The commitment of Mennonites (a Christian group originating during the 16th century) to refuse participation in acts of war, for example, affects the character of their worship as well as of their general religious life.
Other early Christian thinkers, such as St. Augustine of Hippo, argued that philosophical reflection complemented theology, but only when these philosophical reflections were firmly grounded in a prior intellectual commitment to the underlying truth of the Christian faith.
At its best, evangelicals' commitment to applying the "Christian worldview" to every dimension of life has led young people to "reflect on their deepest beliefs" in a manner that "lacks a secular counterpart," Stephens and Giberson write.
One of the Christian bishops also assists.
The aim is to examine the origin and development of the Christian religion in Iceland.
Messiah College, the institution where I teach, had chosen this book as the common text for all first-year students precisely because it so beautifully reflects the strong commitments of the college--a Christian college--to serve the needs of the poor and to teach our students to embody that vision.
From the perspective of theology or faith, the criticism of the world of which the Christian community itself is a part is the exercise of its commitment to Jesus Christ.
"We affirm the conscientious commitment of both streams of Christian ethical thought," it continues.
Commitment to an illogical miracle jeopardized the Christian's overarching commitment to avoid outright irrationality.
The common sites of cancer were found to vary greatly between the Christian and non-Christian populations of Greater Bombay.
Probably catching wind of this sentiment, two weeks before the election, Gillard attempted to bridge the gap with the Christian community in an unplanned video conversation Jim Wallace of the Australian Christian Lobby and renewed her commitment to the Marriage Act.
