Sentences with phrase «witness to the world»

I believe this testimony in the link above was given to this young girl by Jesus Christ and the premonition and upcoming events that will unfold soon was given to her to witness to the world what's coming.

If the ecumenism between East and West promises so much for a messianic witness to the world of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, imagine what might unfold for the human race if Jew and gentile unite in the «same body» of Christ.

In this sense the East - West conflict unwittingly witnesses to the world - creating message spoken by Jesus Christ, the Word of God.

If we could only agree on the essentials and let go of the non-essentials, we would be a much better witness to the world.

In learning to say no, in becoming people who give thanks for medical progress but do not worship it or place our trust in it, we may bear a different kind of life - giving witness to our world.

The subject is the emotional world of the film's protagonist, Chris (the unfailingly sympathetic and convincing Daniel Kaluuya); and the primary intended witnesses to that world, sitting in the movie house or on their couches at home, are other African Americans.

I get a bunch of angry or tearful emails about how I'm sowing disunity in the Church and how «The Enemy» must be loving every minute of this because all this controversy is ruining our Christian witness to the world.

On one hand, we have to practice it and it is an important part of our witness to the world.

At a time in which the diversity of feminist theology defies tidy definitions and agreed - upon agendas, «doing saving work» suggests what's afoot in feminist theology today — namely, bold reinterpretations of Christianity that seek to renew the life of the church and its witness to the world.

How much more so in the case of the church, which seeks to grow in grace and witness to the world.

And I speak up when a few vocal evangelical leaders say hateful things about LGBT people or encourage bullying or condone misogyny because I feel like I have this investment in the community and it's important for those invested in the community to speak up when its leaders are hurting our witness to the world... But I'm not sure I can do that anymore.

In his book, So - Called Christian, Jim Turner confesses to his own sins of pride, jealousy, and discord, and explain how he came to see that such behavior is not only damaging to himself and his relationships, but also to the church at large and the church's witness to the world.

If we find the life of the Church a continual support and fulfillment for what the pastor seeks to do, we also discover that the experience of personal and mutual ministry in the Church deepens our participation in the Church's worship, sacraments, and witness to the world.

Whatever one may think of Girard (and I think highly of him), one can only be grateful for the new confidence he has given theological language to do descriptive work for shaping the Church's witness to the world.

If then anyone asks about the purpose of this statement and of the ongoing project of which it is part, the answer is clear: it is to evangelize more effectively, to bear witness to the world that Jesus is the Lord and Savior sent by the Father, and to bring that truth to bear on every dimension of life» just as we are commanded to do.

Our fellowship with God depends upon our unity, as does our witness to the world — we are to be one «so that the world may believe» that Jesus is from God and that God loves us (John 17:21,23).

In it, Jim Turner confesses to his own sins of pride, jealousy, and discord, and explain how he came to see that such behavior is not only damaging to himself and his relationships, but also to the church at large and the church's witness to the world.

She was a witness to the world war II.

While such activity and behavior appears holy and righteous, it really ends up distorting our witness to the world and reveals muddled ideas about God and the church.

Your Bible commands that you witness to the world, but it also tells you that you don't stay where you are not welcome and it does not enjoin you to force your beliefs on others.

From the biblical point of view, I would simply say this: When we read the Bible and if we care at all about our witness to the world, if we care at all about reaching the world «for Christ» we have to ask ourselves who did that in the past.

I speak not as a Southern Baptist or a «gay activist,» but as a fellow Christian concerned about our witness to the world and our care for the most marginalized among us.

They are sins that damage our relationships with our neighbors and our witness to the world.

The effects have been disastrous — tribes no longer speak to each other and the witness to the world is damaged.

We don't protect our witness to the world by hiding abuse.

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