Sentences with phrase «always been in the church»

As far as the Catholic Faith goes there have always been those in the Church who have done wrong, and more serious wrong than you are reading about here - namely the first Pope denying he even knew Jesus and all of the rest of the apostles abandoning God to that shameful horrifying death - when they could have stood by Him, defending Him against the authorities and even proving to them that He indeed was God - their Messiah before them!

Not exact matches

Assemblies decide little and often leave the churches in some confusion, but they are always taken as milestone events, reference points for organized «Ecumenism» and the cause of Christian unity.

In Paul's epistle to the Colossians he implores the Church to let their speech «always be gracious,» drawing an analogy to seasoning a conversation with salt.

Ongoing debates about the role of women in society and the Church show that Christianity and feminism have always been uneasy bedfellows.

I'm sure most people know this, but in case it helps someone: Denominations that always accept female pastors include PC (USA), that is Presbyterian Church, USA, most African American denominations (note that all pastors mentioned in the original article were African Americans), United Methodist, Foursquare, at least some Vineyards if not all, Congregational, Disciples of Christ, Lutheran and Episcopalian churches.

I am a Christian who attends a Pentecostal church, but I'm pretty liberal in my views as well and don't always agree with my fellow Christians about certain heavier topics.

At the root of the question you pose, and beyond any apparent theological dispute, we must keep in mind that we are addressing a problem that casts doubt on the fact that it is necessary for the Church always to remain faithful to the doctrine of Jesus, whose words in this regard are absolutely clear.

I would be lying if there weren't issues in the past regarding the priesthood, however the church has always been an advocate for civil rights and has never thought that blacks were cursed.

And don't forget all the victims of Christianity's own Jim Jones... I'm certain you and all you Christian Extremists are in your churches, always trying to find ways to brainwash everyone into committing suicide like Jim Jones and have plans to blow up buildings like Timothy McVeigh and think about as well as act upon your perverted thoughts by molesting young boys... don't you?

And to further the statements previously made, blacks were always allowed to worship in the same place as whites since the church's inception, unlike many christian denominations that shall remain nameless.

Now I know how those texts were complied and included into the canon — and they are meant to reveal a diversity in Christianty that has always existed from it's beginning (Jerusalem Council to Gentiles to East / West churches united under Rome).

The notion of a Church always in need of purification and reform is drawn not from the Reformation slogan ecclesia semper reformanda, but from within the Church's deepest inner dynamics: its longing to be joined to its spousal head, Christ the Lord, and its passion to share his love with those to whom it has been commissioned to bring the gospel — that is, everyone.

Even at a young age, even in church as a child and then young adult and later as a mature adult, I remember feeling uncomfortable with the «level» to which everything, from SS literature to popular books, were always written.

In our time and place the media will almost always be on the side of those who claim conscientious freedom; they will seldom be able to understand sympathetically a church's need for a magisterial voice to articulate and sustain its public teaching.

Ann K: Perhaps I overstated that, but as I'm sure you know, The Catholic Church has always been the most zealous in the concept that only ordained priests can properly understand Scripture.

«You can look at the churches and Church in Wales numbers haven't always been brilliant, but actually God does great things in many of our churches.

Is it true that once IN the church ALWAYS IN the church?

Being the child of ministers, & having grown up in the church, I always enjoy your fresh and heartfelt perspective.

He was always praising God and also cracking the preacher up in church.

«When the Church, through your service, sets about to declare the truth about marriage in a concrete case, for the good of the faithful, at the same time you must always remember that those who, by choice or unhappy circumstances of life, are living in an objective state of error, continue to be the object of the merciful love of Christ and thus the Church herself.

When you meet someone at work or church, it may seem at first that you don't have a ton in common — but there's always something.

Almost never will helpful theological discussion be fostered in this way; almost always the church will be harmed.

My questions is, why must the church always be the ones trailing behind in all matters of equality if we truly recognize that we are all equal in God's eyes?

Despite the sinfulness of its people, the Church is always the privileged place of encounter with the living God, who continually forms his people into the community in which the full truth about humanity is grasped.

«Churches actually have an amazing opportunity if they would just turn their minds to it, and many are, and reaching people in the community with the kind of help that the Church has always done in the past.

I've always found Judas to be a compelling figure in the Church.

I have been to churches all over the country, and it seems that the teachings in those churches have always been the same.

♦ Carl Trueman argues that confessions establish constitutional restraints on church power: «In an age when words, especially words that make truth claims, are always suspected of being part of some manipulative power game, it is perhaps counterintuitive to think of confessions as delimiting the power of the church.

Because he looks at history in a balanced and nuanced way, rather than using history to further the agenda that church and Empire are always opposed (rather 1984, isn't it?).

There will always be people who are sincerely insistent that they are Catholic and are, as Cole Porter might say, true to the Church in their fashion.

Civility is always in short supply and one can readily agree that «we need to keep in mind the common humanity that we share with those with whom we disagree,» and that «we should never lose faith in the power of reason,» and that the Church should never be used «as a partisan political tool.»

The responsibility of bishops is and always has been, as Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis and other bishops have explained in great detail, to protect the integrity of the sacrament, to prevent public scandal that creates confusion about the Church's teaching, and to avoid the danger of people receiving the sacrament, as St. Paul puts it, to their damnation.

I've been to many church planting and church growth conferences over the years, and though it is exciting to be part of conferences with 100's (or 1000's) of people in attendance, I always feel a bit... lost.

I do not see that the Church is in fact doing anything here, save what it has always done — grant a request from a priest for laicization.

But my early days of questioning the church were always in the context of seeking «biblical truth» when I found my views in direct conflict with those expressed in my church.

I spent years in churches where people were always saying that, and I don't remember anything good coming from those people.

The Church I have attended for the past 33 years has always given 10 % of its income to many needy charities and each year looks at each one to make sure we are giving to the right ones (in our opinion) and increase or add new ones to our list.

Maybe one of the reasons why the Christian church is going extinct is because religion always has to speak in metaphors --

Always needing to be right, always needing to be in charge and control, always too busy and self - centered for others and always trying to figure out ways that you can profit from God, the Bible, church and religion tells me who you are, in which case I care not what you think about what the Bible says, whether or not it is without error and Always needing to be right, always needing to be in charge and control, always too busy and self - centered for others and always trying to figure out ways that you can profit from God, the Bible, church and religion tells me who you are, in which case I care not what you think about what the Bible says, whether or not it is without error and always needing to be in charge and control, always too busy and self - centered for others and always trying to figure out ways that you can profit from God, the Bible, church and religion tells me who you are, in which case I care not what you think about what the Bible says, whether or not it is without error and always too busy and self - centered for others and always trying to figure out ways that you can profit from God, the Bible, church and religion tells me who you are, in which case I care not what you think about what the Bible says, whether or not it is without error and always trying to figure out ways that you can profit from God, the Bible, church and religion tells me who you are, in which case I care not what you think about what the Bible says, whether or not it is without error and so on.

Bob Roberts writes WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO PASTOR IN AMERICA THE NEXT 20 YEARS: The next 20 years are going to be some of the most exciting, tumultuous, confusing, difficult, historical, adventurous, pioneering, years ever in the history of the church to pastor a church... It will take the same things it's always taken -LSB-..IN AMERICA THE NEXT 20 YEARS: The next 20 years are going to be some of the most exciting, tumultuous, confusing, difficult, historical, adventurous, pioneering, years ever in the history of the church to pastor a church... It will take the same things it's always taken -LSB-..in the history of the church to pastor a church... It will take the same things it's always taken -LSB-...]

I always say there is no reason for church to be boring, when there is so much interesting material in the Bible.

I am always amazed at the number of church going «Christians» that do not walk the talk and yet many who never set foot in a church actually do live moral lives of charity and kindness.

The Christian church has always maintained a stranglehold on public policy in the United States, and with luck, those days are coming to an end.

In church, we call moving up growing your church, or being «led by God» to another church (almost always with more pay or potential).

The pastor or another staff person always attends, as well as several additional friendly, positive people from the church who share some interests with the new people and who also are involved with ministries in the church that might interest the new people.

They engage, as they always have, in works of mercy and compassion, and they are increasingly willing to engage, along with partner churches, in ministries of social change as well.

It has not always been required of all priests in the Catholic Church.

Here are some specifics on how this «always worship together rule» has now infiltrated our lives: Fred occasionally teaches Sunday School at my Baptist Church; I fully participation in his faith community's services and rituals during Hindu festival weekends.

The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

The purpose of my project was to unpack and explore the phrase «biblical womanhood» — mostly because, as a woman, the Bible's instructions and stories regarding womanhood have always intrigued me, but also because the phrase «biblical womanhood» is often invoked in the conservative evangelical culture to explain why women should be discouraged from working outside the home and forbidden from assuming leadership positions in the church.