Sentences with phrase «understanding of faith in»

In that case, to repeat, nothing will be lost and much will be gained, both for the understanding of the faith in God self - revealed in Christ and for the Church which with all its imperfections and inadequacies has proclaimed this faith to the world through twenty centuries of history.

And yet, as I've said, this has become the dominant understanding of faith in the modern period.

Beyond this simple reinterpretation of the old Covenant and the typological correlation between the two Testaments, medieval hermeneutics pursued the coincidence between the understanding of the faith in the lectio divina and the understanding of reality as a whole, divine and human, historical and physical.

I am suggesting that our understanding of faith in God be built on the same principle.

We are forced to recognize that the form of theism which most Western men have taken for granted and have by and large made use of to explicate their understanding of faith in God is now widely held to be anything but reasonable.

But as an addendum to this — I also think we need to strive for a better understanding of our faith in our respective denominations.

Not exact matches

I've recently lost faith in trying to understand global conditions through the lens balance of payments mechanisms.

You have to constantly improve your probabilistic understanding of how events will unfold in the future, while at the same time constraining your faith in your own abilities to understand the things you've learned about.

Faith in truth absolute, foundation of existence in understanding or hinduism, denial of truth absolute in hinduism, ignorance.

In the course of my own studies of the scriptures I came to a personal understanding of my faith much more in line with the Arminian school of Christian thoughIn the course of my own studies of the scriptures I came to a personal understanding of my faith much more in line with the Arminian school of Christian thoughin line with the Arminian school of Christian thought.

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

Some of that evidence includes, «the empty tomb, the early belief of the disciples in the resurrection of Jesus due to eyewitness testimony, the transformation of the disciples, the conversion of Paul, and the conversion of James» I understand that many have died in the name of faith and religoun throughout time and still do, but they have died wholeheartedly believing that their way was the truth.

Something you christards need to understand when you spew the following crap: «A belief in science (or being an atheist) requires the same amount of faith as a belief in god / gods.»

The First Vatican Council included language like (the Pope) «is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church and faith, and teacher of all Christians; and that to him was handed down in blessed Peter, by our Lord Jesus Christ, full power to...» This transfer of power depends on the Roman Church's understanding of the Office of the Keys which I do not agree with, but their statements make it clear that the Pope's authority as the Roman Church understands it is derived from Christ's.

Religion and faith are a personal choice and journey as is the lack of either; I raised my son and daughter much in the same ways I was raised and I am proud of their understanding and acceptance of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, that they do not look down on or speak ill of others who believe differently than they.

This is the extreme call of faith ~ that despite ALL appearances we CHOOSE to believe in a God that loves us and provides for all his creation regardless of what that does or does not look like to our human understanding.

``... there are many Christians who are exceedingly confident int their understanding of the gospels, and who are exceedingly self - confident in their understanding of themselves in their faith.

Absent a true understanding of what the liturgy is, grounded in a firm grasp of what the gospel is, those who «come to church» do not grow in living faith.

all things were created by nothing with nothing and for nothing... that takes more faith than i have... i prefer to believe in Jesus Christ — the one and only who rose from the dead — the most astounding historical fact ever recorded; Christians don't have all the answers but as the author Don Miller noted: «I can no more understand the complexity of God than the pancakes I made for breakfast can understand the complexity of me»

Recently, I've come to understand to a greater degree how «a theology» can replace «a faith» and mask itself as the real thing.I'm not anti-theological, in fact, I'm very theological - the difference in my approach now is a realization that if one has some degree of traditional, but contemporary faith in God (as I do), then a theology is inevitable....

Moreover, B'nai B'rith seems not to understand that, in asking the SBC to «repeal» its resolution, it is asking Southern Baptists to abandon what is for them an article of faith, namely, that it is the obligation of Christians to try to bring absolutely everybody, including Jews, to a «saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.»

Father Callahan did not find his faith in the shallow trappings of his organized religion but from understanding the divine (the white) in himself.

The atheist who claims to come from a «faith» background is extremely confused and more to be pitied than admired.Had the supposed «believer» continued in the «faith» they claim to have forsaken, they would ultimately have appeared before God and been rejected.These were deceived, they never met God, they never knew God and they never understood God.They are devoid of the Truth and twice lost.There is hope while they still breathe Gods gift of life that they might someday meet and be reconciled to God, but their lying nature makes salvation less likely.Debate with them is an exercise in futility.God bless

I think there is a clear lead in this blog it is leading towards genuine truth, towards humility, towards love, towards an ever deeper understanding of theology, towards a dynamic faith.

Maybe have a little humility and admit you can't understand, rather than pretend you can demolish — in your mind — a human legacy that has endured through thousands of years and continues to this day to inspire and transform people from all walks of life and faiths.

The emerging understanding of how widespread sexual violence is, especially in conflict situations, also points to transmission routes; the potential for moral and pragmatic leadership by faith leaders is enormous.

If, by Faith, you mean what we understand to be true then yes, but some of us don't have any «religious» faith in things supernatFaith, you mean what we understand to be true then yes, but some of us don't have any «religious» faith in things supernatfaith in things supernatural.

At the centre of our faith is this reality that in order to be understood by those identified as His people and perhaps more urgently to be understood by those who weren't yet His people, God became human.

(The only change is our ability to understand it even better) I consider myself a deeply religious person who fully participates in the organization and work of my faith.

Maybe you don't think that you have been answered, but I think you have been in ways that you don't fully understand, Faith is a gift from God but not all of us will be given that gift, pray for the gift of true faith and let's see what hapFaith is a gift from God but not all of us will be given that gift, pray for the gift of true faith and let's see what hapfaith and let's see what happens.

Drawing on Alasdair MacIntyre's, After Virtue, he argues that many, having lost faith in the attempt to ground morality in the Enlightenment's understanding of reason, now believe that truth is but the imposition of our arbitrary will on the world.

... we can disagree without being divisive - yr entitled to yr understanding of correct theology that leads to faith - I'm more concerned with faith and the theology that will support it.It might appear that I just said the same thing in two ways, but I wd be quick to argue that theology shld be Faith's child.Most of us have our experience of God or Christ (including Paul) before we even know what theology is — correct orfaith - I'm more concerned with faith and the theology that will support it.It might appear that I just said the same thing in two ways, but I wd be quick to argue that theology shld be Faith's child.Most of us have our experience of God or Christ (including Paul) before we even know what theology is — correct orfaith and the theology that will support it.It might appear that I just said the same thing in two ways, but I wd be quick to argue that theology shld be Faith's child.Most of us have our experience of God or Christ (including Paul) before we even know what theology is — correct orFaith's child.Most of us have our experience of God or Christ (including Paul) before we even know what theology is — correct or not.

That Lutherans and Catholics have made progress in our mutual understanding of the faith is a gift from God, and we do well to thank him for it.

I suffered a terrible car accident... during 3 weeks I almost died «many times»... Now I can read a beautiful article like this one and agree with it... Believe me... no matter your faith, your fortune or whatever you may be involved with... on the face of death if you are human you will only care about your loved ones... you will remember about the moments you were happy together and dream they happen again... you will remember your childhood like you were 7 again... you will ask forgiveness and try to show your love, no matter how hard you are... In the face of death we realize that nothing more then our family matters... For the professor, once his life of arrogance reaches an end, he will then understand what is the meaning of family...

In any case, I will do you the honor of assuming that you are interested in hearing what those who speak such a language have to say, and I will also suppose that a faith which seeks understanding may sometimes find iIn any case, I will do you the honor of assuming that you are interested in hearing what those who speak such a language have to say, and I will also suppose that a faith which seeks understanding may sometimes find iin hearing what those who speak such a language have to say, and I will also suppose that a faith which seeks understanding may sometimes find it.

As Evangelicals and Catholics fully committed to our respective heritages, we affirm together the coinherence of Scripture and tradition: tradition is not a second source of revelation alongside the Bible but must ever be corrected and informed by it, and Scripture itself is not understood in a vacuum apart from the historical existence and life of the community of faith.

We understand the statement that «we are justified by grace through faith because of Christ» in terms of the substitutionary atonement and imputed righteousness of Christ, leading to full assurance of eternal salvation; we seek to testify in all circumstances and contexts to this, the historic Protestant understanding of salvation by faith alone (sola fide).

Of that number, 90 % — 1.8 billion — belong to sects whose official p [osition is that there is no problem with a faith in the Christian version of a god, and an understanding that evolution is a facOf that number, 90 % — 1.8 billion — belong to sects whose official p [osition is that there is no problem with a faith in the Christian version of a god, and an understanding that evolution is a facof a god, and an understanding that evolution is a fact.

Sadly, in this day and age, when someone with proper Biblical understanding tries to educate others about matters of faith, it's called hate mongering, intolerance, bigotry, etc..

For true Christianity we understand based on Jesus» prophecy in the book of Matthew the 24 chapter verses 11 and 12 that many would leave their faith because of the hypocrisy of their leaders and truly not being able to help mankind out as a whole.

Martin fails to help both believers and unbelievers understand what the alternatives are for dealing with this issue of faith and history because, in a fashion now considered politically correct, he advocates what he calls «multiperspectivism.»

Rather since I already take on faith that you can't, under normal circu «mstances, have both B and not B, that premise conflicts with my understanding of science and the Christian religion, which I see as incompatible (in most forms).

They arrange the elements of Christian faith differently and, as a result, use and understand the nature and purpose of the Scripture in significantly differing ways.

There seems to be an assumption that because we are wise and atheistic, anyone in the past whom we admire can not have been too much affected by religion — that their faith is just a cultural appurtenance of as little importance to understanding their thought as their hairstyle.

Nor do I understand why he criticizes William Dix for the phrase «faith believes, nor questions how,» for Farrow himself insists that the coming of the Word in the consecration is not «explicable in terms of the old creation.»

I was instrumental, years ago, in bringing my siblings to an understanding of faith outside of the Catholicism in which we were raised.

Perhaps your «understanding» of quantum mechanics «is nothing more than faith in what is perceived»?

He called for a «spirit of tolerance and understanding deeply rooted in religious faith.»

Although these Abrahamic traditions share a lot in common, from their stories of shared ancestries, to their patriarchal roots, to various figures and prophets like Jesus, Moses, the Angel Gabriel, and so on, many understand these faith traditions as rivals.

Craig that was exactly my understanding however if we believe that in that traditional sense a person could lose there eternal life by there actions by not walking in the Lord which i do nt think is right as eternal life is a free gift from God not based on works.Jeremys definition is that we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ to eternal life.I believe the term salvation has the meaning to be saved not necesarily to eternal life but saved from ourselves Christ gives us the power to be transformed into his likeness or to be Christ like.In the eternal picture our actions determine how we are rewarded from God although its not the motivation of the reward but because we love the Lord.regards brent