Sentences with phrase «taking over their faith»

But at some point reality takes over faith and a sad realization consumes your person.

Not exact matches

The company's core principles include taking responsibility for both successes and failures, being fiercely loyal to the company culture, obsessing over exceptional customer service, working with integrity, meeting challenges with positivity, embracing blind faith as well as the grind, and taking the lead while guiding others to achieve their full potential.

He had his faith and family to keep him company in the final moments of his death there was a sense of calm that over took him as he slipped into the after life.

Screw your invisible sky - jockey, I'll take reason over faith anyday.

Proof, something that not one religion has you take your religion on faith, and that doesn't fly in this world, try telling a bank to give you a loan of faith, try convicting someone of a crime based on faith, try claiming ownership over something on faith.

After being in a Calvinist church for over a decade, and witnessing person after person and family after family leaving the church in a more broken condition than which they came, including several divorces, one woman abandoning her family to become a sex slave, and many rejecting the faith altogether, I discovered, to my great chagrin, that it had taken a toll on my family as well.

(CNN)-- The Rev. Franklin Graham clarified his thoughts on President Barack Obama's Christian faith Wednesday, one day after the evangelical leader took heat over making comments about the president's ties to Islam.

Seems like business practice still takes precidence over faith....

CNN: Graham clarifies remarks on Obama's faith The Rev. Franklin Graham clarified his thoughts on President Barack Obama's Christian faith Wednesday, one day after the evangelical leader took heat over making comments about the president's ties to Islam.

«The Pope takes the place of Jesus Christ on earth... by divine right the Pope has supreme and full power in faith, in morals over each and every pastor and his flock.

I'd take a deep / meaningful conversation with a human being (of any faith / non-faith) over a volume of systematic theology any day.

Or is the human race an infallible one so that any idea can be, move over should be, taken on faith of its truth no matter the reality of things and then acted on without concern of the real truth which was «WILLFULLY» overlooked?

that said over the years many copts have willingly left their homes taking their children with them to the rulers and announcing their christian faith and taking it to death for Christ's sake.

The HAHA's (Humanistic Atheists Harvard Agnostics) take over a belief blog and accuse anyone talkin» about faith bein» a troll.

I, however, having been raised Baptist for over 20 years and then deciding to convert to the Catholic faith after taking several formal classes in theology, philosophy, and history, at least have the benefit of seeing both sides of the Catholic - Protestant split.

Two verses — «They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly things, it shall not hurt them» (Mark 16:18) and «Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you» (Luke 10:19)-- are used by the snake - cult Christians in Appalachia as support for snake - handling and the drinking of poison as tests of Christian faith.

If they would take the Christian faith as seriously as they claim, they would forsake the quest for power over and instead commit themselves to exercising power under.

Where a Pastor SHOULD be speaking to answers on where God is during these tragic events, he considers his opinion designed to stir up emotion to take precedence over the message of Jesus Christ which teaches, love, comfort and faith in God in all things.

No, the trolls took over by yelling loudly and protesting funerals and pretending to a faith of which they are so appallingly ignorant it is tragic.

Yahweh in hebrew means my Lord and is a common reference meaning supreme God.In the bible satan is referred specifically as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that way?

Samaritans star in at least two of Jesus» own stories, and he almost gets killed in Capernaum for reminding his own people that God sometimes skips right over them to go take care of people who don't share their Faith.

The Editor in the Preface says that the Tract «polemises against a form of narrow sectarian Secularism which refuses to be sensitive to tradition and faith» and argues that Secularism needs to be rethought taking religious faith seriously, that «only then can Secularism reclaim the ideological space which Fundamentalists are threatening to take over, only then can Secularists capture the minds of the people» (p.vi).

No doubt the church has been right in acknowledging the deity of Christ and the Incarnation as the fullest measure of the divine revelation of which human nature is capable; though it should be pointed out that the church as a rule undertook to stand fast and to hold the ground of the traditional, historical faith, enshrined in the New Testament, and — as the histories of dogma make clear - only took over metaphysical definitions which had already been hammered out on the anvils of logical and exegetical disputation.

The debate over whether liturgy or catechesis is most important for saving the faith of the young has taken a new turn in the recent revival of the Liturgical movement.

Eid Al Ahda, which takes place at the end of the Hajj (the annual pilgramage to Mecca to which every Muslim is required to participate at least once in his / her lifetime, and which this year brought over six million Muslims to Mecca) is commemorated by Muslims around the world, in part to commemorate the event in which Abraham, to prove his faith in God, brought his son to be sacrificed.

To others it takes over where reason breaks down; reason is a pitiful thing, timid and logic - chopping, and if we wish to get anywhere we must leave it behind and take faith's leap.

There are Christians and missionaries and ministries all over the world feeding the poor, caring for Aids patients, taking in orphans and the only story we see repeated over and over again are the most barbaric, backwards people of faith you can find...?

Faith and hope must take over at that point — because only these can bridge the gap.

This hope for the Good Society was justified in liberal theology both by its ultimate faith in God and by what it took to be experiences of real victory over evil.

Another preacher preaching what ever goes is ok with Christianity... If your going to preach Christianity based on the Bible, then you might as well forget gay marriages are ok... If you want to twist it around then thats up to you... Paul said, «The Berens were of noble charachter because they didn't believe what they heard, but they took what they heard and confirmed it with the Bible... So its like the Yen or Yang... Its either Gods church or Satans Church... Can't be any other way... Do I hate gays, no... I have some very close friends that I have had for over 30 years that are gay, but I think they will be accountable for their life styles... Thats the thing about Christianity, we are held accountable, its not an everything goes belief... Its rules we have to follow... And rules we will be held accountable... So maybe this preacher needs to start a dfferent faith or religion... One where there are no rules and where its people are not accountable for their actions...

What you said that is not only in Morocco, it is happening all over the world and regardless of faith... do you know how many domestic violence is taking place in every hour in this country USA?

And that note of universalism, present in the Old Testament faith from earliest times, is subtly sounded yet again in words taken over unchanged from the old tale.

Washington (CNN)- A dispute over public prayers at town board meetings will be taken up by the Supreme Court in coming months, another contentious case over the intersection of faith and the public arena.

The Jews are willing to fight to drive others out of Jerusalem, the Christians endured dangerous pilgrimages not to worship, but to fight the Crusades to take the Holy Land for their faith, they tortured to «convert» infidels, and they fight amongst themselves (Protestant v. Catholics in N. Ireland, for instance); The Muslims declare «jihad» against their version of «infidels,» and they fight wars between Shia and Sunni over who should set the rules.

They talk about the Queen's Christian faith, why evangelists are giving out free hugs on the UK's streets, when God takes over your church meeting, the global phenomenon of Muslims turning to Christ and Christian apologist Larry Taunton's unlikely friendship with atheist Christopher Hitchens.

Iraq is a big land and has many bordering countries and a population of many Races, and many Religions and Faiths that were known or unknown beliefs... all of those lived in harmony during S - adam regime and every body was practicing his rights with out fear or with just a little fear But now having messed up the whole setup and the control of this mixed nation that were under a secular umbrella has cleverly for some ended it to be handed to Religious extremes at all sides of borders who are now fighting each other for taking control over the country or having it divided in to pieces.

not sure i said this before or not, i have been on cnn.com for over a year — anyway — i have been going to random churches, temples, really place that worships any form of the of abraham and others — i have yet to get anywhere but where i started from — which is what i am, what i am meant to be, and what i was... only this has been gained — gained is a gift of a word for i knew all of this before i started and so i view my time as wasted only for this the reason of getting somewhere — i did meet many great people with great views but all required the very real existence of god which was something lacking and why they had a constant failure yet what they called «keeping the faith» att itude type results... something was missing or missunderstood — your take?

We face, in effect, a modern version of the Penal Laws, the legislation which for well over a century systematically excluded Catholics from public life by requiring them to publicly deny various parts of the Faith or to take Communion in the Anglican Church before they could hold certain jobs.

For the PP, in contrast, the God - church - world paradigm is the only one, and Faith and Order therefore takes precedence over Life and Work in somewhat the same way that faith takes precedence over works in Reformation teacFaith and Order therefore takes precedence over Life and Work in somewhat the same way that faith takes precedence over works in Reformation teacfaith takes precedence over works in Reformation teaching.

Dr. Hayhoe is the co-author of the book A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith - Based Decisions and describes herself as «a spokesperson with one principal goal — to bring public awareness to the simple truth that the scientific debate is over, and now it's time for all of us to take action.»

When ministry is received as a gift of God within a larger life of faith shared by pastors and people, an entirely different dynamic begins to take over.

It was also around this time that the faith - first popularized in America and Britain during the Reagan and Thatcher years - that free markets can take over the functions of the state spread among many Indian journalists and intellectuals.

Instead of thinking out the full metaphysical implications of the basic understanding to which they have come in reflecting on the meaning of faith and justice for our self - understanding and praxis, they have either settled for talking merely about the meaning of ultimate reality for us or else taken over traditional metaphysical ways of talking about the structure of ultimate reality in itself that are doubtfully consistent with their own basic understanding.

He eventually marries a woman, has kids, later divorces that woman over differences of faith because she's Catholic, she gains custody of the kids and moves out, taking the kids with her.

This loyalty of partial intent struggles with a loyalty of universal intent which recognizes that religious faith takes precedence over all other loyalties, that obligations to the universal commonwealth take precedence over all duties to the state.

So basically, you have to take it on faith that faith should be taken on faith and don't listen to those guys over there telling you to think for your self.

Sure, there are some hints of Jesus still lingering around, but when «Americanized Christianity» takes over and the Gospel gets refined in the fires of patriotism, the story of the empire ultimately wins out and becomes a new story of faith.

It is necessary, however, to add the unqualified judgment that what Israel borrowed she always transformed in significant degree; which is to say that what Israel took over she modified by incorporating it into the total structure of faith and the Covenant community.

If they mutually agree to take the risk, the act must be orientated to its true purpose: unitive through procreative (see Faith March 2006, Editorial, Confusion over the Meanings of Marriage).

No, you have a basic understanding that your bible is flawed but take great leaps of faith to cover over the gaps in logic and reason that allow you to continue the faulty conclusions of your religious peers who have been using the bible to control the uneducated masses for thousands of years.