Sentences with phrase «true personal faith»

I wish I had my parents» faith — true personal faith.

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They can «study» their religion, but it still comes down to faith in the teachings, and personal experience, neither of which can ever be meaningfully tested true or false in any kind of objective way.

Out of all the postings on this site today, I found «Derp's «post the most fascinating and informative, as well as deeply revealing.Even after boasting of what seems to be a practically perfect live by any measure, he informs us that he takes pleasure in mocking and ridiculing those of faith who are presumably his opposite; I can only wonder if, given all his supposed accomplishments, he is smart enough to realize how deeply revealing of his true character his remarks are.As a believer, I rarely engage in arguments with my atheist friends, and like to think I wouldn't lower myself to the level of juvenile name - calling and personal attacks against whatever my atheist friends hold dear.Most of the time we simply agree to disagree; when they hold forth with misinformation or ignorance on their assumed «knowledge «of my faith, I try to gently correct them; I certainly don't allow any disagreements we have to devolve into hateful insults and name - calling.

The results in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was that the faith to which people were called was often more the objective belief that the scriptures were completely true than the deeply personal assurance of God's forgiveness of their sins and the resulting freedom.

We seek true ecumenism, and its foundation is full faith, deep charity and tremendous personal, spiritual effort to live the integrity of Christ in morals, as well as in faith.

And so may you pass from death to life, from the authority of tradition to the experience of knowing God; thus will you pass from darkness to light, from a racial faith inherited to a personal faith achieved by actual experience; and thereby will you progress from a theology of mind handed down by your ancestors to a true religion of spirit which shall be built up in your souls as an eternal endowment.

It is true that there have been those who committed violent acts in the name of Christianity, but I submit to you they were not true followers of Christ evidenced by their use of religion for their own personal gain as they rejected the tenets of their faith as set forth by it's founder.

I disagree that people of «true faith» can't separate their personal beliefs from politics.

From the packed and intense inwardness of that statement, which locates the dynamics of the faith - full life of the Christian within the enacted morphology of the Incarnation and resurrection he passes, after sundry personal and admonitory asides, to the blithe and humane: «Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely...

The Catholic Faith is True, and Flannery O'Connor knew that her personal sin could keep her from the Kingdom of Heaven.

Nevertheless, both are devoted to the personal vocation of man, though under different titles... [Yet] at all times and in all places, the Church should have the true freedom to teach the faith, to proclaim its teaching about society, to carry out its task among men without hindrance, and to pass moral judgment even in matters relating to politics whenever the fundamental rights of man or the salvation of souls requires it» (Gaudium et Spes, 76).

I think that this is a true statement about revelation; and it is also partly true that when Christians speak of «faith» they mean primarily «faith in» or «trust in» someone: in God, who is personal, in Jesus Christ.

As we mature in our faith, some of us may be able to shake off some of our personal biases and get closer to the true meaning of Scripture.

Heavily influenced by the Enlightenment and the philosophical tradition of Logical Positivism (the idea that if something is not able to be judged true or false, then we are rationally compelled to ignore it as irrelevant), much of the modern Church has bought into the belief that the truth of Christianity should be treated like any other set of factual claims, and that people of faith can somehow rationally observe ultimate truth with a level of personal detachment and objectivity.

«Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the world pray to the same God...» Yes, this is true if you look at the holy writings and traditions of these faiths — but in 2010 it's «My God can beat up your god» Catholics, Baptists, Hasidim Jews, Reform Jews, Sunni and Shia Muslims all have their own «personal» gods now — I know there have always been religious splits, but in our Instant Communication world it's easier than ever to divide people by stirring up emotions.

Statistically, if there even is a god, it is far more likely that one of faith has chosen (or been taught without the benefit of making an actual personal choice) the wrong god to believe in or the wrong set of tenets ascribed to that particular god or that the one true religion has either gone extinct or hasn't been formulated yet.

While it is true, as has been said before, that theology requires personal involvement on the part of its students, the fact can not be ignored that in the activity of the intellect the ultimate objects and subjects of love, faith and hope must be set somewhat at the fringe of awareness.

No, I've decided that the reverse is true; I absorb apocalyptic visions as counterbalance to a fundamentally optimistic personal / political faith in humanity's capacity to find a better way to live.

«In Mark Greaney's Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance, someone with inside knowledge and access to personal details of key military and government personnel has been selling that information to enemies of the United States.

New Order's «True Faith» contains the phrase «depend on the morning sun,» so we surmise that a wistful daybreak epiphany of self - worth and personal agency is somehow relevant to Copperwhite's motivation for the eponymous painting.

More specifically, your personal convictions and commitments to what is true to your heart, the personal code of ethics in which you put your faith in.