How can I not love
such a woman of faith, authenticity, and a dog lover to boot?
Not exact matches
It still amazes me how in a country with an origin, and history forged with the fires
of the Christian
faith, that men and
women would operate with
such wanton disregard for Almighty God.
«In my
faith community, popular
women pastors
such as Joyce Meyer were considered unbiblical for preaching from the pulpit in violation
of the apostle Paul's restriction in 1 Timothy 2:12 («I do not permit a
woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent»),
We who proclaim Christ ought to have enough
faith that our Lord is what we claim him to be, to permit
such men and
women to have, if not full then some limited, participation in Christian life in the community
of faith; for we are confident, or we should be confident if we really believe what we say about Jesus, that
such fellowship with him in the company
of his people will lead them more and more deeply into the true significance
of his person.
As
such, I would not call Lydia a new believer here, but rather a
woman who was already a believer, but who had limited knowledge about what she believed, and who came to a fuller knowledge
of her
faith through the preaching and teaching
of Paul.
EPC requires all churches to hold to «essential» tenets
of the Christian
faith, but allows each congregation freedom in forming opinions on «nonessential» matters,
such as whether
women can be elected as deacons and elders.
It begins where
women in theology attempt to deconstruct basic ethical principles
such as «the common good» and «the question
of moral power and authority,» but from there it moves to the creative impulses we see around us, as
women in
faith and faithfulness reconstruct the future image and face
of the Church as a «community
of Christ, bought with a price, where everyone is welcome, «14 as Letty Russell describes it.
It didn't help that, back then,
women writers
of faith were
such an underrepresented group online, several advertisers and publishers literally had no category for
women like me, so they labeled me a «mommy blogger,» whether the term fit my work or not.
I think my project is especially relevant because «biblical womanhood» is
such a hot topic in evangelical circles and
such a real presence in the lives
of many
women of faith.
(Look at the
women in Ireland and The Dominican Rep. who died because
of being denied an abortion recently) You are SO correct about Hitler being a xstian, google away... «Secular schools can never be tolerated because
such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from
faith... We need believing people.»
This is
such a huge subject that I must beg indulgence, therefore, if I give my space to but a small fraction
of the historic
faith — namely its main emphases on God, Christ, the Church, and eternal life — and consider only these in our modem context, in the effort to discover what values they may have for men and
women who are tossed about in an unsettled world, with an uncertain future, and doomed — almost certainly it seems — to a doubtful truce
of arms, at worst to a war which threatens to annihilate man as we have known him and in any event to leave us a bare existence
such as we can eke out on a totally devastated planet.
None the less, if it should turn out that one can be a Christian without holding firmly to personal persistence beyond death, this is significant; and since, as I have just been saying, I think that
such is indeed the case, I believe that nobody ought to require acceptance
of some variety
of personal persistence as a pre-requisite for a welcome into the Christian community which is grounded on that
faith in God in Jesus Christ which the community exists to make available to men and
women in every age.
Québec, once home to legions
of confessors
of the
faith, badly needs
such men and
women again.
Such women, a number
of them theologians, are struggling to reinterpret the Christian
faith and construct a new theology which will express and affirm the experience
of both
women and men.
Read my previous comment carefully and please explain why you would want to dissuade the young
woman I mention from her
faith or anyone else from becoming a part
of the same
faith, unless
of course you know
of something equally powerful and able to carry someone through
such a tragedy.
Women farmers from «Kababaehang Nagtataglay ng Bihirang Lakas» (
Women possessing extraordinary powers or strength) from Barangay Los Amigos, Tugbok District, Davao City are practicing
FAITH (Food Always in The Home), which is made easier with the support from partner NGOs
such as METSA Foundation and MASIPAG, and from the local government
of Davao City, through its policy on Organic Agriculture.
There are 24 sterling silver charms in the collection, and each is designed by
women — for
women — to symbolise
such values as joy, trust, passion, confidence, love, courage,
faith, wisdom and many more (note the photo at the end
of this blog for the full list!)
For instance, some
of the New York Times bestselling authors that I coach have powerful taglines,
such as: Become the Most Connected Couple You Know, Leading
Women in the Adventure
of Faith, and Amish Country's Most Beloved Storyteller.»
PAFA has also successfully attracted a number
of important gifts that further support the Collecting Plan, most notably the remarkable recent gift from Linda Lee Alter
of 400 works by
such women artists as Alice Neel, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson,
Faith Ringgold, and Miriam Schapiro.
Melissa ~ for a
woman of such faith, you need to have some
faith in yourself!