Sentences with phrase «very often»

Very often, as the history of the church demonstrates, creative and sound theological thinking took shape in dialogue and discussions with alternative points of view.

The concern for unity very often distracted the attention of the church away from its primary task of evangelism.

Any «tradition» that college students encounter nowadays very often tends toward either the vacuous or the politicized.

Very often they are only too well aware of their failures and shortcomings and not infrequently they are bowed down with guilt because they do not live as they know they should — they do not need a priest to lecture them on their inadequacies.

Very often, in fact, we see ourselves as perishing and surrounded by foes.

Very often, sexual dysfunction clears up as other problems in the relationship are resolved — and vice versa, of course.

Also, in light of the previous point, this sort of makes pastors and preachers the dealers in this transaction, which is why you will very often find the most Bible addicts in a church where the pastor and preacher places an heavy and constant emphasis on attending church, listening to sermons, daily Bible reading, and going to Bible studies.

As I've mentioned before, I don't get play - by - play directions from him, and I don't hear his voice very often.

It's not something you think about very often: well - known actors fretting about where the next paycheck is going to come from.

We take scientists with us very often who produce scientific information of many different varieties over the years.

This is a very awesome story that has touched my heart not very often will you find a person in the world like this.

Before leaving the question of divorce, I should like to distinguish two things which are very often confused.

Writing on his blog, Green admits: «I don't talk about it very often, but I'm a religious person.

However, the function which religion strangely has very often served of creating divisions and animosities was manifest as early as the time of Elijah, when the prophets denounced and threatened Ahab for leniency toward the defeated Ben - Hadad.

I believe that the kind of truth we are talking about very often transcends facts.

«narration», for it achieved its aim very often by telling a story).9 Since the Semitic mind was quite unaccustomed to our kind of philosophical and abstract thought, midrash haggadah fulfilled a very important function in Jewish education.

We are taking a position — organized religion is harmful, hurtful, very often hateful, and to be avoided.

In spite of such advantages, potentiality, and expectations of the Korean church's role in world mission, it is very often said that the Korean church's mission has created various problems in the mission fields, as well as at home.

But actually I'm not angry very often at all.

Mattholie says we need to begin by considering our communities and their needs, and then formulate churches around this: «Very often in the rural context people begin with a church and ask: «How might we attract people to what we're already doing?»

Very often, the people who are this second soil look very promising to begin with, but since they do not take care of the sin issues in their lives, they fall away, and eventually end up addicted to sin and destroying their life, their health, and their relationships.

Conviction is important, and fence - sitters don't contribute to much very often.

It should be said, though, that very often the possibility of revision will not be a lively one, and this too is perfectly appropriate.

Fortunately, the converse of Pope Paul VI's prediction holds good: those who reject artificial contraception and live according to the teaching of the Church contribute to a general raising of morality, and very often have the actual experience of a better relationship of mutual love and life.

The different rites that developed over the years, written very often by different authors, are the vehicle conveying that very same reality, namely the Last Supper, the death and resurrection of Our Saviour.

Those who support the idea of assisted suicide are, very often, relatives of a terminally - ill individual whose suffering they wish would end.

Bonhoeffer very often uses the phrase «participating in the suffering of God in the world».

Very often the «God» they're rejecting I would reject, too.

And the point of that sword was very often to be found in the belly of a Christian.

Then, very often, by the time the person has finished telling the story, it ends up having been positive and transforming for the person to have been able to tell the story.

Whatever good Christian charity actually does very often seems to be merely a byproduct of the evangelizing effort.

I know I put a link to our online community every day, but I don't talk about it at length very often.

I know that there are all kinds of problems with Christianity as an enterprise; however, there's another image of the church that I see very often that bothers me more even than the image of the church as an enterprise, and the model that comes to me again, and again and again as I am working with congregations, is the image of the congregation as the Junior League.

Very often, encountering some rough patches indicates you're on the right path.

Very often it is the clergy who try to get the congregation to adopt a particular position on this issue, which is quite sad — we shouldn't be doing that.

Very often the «I» as well as the «you» of the text is understood to be the God Catherine is «hearing» in her meditating.

This protocol allows the killing of infants of less than one year of age; the victims are very often disabled.

People very often appreciate their priest but forget to say thank you.»

Unfortunately, dysfunctional organizations, including families, very often side with the abusers.

Very often a college faculty, forced to cut its budget, must consider what is truly indispensable in the curriculum.

When people in the church talk about authority they are very often talking about controlling people or situations.

«The positions that are primarily expressed there through their various speakers and even through the faculty is very often not consistent with the Catholic Church.»

I find myself very often like Jonah in that I am alright with those I do not like perishing, I like the destruction portion of the prophesy.

We used to hear very often the phrase «building the Kingdom.»

When the most significant psychological thinker of our time, Sigmund Freud, points out that words are very often a cover - up and that more truth is to be learned from dreams or even slips of the tongue than from controlled speech, those who preach the Word are going to speak to ever - dwindling audiences.

On the other hand, she didn't write or phone very often, and she had been living in a city 300 miles away, so visits were infrequent.

It tends to make me think that you often feel that you are on your own very often.

Parents, very often, we focus on making sure our children are growing strong and healthy physically, and we send them to school to develop mentally — but what steps are you taking to make sure they are developing spiritually?

There are many reasons for this, but one involves an aspect of Bonhoeffer's life that is not directly examined very often: the influence of his ecumenical contacts and worldview on his theology and praxis.

I'm guessing a Jewish team hasn't made the playoffs very often in that league, where the games have happened to fall on the sabbath.