Sentences with phrase «time by religious leaders»

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Anyone who studies the new testament to try to understand the context of events of the Savior's ministry will learn that he was labeled a criminal by the Pharisees and Sadducees (who were the religious leaders that part of the world during that time) because they felt threatened by Jesus.

The very fact that many people believed shortly after events occurred, especially when they could have so easily been disproven by the religious leaders and political leaders of the time, only strengthens my faith.

My opinion as far as the lack of contemporary evidence of Jesus is that at the time Jesus was not looked at by most of the religious people as a spiritual leader, but more as a threat to Judaism.

, historians help us understand that the Judaism of Jesus» time was more diverse, interesting and grace - filled than the Gospels would lead us to think, and that the crucifixion can not be understood as simply the result of a religious plot against Jesus carried out by the Jewish people or their leaders.

Despite formal separation of church and state, the effect of this arrangement over time has been to covertly control religious leaders by making it appear that the institutions they lead are the bulwark of democracy.

Though not living at the time of Abel or Zechariah, these Jewish religious leaders exhibited the same hateful and wicked disposition as their forefathers toward those sent forth by Jehovah God to them.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

I can also better understand that in times of uncertainty It may be easier for people to trust a learned religious leader than a democratically elected elite put in place by dubiously motivated political constituencies.

Yeah, instead for a healthier time send them to religious camp so they can be sodomized by a priest or other religious leader who is a closet gay but refuses to understand it because in his deluded mind it is eveil to be gay but righteous to sodomize a little boy.

After meeting with Muslim scholars the author has a better understanding that in times of uncertainty it may be easier for people to trust a learned religious leader than a democratically elected elite put in place by dubiously motivated political constituencies.

The solution that is put forward by some religious leaders is that the church should become much more actively involved in the media of our time.

As I studied, I got to wondering about what Jesus had to say about all of this, and the passage that suddenly jumped into my mind was the passage in which the religious leaders try to best Jesus in a theological debate by asking him about the post-resurrection marital status of a (hypothetical) woman who had been married seven times.

At the same time interfaith organizations, often initially viewed with suspicion by religious leaders, have encouraged people of different religions to meet and get to know each other, in the hope that they can work together for peace and to uphold moral values.

The sign of Jonah is in One who was rejected as a blasphemer by the religious leaders of his time and condemned to death as a criminal by the political leaders, rising up from the dead and sitting at the right hand of God, and being given a name that is above every other name, so that «at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth» (Phil.

Then we will, finally, have to close this chapter by also admitting that it is high time Ghanaian leaders including their religious counterparts developed a practical sense of imaginative vision, rather than emotional corporeal vision, to advance the cause of scientific and technological advance in Ghana in particular and Africa as a whole.

44 % of people told Populus they thought it was important for a political leader to have strong religious belief, 53 % disagreed (for the record, Tony Blair is known to be a practicing Christian who regularly attends church, Michael Howard attends a Liberal Synagogue on the High Holy feast days — not that it matters anyway, since neither of them will be leader of their respective parties by the time of the next election).

Some State Police officials said they believe Freilich has held onto his non-union job through four governors, and at a time when many state workers are facing the loss of their jobs, because top state officials and their political advisers believe Freilich can marshal votes in Jewish communities known for voting in unison behind candidates recommended by their religious leaders.

Read the comedian's essay for TIME on changing the world of online dating In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents, community elders, matchmakers, or religious leaders in an effort to guide young people

Dad Roy (Michael Shannon) is aided on the road by Lucas (Joel Edgerton) and Sarah (Kirsten Dunst), whose connections to the action will also emerge with time, while another threat to Alton arrives in the form of Calvin Meyer (Sam Shephard), the leader of a religious sect.

The New York Times this week published an investigative report about the financial practices of a sizable group of Texas charter schools being operated by the followers of Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish Islamic religious leader «whose devotees have built a worldwide religious, social and nationalistic movement in his name.»

Now, according to the New York Times, the Church as filed suit against the City, «accusing it of trammeling religious freedom by declaring the church a historic landmark and refusing to allow church leaders to tear it down.»

Friends do not usually provide the time and space for individuals to think about and explore their problems... Instead friends and relatives may jump in with premature advice, and inadvertently, discount their fears... Nonetheless, as noted above, people often solve their problems by talking to friends, relatives, co-workers, religious leaders, or some other confidant in their lives.