Sentences with phrase «who taught me the truths»

The lady who emailed me was right that we need a «top of the line teacher,» but there is no such person as a top of the line «pastor,» only those who teach truth.

I didn't enjoy all my classes at seminary, but the one who taught me the truths about how to understand Genesis (Dr. Gordon Johnston) was one of my favorite profs there.

Such refusal and such incapacity are the measure of the sinfulness of man — and the Hebrew prophets, who taught the truth about sacrifice, at the same time saw the radical sin in men which prevented their doing that which alone would «please God» and result in right relationships with Him.

Filled with the Holy Spirit the disciples are commissioned to go out into the world carrying the Word spoken by the Father: The Word who teaches truth, who forgives sins and heals, who loves perfectly and calls to unity.

Not exact matches

Scott I agree with you there are «christians» like myself who preach and teach the truth and try to restore the good name of a child of god

@ Freethinker Seeking Reason, If you really want to be a «free thinker» take the advice of the Son of God — Jesus Christ - who said, «If you continue in my teaching you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.»

Jesus is seen as someone who possessed the correct perspective on life and his teaching helped others to embrace the truth.

It is one thing to offend by speaking truth, that'll happen, but any other type of offence is unnecessary and against the teachings (which show God's heart on the matter) in scripture for those who claim to «know Him».

He is the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Truth, the Wonderful Counselor, the Power of God, the Convictor of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and the Helper of those who follow and obey the teachings of Jesus Christ.

More so for the ones who sit in a pew each week seeking Gods true face and never finding it because no one will teach the truth anymore...

Part of you is still reeling from the revelation and trying to reconcile the fact that a man who you respect (ed), who taught about things like integrity and honesty, was apparently more able to speak those truths than live them out.

Evangelical Catholics know what «all that» is by reference to what is taught by the bishops of the Church in full communion with the bishop of Rome, the vital center of the Church's unity, who bears a special responsibility for preserving the integrity of the truth Christ left to his Church.

And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.

«His teaching above that of others, the canonical writings alone excepted, enjoys such a precision of language, an order of matters, a truth of conclusions, that those who hold to it are never found swerving from the path of truth, and he who dare assail it will always be suspected of error.»

Observer — I am neither those... However I am a hypocrite who knows the truth and teaches the truth yet does not in my everyday life am consistent with my behaviors.

We lament that LGBT persons are condemned and excluded by individuals and institutions, political and religious, who claim to be speaking the truth of Christian teaching.

Jesus is the Wisdom of God in Person who became man to teach us the full truth and show us the only way to be fully alive with God for ever.

Teach them the beautiful truth of Romans 8:1: «Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.»

For the faithful in Christ can not accept this view, which holds either that after Adam there existed men on this earth who did not receive their origin by natural generation from him, the first parent of all, or that Adam signifies some kind of multiple first parents; for it is by no means apparent how such an opinion can be reconciled with what the sources of revealed truth and the acts of the magisterium of the Church teach about original sin, which proceeds from a sin truly committed by one Adam, and which is transmitted to all by generation, and exists in each one as his own» -LCB- Humani Generis 37).

Bob... «And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.»

If you are not experiencing opposition in this life as a Christian than you need to take another look at the truth that the Bible and Christ taught... Jesus was a revolutionary figure who opposed the society and people that he lived with... He was not a person who was sugary sweet... and He didn't tell people what they wanted to hear... as Scripture says, the path to heaven is narrow and Few choose it... the road to hell is wide and most are following that path.

These religious truths teach us how to understand our world, endure suffering, make hard choices that will lead to better futures and otherwise allow us to become who we are meant to be with some grati - tude for the experience overall.

Leo finally quotes the testimony of Innocent VI who says «His teaching above that of others, the canons alone excepted, enjoys such an elegance of phraseology, a method of statement, a truth of proposition, thatthose who hold to it are never found swerving from the path of truth, and he who dare assail it will always be suspected of error.»

i will tell you that the one thing that god gave us is the power of will or choice and that is why we can decide to do good or bad or follow him or not but the evidence of a true christian is that person life will change and not is a small way.my people open your eyes and do not be fools to believe that there is no god because you know in your own heart while you say it, deep inside you can see that a god do exist and i do not need to tell you that or prove it to you because you know it is true.unfortunately there are false preachers who do not teach the truth or a halph truth which has led millions down the wrong path and today we see the result of it everywhere.

If a missionary is not available, God could send angels to teach these people, or through the Holy Spirit moving like wind upon the earth, God could simply whisper more revelation to those who are responding to the truth they have received.

You've been taught, and are now teaching, a pack of lies; time to stop listening to those ear - ticklers and find someone who will tell you the plain, blunt, unvarnished Truth.

When we see that the gospel contains a whole host of truths and doctrines to believe and teach and also a broad spectrum of behaviors to practice and obey, those who believe Christians should be listening to more sermons and attending more Bible studies can nod and smile toward those who prefer to be out feeding the poor and tending the sick, and vice versa.

Black Lives Matter is preaching life, hope and justice, and if we want to learn how to preach a fuller Gospel, then we have to participate with people who are teaching parts of the truth.

Only for him who wills the Good in truth, only for him can what is taught about the punishments of eternity be eternally true.

i am a 17 year old who thinks that the Koran is a lie how does it speak the truth the Bilbe is more truth then any other book so the real quesion is what does your book teach you the Bilble the truth says that Gays are not right they are wrong

OR, might God choose to reveal truth through the experiences of a people who tried to be true to him, certain moral principles, failing again and trying again, people looking for universal truths and communicating them to their children generation after generation, orally and through writing things down, organizing themselves into communities and societies, aiming for justice, teaching each other, defending their families, lives, cities, and governments.

September 11, 2001, I was reminded, demonstrated the truth of this, surely; and those of us who teach undergraduates must be aware that, for all the cultural privations they suffer, they are often decent and admirable.

The last thing they'd go for help is a christian and few desperate enough find good Christians who'd taught them the truth but most gets something different entirely.

Or are we taught to bring those who are lost to the Messiah who is «the Truth»?

As for the reason Jesus was put to death, Cox locates the proximate cause not in humanity's sinfulness; nor in Jewish outrage over Jesus» claims to be the Son of God and the Way, the Truth, and the Life; nor in the jealousy of religious leaders threatened by Jesus» miracles (which Cox suggests were the fruit of positive thinking on the part of those who «feel» healed after touching Jesus); nor in his teachings (which Cox insists were uncontroversial among the Jews).

Those who still cling to pre-scientific religious fictions, ignoring the truths discovered through modern science, should at least take notice when the biology department at the world's most prominent Baptist university, where a statement of faith is a prerequisite for teaching, unequivocally support evolution through the following statement, which you can look up on their web site:

No I do not (and it's a fair point), but I do insult idiots who try to «sell» myth as science — it's truly insulting... and damaging to the youth of this country who are taught this absolute distortion of the truth

Evolution is not good for our children - it teaches them that they are no more than monkey - brains, when in truth, each one was lovingly constructed by a God Who needs each individual for HIS purpose, not yours.

The implication is that the individual should practice Paul's advice to young Timothy (Tim 2:15) to diliigently present himself approved to God, a worker who doesn't need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.

If a pastor does not faithfully and systematically teach Scripture to Christians, they will always be bottle - fed Christians who want only milk rather than meat, and who base their decisions on feelings and emotions rather than on the truth of the Word of God.

In 2 Timothy 3:16: All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instructions for right living, so that the person who serves God may be fully qualifed and equipped to do every kind of good deed.

shipwreck73, Jesus warned us (Matthew 23:1 - 39) about who sat in the lead roles in the churches, synagogues, any / all false religions in the world... and specifically told us to read and study His truth (the Bible) so that we can sharpen our knowledge with those that profess to know him whether they are teaching His truth or the lies of man.

Only persons who adhere to that doctrine, of the duty to seek truth and do justice through unrestricted disciplined investigation of the same, are fit to teach in an authentic democracy.

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

A more sophisticated screening of Scripture is carried out by others who claim that we must look in Scripture for the «locus classicus» of a Biblical doctrine and concentrate on its teaching, interpreting all else in light of its truth.

What St. John gives us is the psychological truth of The One who was God and Man in the unity of One Person, and gives us the work, teaching, claim, and impact of Him who was both, at one and the same time the Christ of Faith and the Christ of History.

Not because I don't think Christianity is true and the kids, like all sinners, need to know the truth, but because teachers who don't know all the basics about the Bible would mess it up or if they were an atheist being forced to teach it would probably spread their bias and teach things wrongly on purpose.

A century later, we are living in the closing years of a pontificate that has, above all, taught Catholics not to be afraid» afraid of those who hate the Church so that we do not honestly contemplate the failings of our own past; afraid of the progress of science so that we needed to be reminded by the Pope «that faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.»

J. Dwight Pentecost, who has spent his life studying and teaching Scripture, writes that «The parables of Jesus have long challenged expositors and stimulated teachers, for in their simple form the deepest truths have been revealed.»

He contrasts this 44 percent with the mere 9 percent who believe in a «naturalistic evolutionary process not guided by God,» and goes on to say that «the philosophy [sic] of the 9 percent is now to be taught in the schools as unchallengeable truth» (again, incorrect — science is not presented as unchallengeable truth).