Sentences with phrase «such as evangelist»

Several of those planning to attend the Wheaton gathering said they are tired of seeing leaders who regularly praise Trump — such as evangelist Franklin Graham, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. and Texas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress — representing all evangelicals.

Not exact matches

Typically, they look for ones who are passionate about a particular group on campus, such as the LGBT community or the Greek community, and encourage them to become Islands evangelists to that group.

It needs evangelists on the ground such as Pitzenberger and Eney.

Missouri Synod theologians had traditionally affirmed the inerrancy of the Bible, and, although such a term can mean many things, in practice it meant certain rather specific things: harmonizing of the various biblical narratives; a somewhat ahistorical reading of the Bible in which there was little room for growth or development of theological understanding; a tendency to hold that God would not have used within the Bible literary forms such as myth, legend, or saga; an unwillingness to reckon with possible creativity on the part of the evangelists who tell the story of Jesus in the Gospels or to consider what it might mean that they write that story from a post-Easter perspective; a general reluctance to consider that the canons of historical exactitude which we take as givens might have been different for the biblical authors.

The preaching and writings of a renegade Irish clergyman, John Nelson Darby, and a Scottish evangelist, Edward Irving, emphasized the literal and future fulfillment of such teachings as the Rapture, the rise of the Antichrist, the Battle of Armageddon, and the central role that a revived state of Israel would play during the end days.

Those who purport to speak for god, such as preachers, or evangelists, should be soundly ridiculed

At this time, I lean towards the «elder» in Paul's writings to be someone that we would call a fulltime pastor / evangelist / prophet / apostle; and further, assomeone recognized as such by outsiders / non-believers.

Darby's teachings were featured in the sermons of some of the great preachers of the 1880 - 1920 period: the evangelists Dwight L. Moody and Billy Sunday; major Presbyterian preachers such as James Brooks; Philadelphia radio preacher Harry B. Ironsides; and Cyrus I. Scofield.

It also gives rise to her insistence that we must respect the «historical integrity and moral autonomy» of Jesus, Paul, and the evangelists as people of their own time and place, concerned with issues (such as purity regulations) that do not concern us, and unaware of our concerns as modern Christians or Jews.

It just makes me wonder if all that money wouldn't be better spent in supporting missionaries and evangelists such as yourself who are already in Africa... What are your thoughts on this?

Every reader knows who Judas was; but the evangelists add to his name «one of the twelve,» as though to stress the horror of such a betrayal by one of the privileged circle.

Its narratives Contain many echoes of the stories in Mark and some of those which occur in Luke, and the evangelist has modified and added to the earlier traditions (his Gospel is generally agreed to be the latest of the four) in such a way as to make them the vehicle for a great body of deep religious truth.

Such big - time evangelists as Argentine Luis Palau and U.S. television preacher Jimmy Swaggart pack city stadiums with tens of thousands of enthusiasts; only the pope draws larger crowds.

It also would have been useful for these writers to consider C — Pop within the broader context of niche — driven evangelicalism, exemplified by congregations such as Willow Creek and Grace Chapel, publishing houses that market things like «the women's Bible,» and even those evangelist muscle men who thrill pre — teens by shattering bricks with their heads — all for Jesus of course.

The Fourth Evangelist takes up the idea, and declares that now, as never before, authentic knowledge of God is available for men in union with Christ, the Son who knows the Father as He is known by Him; and such knowledge is eternal life.

We believe as the Epistle to the Ephesians says that the church is organized of apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists and so forth for just such occasions.

With his superb eye for giving voice to female disciples, such as the Samaritan woman and Martha and Mary, the Fourth Evangelist tells the story of Mary Magdalene's encounter with Jesus outside the empty tomb.

In many instances throughout the Global South, this included embracing the charismatic renewal, including some of its features, such as lay evangelists.

It seems strange that Luke, of all the evangelists, most often uses such expressions as «son of Abraham» (1:73; 13:16; 16:24 - 30).

In further detail Robert Funk has analyzed the parable and the epistle as oral speech.33 It will not take a lengthy exposure to such studies of the lively modes of discourse used by Jesus and the early Christian evangelists to cause the average preacher to look upon his own standardized sermon outline with a new lack of appreciation.

So far as we can tell today, there is no single pericope anywhere in the gospels, the present purpose of which is to preserve a historical reminiscence of the earthly Jesus, although there may be some which do in fact come near to doing so because a reminiscence, especially of an aspect of teaching such as a parable, could be used to serve the purpose of the Church or the evangelist.

They are presented in more or less their original form because in this form they served the purpose of the Church, or the evangelist, and not because there was any historical interest in the original form as such.

But most people don't think about such things as evangelism, and so they don't think they are «evangelists.»

Some, such as John Pollock's Billy Graham: Evangelist to the World, were breathless descriptions of the «gee whiz, ain't he the greatest?»

Other events in Jesus» life, such as his circumcision or transfiguration are remembered on special days, as are the apostles and evangelists and other saints and martyrs.

The Copts trace their traditions back to St. Mark the Evangelist and count among their luminaries such figures as Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Athanasius, and Cyril of Alexandria.

Before and since Moody the chief standard of success as an evangelist (and a minister) in American Protestantism has been evidence of such charisma, of power not possessed by ordinary folk — the ability to manifest in a convincing way that one represents more than himself, in short, that one is a man of God.

There are, however, some exceptions such as traveling evangelists who may be treated as independent contractors.

Evangelists say it has the power to upend entire economic systems; others, such as Emin Gün Sirer, a blockchain researcher at Cornell University, warn that while the technical core is «fascinating and disruptive, there's also a lot of hokum out there.»

Google's cars, meanwhile, tell each other about the roads they have travelled, such as exchanging data on how to negotiate awkward junctions, says Vinton Cerf, a Google technology evangelist.

But I disagree with techno - evangelists such as Kaku, Eric Drexler, and Ray Kurzweil that nanotechnology and other applied fields will soon allow us to manipulate the laws of nature in ways limited only by our imaginations.

Before the 9/11 attacks, passenger screening involved metal detectors, but these were closer to the gates than they are now, «making it easier to stash or cache weapons such as the box cutters [the 9/11 attackers] used,» says Joshua Marpet, security evangelist at security firm DataDevastation.

According to Eric Schmidt's, the chief executive, statement, the company would become the leader of the Chinese internet market despite the challenges, such as censorship issues and fierce competition from the largest home - grown rival called Baidu.com.What is more, Google's Vice President and «Chief Internet Evangelist», Vint Cerf, supported the company's decision to expand its activities in China, although it should have complied with the Chinese government's demands to censor information.

For this free virtual event, I interview top experts in publishing, such as IngramSpark's own Robin Cutler, The Book Shepherd Dr. Judith Briles, cover designer and book marketer extraordinaire Derek Murphy, Book Evangelist Randy Peyser, eagle - eye editors Tenita Johnson and Ellie McLove, top - notch interior designer Tamara Dever, heart - centered book coach Rocky Callen, plus many, many more!

-- Jennifer Marsman, Microsoft Principal Developer Evangelist Mobiledevices such as smartphones and tablets are set to become the main computersthat virtually all people will own and carry with them at all times.

I am an active evangelist for open standards such as Epub 3, OPDS and Edupub, constantly recruiting new adopters.

The game also has an expansion pack that includes new cards such as the Priest, Evangelist, and Guildmaster.

But Kinect itself was and is a mixture of novelty and frustration - a passing and peculiar fad that stands as a warning to overweening evangelists of latter - day gadgets, such as the latest virtual reality headsets.

With job titles such as Executive Director on Innovation, Chief Edge Officer for the Centre for the Edge and «lean law evangelist», there's a lot to be fascinated by in sections with headings such as «Stealth Innovation and Skunkworks».

Bitcoin evangelists recommend steering clear of centralized exchanges, arguing that the whole point of decentralized currencies was to not hand over control to third parties, such as central banks, commercial banks and exchanges, which raises the risk of mismanagement, scams or hacking.

The event includes tech legends such as Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, and renowned author Cory Doctorow.

This is, however, not in line with the expectations of most cryptocurrency evangelists and investors who see such projects as a way banks are trying to take advantage of the popularity of cryptocurrencies to create their own centralized virtual currency which might turn out as a to rival to cryptocurrencies.