Word: savioring
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...venerable object of faith and trust." Author Casserley compares the modern revolutionary movements to "the more discreditable phases of church history." Their symptoms: "A minute and hairsplitting dogmatism enthusiastically engaged upon for its own sake: the persecution of deviant shades of opinion; an enthusiastic cult of the [human] savior...
...honor of the day, which was also his 75th birthday, the stern old soldier thawed a little and permitted his inflation-harried countrymen, many of whom had voted for him as an economic savior, to celebrate his return in a national fiesta. From suburbs and provinces they poured into the huge square outside La Moneda, the presidential palace, to watch open-air performances by some 1,200 actors, dancers and musicians on seven different stages. Noisily, they cheered the general in his sky-blue uniform, the parading troops, the flat-hatted cowboy who galloped up to the general and handed...
Trained workers step forward, lead each newcomer off to talk over his problems, give him some Bible verses to memorize, get him to sign a card accepting Jesus as his savior. Critics say that evangelism's converts are only "Christians for a night." But within 24 hours, the "Graham team" has dispatched a letter to the nearest preacher of each convert's denominational choice with instructions to follow...
...young men have joined the "squadrons" he establishes in cooperating churches. To get his sky pilot's silver wings, a boy must: 1) attend church or Sunday school for six successive weeks, 2) memorize ten scriptural verses having to do with salvation, 3) "Accept Christ Jesus as his Savior," 4) successfully fly his own model airplane in competition. Gold wings are awarded to everyone who brings a convert into the group...
...project the Word of God into the context of modern culture. Neither nature nor civilization is wholly evil, Tillich protested. On the contrary, he wrote, "God reveals himself not only in history but also through history as a whole." His conclusion: without losing his image of Christ as Savior, the Christian must adjust the externals of his faith, his philosophy and culture to the circumstances of the time. The Protestant religions, for example, resulted from the changing circumstances of the 15th and 16th centuries, which made necessary a new formal expression of Christianity...