Sentences with phrase «theology around love»

Instead, true theology or people theology builds theology around love.

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I have had some changes in my theology regarding church, and I now believe that we don't plant churches or go to church, but we ARE the church by loving the people around us whom God brings into our lives.

While it took me some time to work through the theology around it, once I accepted it as loving there was no further doubt in my mind that I could never go back to believing that God was against that love.

If everything we do from the first awakening breath of our day until we close our eyes at night doesn't reek of love; if our theology, doctrine, missional statements and creeds are born out of a need to «convert» rather than a deep and innate need to love those around us (aka, our neighbors), than all we have become is an annoyance and a disgrace to the communities around us, (clanging cymbals, anyone?)

The sentiment behind the interview and its fallout is as clear as it is absurd: It matters not how a professing Christian loves, or how much fruit of the spirit is exhibited in his or her life; the only way to determine whether someone is a «real Christian» is to sit around a coffee table and talk about theology.

At that site, we want to focus on taking the Free Grace theology we all know and love, and putting it into practice in our churches, in our communities, and around the world.

If we're not caring about, loving and engaging with those around us that is certain proof that our «theology» is worthless.

Hi Rene — The problem seems to be, «However valiantly one tries to build love around theology.»

The problem with paper theology is that it attempts to build love around theology.

I run this blog to write about Scripture and theology, and to interact with other people around the world who have similar ideas about knowing God, following Jesus, and loving others.

I guess I don't feel like I can go around and speak about Jesus and what relationship with God is all about because the more I see people who seem to «get it wrong» and who have good hearts but bad theology, good intentions and bad expressions of love... the more I become afraid that I will just become part of the problem and not the solution.

And we know the people too, not merely as strange faces gathered around the Table but as the Alabama fan, the new mom, the student who loves talking theology, the quilting club, the recovering fundamentalists, the friends.

Statist politicians are absolutely in love with global warming theology, because it lets them shake corporations down for cash, seize control of industries, use tax money to forge crony relationships with major donors, and shove the Little People around.