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He said he believed attempts were under way for a general expulsion of Christians.

So it seems to have migrated from Western Europe relatively recently into the Lebanese population of Christians, but not Muslims.

The first Christians were known as the Nazoreans (not to be confused with Nazarenes), and the Ebionites were a direct offshoot from them.

So many times Christians say 'I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't had the Lord with me'.

Why does he want me to be full of joy? It's a great advertisement for Jesus Christ. Joyful Christians are a positive testimony.

Jews don't think of the word Pharisee as being a bad term, but in a lot of English, and a lot of languages it is because Christians used it.

A sort of affectation prevents some Christians from seeking religion, as if its sphere lay among the commonplacesof daily life.

At least 13 people died in a sectarian row when Coptic Christians protested against the burning of a church on the outskirts of Cairo.

The team includes Muslims and Christians, mothers, a librarian, a business student and a woman who competed in a beauty pageant.

The museum said the exhibition, opening on Thursday despite condemnation from some Christians, was the first in the world on the subject.

And yet modern Christians do not consider adherence to the Mosaic Law necessary or perhaps even virtuous.

When a group of Christians disinterred his body a few months later, they were surprised to see it in a perfect state of preservation.

It was to the Philippian Christians that Paul first introduced the truth, "Let the mind of Christ be in you. "

Christians in the Middle Ages believed that the relics of a saint could be used to intercede with God just as the saint had done in life.

For Christians it meant to recognize publicly the truth of their faith or to recognize publicly that they were Christians.

Undermining Faith. Christians are sometimes inclined to look back nostalgically at the medieval world as the great age of faith.

We will not be stable Christians unless we set the Lord always before us, living by his Word and communicating with him in prayer.

Pray that your spouse will be surrounded by godly Christians who will love him and share with him what he needs to hear.

I'M not! I'M going to The Fourth World . . . it's sort of like heaven. Only better, because there aren't any Christians!

The New Testament does not tell us how much to give: Christians need to give, but the Bible does not say how much.

At the same time, a growing number of evangelical Christians are beginning to see global warming as a moral issue.

Evangelical Christians were, in certain respects, ahead of the curve when it came to this sort of subjectivism .

It seems that some of the early Christians even felt that Paul's being in prison was a mistake and was never meant to be.

Clashes ensued between the advancing Muslim crowd and the much smaller group of Christians trying to push them back.

Emanuel was surprised he did not see some devout Christians with whom he had been serving God with.

The egg has always been a symbol of new life. Christians have long used the egg as the symbol of Christ's rebirth.

If a secular company can do this, how much more we Christians should practice this.

Christians in the US are excited to hear of you and the men I met in Linyi.

He's, in a sense, trying to get the Roman Christians on his side before his trip to Jerusalem.

How much more ought Christians in the New Covenant to value this secret intercourse with God.

Purity balls are one of the newest ways that Christians are trying to keep their children chaste and free of sexually-transmitted diseases.

In countries with a substantial Christian presence, at least half the Christians thought Jesus Christ would return in their lifetime.

He wants to see all Muslims expelled or repatriated unless they allow themselves to be converted into believing or "cultural Christians. "

He was proud to have custody of a site so holy to Christians, and he knew it would mean a lot to us to visit it close to Christmas.

Only correspondence from "New Testament Christians and other people who do not like me" has reached him in recent months, Mr. Breivik wrote.

Christians, or adherents of any religion for that matter, should refrain from using holy text to fight politically over human concerns.

So Matthew's may have been put first in the canon because it was read by Christians as being sort of almost like the new Law, the new Torah.

That was when one of our classmates put up her hand and bluntly asked us if we were Christians, to which we said yes.

Eusebius studied Josephus diligently, and could thus masquerade as he, except when he used the word 'tribe' to describe the Christians.

Maybe there was a time when people who lived as Christians had an easy time of it. But not in Paul's time. Not today either.

Up the street, angry Christians chant "we want our rights" and then try to break through the police cordon to reach the church.

We watch the sower as he strides across the field and we are reminded of Christians today sowing the good seed of the Word of God.

The plight of Christians in the Middle East was the subject of a two-week meeting of Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican in October.

But the Christians would not be human if they did not regard Hamas rather warily.

These consist of a niche, walls, floors, and foundations incorporated into a building now venerated by both Jews and Christians.

Paul had been persecuting Christians and was not a likely person to be called to preach.

But the Christians themselves, the founders of the Church, did not shun violence either in their pursuit to spread my teachings.

The point is that we Christians by definition believe that Allah is not the true God as Muslims know him and Mohammed is not a true prophet.

And that'll get him in big trouble with both Jews and Jewish Christians, Jewish followers of Jesus.

She told him, "There are all sorts of Scientologists, " just as there are all sorts of Jews and Christians, with varying levels of faith.

Only a handful of people have been convicted in the violence, and the three Christians are the only ones to be sentenced to death.

St Apollonia was an old deaconess who fell victim to the persecutions of Christians in Alexandria.

The evidence that Jesus was a vegetarian, or at least early Christians who knew him were vegetarians, was compelling.

We don't believe that this document was actually controlling behavior of all Christians of this time.

While by no means anarchists, the early Christians recognized that no earthly authority, especially political authority, could be ultimate.

The vast majority of Christians, even now throughout the world, don't read the Bible as you're learning to read it in this class.

Compared to Muslim Palestinians, Christians tend to be wealthier, more educated, and better able to integrate in the Western world.

But if he fails even to hint that Christians should be tolerated, he may find America's Congress increasingly loth to help bail him out.

General: That Sunday may be lived as the day on which Christians gather to celebrate the risen Lord, participating in the Eucharist.

As Christians, "keeping up appearances" can sometimes become the beginning and end of our spiritual lives.

Affected by this threat, some Christians in Baghdad did not participate in this year's Christmas celebration.

Even if the fate of Christians in the Islamic world were far worse, that would not be a reason for the West to mistreat Muslims.

"Can . . . Christians live as though they were still in their sins? " asks commentator John Stott.

Indeed, it would be a long time before Europe's Christians rediscovered such a spirit of religious tolerance.

I began: "Christians believe that God made a covenant with Adam, permitting him to live on the condition of perfect obedience. "

It is because Christians do not understand or accept of this truth, that they so fail in their efforts and prayers to live the branch life.

There are many Churches and many Christians who consider Baptism to be a sort of "help" toward being Saved.

a. Paul urged Timothy to train the next generation of Christians leaders just as Timothy was trained by Paul.

Like the rest of the zabbaleen, he is one of Egypt's Coptic Christians.

The poll foundthat evangelical Christians are more likely to see disasters as a sign from Godthan other religious faiths.

Religious belief is still strong in many societies. Devout Christians in Mexico volunteer to be nailed to the cross at Easter.

Of course, Christians should aggressively reach out to people who don't believe, and possibly the multiplex could help with that.

"Today, Islamic fundamentalists have come out of the woodwork, and there are recurring attacks on Christians, " Cardinal Naguib said.

Some Christians, of course, have long held that Nietzsche was not just a voice crying in the wilderness.

For Christians, the Bible tells us we need to be ready to give an answer for our faith, or a reason for your hope, (1 Peter 3: 15) .

the american midwest is commonly referred to as the bible belt of america because of the high population of christians living in the area .

The timing of the mounting attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt and the build-up to the referendum in South Sudan are no coincidence.

To recognize that God judges sin and that God will judge their sin is something [some Christians] would just as soon not believe in.

Had there been no Plato, the Christians would have had a harder time selling the idea that all God really wanted from us was fraternal love.

" Taylor further remarks upon the absence in any of Tacitus's other writings of " the least allusion to Christ or Christians.

Buying a wood was the ultimate dream for Mike and Tracy Pepler. Environmentalists and Christians, they wished to help to improve the Earth.

The persecution of my followers, the early Christians, is one example of this violent counter reaction.

The movie was filmed in London Cathedral, meanwhile Christians were sitting-down outside.

In comparison, Roman Christians moved to the front line in such moments of crisis, caring for the sick and dying.

As if real Christians never eat quiche , drive cool cars, or wear designer clothes!

To the south, there are fellow Slavs and Orthodox Christians in the Balkans to be incorporated into a Greater Russian empire.

This collection was much more important to Paul than a lot of modern Christians seem to think.

Although telling Muslims about Jesus is strictly forbidden, Christians from other countries are allowed to meet together to worship.

Today Christians worship in a wide variety of places - from beautiful sanctuaries to small huts to open-air meeting grounds.

God gives the gospel to give Christians the spiritual desire and strength to live a life of obedience to His law.

Today Christians worship in a wide variety of places - from beautiful sanctuaries to small huts to open-air meeting grounds.

God gives the gospel to give Christians the spiritual desire and strength to live a life of obedience to His law.

Mr. Assad will think twice before trying to squash Christians.

Christians believe in a personal God who forgives sins. Buddhists, as a rule, do not.

Djibouti - Pray that Christians would form a strong inter-denominational network of prayer for the good of all in their nation.

For the pope and Christians around the world, it marks the start of a hectic week of events leading to Easter Sunday.

Now all the way through the beginning of Christianity we've seen that some Christians practiced asceticism.

The essence of the Christian life is gratitude, and Scripture's central call for Christians is to help others in need.

Djibouti - Pray that Christians will be a strong witness to God's love and see spiritual breakthroughs in their country.

Some Christians think they must be always up to mounts of extraordinary joy and revelation; this is not after God's method.

Some Christians think they must be always up to mounts of extraordinary joy and revelation; this is not after God's method.

Just as the Christians who are always the ultimate responsibility undertakers.

Too many Christians think preachers are supposed to do all the work in the Body of Christ. Preachers may be likened to a mouth.

Many Christians pray for the Holy Spirit, but always with a certain reservation, for they intend in many things still to do their own will.

But hungry, longing Christians everywhere concede that we have only scratched the surface of God's promises.

Because Christians need so much instruction in God's will, God employs the law as the greater power than the gospel in their sanctification.

Most early Christians seem to think that contraception was wrong and abortion was wrong, and putting out infants was wrong.

Still, the overwhelming majority of Christians reject the idea that the exact date or time of Jesus' return can be predicted.

There are ancient traditions about this and modern Indian Christians still trace their church back to the Apostle Thomas.

We Christians, the children of God, have a life that aspires to live rightly with everyone and everything and also aspires to love others.

We Christians, the children of God, have a life that aspires to live rightly with everyone and everything and also aspires to love others.

The Christians at Pergamos did and Christ said he knew all about it.

"Of course I would choose the Christians first, definitely, " he said.

Attend a Bible-teaching church, read the Word of God daily, pray and fellowship with strong, committed Christians.

Hence, Christians who knew Jesus in their hearts did not need to fear modern scientific challenges.

The writer of Hebrews wants to keep hope alive as Jewish Christians try to live the Jesus life in a hostile world.

He wanted those Roman Christians to show outwardly what had taken place in their lives inwardly.

Not a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly.

This pre-Easter period was also a time of fasting for all Christians in the Roman church.

Teach that good works are the expected, proper fruit of a true faith in Jesus Christ and are not optional and unnecessary for Christians.

Teach that good works are the expected, proper fruit of a true faith in Jesus Christ and are not optional and unnecessary for Christians.

I hope that this cartoon does not offend any Christians reading this blog.

For Christians, to better understand your faith and to be able to share that faith with others.

Just as you have orthodox Christians and orthodox Muslims, there are people who like to take the easy approach on life, right or wrong.

Two young Christians in Wenling wrote into a magazine about the trend among believers to live together before marriage.

Bonhoeffer knew that if Christians are going to make a difference in the world, they have to embrace the rich grace of the gospel.

Muslim group attacked Christians and burned churches in reprisals over the burning of two mosques, which Muslims blamed on Christians.

We always hope for the better for the Christians, for the Palestinians, and for the sake of our children.

Even the literal sense of the story is to teach that Christians will enjoy an afterlife existence.

The authenticity of the documents has not been ascertained, but the contents play into long-held fears of some of Egypt's Christians.

The authenticity of the documents has not been ascertained, but the contents play into long-held fears of some of Egypt's Christians.

Christians from all over the world have flocked to Italy during the Holy Week with hopes of seeing the first Latin American pope.

Christians are to practice their religion, he said, by giving and reciering forgiveness each day.

The great question that all Christians asked, and to which they gave different answers was: What has God said?

As Christians, this Valentine Day must me a time to re-commit our lives to the Lord: God is love and the source of true love.

Unlike conservative Muslims and Christians, they tend not to think of gay sex as unconscionable.

The face of the group appears to be young, and educated. It even involves some sincere Christians.

On the basis of Christians'concept of time, Novalis put forward the Syllogism conception of history.

It is easy to be hard on other Christians or to be judgmental, instead of being gentle, gracious, and kind.

Worst-hit by the law are minorities like Christians and Ahmadis, a group whose claim to be Muslim is rejected by the Pakistani state.

Evangelical Christians make up about a quarter of the American electorate and are the bedrock of Mr Bush's support.

Two churches were torched during the melee and a nearby apartment building, housing Christians, was gutted.

Tens of thousands of Christians visited the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations hosted by the Palestinian Authority.

Part of her mosque work is with churches, lowering barriers between Muslims and Christians.

Do you know there are actually a good many people in the modern world, Christians in the modern world, who still do this sort of thing?

Malaysia, where Christians make up 9 percent of the population, is one of the few countries without diplomatic ties with the Vatican.

Egyptian Coptic Christians account for about 10% of the total population, they often conflict with the local Muslim.

Pray for their positive physical health, protection, and that imprisoned Christians would be found innocent and released immediately.

Today the number of persecuted Christians whose lives are made uncomfortable or dangerous for Jesus' sake is in the hundreds of millions!

He said that at times Iraqi Christians are subject to violence and injustice.

A stable two-party system broke down when one of the parties, the Social Christians, imploded after corruption scandals.

Christians should hold fast to the Word of God and deal decisively with those who undermine in.

Saul had to reassess his work in light of Jesus' plan for his life. Saul had been out to get rid of Christians.

Yet the Eastern Christians are not the only Christians to venerate Sophia.

Christians are more militant than Muslims in complaining about discrimination, the head of Britain's equality watchdog has claimed.

Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, the Nativity of the babe in the manger whom Christians believe was the Son of God.

Christians preponderate in the population of that part of the country.

How many Christians live their lives packed up and ready to go?

Mike: Yeah. And some Christians and uh, some atheists and Muslims. Hey, education has no religion.

as Christians we believe that the Father, the Son the holy spirit are Gods, then how we say that we believe to one god?

The Christians is called upon to make his material possessions immaterial.

The question does not solely come from beginning pray-ers, but from Christians in all stages of their prayer lives and walks with the Lord.

Christians have the hope of an eternal reunion with Christ and with believing loved ones who have passed away.

The Christians use it as a symbol of the resurrection, out of the stone's tomb.

There was further bloody conflict along ethnic lines between Christians and Muslims near the city of Jos.

As I have said in a previous post, (shameless plug to read my other posts), Christians are also far from perfect.

At the time the Republic was founded more than two centuries ago, the overwhelming majority of Americans were Christians.

Be encouraged to pray for other Christians around the world who may notbe affiliated with your particular church.

Galen actually mentions Jews and Christians in a few places in his writings.

Instead, Christians will live with the light of Christ leading to goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Since the Catholic church lifted a ban on cremations in 1963 it has also become an easier choice for some Christians to make.

Coptic Christians were attending services there at the time of the blast, Nile TV reported.

A few months ago, Cairo's Saint Mark's Cathedral was a place of joy - as Christians welcomed a new Coptic pope.

But that has been debated for centuries and most Christians will allow at least some exceptions.

While these things are good and evident in a Christians life, they are not the ultimate goal of our existence.

The answers to the above questions can help sincere Christians evaluate the truth and motives of most religious movements.

Today we need Christians who are committed to Jesus Christ and who will seek one another for a lifetime.

Rather Christians practice generosity from the heart.

Can be said that believeth and is baptized Christians receive the Holy Spirit is the only way!

"Christians are willing to stay within the system, " says Mr Zhao.

On Sunday, my family will join other Christians all over the world in marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

When Christians combine this day and number, the combination can only hold special significance.

Most Christians hold that the Gospels also attribute divinity to Jesus; however, others hold that the Gospels are equivocal on the subject.

Even devout Christians think choosing an overtly religious name, like Kush, would be a mistake.

They were originally formed to protect Christians in the Holy Land during the early Crusades.

General: That the Christians of the Middle East may live their faith in full freedom and be an instrument of peace and reconciliation.

It has often been stated that Christians talk a great deal aboutevangelism but often do very little.

List some of the benefits that come to a community when Christians practice good citizenship.

In other words, he consoles all of the dead but will have nothing to do with Christians who died serving under angelic control.

to Christians he was both God and man--the Messiah sent to save the human race from the sin it inherited through the Fall of Man.

Militia troops drawn from local Syrian Christians, often used as garrison troops, armed with basic armour and a spear.

Thousands of Christians are leaving the region each year, some due to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

At least 200 Nigerians were killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Jos, in central Nigeria.

Christians make progress toward becoming like Jesus when they strive to love others as he did.

My husband relatives are not Christians and I Don't want this hard earned money to be misused by Unbelievers.

May the time soon come when Christians will feel constrained to tell of the love of Christ.

I wanted to present Jesus as early Christians likely saw him, even if that understanding was different from my own faith.

Having an evangelical Christian in your circle of friends makes you warmer than you were before to evangelical Christians.

The question for us is, how should we, as Orthodox Christians, and especially, as Orthodox parents, approach the subject of rock 'n' roll?

Prayer taught by Jesus to his disciples and used by all Christians as the basic prayer in common worship.

The teachings on this practice as preserved in the Russian Orthodox Church include more advanced training for the more devoted Christians.

Or even when a church is torched, either by mistake of other means, the Christians will not take it kindly and attack also the mosque.

That standard is a new breed of sanctified Christians, who will shine forth as lights in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation.

Some of these women are followers of Jesus, and their husband's are not Christians.

The idea we've also seen that there could have been Christians who believed that the God who created the world was evil.

Over 92% of the Thailand population is Buddhists with a few Christians and animists . Hence, Thailand is a big mission field.

Many Christians have been so hurt by a fellow believer that they walk away from the church and never return.

So yes, the Chinese celebrate Christmas. But no, most do not celebrate it for the same reasons that Christians do.

Evangelical Christians, a large and powerful constituency, still revere Israel as ordained by God to hold sway over the Holy Land.

Many Christians don't see sex as a gift for which to be thankful, but as a guilt-ridden burden to be borne.

Most of the visitors were Jews and Evangelical Christians. Some 625, 000 Americans came, more than any other country.

Like the majority of Christians in Bethlehem, his parents are Greek Orthodox.

For instance, Turner says, Matthew wants to convince early Christians that Jesus' birth is not just for the Jews, but for Gentiles, too.

If it's addressed to Christians who are, if they're comfortable, it wants to make them uncomfortable with Roman rule.

Three Muslims were killed on Saturday evening, and a family of eight Christians died from gun shots early on Sunday.

It would "reserve" 10% of public-sector jobs for Muslims, and a further 5% for other religious minorities, chiefly Christians.

World-class Christians are the only fully alive people on the planet.

Christians believe that God sent his Son to earth to save humanity from the consequences of its sins.

Perhaps the reason we have so many tired, fatigued, and discouraged Christians is because we think, "It all depends on me. "

Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament.

Christians from around the world traveled to sacred sites in the Middle East during the Easter holidays.

Barbary pirates were a fearsome group often "hired" by Muslim nations to attack Christians ships in the Mediterranean region.

Millions of Chinese Christians pray in so-called house churches, unsanctioned by the state, in part to avoid government monitoring.

Christians around the world are taking time to commemorate Holy Week and celebrate Easter with traditions both contemplative and colorful.

In Alexandria on Friday, demonstrators implored state security to heed their religious identity in a battle of Muslims vs. Christians.

During the season of Advent on the church calendar, Christians around the world light candles.

Through this parable, Jesus teaches us that there will be Christians and non-Christians that will congregate together until Judgment Day.

Advanced Christians get to the point where they no longer sin.

Many Christians give up meat for Lent, a practice that indirectly affects. . . hyenas, believe it or not.

They had gone unheard ever since the early church declared the document off-limits for Christians.

Violence between Egypt's Coptic Christians and conservative Muslims has led to calls for tolerance from some unlikely sources.

Difficult times will come, but the commitment of Christians is to make their marriage go on forever.

What instruction did Paul give Christians about their regard for and support of those who serve as spiritual leaders (elders) in the church?

" Paul said, " He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other Christians.

The decision Church Tax is now possible for all Christians, but Catholics also need The Statute in Restraint of Appeals.

China's Christians are mostly located in Henan, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, as well as Beijing and Shanghai.

Pray for peace and stability at the Egyptian border. Pray that those who are persecuting Christians would be brought to justice.

Sadly, tragically, many Christians do not act differently from what they once did.

Pray. Get accountable. Join up with some people. Enlist the support of your family and friends and fellow-Christians.

Hundreds of people of many moral beliefs drove by, including at least 200 Christians.

There may be a sense of identity as Christians.

It is a problem the US will not face and cannot really understand as most of its new supplemental population of latinos are Christians.

What is the first definite request Paul asks? Paul prayed that the Colossian Christians might be filled with the knowledge of God's will.

The glittering, artificial world of entertainment has confronted many sincere Christians with a crisis of conscience.

The aim was to stroke conservative Christians, thereby fostering a warm feeling of national unity.

It is perhaps the greatest sin of the greatest number of Christians that in so many details of life they put God second.

The real Saladin was, according to his biographer, filled with joy as he watched the decapitation of hundreds of Christians in 1187.

Some of the Roman Emperors tried to make Christians abjure their religion.

The fact that both my wife and I are practising Christians is also a major factor.

In November, a group with ties to al Qaeda in Iraq announced that all Christians in the Middle East would be "legitimate targets. "