The pope is
the voice of god on earth....
Not exact matches
* * * Built
on the Rock the Church shall stand, though earthly temples be closing silenced are
voices of evil men, but
God's
voice still is calling... Calling the young and old to rest, calling the souls in darkness to Himself, calling to life everlasting!
If I told someone I was hearing the audible
voice of god they would put me away
on 51 - 50 in a padded cell.
God has always been intent
on teaching us truth, & I have a hard time believe
God would allow the
voice of truth to be easily undermined without our own willful, intentional subversion.
Any body who honestly thinks they can hear the audible
voice of THE MYTH THAT IS
God needs to be
on medication.
Through memory, Augustine explains at various points in Book X
of the Confessions, we are able to review our past actions and discern a variety
of important themes: we can see when we were moving towards
God and (conversely) when we were moving away from Him; when we discerned the good rightly and sought it properly and (conversely) when we misidentified the good and sought experiences or possessions that were bad for us; when
God was calling us towards Himself, whether we heard His
voice or not; and so
on.
When men, who have agency and
voice, are silent against the sexual predation
of women, they not only contribute to the shame that victims feel, they empower the predators who use wealth and power to continue their assault
on our sisters created in the image
of God.
But the
voice that tells Abraham not to lay his hand
on the young boy is a messenger
of YHVH, the four letters that Jewish tradition identifies with the embodiment
of God as the Transformer and Liberator from Egypt.
Revelation 14:9 - 10... 9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud
voice, «If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark
on his forehead or
on his hand, 10 he himself shall also drink
of the wine
of the wrath
of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup
of His indignation.
That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear
voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands
of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the
voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode
of fear I live in a rough area
of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out
of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with
God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence
of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling
of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «
God» I can say from my heart
of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear
God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm
on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots
of good information to be plundered loll
The disciples
on the Mount
of Transfiguration not only saw a vision; they also heard
God's
voice coming out
of the cloud, saying, «This is my child, my Chosen; listen to him.»
To these pastors, you have heard the
voice of thy Lord, if you continue to act in hatred, you will be condemed in all your ways and feel the judgment
of God here
on earth and beyond this life unto the next.
Even more telling, this: «Take up your
voice and sound your barbaric yawps as you wish... good
on you... but for the love
of God (literally) do you really have to do it by simplistically demanding a new online divorce trial?
It is a particularly troubling matter when
God goes silent
on us, when we can't hear his
voice at all, whether it's a tender whisper
of encouragement, raucous laughter, or a thundering rebuke, it is then that we are most keenly aware
of God.
There are royal psalms
voicing the festival spirit
of celebration at the court, praying for help in the king's need and for blessing
on the king's rule, and there are psalms in which the common man poured out his hope and trust in
God amid the ordinary happiness, suffering, and drudgery
of daily life.
what was
God saying and doing thru them?To refer to one
voice (Paul), becuz he's the most prolific or the most digestible is to ignore all the other
voices and more importantly, the development
of structures that were being built
on the foundation.
In my selfishness, I thought it was just between me and
God.It took the situation with Alicia to wake me up to the fact that when we're not closely listening for the
voice of God, we don't just miss out
on the peace and joy we experience from a deeper relationship with the Lord; we don't just miss an opportunity to give honor and glory to the One who most deserves it; we don't just miss out
on answered prayers
God may have had in store for us — sometimes we miss the opportunity to answer someone else's prayer.»
After carefully reading the Quran and examining it based
on his many years
of study, a leading American theologian has concluded that via the holy book
God is speaking to all human beings around the world, a
voice that, in his astonishing book, he said he tried to transmit to readers and students, as well to himself, to deepen his understanding.
«If Calvinism is true, it means that
God creates disposable people, people without any hope,» I said, my
voice steadily rising above the sound
of the USC vs. Ohio State game
on TV.
I am repeating some
of what others have already said in this blog but also including scripture which I think is always important when we
voice an opinion based
on God's word.
On March 24, 1980, not long after he
voiced a plea to soldiers to disobey killing orders that were contrary to
God's commandments and their moral convictions, he was gunned down by a rightist assassin while saying mass in the chapel
of the hospital where he lived.
Looks like it's going to be a good read I'm excited to be able to read this book I just recently read your book atonement
of God and loved it I've also listen to your teachings
on Genesis love that very much especially episode 43 when you talk about the
voice of God in the garden that was so wonderful.
I can remember the days when I am sure I did hear
God's
voice (I still believe that was so) although working
on my intuition may have produced the same kind
of results.
The country was up in arms, the war was
on, in every breast burned the holy fire
of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering;
on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread
of roofs and balconies a fulttering wilderness
of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with
voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory with stirred the deepest deeps
of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones
of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the
God of Battles beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings
of fervid eloquence which moved every listener.
Rev 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst
of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell
on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Rev 14:7 Saying with a loud
voice, Fear
God, and give glory to him; for the hour
of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains
of waters.
This is the message
Gods angels have for humanity today: The apostle John referred to a vision he had, saying: And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, * + and he had everlasting good news + to declare as glad tidings to those who dwell
on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, + 7 saying in a loud
voice: «FEAR
God + and give him glory, + because the hour
of the judgment by him has arrived, + and so worship the One who made + the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains
of waters.»
(Ibid, «Religion and Reality,» pp. 34 f., 22, «
God and the Spirit
of Man,» p. 164 f. «
On the Suspension
of the Ethical,» p. 154 f.) In all past times men had, stored away in their hearts, images
of the Absolute, «partly pallid, partly crude, altogether false and yet true...» These images helped to protect them from the deception
of the
voices.
You do realize you're basing your fantasy
on a book written by men, claiming to be the
voice of god, right?
I mean, I go back to the baptism
of Jesus Christ where
God spoke and His
voice was heard from above, Jesus Christ was being baptized
on earth and the Holy Ghost was coming down as a dove... well, you so call Christians don't make sense sometimes.
The CNN Belief Blog asked some prominent
voices with different views
on religion how they make sense
of such suffering, where they see inspiration amid destruction and how they respond to people who wonder, «How could
God let this happen?»
They have done already a deal and their favorite book is The Book
of Revelation:» [9] And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls
of them that were slain for the word
of God, and for the testimony which they held: [10] And they cried with a loud
voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood
on them that dwell
on the earth?
The elder Bonhoeffers were listening to the radio from London
on July 27 when an English
voice spoke: «We are gathered here in the presence
of God to make thankful remembrance
of the life and work
of His servant Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who gave his life in faith and obedience to His holy word... «22
So often, the
voice of our father (the one
on earth) becomes the
voice of God in our hearts and minds.
If one has never journeyed into the deep — prayed (which includes Scripture / theological study, faith sharing, adoration, spiritual formation / retreats, pilgramages, Mass, reconciliation, fasting, listening for
God's
voice, and more)
on an ongoing fashion or done
God's will (been obedient, patient, humble, unconditionally sacrificing, unselfish) to the extent that they understand what it means to be Catholic and
God being your number one priority — that His Ways and those
of His Church are not the ways
of the world (trade vices for virtues) and that we are being called into communion with Him via love for Him and one another in our faith community and broader community — then it is no wonder some are lost or disillusioned.
Daniel Hamlin writes
on how a terrifying experience at sea taught him about the importance
of listening to the «still small
voice»
of God More
Such a concept is opaque, for it does not cohere with any exercise
of «freedom» as we know it
on earth, nor with that inner sense
of joy in obedience to
God as «loved Person» which we sense when we obey the
voice of conscience.
The disciple relies, in the end,
on the inner guidance
of the Holy Spirit, but it is easy to mistake one's own opinion for the
voice of God!
Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state
of Mississippi, north
of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my
voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town
of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say
God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check
on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church
on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,
«In my research
on Down syndrome, I learned that these special kids most often bring joy into their family's lives,» she wrote in that book, explaning her decision to pen a note in the
voice of God.
I had rather discern a cry
of human need
voiced in a novel, or discover the grace
of God profanely proclaimed in a drama
on the stage or
on the street, than retell what some other has discerned there.
I come to the garden alone While the dew is still
on the roses And the
voice I hear falling
on my ear The Son
of God discloses.
I'm certainly no expert
on hearing the
voice of God, however, if I were you, I would question whether it was actually
God telling you to put away your Bible for a while.
The Pope further explores the profound relationship between Father and Son in a beautiful passage
on the cloud and the
voice of the Father (cf. Lk 9, 34): «Theholy cloud, the «shekinah», is the sign
of the presence
of God himself.
He fulfilled Isaiah's prophecy
of a
voice crying in the wilderness
on behalf
of God and
God's righteousness (Isa.
When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor
on us, we cried to the Lord, the
God of our ancestors; the Lord heard our
voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.
If your
god was so damn good, this brilliant
voice would not have gone astray and died so young or is it that he gave up
on one
of his own and didn't give a damn?
I want to appeal to something I believe
God is already whispering inside
of them — encourage them to hear that
voice and act
on it.
Someone
of faith can make a prediction, which is not based
on God speaking to them in a little
voice inside their head, then they are making scientific predictions based
on past observations, but then they are making a scientific prediction — not using their faith.
God grant us a new prophetic
voice in our time, perhaps rising up in protest from the pews, or sounding forth, as did Karl Barth, from an obscure and seemingly unimportant pulpit, a prophetic
voice that proclaims justice and equality for women, but
on the sure basis
of the authority
of the Bible and the equalizing nature
of the apostolic Christian faith.
Jesus was the messiah (according to himself and his followers — an authoritarial
voice) that taught
on the kingdom
of God (principles
of guidance that
God seems to approve
of) for the betterment
of humanity (concern for one another is core to his teachings).