Sentences with phrase «written by believers»

The words in the bible were written by believers about what they believed.

At times, those works may not be written by believers, but God may use them to speak.

Suggestions to Christian readers: When reading about another faith, do not read books written by Christians, read the ones written by believers themselves.

Books written by believers are not proof of anything.

Written by believers for believers to remind themselves what they already believe.

It's no coincidence that a book - length study of its stylistic wonders of was later written by another believer in cinema's theatricalization of reality, Eric Rohmer.

Not exact matches

As I have written here, transhumanism is a materialistic quasi-religion that seeks to conquer death by harnessing technology, helping believers to attain immortality, say, by uploading their minds into computers.

In God is Not Great, Hitchens wrote: «Name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that could not have been uttered or done by a nonbeliever.

I know even some believers are offended by some of the things I write, but to them I'll simply say this: the Word of God is the most powerful thing that exists - both the written word and the Living word; and it's time to start believing God and to take hold of the ident.ity that He has given you and live and use that ident.ity Lance Wallnau calls it the «believers edge» which unfortunately only 8 % of the body of Christ ever gets into - that rare realm that individuals mature to the place where they have the power to co-create with God and bring the future into the present.

You hit the nail squarely on the head for indeed so, biblical truths are «written on our heart» by way of the Presence of Christ's Indwelt Spirit Who is ever faithful to «guide you into all truth» and «show (us) things to come» (John 16:13) but the problem is (as is woefully evident with this Article \ s Author), too many people (believers) choose to eschew or disregard «sound doctrine» (2 Timothy 4:3) promulgating John 14:17 ignorance of the Doctrine of The Holy Spirit whose inevitable product is a darkened understanding (such as is evidenced by the Article's Author --RRB-.

a believer wrote: «If you take one moment and give consideration to this one thought — If Jesus Christ is not real, why are people offended by His name?

Marine57 writes with the same ardor and certainty felt by every True Believer ™ of every god that humanity has ever worshiped.

Don't get me wrong, you can't be a full believer in the bible (since it is written by people who lived hundreds of years after Jesus died, and edited throughout the Middle Ages by terrible people), but that should not prohibit you from believing in Jesus or God.

You may not know this, but lots of god believers actually point to an old book, which was obviously written by people promoting a religious idea, as proof of what their god said.

In writing to them, John encourages these believers to rely upon their new birth in God for teaching, instruction about righteousness, abiding in faithfulness, and remembering that Jesus is the Christ, and that by Him, they have life in His name.

It is also clear that the interpolated passage was written by a Christian believer and not Josephus who was unquestionably a Jew.

Of believers / the godly / the just to whom he is writing, he uses the pronoun «you» (v. 1,3,13) But of the ungodly / the wicked / those who are reserved by God for judgment / the ungodly / etc the writer always designates such by the pronouns «them», «these», «their» and «they» (v. 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,11,12,13,14,17,18,19,2021,22) So your theory that the false teachers of verse 1 who bring upon themselves swift destruction / perdition are believers is entirely a fabrication divorced from the context!

It is all recorded in the Bible, written in countless books by believers who have passed on, and every believer alive today can give witness or testimony to their own spiritual experiences.

It is said by God Allah that only good people will inherit earth and did not say white or Black and did not say Muslim or not Muslim but said believers: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful And indeed We have written in Az - Zabûr [i.e. all the revealed Holy Books — the Taurât (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Psalms, the Qur «ân] after (We have already written in) Al - Lauh Al - Mahfûz (the Book, that is in the heaven with Allâh), that My righteous slaves shall inherit the land (earth)(105) Sura 21:105

But I have no doubt it was written by a Jewish believer from the 1st or 2nd century who was writing to other Jewish believers.

There are many wonderful truths for us in the book of Hebrews, but if you want to get firmly grounded in doctrinal truths for the believer you need to be studying Paul's other epistles (Hebrews may have written by Paul too).

For me, when I realized that there was a spirituality that was developed by the early church — by the same community that wrote the New Testament and would naturally understand it best — and that this spirituality had been practiced unchanged by believers in every culture and time, I had to be there.

Although it's written by a researcher who focuses his analysis upon American believers and churches, and although he sometimes gets a little too «visionary» and formulaic for my taste, you might find a couple of nuggets of truth in his words.

Yet something happened in the early years of the church so that by the time Paul writes 1 Corinthians, it appears that the believers in Corinth are regularly gathering to observe something called «the Lord's Supper» (1 Cor 11:20).

By the time Paul writes 1 Corinthians, it appears that the tradition was firmly established that part of the meal of fellowship between believers included remembering the death of Jesus as symbolized by bread and winBy the time Paul writes 1 Corinthians, it appears that the tradition was firmly established that part of the meal of fellowship between believers included remembering the death of Jesus as symbolized by bread and winby bread and wine.

Even the believer, as Joseph Ratzinger once wrote, now «knows himself to be constantly threatened by unbelief, which he must experience as a continual temptation.»

I think by having such quick, categorical answers to issues that David writes about, you miss out on opportunities to see things from a different perspective or to empathize with other believers.

The only reason 2,000 years later the believers believe this is because what was written down in some old book that was written for humans by humans.

Jeff: This is what causes division as we go about doing even good things, out of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to set up another sect out of our carnal nature; above is the outcome; Jesus came to cause division among men that tries to become their own god and sets up camp, even for them that call themselves Christian, for them that have went from Him and His Words, even that are not of His Spirit: Jesus said; the Words that I speak are Spirit and Life, That means the Words of man can only bring forth death: Therefore; if we do not have His Spirit in us, then we too can only speak forth death: This is what it is to be a believer, we truly believe our Lord: I can see what the Catholic church and her daughters are doing to form a religious Babylonian city: Even as God caused a division in Babylon in the past because the peoples became great, so to is it now with all of the man made sects of religion: But when we are filled with the Spirit of God then we can not help but to live for God: It is written; those who are led by His spirit are His children: Thank - you Jeff: Those who are of His Spirit will know these truths, those who are not of His Spirit truly believe a believer is as they and can not know what we speak, because they live in unbelief: Thank - you again Jeff; In Jesus Name Alexandria: P.S..

In 1837, the first editor of Washington's Collected Works wrote: «If a man who spoke, wrote, and acted as a Christian through a long life, who gave numerous proofs of his believing himself to be such, and who was never known to say, write, or do a thing contrary to his professions, if such a man is not to be ranked among the believers of Christianity, it would be impossible to establish the point by any train of reasoning.»

Out of everything written here by a Christian believer (right wrong or indifferent to level of interpretation of the Bible, which yes could be deemed us vs them) somehow leads you to the end result of calling it the way «you» see it, and then having you asking for observed proof followed by mocking faith.

For believers, the Bible's unity demonstrates not only that scores of human authors were heirs of a common tradition, but that each of them was guided through life and inspired to write by the same God.

Some years before Revelation was written, Paul was sending letters to churches in Asia Minor and Greece to build up the Christ - rooted societies with an egalitarian credo, recognizing believers whether they were Greek or Jew, male or female, slave or free, These assemblies stood «in contrast to the hierarchical social relations» in the empire, Horsley wrote in Paul and Empire, a book deemed significant by Wright, a New Testament scholar and the Anglican bishop of Durham.

So profound were the changes involved in this, that, from the point of view of the New Testament believer, Paul was justified in writing to his converts, whatever their previous religious allegiance might have been, «Now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God.»

«Such an approach seems foreign to the unconditional commitment that is demanded of authentic believers,» he writes, «a commitment that is described by the apostle Paul as one that involves becoming a living sacrifice.

In Romans 7, he wrote about the ongoing struggle with sin that every person experiences (both believer and unbeliever alike), and concluded that description by rejoicing that God has provided a way through Jesus Christ for people to be freed from the bondage to decay and corruption that was brought about by the body of death.

I knew that writing openly about my doubts about Christianity would invite questions about whether I had any business doing so in light of believers whose faith might be upset by them.

Writing in a 1974 issue of History of Religions, Wayne Meeks of Yale University Divinity School proposed that congregations founded by Paul used a baptism ritual which reunified the male and female in each new believer.

In the meantime, DiPietro put together a memo explaining how Trump could win mostly by going hard after a new gun - control law pushed by Cuomo, which he wrote could provide 300,00 to 500,000 new voters, and by running against Bill de Blasio, New York's «first truly radical mayor, a man who still reveres the Sandinistas, honeymooned in Havana, and self - describes as a believer in liberation theology (i.e., Marxism).»

As a WA State Teacher Leader and whole - hearted believer in high expectations for students, Brooke writes about the Common Core, effective teaching strategies, and assessment practices for CORElaborate; a blog hosted by the Puget Sound Educational Service District.

«As an independent author I'm a big believer in taking the literary bull by the horns when it comes to writing, publishing and marketing my titles.

Because Rachel s explorations of faith are not trite or churchy, her writing is beloved by believer and non-believer alike.

Burton Malkiel, a strong believer in the efficient market hypothesis, and known for his book «A Random Walk Down Wall Street» wrote that «a blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper's financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one carefully selected by experts.»

Conceived as a silent film without dialogue, it is accompanied by a musical score written and recorded by Will Butler, Jeremy Gara, and Tim Kingsbury, who also worked with Dzama on a 7 - inch vinyl record produced to coincide with the exhibition at David Zwirner and The Believer magazine's Summer 2014 issue.

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They keep yapping about «thousands of scientists» contributing to the IPCC AR4, when in fact the Summary for Policymakers was written by a small coterie of believers in a strong effect of CO2 on global warming.

For great insight into this group and its tactics, check out the DeSmogBlog.com, which is written by Vancouver - based PR professional James Hoggan, founder of James Hoggan & Associates and a believer in sustainable business practices.

EV OBSESSION is exactly what it says on the tin: a blog written by and for a core group of electric vehicle believers who look forward to a future that's full of torque and free of pollution.