Sentences with phrase «well as for»

For this as well as for other reasons C. F. Evans is justified in saying that John's version «would seem to represent an end - product of the development of the story of the empty tomb».32

-- How does one know which passage is addressed to Israel or the early church, as well as for our own learning, and which is about the «end»?

This possibility, he held, «establishes the validity of the Christian doctrine of life through death for the collective, as well as for the individual, organism.

The Division for Parish Resources of the Lutheran Church in America has included several brochures on family violence in its family - resource series; these resources are valuable for families affected by abuse as well as for congregational study.

Peoplehood is the societal structure which through government, economy, culture, and religion provides for personal self - fulfillment, a well as for «a kind of continuing radiation or anonymous immortality» after death (GJM 479 - 80).

To be sure — so my parents thought — they needed Christianity in order to make democracy work and escape communism, as well as for their souls» salvation, but that belief did not make me suppose that Westerners are superior.

Often I have received important insights and helpful suggestions for my courses (as well as for my life) from my students.

The number of family therapies which place high value on the role of creativity and related characteristics for diagnosis, assessment, and therapy, as well as for its goals, is striking (DA).

Students must take responsibility for their own education as well as for their faith.

This pithy book would make an excellent resource for a sermon series, as well as for a study group.

Relationships between associate and senior pastors are neither more nor less complicated than other human relationships: they hold the potential or abuse as well as for transformation.

If belief that God exists requires loving all living things for God's sake as well as for their own, it is inseparable from charity, which according to the old catechism involves loving «our neighbours as ourselves for God's sake».

I mean only that the basic Christian teaching that we should be concerned for others as well as for ourselves was taken for granted as normative.

From a Whiteheadian viewpoint, the reality of collective purposes implies that God has aims for nations and institutions as well as for individuals, as the Hebrews insisted.

By working for the common good, we can express love for those about whom we know nothing as well as for those of whom we have personal knowledge.

The key term — ecclesia — was used for the local congregation as well as for the total community of the followers of Christ, his «body,» the church.

In America, for Deist as well as for Puritan, God's involvement was direct; in Mexico God's influence was mediated by church, priest, sacrament, and saint.

1) Churches need to be a voice for economic justice for lower - income families by, for instance, advocating for more generous child and earned - income tax credits, as well as for the elimination of the marriage penalties embedded in many of our public policies directed towards lower - income families.

The authority of Theodore, along with Diodore and Nestorius, was established as normative for hermeneutics as well as for theology.

«It is showing that people are taking responsibility in recognizing that anything can be used for ill as well as for good,» she said, «and you have to take precautions that our technology is not used for ill.»

The rule of law, rather than of men, ought to hold good for schools as well as for communities and nations.

[7:26] O children of Adam, we have provided you with garments to cover your bodies, as well as for luxury.

Schools could recognize faculty members for effective committee service as well as for teaching and research; churches could honor those who pray and visit as well as those who preach and sing; families could praise helpful and encouraging children as well as the athletic or beautiful.

They call for decision and action as well as for reflection.

I hold a similar regard for statements by white South Africans who seek to convince us that apartheid is in the best interest of colored and black peoples, as well as for statements by American entrepreneurs who argue that they are invested in South Africa for the purpose of enhancing the standard of living for black workers.

«The general ethical principle,» they say, «is that we should respect every entity for its intrinsic value as well as for its instrumental value to others, including ourselves» (LL 152).

My results regarding divine relativity are tentative, but there are already ramifications for the attributes of omniscience and omnipresence as well as for the problem of theodicy.

... The Christian Right should consider several points after President Obama's RE-ELECTION VICTORY: look at the Affordable Health Care Act and be pleased with the benefits for their congregation members as well as for ALL AMERICANS. . . . .

In spite of the fact that Hartshorne universally posits a strong sense of relativity to account for omniscience (as well as for other reasons), I will argue that even Hartshorne is forced in important specific cases to attenuate his claims for a strong interpretation of divine relativity; one that says God feels in exactitude the experience of others.

If you ever come across this meme I would appreciate your support for my art as well as for women and ask them to remove it.

How can Thomas F. Torrance, a Scottish Presbyterian Reformed theologian, win the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion because of his contributions to the relationship between science and theology, as well as for assisting the Eastern Orthodox Church in its articulation of Trinitarian theology?

The Holy Spirit has gifted the Church with the ministries and offices that it needs for its mission, as well as for the purpose of building one another up.

If they are true believers and not riding some particular hobby horse they must surely say that everything has remained the same that is really necessary for life as well as for death: the crucified and risen Christ, his grace, baptism, the true body and blood of the Lord in the Eucharist, the forgiveness of sins, the expectation of eternal life, the ancient dogma binding on all, the one commandment of the love of God and our neighbour.

There is a certain compassion or concern for the enemy as well as for allies.

Continuity and divisibility are properties that, for Aristotle as well as for Whitehead, belong to an entity by reason of its «matter» or its «physical pole.»

My hope was that the church would become a leading voice for economic and racial justice as well as for disarmament.

For the Kingdom of God as well as for evangelisation, the instrument and vehicle of the Kingdom of God, the parable of the grain of mustard seed [Mk 4:31 - 32] is always valid.»

That is why we who are preachers of the gospel of Christ may seek for the homeliest and simplest, as well as for the most exalted and sublime, analogies for «gospel truth» in the life and work of our people.

John Wesley's grace is admirable for family as well as for larger group singing,

This takes self - discipline, and continual reliance upon God for the effort as well as for its fruits.

It is surely good, for him as well as for the Church of England, that Dr Williams is now comfortably settled in Cambridge.

Hence, the absence of the Christian understanding of God in preChristian religion indicates that the vision of things as finite existents was virtually absent for common sense as well as for philosophy until the impact of Biblical thought caused it to prevail.

While we do not claim that human beings are enslaved by sin, we are aware of the great capacity that humans have for evil as well as for good.

This is true for states as well as for individuals.

Even though Christ didn't come yet, through trusting in God, they were redeemed «on borrowed time» by the sacrifice He did for them also, as well as for us.

The moral framework of Islam states the principles of etiquette for polite society for the common people as well as for the most advanced.

By being both genetically and behaviorally flawless, the Last Adam's life would be a sufficient sacrifice for the sin nature inherent in all men, as well as for all their sinful behavior in the future.

Surely God has a plan and a purpose for his Church as a corporate body as well as for the individuals who make up that corporate body.

Terror and pity course through both Greeks and Trojans; for Homer as well as for Logue, what survives is knowledge and music.

This is certainly an interesting article which raises a legitimate question for those of faith as well as for those without any specific spiritual belief system: Does God care who wins and if so, why and how much and what influence does He have over the outcome?