Sentences with phrase «than a spiritual one»

Research at the University of Liege in Belgium suggests they may come down to biological rather than spiritual factors.

That can be fruitless exercise, more like a new year's resolution than a spiritual exercise.

Recently, I wrote on the Neue justice blog about how charity ought to be more than a spiritual discipline; it ought to be a way of life.

The flood story touches on just about every aspect of God and salvation and I want it to be more than spiritual.

It reads more like poetry than spiritual memoir genre (which makes sense since Wiman is a poet).

When one goes to a concert [or reads a book or even watches television] to relax after a busy day, the result can be a mild drowsiness - in itself pleasurable enough - rather than any spiritual uplift.

We are assuming that spiritual «unemployment» — a life without faith or prayer — is more pleasant than spiritual service.

Shared euphoria, seen in this context, is more than a spiritual good; it is a necessity for a fulfilling spiritual life.»

The Sadducees were a loose confederation of wealthy and powerful men, who took a secular — pragmatic, rather than a spiritual — ideological stance with regard to the Jewish nation and its spirituality.

In other words, you're incapable of understanding the «truth» of their doctrines because you're working with a sinful, carnal mind, rather than a spiritual one.

When did becoming a professional clergy become a vocation, rather than a spiritual quest of serving others as Christ served?

Our economic system, he wrote, encourages acquisitive rather than spiritual instincts.

Instead they acted like political hacks rather than spiritual authorities, doubling down on the invective and serving up to the American public an even deeper draught of petty partisanship.

Be on guard though, that you're not listening to your physical, human nature rather than your spiritual nature.

That this must be done has more than a spiritual necessity behind it, for there can be no lasting peace unless it is in considerable measure a just peace, and there can be no just peace unless its outlines are shaped, not by vengeance, but by a spirit of reconciliation and good will.

Anything less than spiritual transformation is a physical action which can be performed by the good and the wicked alike.

Much of what passes for Christianity today can be called nothing less than spiritual insanity.

I would also explore the meanings of the Hebrew shalôm and the Greek eirēnē in an attempt to show that the pursuit of peace in the biblical perspective entails more than a spiritual or inner peace.

He then adds that we claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.

Those churches often served more than the spiritual needs of their congregations, linking to an array of social ministries.

Roof muses that those of us writing and debating the issue at the time seemed more concerned about the survival of our institutions than the spiritual health of people.

We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.»

There is nothing clearer in the message of Jesus than his indictment of acquisitiveness, and the putting of one's trust in material rather than spiritual goods.

However, along the way through the many years the social concerns and needs became more paramount than their spiritual development, the very anchor that sustained them and brought them hope.

In Romans 1:21 - 28, Paul talks about people who refused to acknowledge and glorify God (v. 21), the worshipping of idols (v23), people who were more interested in earthly pursuits than spiritual pursuits (v. 25), people who gave up their natural, innate passion for the opposite s e x in search of pleasure (v. 26 - 27), and people who live lives full of covetousness, malice, envy, and hatred of God (v. 29 - 31).

That expression may seem too strong — but only if we think the mystical is the exceptional rather than a spiritual experience that belongs to the essence of religion and remains accessible to all believers.

It is people like you who wud rather be religious than spiritual!

People have needs other than spiritual needs.

On the other hand, the minister is described as a pastoral director rather than a spiritual director.

«Unison singing... is less of a musical than a spiritual matter.

it is a shame that many plp think so little of our faith... they do no understand what is like to be a true christian... and no not one of those plp who say im a christian and go to church from sunday to sunday, not one of the fanatics who advocate hate, not a bigot who proclaim god's name without understanding... this life is a journey to find something greater than spiritual awareness... it is a journey to see the world the way god does, it is a journey beyond any book, any view... that is why i belive in my faith... im a christian and i love my god but im not the one who follows faith blindly and question every thing

Never, ever settle for anything less than the spiritual and moral grandeur that the grace of God makes possible in your life: That was John Paul II's challenge.

Religion has become more of a business than a spiritual Tradition.

Integrity — wholeness rather than dis - integration, honesty rather than the most fervently desired «will to believe», and peace rather than spiritual, emotional, and mental gymnastics and contortions finally won out.

The basis of the illusion is that our neighbors are our competitors rather than our spiritual brethren, and that our adversaries are external.

I think what we need to strike a balance is the overly polishing of the building of worship (with emphasis on the word, «overly»), for we certainly want to have decent worship centers, but focusing too much on the physical building activities rather than the spiritual building is what makes it too earthly and lacking of the eternity perspective.

The problem is that the anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage people advocate a legal solution to the problem, rather than a spiritual one, and that is fundamentally not a Christian approach to the problem.

The world views Christianity as more of an angry political activist movement than a spiritual organization devoted to handing out hope and healing to a hurting world.

While Christians often mention Zolli as an example of an observant Jew who found Christ, some Jewish scholars contend that Zolli's conversion was a result of having been ostracized by the Jewish community following the Holocaust, rather than a spiritual awakening»

A good point, though I suspect her lithe look has more to do with hours spent in the gym than any spiritual transformation.

Nothing was more important to me than their spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional health.

I believe it's accurate to say that intuition is more creative in nature than spiritual.

Other than the spiritual element, what makes tantric sex different from Western sex and separate from the sexual culture in countries like the U.S.?

But while the film shows more promise than its spiritual predecessor in the early stages, its overdependence on the love story between its two leads prevents «Beautiful Creatures» from distinguishing itself as anything other than an unfortunate «Twilight» wannabe.

With Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots already attached, NEED FOR SPEED looks to go a slightly different route than its spiritual predecessor, THE FAST...

The character is less a warrior than a spiritual and magical authority.

still packs a potent punch, but its power comes from a more emotional place rather than spiritual.

It may seem lazy to draw such comparisons, but «Beautiful Creatures» is about as close to a «Twilight» clone that Hollywood has produced, trading vampires and werewolves for witches, and although the film shows more promise than its spiritual predecessor in the early stages, its overdependence on the main love story prevents «Beautiful Creatures» from distinguishing itself as anything other than a «Twilight» wannabe.

As much as we learned and continue to learn in the course of making Tramontane, this was nothing less than a spiritual journey, one of self - discovery and awareness, one where the Sundance Institute has always been present to guide us at every stage.

Unfortunately, some of the sequences are more laughable than spiritual.