Sentences with phrase «if church»

He reminds us that if the church is to fulfil its mission it needs to be redefined and refashioned from within.

Regardless if the church reforms and gathers more people, they still do not follow the real 10 commandments that is in the bible.

If the church would be transformed and have Christ formed in her, she must confess or lose her nature as the church of Christ.

If the church encourages critical thought, many who now leave it will find it a true home.

If church causes us to live in a spiritual fantasy land, church is worse than porn.

If your church or school discourages you from reporting abuse to the police, do it anyway.

If the church is a body, then we should live, serve, and minister all together with the same members of the body.

But I promise you, if the church had widened its arms to be able to embrace me I would have stayed.

Unfortunately, I feel as if the Church is one place this behavior is tolerated the most.

I would also ask if the church you serve (1) is spiritually healthy or dysfunctional, and (2) if the church has defined its specific mission (and I suspect you have)?

If the Church is ever going to look like Jesus, the attitudes of Christians need to be confronted.

If the church did not maintain a voice in the contemporary debate about the nature of reality and the purpose of human life, it could not hold or attract the kind of leaders it needed for the future.

If a church has a well - trained person on its staff there is no reason why it should not consider sponsoring group therapy for more disturbed persons as an expression of its ministry of healing.

But if the Church should take her focus off of Christ, turn and concentrate on me, and place my desires or my problems above that of her Lord and spouse, then it will be a detriment to me.

If a church's groups are to make their maximum contribution to the health of persons, the health of the groups needs to be checked periodically.

«Mexican history might have been a different story,» writes Brandenburg, «if Church had broken with State, hailed Hidalgo and Morelos as Catholic heroes, and encouraged them to lead the masses.

If your church is having trouble finding the budget, look to which programs burn through your tithe money without producing tangible results.

If a church is to be «a creative cell in our mass society,» (Alan Walker, address at Garrett Theological Seminary, August, 1957.)

I don't think people say I will or I won't go to a church based on race however if the church offers the things they llike they will drive miles to go to that church.

If the church is degenerate and worldly, the pulpit is responsible for it.

I asked Johnson of All Souls if his church can be accused, at best, of being ignorant of church - state relations in Rwanda or, at worst, of having a romanticized view of African Christianity.

If the church school is to make its maximum contribution to mental health, teacher - parent cooperation must be vigorous.

If the Church does what the Church is called to do, then there will be no poor or disregarded or demeaned in our midst.

You know the posts I made a few weeks ago about what would happen if your church closed?

Obviously if the church isn't brick and mortar, then they can't pass around a collection plate.

Even if the Church consists of a vast majority of gentiles, it is never merely a gentile Church.

If the church wants a say in these matters or you want to see the buybull used to make laws then the church can start paying taxes.

And if the church is going to grow and thrive, we must make sure that we are building upon this good and solid foundation.

If your church closed, the neighbors might wonder what happened, but there would be little noticeable difference in their lives.

If the Church X is officially supporty Mary Smith for president, ever donor to the church could be identified as belonging to a certain church and monetarily supporting a specific candidate.

Wouldn't it be nice if the church openly encouraged us to question?

Someone asked Erwin McManus if his church taught on tithing, and he said no, they don't limit their giving to 10 %.

If a church is in conflict with what Jesus said... why would you STILL stick with that church over and over and over again... I know they have brainwashed you into thinking they are the only true church, but Jesus never said this.

If you church wants to discriminate against people in a manner that they feel is pleasing to their god, that is fine.

They would notice if your church shut down, but it wouldn't affect their lives too much.

If the Church's kerygma reduced the quantity of unaltered material, it deserves credit for the quality of the unaltered material.

But it is easy to predict what would happen if your church did this.

So in these cases, the neighbors might actually rejoice if your church closed.

If the church is utterly unknowable, unobservable, so detached from history that one can not speak of it properly, then very practical questions ensue: To whom do we pay our tithes (or church taxes in the state churches of Europe)?

If church is a numbers game, we're down by three touchdowns with two minutes to go.

If the church is so stressed out about their congregants using birth control they should ex-communicate them.

Quite frankly, it would be nice if the church people minded their own business after first recognizing where their business ends and others» begins.

If the church is interested in helping society raise strong, healthy and self - directed children, the church must help produce as many intact first marriages as possible.

If the church in the sixteenth century had only recognized that the communication revolution surrounding it called for a transformation, church leaders would have found within its ranks creative and energetic people eager to help the church find its way through the transformation.

If the church is interested in helping society raise strong, healthy and self - directed children, it must help produce as many intact first marriages as possible.

If the Church had retained the emphasis on, and the use of, the name of Jesus in all its activities (Col. 3:17), the current battle over revising the language of the Church would be pretty much dead in the water.

Says one, «It is as if the church is saying that the child who is welcome at Sunday school is an intruder at day care on Monday.»

How can you tell if your church doesn't understand it's mission?

If a church has more than 2 - 3 names like «First Baptist» or «St. Mary's», etc..

If the church is to participate in the moral renewal of the world order, then it must find its own theological renewal.