Sentences with phrase «act come to church»

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When I came to the realization about theological concepts acting as a substitute for a relationship with God, I started to see and hear that kind of stuff all over the place in church.

In a May 30 letter to Catholics across the diocese, Bishop Lori said that the state's announcement came as a «shock» and that the church in Bridgeport had no choice but to act to protect its constitutional rights.

The assault came to light after Woodson privately contacted Savage with an email, asking if he «remembered» the event, which came about when he offered to give her a ride home after a church event, drove her to a secluded location and then, according to Woodson, told her to perform sexual acts before swearing her secrecy.

In particular, we may note that there are three points at which the Kingdom teaching of the synoptic tradition tends to differ both from Judaism and from the early Church as represented by the remainder of the New Testament: in the use of the expression Kingdom of God for (1) the final act of God in visiting and redeeming his people and (2) as a comprehensive term for the blessings of salvation, i.e. things secured by that act of God, and (3) in speaking of the Kingdom as «coming».

I thought straight away this is a joke as scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one just like the holy spirit.I have come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will come like a thief in the night i have heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they preach it from the view for the church to get there act together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again believer following him in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking in darkness but are walking in the light so you will not be caught unaware as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz

The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

If this the way we act with our earthly family, why is it we refuse to extend this level of patience and perseverance to our eternal family, the Church, when the time comes?

... Faith's past, that act of Jesus» love which brought new life to the world, comes down to us through the memory of others — witnesses — and is kept alive in that one remembering subject which is the Church.

Yet, as Bishop Spong points out, if it was a gay male who taught the Christian church what the love of God means, who defined grace for all people; and who, tortured and rejected as he must have felt, came to understand what resurrection means as God's vindicating act, then in a sense we do owe him a debt of gratitude.

One scholar believes that the reading of 1 Thessalonians was an «event which contributed to the formation of the Christian church at Thessalonica.118 First Thessalonians is an example in early church history where an act of public reading «allowed the believers at Thessalonica to come into existence as the church of God.

I've personally come to believe that the simple act of our church community getting together intentionally just to party has enormous value in and of itself.

Again the act of Baptism comes from other religions and like the Church that decided to build on past pagan ground and to hijack the old pagan festival dates like Christmas and Easter, God draws us to Himself in a gentle way as He turns our old attitudes and ways upside down.

Venerating the mans blood so that people have something to come and visit and meditate on, is not the first act of sin the church committed in using John Paul's blood, because the worship of him when he was alive (if thats what it is) is where the sin began.

It is overtly obvious that the Framers wanted there to be separation of Church and State as they valued freedom... it is the act of protecting those types of freedoms that makes our country so great today where people of ALL religions (or lack thereof) can come to the US and work to make it the best country on Earth without fear of being persecuted for their beliefs.

Many Christians still hold that picture of the world — or, shall we say that they half hold it, thinking and acting one way in the world and in another way when they come to church?

The greatest obstacle to maturing in the American churches in our time comes from our division into parties, one of which practices witness and charity to the exclusion of acts of justice, while the other practices justice and charity to the exclusion of witness.

In 1520 Luther published five widely - circulated German tracts stating that good works were not limited to praying in church, fasting, and giving alms but also included «laboring at one's trade, coming and going, eating, drinking, and sleeping, and all other acts that help nourish the body and are generally useful.»

I realize that many of us inside and outside the church have come to suppose that sexuality, both as condition and as act, is morally neutral at worst.

«Enlightened experience» was to come through performing the duties of church membership while «acting under pastoral influence.»

If you believe God and know that He is real, act based on that knowledge and He will find you (sometimes in the most bizarre ways lol), the feeling comes later... but if you do make the decision to follow Christ I strongly suggest you find a church to help you grow in your spiritual walk and to lead you in the right direction.

Eventually, the pendulum swung to the other extreme, and most Protestant churches have come to the point where preaching is the central act of worship, and Communion is rarely celebrated.

When Hitler came to power it was Barth's followers in Germany who constituted themselves as the Confessing Church and continued to speak and act with courage in the face of the Nazi tyranny and the apostasy of so many other Christians.

You're at your in - laws» house for dinner on Christmas Eve with your young children, then you go to church and keep your kids from acting up while everyone else's children are running wild, then you come home and wrangle your overexcited kids into bed, and wait until they're actually asleep.

Despite the Lagos State Attorney General's simplistic and foolhardy assertion that the State Government would «pursue the case against TB Joshua and his Church to a logical end», the truth is that what the government is dealing with is a premeditated and well - orchestrated act of terror carried out by highly proficient, skilled and experienced operatives and not one of involuntary manslaughter which came about as a consequence of negligence on the part of the Church authorities or a faulty foundation.

If the Church had done the right thing in the first place, instead of years of covering up criminal acts and protecting its priests, it never would have come to this point.»

The Land Registration Act 2002 (which came into force in 2003), qualified that the Church of England and Wales had a 10 - year period to disclose and register their interests against the titles of «liable properties» or forfeit the right to enforce the chancel repair liability in the future.