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Definition of kairos in English: kairosnoun ˈkʌɪrɒsˈkīräs A propitious moment for decision or action. Example sentencesExamples - Or do other phenomena perhaps show that the kairos, the right moment, might have passed us by?
- As Christians we have an obligation to discern the signs of the time and respond candidly and boldly to this crisis with hope that God will turn it into a kairos for the church's mission in this century.
- In a sense, 2005 is a kairos year for us to set up manageable and attainable strategies for halving world poverty by 2015.
- Without courage, intelligence and passion, the present kairos may pass.
- When, after many attempts, Niebuhr failed to help him understand, he finally just said, ‘It's a kairos, Paulus.’
Origin 1930s: Greek, literally 'opportunity'. Definition of kairos in US English: kairosnounˈkīräs A propitious moment for decision or action. Example sentencesExamples - As Christians we have an obligation to discern the signs of the time and respond candidly and boldly to this crisis with hope that God will turn it into a kairos for the church's mission in this century.
- When, after many attempts, Niebuhr failed to help him understand, he finally just said, ‘It's a kairos, Paulus.’
- Or do other phenomena perhaps show that the kairos, the right moment, might have passed us by?
- Without courage, intelligence and passion, the present kairos may pass.
- In a sense, 2005 is a kairos year for us to set up manageable and attainable strategies for halving world poverty by 2015.
Origin 1930s: Greek, literally ‘opportunity’. |