Sentences with phrase «understands about the grace»

Not exact matches

Because our basic theological understandings of grace include assent to the claim that the most beautiful and precious things in and about our lives are unearned and undeserved, themes of gift and gratitude sometimes seem overworked.

People may not know or understand much about grace, repentance, rebirth and atonement, but everybody knows about water.

Yet mysticism is scarcely half of what spirituality is about — the other half being prophecy, by which I understand the living out of the grace - experience in the body politic by way of justice.

I think the whole book of romans is a great book to read about faith and grace Jeremy, I am sure I may frustrate you at times, but just understand all this interaction is growing me.

You have some inaccurate information and misunderstandings about us, but please understand this: Everything I believe in revolves around Jesus Christ and my faith that because of His sacrifice for us and His love and grace, we can be forgiven of our sins and saved.

The itinerant worker is often necessary to help a group of people understand the Scriptures a little better, or grant them freedom from some of the traditions and baggage or the past, or provide some helpful guidance about grace, forgiveness, and love.

Sadly these misunderstandings about nature and grace distort people's understanding of Christian life, raising questions such as: Is grace at odds with our humanity?

I published a post this week on the blog about how a true understanding of grace allows you to just go sin all you want.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

Wesley understood quite well what his Anglican theology of baptism told him about the work of God in the baptized, but he also knew that the adults he now confronted in the cities of England were no longer living out of the grace of baptism.

O'Connor was realistic about human nature and its ability to resist grace (p. 307), and she understood the ebbs and flows of faith.

And as we talk about them, we must remember to address them with humility, understanding and grace, keeping in mind our role as fellow hospital patients, not museum curators.

And while making the point about God's gifts to us, she sees the sacramental message that is written into creation itself: «Food is and always will be a sign built into the order of creation, physical nourishment that illuminates and spiritual nourishment we receive in Holy Communion... the more we see food in that light — the more we see it as a perpetual sign of God's goodness and love — the more fully we can understand the Eucharist as a holy and tremendous sacrifice in which love and gift, grace and life are bound up together.»

Bob — I can totally understand that you were exhausted by the «deeper life» approach to Christianity — it is a notion that is so often driven by a dissatisfaction which buffers us constantly about what we are (failing) and what we should be, and it can so easily create a cycle which dis - enfranchises us from the actual riches of grace — which put simply, stem from the fact that God justifies the wicked.

And the twentieth - century Catholic battle about how to understand Thomas Aquinas and his nature — grace distinction was a real trauma in the life of the Church.

So understood, it is rightly said by Mephistopheles in Faust that nothing is more miserable than a devil who despairs; for by despairing must here be understood unwillingness to hear anything about repentance and grace.

It is not the mission of the church to preach and teach about love and grace all the time (although it happens A LOT now because people just don't seem to understand or get the message the first time they hear it, or the second time, or the third, and they don't involve themselves with the word of God enough) because people need to be founded on meat.

An improper understanding of the grace and forgiveness of God is the root cause of most of the wrong views about the unforgivable sin.

I have always heard one of my best friends Katie talk about needing grace and God's grace daily as she parents and faces faults or weak areas, but I never quite understood what she was actually telling me.

I went into this film knowing that it was going to be a visual marvel, hoping that I would be able to understand, at least on an intuitive level, what Malick was communicating to us about life, nature, grace, family, etc..

1) introduction lesson - «silent sentences» activity 2) Core notes for the A2 course, covering the period from Jan 1535 to Oct 1536 (as Pilgrimage of Grace is about to start) for students 3) Structured discussion lesson to consolidate understanding 4) source work - comparative evaluation in line with new spec

My saving grace was I was the only novice and the others in the group understood that and helped me to figure out how to critique in a way that allowed the writer to draw his or her own conclusions about the work.

I was annoyed that Grace was so opinionated about hospitals and doctors, although I can understand why she felt that way.

Between the stress of moving back home, applying for jobs, and starting a career, it's easy to understand why sometimes people don't even know about a student loan until they get a late bill once their grace period ends.

If I understand correctly, the Modern gambled on its first show of color photography, and that same year Barnett Newman was about to set aside his «area of competence,» abstract painting, to make the sculpture that now graces the atrium of the remodeled Modern.