - 14); the brilliant, carnal symbol of Absalom's irrevocable usurpation (16:20 - 22) and its portentous recall of the David - Nathan encounter (II 12:11 - 12); the arch Old Testament realist, the remarkable pragmatist Ahitophel (17: 1 - 23); Joab, who always acts like Joab (18:10 - 15; 19:1 - 7; 20A - 13); David's pathetic concern, implicit throughout, for the defiant son (18:1 - 5); the moving grief of a father's utter brokenness in the loss of his son (18:33); the reassertion in this critical time of the old and always fundamental north - south cleavage (19:11,41 - 43); David's profound and probably chronic annoyance with the crude, brash, «muscular» ways of Joab and his brothers, the sons of Zeruiah (16:10; 19:22; see also 3:34 b; 3:38 f.); and finally, in a kind of pausal summary before the last scene of David's reign in I Kings 1 - 2, the statement of David's very modest bureaucracy (20:23 - 26; cf. the extensive elaboration of this structure under Solomon, I Kings 4:1 ff.).

There is a story out of Iowa - a story about a faith community that has matured beyond voting for the «most evangelical» candidate as a «statement» and takes seriously the responsibility of electing someone to occupy the Oval Office at a time of great national testing.

According to the statement, there is no consensus on justification through the word of God and «by faith alone,» no consensus on the certitude of faith concerning our salvation, no consensus on the continuing sinfulness of the justified, nor on the importance of good works for our salvation, nor on the function of the doctrine of justification as criterion of the entire life and doctrine of the church.

«Without question, Day of Truth is a loving and redemptive way students of faith can express their views positively in response to GLSEN's Day of Silence which only presents one point of view,» Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family, said in a statement.

If you do it is a great statement of faith (for some) but there are many ways to show your faith.

These considerations add up to the judgment that while it is possible to make undialectical single statements about general idealism, for instance, it is quite another and a more imaginative task to expose the inner core of faith which looks like and works like idealism but is compounded of utterly different stuff.

The statement called on the member councils of the International Missionary Council to further the cause of Christian unity and to consider fresh ways of relating their experience and concern for unity to the deliberations and actions of the churches within their membership, and to the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches.

«To carry on with the life which I have chosen and which I love» — as an apology for a confession of faith, such a statement reduces religious belief to a form of therapy.

One had been prepared by the Holy Office (now the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith); it strung together various papal statements on the issue without even mentioning Pius XII's endorsement of natural family planning.

The faith which arises in encounter with the self - revealing God feels the need to formulate true statements of faith both within the community of those who share this experience and also for outsiders.

Register Rachel for Vacation Bible School and then hand the couple Marantha Bible's statement of faith, including the part on human sexuality where homosexual behavior is condemned.

For it is necessary that the faith of the Church, as this has been articulated during the two thousand years of Christian history in the form of theological statements, should be made known to the people; it is equally necessary that the developed principles of Christian life, in respect to devotional practice and in terms of daily conduct, should be taught.