Since the 1970s, self-help books, psychology, and some modern expressions of Christianity have viewed this disparity in terms of grace being an innate quality within all people who must be inspired or strong enough to find it: something to achieve.

Since the Iraq War, evangelicalism has begun to make inroads in Iraq, capitalizing on a new openness to Western missionaries following the US-led invasion of the country, although the vast majority of converts are from other sects of Christianity present in Iraq .< ref >

Since the 1st and 2nd century AD, Christianity had become the established religion in Byzantium, supplanting pagan polytheism and eclipsing for the most part the humanistic world outlook and institutions inherited from the Greek and Roman civilizations.

Since the beginning of the 7th century the Islamic Caliphate had conquered much of the southern Mediterranean, and represented a threat to Christianity.

Since his predecessor Meinfried had already accepted Christianity, it followed that Pribislav had already been baptized in childhood, in contrast to the ideas of medieval chroniclers that the prince had first been baptized as an adult.

Since he was eleven years her elder, already married, and a Buddhist, May-ling's mother vehemently opposed the marriage between the two, but finally agreed after Chiang showed proof of his divorce and promised to convert to Christianity.

Since Hume had already made many of the same " moral attacks upon Christianity " that Paine popularized in The Age of Reason, scholars have concluded that Paine probably read Hume's works on religion or had at least heard about them through the Joseph Johnson circle.

Since the time of the Council, there have been concerns of the part of Church authorities that the missional spirit of the Church has been fading away because of the acceptance of anonymous Christianity, a teaching of Karl Rahner that all human beings have an implicit knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Since Nuku ' alofa have been expanding from when it became the center of Christianity in Tonga in the 19th century, it became essential that it was reorganised for effective administration of the capital.

Since Roman times, Paris has buried its dead on the outskirts of the city, but habits changed with the rise of Christianity and its practice of burying its faithful in the consecrated ground under and around its churches, no matter their location.

Since the arrival of Christianity among the Inuit, anirniq has become the accepted word for a soul in the Christian sense.

Since the word is found frequently in the Chilam Balam of Chumayel, regarded by some as indigenous writing not influenced by Christianity, some authors have proposed that the name was originally used for an indigenous Maya deity, which was later transferred to the Christian god but recent research has shown this to be unlikely.

Since many East European people accepted Christianity from the Greeks, many of these peoples have Makara in the root of some names: Makarios ( Greeks ).

Since France and Spain were Catholic countries, many missionaries were sent by the Catholic Church to convert the native population to Christianity and to provide for the spiritual needs of the settlers.

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Since, further, according to him the fulfilment of prophecy is the only valid proof of Christianity, he thus secretly aims a blow at Christianity as a revelation.

Since Nonius does not mention Christianity and calls himself a peripatetic, he seems not to have converted.

In his later years Geronimo embraced Christianity, and stated " Since my life as a prisoner has begun, I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers ...

Since the beginning of Christianity, individuals have seen relics as a way to come closer to the saints and thus form a closer bond with God.

Since Early Christianity, demonology has developed from a simple acceptance of demons to a complex study that has grown from the original ideas taken from Jewish demonology and Christian scriptures.

Since the 1st and 2nd century AD, Christianity had become the established religion in Byzantium, supplanting pagan polytheism and eclipsing for the most part the humanistic world outlook and institutions inherited from the Greek and Roman civilizations.

Since writing the book, Powell has converted to Anglican Christianity and has attempted to have the book removed from circulation.

Since Christianity is the largest religion in the world ( making up approximately one-third of the population ), it is necessary to understand the various faith traditions in terms of commonalities and differences between tradition, theology, church government, doctrine, language, and so on.

Since Christianity was largely a religion of the lower classes in this period, the lack of surviving art may reflect a lack of funds for patronage.

Since the various braille alphabets originated as transcription codes of printed writing systems, the mappings ( sets of character designations ) vary from language to language.

Since the observation of the Champagne Supernova in 2003, more very bright type Ia supernovae are thought to have originated by white dwarfs whose masses exceeded the Chandrasekhar limit.

Since the acronym FAQ originated in textual media, its pronunciation varies ; " fack ", " faak ", " fax ", and " facts " are commonly heard.

Since Brahms himself clearly originated the story, however, some have questioned Hoffman's theory.

Since Sir Isaac Newton originated the concept of viscosity, the study of liquids with strain rate dependent viscosity is also often called Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics.

Since the show launched, several individuals have claimed that they originated the format and that Celador had breached their copyright.

Since package management systems, at least on Unix systems, originated as extensions of file archiving utilities, they can usually only either overwrite or retain configuration files, rather than applying rules to them.

Since the enemy originated from the Earth this meaning is likely.

Since the Church of the Nazarene's quadrennial General Assembly is based on representation from districts from 156 world areas, the 2009 General Assembly was probably one of the most racially and linguistically diverse general meetings of any religious body that originated on American soil.

Since 1717, Inđija was part of the Habsburg Monarchy, and became a feudal domain of Count Marko Pejačević of the Pejačević family that originated from Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria.

Since Yosakoi dance originated in Kōchi Prefecture, many cities around the prefecture hold smaller-scale festivals in relation to the main three-day Yosakoi festival in Kōchi, which draws groups of performers from all over Japan.

Since hippos were present in both Africa and Asia during the Cenozoic era the genus might have originated as parasites of hippos.

Since the character originated as the Zyuranger character Witch Bandora, she was portrayed by Machiko Soga in the original Japanese footage used for villain scenes, with her English voice performed by Barbara Goodson.

Since Christianity began as largely a grass roots effort in Korea, it spread more quickly through the population than it would if it had originated with outsiders with no initial popular support.

Since ancestral lemurs are thought to have originated in Africa around 62 to 65 mya, they would have had to have crossed the Mozambique Channel, a deep channel between Africa and Madagascar with a minimum width of about 560 km ( 350 mi ).

Since Logan's time, crosses between the cultivars of raspberry and blackberry have confirmed the Loganberry's parentage, with an earlier theory that the Loganberry originated as a red-fruiting form of the common Californian blackberry Rubus ursinus now disproved.

Since this closely resembles the Roman numeral for " 29 " ( XXIX ) there is a " traditional " belief among current squadron personnel that this originated as a " misspelling " of the Roman numeral.

Since most programs on the WLW television regional network originated from WLWT in Cincinnati, it was the first time WLWD was the originator of a program.

Since the ring's particles are presumed to have originated from impacts ( micrometeoroid and larger ) on Phoebe, they should share its retrograde orbit, which is opposite to the orbital motion of the next inner moon, Iapetus.

Since San Pedro Sula is located on the Honduran mainland, it is possible that these broadcasts originated there rather than on Swan Island, though no positive verification has been determined.

Since Curling is believed to have originated in Scotland, it's likely that Bonspiel is a modern adaptation of the Scottish Gaelic words: " Bonn "( coin ) and " Spéil "( skate ) meaning " Coin Skate " or " Cornerstone Skate "( archaic definition ).

Since the earliest proven English exploration of the area was by Matthew Flinders in 1802, writer Kenneth McIntyre suggested the keys may have originated with some earlier European explorers of the region, possibly Portuguese explorations.

Since it originated in Italy, most Techniscope format films were Italian, generally European.

Since NBC never owned a radio station in Los Angeles, the network's West Coast programming originated from its San Francisco station ( KPO-AM, which later became KNBC-AM, and is now KNBR ).