Sentence examples for christ first from inspiring English sources

I don't think of Christ first and foremost as a philosopher, but it's a perfectly good answer".

The tension between these two types of Christology (doctrines of Christ) first became acute in the debate between the schools of Antioch and Alexandria in the late 4th century.

As a 10-year-old, A Time to Cherish spoke to me deeply as about the struggle of trying to lead a "Christ First" life in a "Satan Based" world.

When I asked him about female bishops, he said, "The historical against-women argument about twelve male apostles — it comes from the early years of the Christian era and the spectacles put forth by the male leaders, who had wanted to be the ones to 'see' Christ first.

I quoted him then, and I'll do it again, now: "The historical 'against-women' argument about twelve male apostles — it comes from the early years of the Christian era and the spectacles put forth by the male leaders, who [had] wanted to be the ones to 'see' Christ first.

The blood of Christ, first in his circumcision and then on the Cross, is a ransom paid to Satan (Commentary on Romans 2.13.29; cf. 1Corinthians 6.23), whose prisoners we become, willingly if unwittingly, when we allow his image to oust that of god in our souls (Genesis Homilies 1.13).

In order to explain the consubstantiality of God and man in the person of Christ, third and fourth century Christian Fathers, including Saint Augustine, built up the wonderful theological edifice of the Trinity.

On Wednesday night inside the United in Christ Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church, within walking distance of Johns Hopkins hospital Pastor Gary Adams and two church elders, Greg Manning and Parris Mitchell, sat talking about Ben Carson and the challenges that confront members of congregations like theirs.

Zwingli had considered himself first and foremost a soldier of Christ; second a defender of his country, the Confederation; and third a leader of his city, Zurich, where he had lived for the previous twelve years.

The Shakers were formally called the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing; they were first known colloquially in England as the Shaking Quakers, since their communal dances involved much trembling and shaking.

But he parades under banners of Jesus Christ and calls Christ the "first revolutionary".