Sentences with phrase «think about christianity»

The way people talk about their church is indicative of how they think about Christianity and what it means for them to be Christian.

This weekend (May 29), on what would be the 1412h birthday of one of the faith's greatest writers, we look at 15 of his quotes that can help you reshape how you think about Christianity.

Some historians, such as Jonathan Phillips or Thomas Asbridge, have even written books for a general audience, seeking to bridge the gap between what historians know and what most people think about Christianity's holy wars.

Today I'm excited to announce my selection for November's book club: unChristian: What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity... And Why it Matters, by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons.

That same year, the book unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity and Why It Matters, coauthored by Lyons, was released based on Barna Group polling that his fledgling organization funded.

From an analysis of attitudes towards Christians in the ancient Roman world comes the significant comment that» [w] hat others thought about Christianity was a factor in shaping how Christians would think about themselves and how they would present themselves to the larger world.»

Over the next several Mondays, we will be discussing «unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity» by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons.

UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity... And Why It Matters David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons «When a person «reads» your life, what does it say?

Not exact matches

Tiggy — I would agree that much of conservative Christianity in America sees lust as any sexual thoughts about anyone you are not married to.

Qatar is probably not the first place people think about when they imagine Christianity in the Middle East (if they imagine it at all), and indeed, there is only a single Orthodox parish in the whole country.

I don't believe in Christianity from a fear factor, but if that's what it takes to just get someone to think about it and take the time to learn and educate themselves, then great.

I just think some Christians are lazy and don't want to read more about the totality of scripture and delve deeper into interpretation... we prefer a grade 3 reading and comprehension level in many aspects of Christianity.

And don't forget all the victims of Christianity's own Jim Jones... I'm certain you and all you Christian Extremists are in your churches, always trying to find ways to brainwash everyone into committing suicide like Jim Jones and have plans to blow up buildings like Timothy McVeigh and think about as well as act upon your perverted thoughts by molesting young boys... don't you?

I do think you hate much about Christianity and its various Churches.

On this the penultimate day of the year, with just a few (too few, in my view) days to go until the Iowa caucuses (in which Ron Paul is a — not the — front - runner), it's worth spending a few moments thinking about the connection between libertartianism and Christianity.

The author in her «wisdom» seem to think that Roman empire was the only place where Christianity spread, what about other locations in the world, including India where Christianity spread right in the First century.

I was thinking about how a certain approach to «spiritual warfare» re-paganizes Christianity.

the only surviving writings about Christianity from the first centuries after the apostles come mainly from men steeped in Greek thought and philosophy.

Regarding Ryan's ruminations on S.M. Hutchens» review of E.O. Wilson's The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth (warning: I've read neither the book nor the review, just Ryan's post about them), I think Ryan has it right in concluding that in Wilson's account of Christianity «nature has become only a vehicle for supernature.»

I think Simpleton Americans should stop pretending knowing anything about Christianity or American heritage because you guys have become thoroughly pagan and Bible - illiterate.

You know, when I think about «empire» — Roman or Egyptian or Chinese or Russian or American — and consider both accomplishments and damage inflicted (human and otherwise), and then think about what Christianity might have to say on the subject, the first thing that comes to mind is «to whom much has been given, from him much will be required.»

My students love getting into debates about religion and I really enjoy hearing their thoughts about what they understand about different religions and specifically Christianity.

And, when she describes that change, what she ends up describing is what already more - or-less exists, namely: mainline christianity, embracing the reformed and the catholic, the scientific and the traditional, which has been doing (never perfectly, to be sure) the sort of deep thinking, social justice, and disciplined prayer that she talks about continually while the evangelicals were breaking off to do their own thing (the thing she seems to want them to stop doing) throughout the twentieth century.

Pope: «We can go on all day quoting and counter-quoting scientists about god, but the reality is that most respected scientists and most smart people think that Christianity is a total fraud, quite apart from any deist or other god beliefs and speculations.»

AE, we can go on all day quoting and counterquoting scientists about god, but the reality is that most respected scientists and most smart people think that Christianity is a total fraud, quite apart from any deist or other god beliefs and speculations.

That was the first thing that really got me thinking about my views of sexuality in relation to christianity.

While I don't think that all churches are going to disappear, I do believe that the form that Christianity takes is about to change drastically.

As Thomas thinks about it, the study of the Bible and the history of the church makes everything about Christianity seem less fixed than he has always assumed.

Now, think about wars that are fought under the flag of Christianity, or Islam, or Judaism.

Now, before you think I'm about to digress into a rant against neo-Calvinism, you should know that I see an equally troubling trend among those in the more progressive camp of Christianity.

So have a good think about how preposterous scientology and mormonism sound to you, and know that christianity is just the same thing with a bigger head start.

Somehow or another those of us who believe that Christianity is good and relevant news for a bewildered generation have got to do some hard thinking about our methods of re-presentation.

If you knew nothing about God or Christ and heard a Christian condemning someone else, what would you think of Christianity?

I fell in love with Christianity because I thought it was a religion about love.

At lunch, a group of students were asked about their thoughts on the future of Christianity and several mentioned the importance of looking to the global South and East since the center of Christianity seems to be shifting in that direction.

I like to use atheist - made memes about Christianity in my posts to show Christians what the world thinks of us and how we can more effectively minister to them.

Back then I started wondering about the idea of Christianity being «cool» and I think I really hoped that it could be.

We must help teens think about, practice and experience the theological details that make Christianity distinct.

Christianity Today: What Egyptian Christians Think About Their New Islamist President In the most democratic elections since 1952, the people of Egypt have freely chosen their leader.

I identify with hipster Christianity's interest in social justice and thinking about how the church is meant to be for the world (i.e. the Gospel as positive, transformative power) as opposed to against it.

Simply add Paul's thinking about women to the list of flaws in the foundations of Catholicism / Christianity.

Thankfully, Christianity is not about being mean and hateful and thinking you're better than everyone else.

One might also wonder what the many Native Americans who converted to Christianity think about now being told that they were cruelly duped and should have stayed with their indigenous beliefs.

In the rest of this talk, I focus on the Bible, in part because the Bible is foundational to how we see Christianity, and because I think confusion and conflict about the Bible is the central issue in the church today.

Systematic philosophical thinking about urbanism antedates Christianity, going back to Aristotle, who wrote some four centuries before Christ that the best life for human beings is lived in community with others, and most particularly in a polis.

I love Jesus and I do feel that he had died for each and everyone of our sins and I feel we are all loved equally no matter what we do rather it be for murder to just plain old coursing He loves us all honestly I've debated in my mind that if Christianity is about being mean hateful and thinking that you're going around better than everybody then that's not the religion for me

If you think about it, its just a ploy to put fear into people into signing up with Team Christianity..

Which got me thinking about how the dominant religious culture, even the dominant expression of Christianity and church that we are exposed to, attempts to set the rule.

Since the Reformation was great in stating its faith, there are many Protestants who think we are most Protestant when we issue new statements of faith in order to manifest what Christianity is all about.

He said: «Society generally, particularly when it comes to evangelical Christianity, think that mostly we just sit around ranting about the things that we don't like in society and perhaps are completely unaware that we're also trying to live out our faith in the practical works that we're doing.»