Sentences with phrase «about by their pastors»

But I have now exposed myself as one of those mythical monsters that people are warned about by their pastors.

Not exact matches

This guy had the amazing ability to psychologically transfer allegiance to Christ into allegiance to himself by developing the perception of being the infallible Oracle of Jesus in the eyes of his followers, Unfortunately for him, about 4 weeks ago he and his female worship pastor were forced to publicly confess a «long term» physical relationship.

Not a week goes by that I do not get contacted by pastors about the issue.

Trying to be someone else and trying to live up to expectations put on you by a Pastor or church moral police is what leads people to sneak to do things and feel guilty about doing the things that make them happy.

I worked in a small church in Kansas once, and after about 3 months I figured out that all the real major decisions, including if the pastor got paid that week, were not made by the elders, the board or congregational vote.

We returned and for a short time it seemed normal, but then strange things began to occur again behind thr scenes with one controlling narcissist woman whose family is friends with the pastor (so if she doesn't like you or feels threatened by you in any way plants bugs in his ear to affect leadership choices and assignments and negative treatment / assumptions about anyone she pleases).

One wonders about the religious fate of the 145 parishioners who were not moved by the pastor's vision.

Those Christians killing natives and mistreating them did so in part BECAUSE they were told it was okay by their pastors and priests, they were directly dehumanized from the pulpits that allowed their members to go about their murder and mistreatment without guilt or punishment.

I was even threatened with «consequences» by one of his buddy Pastors at a sister WELS church if I even talk about any of it.

I would venture to guess many of the evangelical pastors she speaks to (as described in this essay) don't «get» what she's arguing, because they take for granted that she's an evangelical in essence, just an edgy one; whereas, by her own admission, she is talking about «not a change in style but a change in substance.»

Lerone A. Marti, an assistant professor of American religious history at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, wrote that church folks who stick by unrepentant pastors have a lot to learn about forgiveness and accountability.

There's a curious and discouraging article in the November 20th Entertainment Weekly magazine about producers» efforts to «sell» the upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road to Christians (by way of their pastors).

By contrast, when I attended a gathering of pastors from much smaller churches, nickel - and - dime operations with meager attendance on Sundays, barely able to support their pastors, I did not hear the pastors talk about improving their facilities or putting together a smoother operation for Jesus.

I do apologize because I do not have first hand proof of the affair that happened with an Emergent Pastor and the woman in his congregation nor the Mars Hill seminary student situation but it was told to me by a very reliable ground zero source and from the same source about both.

I had bullied and isolated by two women, and had a pastor who didn't want to do anything about it.

We're in a conversation about spiritual abuse — the process by which people who have spiritual authority (pastors, preachers, priests, etc.) take advantage of that authority to do harm to those entrusted to their care.

The ultimate reality that I live with is that if my abuser had been Nathaniel Morales instead of Larry Nassar, if my enabler had been [an SGM pastor] instead of [MSU gymnastics coach] Kathie Klages, if the organization I was speaking out against was Sovereign Grace under the leadership of [Mahaney] instead of MSU under the leadership of Lou Anna Simon, I would not only not have evangelical support, I would be actively vilified and lied about by every single evangelical leader out there.

Since you bring up the bears attacking children in your comment several times, let me ask you... If some children today were out playing in the woods and they got attacked by bears, and then a pastor said that those children got attacked by bears because they were not respectful toward him, what would you think about this incident?

On Wednesday, Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande, now in their early 20s, gave an exclusive interview to CNN Atlanta affiliate WSB, saying that they are haunted by their experiences with Long and that they are writing a tell - all book about what they say happened between them and the powerful pastor.

The nation is being savaged by the Great Recession, but many pastors are afraid to talk about its causes, some say.

Pastors and mentors will of course feel compelled to offer guidance and prayer as young adults navigate the tricky terrain of sexuality, but they should not be deceived into thinking that the all the questions about faith, science, technology, religious pluralism, politics, justice, equality, and ethics emerging from the Millennial generation are related to sex and can be solved by abstaining from it.

Miller said pastors who are afraid of angering congregants by talking about touchy economic issues ignore the Gospel.

I first started thinking about this issue a few months ago when a family friend gave us a pamphlet by a man named Mark Frees titled «Is the One - Pastor System Biblical?»

Platt is joined by a number of white pastors in recent days who have spoken openly about the church's need to address racism in wake of the 50th anniversary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, including John Piper and Matt Chandler.

What surprised me on this trip was that at every single event, one or two people would pull me aside and ask how I kept from getting discouraged by those big numbers that Mark Driscoll, and pastors like him, are always bragging about — the 10 million downloads, the enormous church planting network, the packed - out services, the hundreds of thousands of blog visitors.

The pastor does not do the parishioner a favor by withholding teaching about this final judgment.

«When nobody is «the pastor,» everybody becomes a minister, and the work of the ministry is shared by all.This is what being the church is all about.

I was just sharing last night how a woman at my last church was talking about unconditional love in the face of her grandkids opening presents, but when she didn't hear the tried and true message from the previous pastor (who by the way was one of architects of the church's mission to «love God and love people unconditionally) that was a problem.

But what about men like my husband, or my pastor, or Scot, who are not threatened by the intelligent, thoughtful contributions of women in leadership?

As for the Naked Pastor blog, I think money grabbing and ego - power - trips by pastors are the least of everybody's concerns about the institution of church.

The founding pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, Boyd was surprised by the severity of the reaction: though some members of his congregation expressed gratitude, about 1,000 left the church.

To make matters worse, the average congregation is more worried about overpaying the staff than underpaying them which leads to the church being crippled spiritually by pastoral changes as the pastor moves to a better deal or leaves the ministry or works multiple jobs just to support his family.

Should Albert Snyder be able to sue Pastor Phelps for millions of dollars in damages because of the «emotional distress» that Phelps caused by his protest ---- from about 1000 feet away - at Matthew Snyder's funeral?

The service, expected to last about 90 minutes, also includes prayers by pastors from as close as Charlotte and as far away as Asia.

So, for example, if your hear a pastor saying, «You have to take up your cross daily and follow Jesus in order to go to heaven when you die,» you can look in the text he is preaching from (maybe Matthew 16:24 - 26 or Luke 9:23 - 26), and see that Jesus is talking about saving your life (which is NOT the same thing as receiving eternal life) by living in a profitable way here on earth (cf. Luke 9:24 - 25).

Our Father... and you do understand, God that I'm talking about only those believers in you that adhere to the very same doctrine that I do, preferably the ones that got saved in my church and were baptized by my pastor, but not the old pastor because he read the Amplified Bible, thats the our I'm talking about, God, certainly not those from the church down the street, and definitely not those other ones on the next block.

They wondered about things like people waiting in line to get a snapshot of their family with the senior pastor, the pastor calling everyone «Buddy» and «Sport» instead of by name, and the fact that the pastor slipped into the front row after worship because it was time to deliver the speech for the TV show (I mean sermon for the flock).

Nowadays, I listen to a couple of pastors online once in awhile, and many of the books I read are by former «church pastors,» who had the same type of revelation about the character of God that I had.

Though he has his doubts about whether Emergent can «work» in the structures of a denomination — he says he was never tempted by the «golden handcuffs» of church - plant funding — he values interaction with mainline pastors such as Cox Johnson.

About thirty seconds later, the train came rumbling by not twenty feet from where we were seated, blowing its whistle and drowning out anything the pastor could have been saying.

Sure, David goes on to say that he was uneasy with such a claim and wasn't even sure that it was true, but still... how do you write a book which is supposed to be about taking back your faith from the American Dream and start the book by stating that you are the youngest megachurch pastor in American history?

Our government and media in America were more upset by an Florida pastor who wanted to burn a Koran in the name of Christ than they are about an Iranian pastor who is about to be killed in the name of Allah.

Other seniors and associates responded to stories about unhappy staff members by insisting that triangulation between associate pastors, unhappy members and senior pastor must be stopped if the associate pastorate is to be successful.

In the last 15 years, psychologist Mark Laaser, author of Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction, has seen «an escalating crisis in the church» so that «rarely a day goes by that I don't get a call about a «fallen» pastor.»

This excerpt is from a chapter written by Andy, who talks about the two voices — his father's and his wife's — that have shaped his own voice in his identity as a preacher and pastor.

I was, however, asked by our pastor not to talk to anyone in the church about my acceptance of evolution (and trust me — I hadn't been) because it was «dangerous».

A recent poll by LifeWay Research found that about two in five Protestant pastors that lean Republican were still undecided.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

One pastor, whom I considered as a friend, who also had a lot of influence in the Charismatic Movement there began to warn everyone about me, by name and said I WAS a false teacher and a false prophet!

If «Sunday School and Church» is the formative experience in a congregation, it is very likely that the people of God are being formed by a structure that perpetuates dualistic thinking about Christian faith, about the work of Christians, the nature of the church, and the role of pastors.