Sentences with phrase «with questions about faith»

She states that there's a perception that agnostics «simply avoid thinking about the issues» or that to be an agnostic is to «sit back with a helpless shrug» when presented with questions about faith.

Schaeffer is like many theists with questions about their faith.

Not exact matches

7th US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, was questioned intensely about her Catholic faith as a result of past writings expressing her beliefs on whether Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death - penalty cases if they believed they would be unable to impartially uphold the law, writing that — in limited situations — judges should step back in cases that conflict with their personal conscience.

I know that after 9/11 it brought a lot of fear and questions about the Muslum faith; but the Oklahoma City bomber was a terorist and it had nothing to do with the Muslum faith.

You see, you might not believe that miracles happen but I know I do and with still unanswered scientific questions out there I think most folks feel safe about their Faith.

I talk about how the evangelical obsession with sex can make Christian living seem like little more than sticking to a list of rules, and how millennials long for faith communities in which they are safe asking tough questions and wrestling with doubt.

In an article about his faith, he wrote: «In order to answer this question once and for all: although there is no football God, I believe that there is a God who loves us humans, just as we are, with all our quirks, and that's why I think he also loves football!

As someone who consistently struggles with doubts about my faith, I've asked a lot of «off - limits» questions over the years, sometimes publically, sometimes privately.

With all of this in mind, I'd love for you to try to tackle this question, which was asked of me in an interview for the Inspy Awards: Tell us about a book that epitomizes quality [Christian] faith - driven lit.

To commemorate the event and to help get the word out about Kent Annan's terrific book After Shock, I've shared some reflections with the Patheos Book Club about how disasters like these raise troubling questions about faith:

Questions also are raised about the identity of the church that plays such a major role in the Radical Orthodox account of history, about whether there is a doctrine of providence implicit in it, about the dismissal or ignoring of Protestantism, about the role of Jesus in its Christianity, about the role of Socrates in its Platonism, about its failure to engage with the challenge of modern scientific and technological developments, about how other faith traditions are related to this version of faith, and about whether this is a habitable orthodoxy for ordinary life.

The truth is — whether we're talking about a movie with casual attitudes about sex, a song that uses profane language or a talking head who belittles Christian faith — there is no easy answer to that question.

Like anyone with a radio ministry over an international network I received hundreds of thousands of letters from all over the world and, whenever they presented important questions about religious faith and practice, I answered them.

Shane did a fantastic job responding to your questions, and I enjoyed talking with him about faith, community, marriage, and non-violence.

Before, however, we look at the questions of intellectual openness, fellowship with other faiths and social engagement, it will help to see why many thinkers picture the new century — it seems presumptuous to speculate about the new millennium — as very different from the century that is drawing to a close.

My piece was not a «lament,» but essentially a defense of Pope Benedict (as was my brief follow - up here) against just the type of over-the-top criticisms cited elsewhere in Allen's article, even as I raised one respectful question about the pope's prudential decision not to meet with leading dissidents — a legitimate, good - faith debate among sincere Catholics.

For years I struggled with doubts about my faith, and through the emerging church movement, I found people who were asking the very same questions - about religious pluralism, the Problem of Evil, inerrancy, the notion of absolute truth, etc..

This question becomes urgent as cultural elites grow more hostile, and orthodox Christian beliefs (shared by most other traditional faiths and by many with no faith) about sex and marriage are redefined as hatred and bigotry.

If employing the suggested possibilities would actually help Ogden with his stated intention of being more adequate to the «objective» side of faith assertions about Jesus, and if these possibilities are inherent in the process philosophy which Ogden employs, the question raises itself as to why Ogden has not developed his position along the suggested lines.

When the trip ended, he asked the Moravian leader about his serenity, and the Moravian responded with a question: Did he, Wesley, have faith in Christ?

I wonder what books on Theology and Christian core belief he has read to shape his Christian faith, a question any interviewer could have asked but have avoided, unlike what Katie Couric had done with Palin about her reading materials.

But if you say, «We're here with lots of questions, wanting to learn about religious traditions, wanting to think about the meaning of faith for our lives, and we hope you'll join us,» it turns out you can draw a crowd.

That's just one story of my experience with atheists, their question about people's faith, and my question about theirs too.

He hosted dinner with a table of non-Christians full of questions about faith.

I don't necessarily defend a lack of knowledge about other religions (I scored 15 out of 15 on Pew's sample quiz on their site), but neither do I see it as relevant to compare the (implied) question «Do you identify with A religion (or faith in God)» with «what is your general knowledge about ALL religions», and presume this is going to generate a meaningful result.

(c) An invitation to work out an intellectually respectable faith through grappling with questions and doubts about the Bible is the most efficient way of getting large numbers of adults into small groups.

Questions have been asked about the consistency of The Rev. Vosper in regard to her public statements as opposed to her public professions of faith and belief at the time of her ordination and every single time she was covenanted into a new pastoral relationship, including in 1997 with her current congregation.

Anyway, I encourage anyone with serious questions about God seeking evidence for faith in God to visit rzim.com you'll find a wealth of intellectually sustainable reasons for faith in God.

After some playful banter with senior pastor Joe Champion - who asked the former Florida Gator to don a football helmet from his alma mater, Louisiana State University - Tebow began answering questions about his faith and how his openness about it has become a frequently dissected topic in sports and society at large.

As I have conversed with my Mormon co-workers about their faith, every time I bring up a question they don't seem to be able to answer, they revert to talking about their experience (vision, dream, inner feeling, etc.) which proved to them the truth of what they believe, and then they tell me that if I really want to know the truth, I should pray for wisdom and ask God to give me a similar experience to reveal the truth to me.

-- The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel (Zondervan: 1998)-- Good News About Injustice by Gary Haugen (intervarsity: 1999)-- I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist by Norman Geisler & Frank Turek (Crossway: 2004)-- Living with Questions by Dale Fincher (Zondervan: 2007)-- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (Harper: 2001)-- The Reason for God by Timothy Keller (Dutton Adult: 2008)-- Strong's (the complete library)-- Understanding Intelligent design by William Dembski & Sean McDowell (Harvest House: 2008)-- BeThinking.org — ConversantLife.com — Discovery.org/csc — Probe.org — Reasons.org

And there are also quite a few people who left that place that may not seek therapy but who openly struggle with faith - threatening questions about God and the Christian journey because what was said and what was done there were in such severe contradiction they just don't know what to believe anymore.

Tripp is also committed to Christian nonviolence, and in June releases a book, co-edited with Justin Bronson Barringer, calledA Faith Not Worth Fighting For: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Nonviolence from Cascade Books.

Many of us wrestle with doubts about our beliefs, possess significant questions about God, and have skepticism regarding the Christian faith.

And while it's true that every branch of Christianity has been racked with scandal over the years, films like the Oscar - winning Spotlight and Netflix true crime series The Keepers do a much better job of creating compelling art that raises questions about faith and morality.

Historically and theologically we are dealing here with devout yet aberrant forms of faith that are unable to illuminate the more profound problems of human existence, suffering, guilt and destiny or to answer questions about human history in its wholeness.

Ultimately, is criticism from Christians more directed toward his vulgarity, profanity and outrageousness or toward the fact that he is mixing questions about faith with them?

From civic faith to the practice of transformation: With their churches no longer part of the religious establishment, and with the country increasingly diverse culturally and pluralistic religiously, mainline leaders have had to ask bottom - line questions — questions about purpose, not proWith their churches no longer part of the religious establishment, and with the country increasingly diverse culturally and pluralistic religiously, mainline leaders have had to ask bottom - line questions — questions about purpose, not prowith the country increasingly diverse culturally and pluralistic religiously, mainline leaders have had to ask bottom - line questions — questions about purpose, not profit.

We asked questions about his faith, about how it «felt» to be Sikh in Canada (he laughed), about their history, about family dynamics, the differences between Sikhism and Christianity, what they believed and practiced and what was with the little knives.

The point of the post was to address the common assumption that doubt is typically a result of sin or a guilty conscience and that we should treat people with thoughtful questions about their faith with suspicion.

Whenever I'm struggling with doubts about God or questioning my faith, I make sure to avoid my most notorious faith crisis trigger: war movies.

It's always encouraging to be in conversation with other people who wrestle with tough questions about their faith.

Many of us who have wrestled with tough questions about our faith share a favorite quote from Rainer Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet:

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

[If you've read Evolving in Monkey Town, you know these are the very questions I struggled with when I first began asking tough questions about my faith.]

What the Old Testament especially teaches us is this: «that zeal is as essentially a duty of all God's rational creatures, as [are] prayer and praise, faith and submission; and, surely, if so, [then] especially of sinners whom He has redeemed: that zeal consists in a strict attention to His commands» a scrupulousness, vigilance, heartiness, and punctuality, which bears with no reasoning or questioning about them» an intense thirst for the advancement of His glory» a shrinking from the pollution of sin and sinners» an indignation, nay impatience, at witnessing His honor insulted» a quickness of feeling when His name is mentioned, and a jealousy how it is mentioned» a fullness of purpose, an heroic determination to yield Him service at whatever sacrifice of personal feeling» and an energetic resolve to push through all difficulties, were they as mountains, when His eye or hand but gives the sign» a carelessness of obloquy, or reproach, or persecution, a forgetfulness of friend and relative, nay, a hatred (so to say) of all that is naturally dear to us, when He says, «Follow me.»

I've especially enjoyed hearing from those of you who have wrestled with doubts about your faith, asked tough questions, and travelled similar paths on your faith journeys.

Lay leaders responding to these new developments pummel their pastors with questions about creationism, faith healing and the verbal inspiration of Scripture, and are overtly suspicious of the historical and critical interpretations of biblical texts.

Tripp is also committed to Christian nonviolence, and in June releases a book, co-edited with Justin Bronson Barringer, called A Faith Not Worth Fighting For: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Nonviolence from Cascade Books.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?