It is a faith commitment that integrates every aspect of life.
The program is designed to reduce recidivism and bring reconciliation to the victim, community and inmate through personal transformation using the participant's faith commitment.
He knew of the faith commitment of John and Paul, and he tried to force them to offer sacrifices to pagan gods.
In an interview with Glenn Beck, Santorum said Obama's desire for greater higher education rates nationwide was a veiled attempt at "indoctrination", claiming that "62 percent of kids who go into college with a faith commitment leave without it."
The advertisement stated that the university was "seeking faculty who can demonstrate a personal faith commitment to its evangelical Christian purpose" and specified that "compatibility with a young-earth creationist philosophy [is] required."
Catechesis differs from evangelisation in that catechesis assumes that a faith commitment has been made by the participants.
Their use of historical and scientific analysis of the Bible was considered kosher by historic Judaism due to the author's faith commitment to the idea that God revealed the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai.
When someone makes that faith commitment, they become Christian.
Biblical scholars do not necessarily have a faith commitment to the texts they study, but many do.
One goal is a more thoughtful engagement with their own faith commitments.