Second I think «God's
way of doing things» was first to give freedom of choice....
«The easiest
way of doing this,» he continues, «is to read books, and so ironists spend more of their time placing books than in placing real live people» (CIS 80).
Second, one central value of God's
way of doing things is that life should be protected.
Yes, the whole time I was trying to imagine how they came up with
this way of doing things.
They were to all appearances very ordinary people, usually devoutly religious people, who knew that some things must not be done and who put their lives in
the way of the doing of such things.
The customary practice in our society of embalming and publicly viewing the body is one
way of doing this, but it is by no means the only way.
His way of doing it is to stress the importance of love and the genuine spiritual illumination that flowers in right ethical living.
The board made the right decision; we don't want kids to get the idea that their religion allows them to break their ethical code for a time, change their mind at the end, and then demand that the league change
their way of doing business to accommodate them.
The reaching out from Christendom to «mission fields» in the «non-Christian lands» was the basic
way of doing mission.
The board made the right decision; we don't want kids to get the idea that their religion allows them to break their ethical code for a time, change their mind at the end, and then demand that the league change
their way of doing business to acco.mmodate them.
My problem with the category of «story» is that it invites uncritical acceptance from many who see it as a new
way of doing theology.
One
way of doing this is simply to set a dollar figure, a certain amount per week or per month, that you give to church and charities.
Reasons for such pessimism are underscored in the analytical portion of Pritchard's book: «Evaluating the Willow Creek
Way of Doing Church.»
As a result, even our pastor is starting to realize that what started out as «a class» to have a beginning and ending point, is now a body of believers who don't want to leave the gathering, but to continue growning in a much more comfortable, meaningful setting than they have been used to in the church - building - lecture - learned
way of doing things.
Today I want to introduce you to a pastor and a church that might be characterized by some as «nontraditional,» but that seem to me to be modeling a very ancient
way of doing church.
Is any one
way of doing church the wave of the future?
So intolerance is someone not conforming to
your way of doing things even when it is you that is not following convention?
At least, not for God's
way of doing things.
Set up as a family - centered
way of doing experiential Christian education and value formation, the clusters also have provided mutual caring and support.
This process can look different in different places and at different times, and I think we run into dangerous areas when we say there is only «one»
way of doing it.
After my anger at religions faded, I was left with a desire to thank those unknown forces that helped me survive and heal, and one
way of doing that was to go seek a religion that I could respect, with no guarantee that one that I could respect even existed.
So maybe Hammarby Sjostad's
way of doing things would chafe a little — the American cry has become «Don't tell me what to do,» and it's hard to imagine us sharing washing machines with our neighbors.
We are not being intellectuals here and discussing an important topic, we are being bigots and saying how much better
our way of doing things really is compared to someone else way of doing something
If we believe that God oversees creation, then God's
way of doing it through evolution seems strange and even appalling.
And there is only one
way of doing that; namely, violence, since it is by violence that they are oppressed.
I have posted his information because he validates what I have found to be true in my own experience, and what I have read in numerous other books about the best and most cost - effective
way of doing evangelism and missions in other countries, especially in places like Africa.
Others, however, promote what they consider to be the feminine
way of doing things - cooperation rather than competition and hierarchy, for example.
Withdrawing support now for what went on in EV then would be an important
way of doing this.
Thats the American
way of doing things.
Every year, millions of people abandon the institutional
way of doing church, not because they are abandoning God, Jesus, or the Church, but because they find that intimate relationships with others and loving service in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life as His disciples.
Such
a way of doing theology must, of course, avoid the suggestion that sacred sorrow is at the center of faith, that self - flagellation by whatever sophisticated technique is to be encouraged.
There are no consequences for
their way of doing politics.
Now, that to me is not a christian
way of doing things.
Angelou had
a way of doing this with her body of work.
To me, the most effective
way of doing so is pointing out the sheer absurdity of their beliefs in public forums such as this, so as to weaken the underlying social support and impetus for such draconian views.
I call myself an atheit just to get even with all the christians (in all their many varieties) for the times they told me I would go to H E double hockey sticks for not believing in their particular
way of doing» the jehovah thing.
Maybe gayness is a natural
way of doing the same thing.
Christians believe that their god, their religion,
their way of doing things is better than everyone else.
Jesus defied labels because
His way of doing things transcended them.
I can question them (which I often have), I can get pissed that God's
way of doing things means makes my friendships difficult, and I can tell God «I wouldn't have done it that way» to which He shrugs and says, «I know.
According to the world,
this way of doing things is backward.
So, the obvious answer is to separate those and a simple
way of doing it is for governments to simply stop using the term «marriage».
Wow, I'm glad I was sitting for the shock that the Southern Baptists are still ignorant bigots... I still can't figure out why people that claim to love Jesus continue to ignore
his way of doing things...
For TNT it's a smart
way of doing business.
Continue to come up with marketing campaigns that have not been thought of, or a new
way of doing things that will generate curiosity and interest from the public.
But we have to move to a more authentic and transparent
way of doing it with customers.
Some see flexible work as an overwhelming all - or - nothing proposition, some don't trust workers to work if they're not in the office being overseen, and others still feel nervous because it is a different
way of doing things.
I'm just not a person who likes the 80:20 or Pareto - principle
way of doing things.
«Whether it's Salesforce as customer relationship management, or Workday for HR, and various other database programs, the old
way of doing business just doesn't work anymore.»
Manual processes and the old
way of doing things.