Sentences with phrase «with the religious leaders comes»

At most of the conflicts Jesus had with the religious leaders comes not from His claim to be God, but from His challenges to their authority.

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Once, when he came upon a drunken scene, probably in connection with the temple sacrifices, where priests and prophets, as he says, reeled with wine and staggered with strong drink until the tables were full of «vomit and filthiness,» he was greeted with the intoxicated jeers of the people's religious leaders: «Whom will he teach knowledge?

Islam found its way into the African continent through three channels: through the merchants who came from Egypt, the Maghrib, and Zanzibar in the east; through followers of Sufi orders and graduates of the Islamic schools of Fez, Zaitouna, and Cairo; and through the intermarriage of Muslim merchants and religious leaders with African women.

And the problem with Stalin and Mao is that they, like the religious leaders they decried, demanded doctrinal purity and came down hard on those who strayed from the official «truth».

In these verses, Luke reveals that God's solutions to life's questions and problems did not come from rulers or religious leaders or those with power, prominence, money, and authority.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

A lot of things happened in that service that would make some of the leaders in my evangelical religious community very angry: a woman serving the bread and the wine, a lesbian couple partaking of the elements with their baby daughter in tow, a gay man embracing me in a big bear hug and telling me that it was the first time in twenty years he felt worthy to come to the Table.

«We call upon the world's religious and political leaders to unite in their efforts to come up with an effective response to extremism.»

Once a Gandhian leader came to Kohima and we had fellowship with him As I was sitting by him, he started conversing with me about religious matters: «There are some extreme Christians who say that human being can be saved through Christianity only and thee is no other way.

The decision came a day after Parker met with Houston pastors (including Chris Seay, who wrote about the subpoenas for Leadership Journal), as well as clergy leaders from across the country who have defended the subpoenaed pastors» religious freedom.

If our political leaders come to accept Ignatieff's narrowly individualistic view, then the traditional North American understanding of religious liberty can not easily coexist with human rights conceived in so expansive a sense.

Asked which figures had influence in their lives, religious leaders came bottom, with only 12 % saying they were influenced by them.

Religious leaders feared that regular people who read the Bible for themselves might come up with their own interpretations of the Bible, producing a whole host of heretics.

I linked this result to how religious organizations» leaders came to think about using bankruptcy to deal with their organizations» financial problems.

Jeff Schwartz, president of the Historical Society for the city of Parkland, said he is part of a committee composed of school board members and religious, community and city leaders that is working to come up with ways of preserving the items.

Further, consult with a religious leader and ask them about providers they have come to appreciate and trust in their professional capabilities.