Sentences with phrase «after coming to the church»

A member also took part after coming to the church for 50 years.

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Abbott's comments come a day after one of the pastors, Robert Morris, told news outlets Abbott had reached out to him and nine other churches to build support for the legislation.

Governor Nikki Haley called on Monday afternoon for the Confederate flag to be removed from the Capitol grounds in Columbia, saying «it's time to move the flag» in a news conference that came five days after nine people were shot to death at a historic black church in Charleston.

The comments come after the Air Force admitted that it failed to submit records that may have blocked Devin Kelley, who shot and killed 26 people at a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Sunday, from buying guns.

After all, this not - to - subtle comment about the health marketing came after he had just given a speech in a Chicago church in January After all, this not - to - subtle comment about the health marketing came after he had just given a speech in a Chicago church in January after he had just given a speech in a Chicago church in January 2015.

anyway, right after i moved in he came over to invite me to his church and i politely declined.

you're right the church probably will be there long after any of us cease to exist but it stands to reason that it is going down... as more people come to the realization that the belief in a deity is not necessary to live, the less need there will be for a church to exist.

His video (below) came after a Russian programme said it would be illegal for someone to play the game in a church.

The two moments: first, Binx's seeing the black man leaving the church after Ash Wednesday ritual, with an acceptance of the necessity, as Binx would have it, of «inserting himself into the world»; second, Binx's own ceremony of moviegoing whereby he seems to come to terms with place but in actuality does not.

After the Rapture, the church will celebrate the marriage supper (Revelation 19:7 - 10), be rewarded (1 Corinthians 3:10 - 15, 4:5, 2 Corinthians 5:9 - 10), and later return to earth with Christ when He comes again to set up His kingdom (Revelation 19:11 - 20:6).

Having come to the conclusion several years ago (after a lot of abuse from the first church I was part of) that doubt is far from being a threat to our faith — if we enter it with questions for God — I realised it is actually the yeast in our faith, and in the discourse with God we grow (much like your cartoon).

And a pastor of a Baptist church in Colorado actually kicked me out of his car (and I'm a disabled woman veteran in a powerchair) after inviting me to Easter dinner with his family, because I refused to deny that Jesus came to me in that dream.

After all, John Wesley was perhaps the major figure in what came to be known as the «Evangelical Revival,» and the heyday of the evangelical experience in American life is often described by American church historians as the «Age of Methodism in America.»

The move comes after a letter — signed by Kensrue and several fellow church leaders — asking that Pastor Mark Driscoll step down for a time and seek «restoration» following numerous controversies, was leaked to the media.

There is no way of reporting to headquarters that Mrs. Jones came back to church after a year's absence because she was worried about her sick son, or that Bob Thomson suddenly upped his pledge because he was thankful for the success of his surgery.

After being in a Calvinist church for over a decade, and witnessing person after person and family after family leaving the church in a more broken condition than which they came, including several divorces, one woman abandoning her family to become a sex slave, and many rejecting the faith altogether, I discovered, to my great chagrin, that it had taken a toll on my family as After being in a Calvinist church for over a decade, and witnessing person after person and family after family leaving the church in a more broken condition than which they came, including several divorces, one woman abandoning her family to become a sex slave, and many rejecting the faith altogether, I discovered, to my great chagrin, that it had taken a toll on my family as after person and family after family leaving the church in a more broken condition than which they came, including several divorces, one woman abandoning her family to become a sex slave, and many rejecting the faith altogether, I discovered, to my great chagrin, that it had taken a toll on my family as after family leaving the church in a more broken condition than which they came, including several divorces, one woman abandoning her family to become a sex slave, and many rejecting the faith altogether, I discovered, to my great chagrin, that it had taken a toll on my family as well.

A single mother comes up to you after church one day for advice.

About three months after the board meeting, the outreach committee came to the church with a proposal.

As I said to one of the women who came up to me after church: «I needed to narrate some «good news» about forgiveness that didn't kill me.»

After the communist revolution in 1949 and especially after the cultural revolution, the Christian Church in China suffered much; in fact, many thought that the Christian Church in China had come to anAfter the communist revolution in 1949 and especially after the cultural revolution, the Christian Church in China suffered much; in fact, many thought that the Christian Church in China had come to anafter the cultural revolution, the Christian Church in China suffered much; in fact, many thought that the Christian Church in China had come to an end.

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.

Shortly after VBS was over, my parents and pastor talked to me about getting baptized and sharing with our church family the decision I had made and the importance of coming forth publicly and making this declaration.

It usually takes the church thirty or forty years to come around and see that the surrounding culture was right after all.

The February decision by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Makane Yesus (EECMY) to terminate its 150 - year partnership with the Church of Sweden (CoS) and its 50 - year partnership with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) comes after the EECMY tried — and failed — to persuade the other two bodies to reverse recent decisions to ordain gay clergy and bless same - sex unions.

I came out of an abusive church situation, and very close after the realization that I'd been spiritually abused came the realization that as a leader in that system, I too had been a spiritual abuser, repeating the pattern that had been taught to me.

We have pastors who write to us after Cherish saying, «Thank you so much, our women came back blessed, encouraged, empowered and loving the local Church even more.»

After 3 months of searching the internet and you tube to decide if I wanted to come back to religion, I finally found someone who preaches from the heart, the way my Mama and Papa used to hear when they went to church, DR John Collins with the Church of Biblical Christians tells it the way it should be plus he does not accept donations, He preaches against todays prosperity preachers, My Papa said hes the only guy he has heard of lately not affraid to tell you what he thinks and use scripture to back hchurch, DR John Collins with the Church of Biblical Christians tells it the way it should be plus he does not accept donations, He preaches against todays prosperity preachers, My Papa said hes the only guy he has heard of lately not affraid to tell you what he thinks and use scripture to back hChurch of Biblical Christians tells it the way it should be plus he does not accept donations, He preaches against todays prosperity preachers, My Papa said hes the only guy he has heard of lately not affraid to tell you what he thinks and use scripture to back him up.

I've come to realize after growing up in a conservative church and then moving away from that environment that the majority of people that sincerely believe the Bible is to be taken completely literally have never read it all.

Rachel Murr was passionate about her faith and active in her church when «after nine years of trying not to be gay,» she finally came out to her community.

I was reminded of just how different our experiences can be after I came home from a day with the family to find in my Google Reader a lovely, celebratory post from Sarah Bessey, «In which God has restored me to church,» as well as an honest reminder from Kathy Escobar, «When Easter is Hard.»

We were recently holding some meetings in India, and as we preached about the UnGodlike God, a visitor to the church who attends Hillsong in London, came to us after and said, «that was amazing, why are WE not hearing this stuff».

The announcement comes less than a day after Exodus issued a wide - ranging apology to the gay community for «years of undue judgment by the organization and the Christian Church as a whole,» a statement from the group says.

The church affirmed an increasingly detailed body of authoritative Christian doctrine in which hope for the world to come had been subtly transferred to a distant future, to be reached only after death and resurrection.

The church in Jerusalem got that way after thousands came as pilgrims for the feast, heard Christ preached and didn't want to leave.

Just as the Reformers sought to reform the church of their day, so also, they would want those who came after them to continue the reforms «till we all come to the unity of the faith» (Ephesians 4:13).

After attending a Church of Christ for a few years and then a church which has heavy leaning's towards Lordship salvation, I have come to a similar conclusion, which I believe you have obviously come to Mr. Church of Christ for a few years and then a church which has heavy leaning's towards Lordship salvation, I have come to a similar conclusion, which I believe you have obviously come to Mr. church which has heavy leaning's towards Lordship salvation, I have come to a similar conclusion, which I believe you have obviously come to Mr. Myers.

Agree with premise — the one time I truly saw the church functioning as unified body was right after 9/11 — never before have I seen people of faith come together like this to do whatever was needed to help a city recover.

This picture doubtless reflects what the Church had come to believe some seventy years after his death.

On that day, after the Holy Spirit came upon the church, Peter preached a sermon, and several thousand people were added to the church on one day.

Jews believe in a Messiah, but don't believe it was Jesus (though the passover ceremony is all about Christ); Muslims go back to Abraham but since the prophet Mohammad don't have any recent connection to God; Catholics came from a combination of the Roman and Christian church after the death of Christ's apostles; Protestant's see misunderstandings in the Catholic church and have tried in various forms over the years to correct them without any true religious authority; Mormons believe God restored the truths of the original Christian church back on earth through modern prophets and revelation.

The scandals in the catholic church came to light after priests lost their status in society.

After the «divorce», I went on one or two «blind dates» with other churches and came to the conclusion that I needed to go on a church relationship fast.

This was the true solution of the problem presented to the Church by the disappointment of its naïve expectation that the Lord would immediately appear; not the restless and impatient straining after signs of His coming which turned faith into fantasy and enthusiasm into fanaticism; but a fuller realization of all the depths and heights of the supernatural life here and now.

The move comes just days after the Church of England voted to allow women bishops in a move Archbishop Justin said he was «delighted» about.

Funnily enough it was only after I left the church that I could finally relate to that damn much - quoted Proverbs 31 woman and «laugh at the days to come».

After the war, radical Christians criticized the Church's cooperation by the ruling classes even as open - minded party members came to realize how repressive some Marxist regimes could be.

Jennie Chinembiri, Africa and Caribbean secretary of the world mission council of the Church of Scotland, said: «It is wonderful that all these important letters, certificates and photographs have come to light after so many years as they hold such an historic importance for both Scotland and Kenya.»

After much study, prayer and thought I am convinced that the idea that only men are allowed to teach scripture, be a pastor, be an elder etc. etc. was a teaching that came about due to the status of women during a particular time and culture and continued because of the patriarchal system that most churches have continued to operate under.

He writes that after they started their church in Australia, some older Christians started coming «to take quick look at how we were doing and if it was working.»

He was baptized, recognized as Catholic by the church, and they never excommunicated him — even after all the atrocities were coming to light, and the Nazis were losing.