Sentences with phrase «as a preacher of»

And you, David, as a preacher of the gospel of Christ — why do you preach Jesus and the need for salvation to mankind?

On these and other matters, he would tell the bishops that, «as preachers of the gospel and leaders of the Catholic community, you are also called to participate in the exchange of ideas in the public square....

As preachers of the gospel it is expected that they themselves have experienced its power; as guides to the life of penitence and faith they need to know directly the nature of the humble and contrite heart.

Psalm 19 presents the very skies as preachers of God's creative lordship: «The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.

While Dostoevsky would surely admire the papacy's stance against the encroachment of materialistic rationalism, his main problem with the pope was that he acted as a temporal lord rather than as the preacher of the Christ whose Kingdom is not of this world.

Jesus moved through the land not only as a preacher of the Kingdom and a judge of men, but also as their benefactor, who, with his special «charismatic» (i.e., God - given) gift of healing, practically demonstrated to many persons the nearness of God's Kingdom.

But if Cook, Nuccitelli and Benestad did that, they'd lose their edge as preachers of apocalyptic doom condemning heretics....

Not exact matches

In closing arguments, Gowdy gave a powerful description of victim Ricky Samuel's last moments as he was lured to a pond by the accused, who posed as a preacher to get Samuel's confidence.

As his public influence grew, the preacher's stands on the social issues of his day were watched closely by supporters and critics alike.

«I could not be more proud to stand with President Trump as he continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with communities of faith,» evangelical preacher Paula White told Religion News Service, «This order is a historic action, strengthening the relationship between faith and government in the United States and the product will be countless, transformed lives.»

So, I don't think Berkshire would work as well if were just terribly shrewd but didn't have a little bit of what the preacher said about my grandfather.

Paula White, a Prosperity Gospel preacher as well as Chairwoman of President Trump's Evangelical Advisory Committee, wants followers to give God their first fruits.

Such as God told Noah that that no more flooding would occur following this one, hence global warming is a hoax, and this came from a political leader not a marginal preacher in Florida looking for its 15 minutes of fame on TV with his proposed koran burning protest.

One big problem today is that the world is full of preachers who don't have the guts to tell the truth and just give people their weekly feel good and sent them out into the world just as lost as they ever were.

I had the delight of going immediately from Canberra to Singapore, where I visited friends who are serving the church there as seminary teachers and preachers.

Powerful messageMany preachers consulted the amazingly detailed charts of teachers such as JN Darby and Thompson's Chain Reference and discovered something...

Two years later I became the son of a preacher man as our family left the confines of Ft. Worth, Texas, to plant a church in the rain of Vancouver, Canada.

Mark Curtis Anderson describes life as the son of a Baptist preacher, struggling with sex, drugs and rock «n» roll as...

And his apostles do not come as propagandists of a secular doctrine of salvation «with sublimity of words or of wisdom» (1 Cor 2:1), but as «ministers of the Word» (Luke 1:2), as his «witnesses to the ends of the earth» (Acts 1:8), as preachers and teachers of the Gentiles in «faith and truth» (cf. 1 Tim 2:7).

When the recent Southern Baptist upheaval» called simply the Controversy» began in the 1970s, many saw it as just another preachers» fight, a spectacle with all the charms of a late - night row among alley cats.

Andy Stanley is the son of a preacher know as being «Dr» Charles Stanley.

Jesus gave us a clear picture of what that was all about as did others say Peter for example 2 Peter 2:4 - 6: For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment; 5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample to those that after should live ungodly;

That form of «religion» is an entertainment industry in which standard form for preachers, teachers, and speakers IS to package and promote themselves in a constant competition for top celebrity status, on such venues as TBN, just as aspiring popular music groups and singers are over on MTV.

Oh, by the way, the time after jesus or christ whatever you want to call this preacher that did good for the barbarians who lived 2000 years ago and then abandoned them and left them with what was supposed to be a time of enlightenment and spritual awaking but turned out to be almost as bloodinga time period as the old testament.

I am sure glad that Jesus tells us to follow him not preachers, because preachers are just as human as the rest of us.

... as a recovering teenage Baptist evangelist, now Atheist, I have always been concerned about preachers of all kinds reading the bible like they read the want - ads in a newspaper.

«As one of the [UU] denomination's many itinerant clergy, he [Hosea Ballou] was riding the circuit in the New Hampshire hills with a Baptist preacher one afternoon.

The highlight came when the dean of a seminary jumped in and condemned me for being so judgmental and urged his fellow preachers to use other peoples» material as if it were their own.

I think I said doing so was stealing and lying, but in any case I said it was wrong, and also pointless, since the congregation is not going to think less of the preacher because he says, «As John Smith says.»

Certainly it can do nothing for the confidence or the credibility of preachers who still invoke those norms in other areas of sexual behavior such as chastity, adultery, and, not least, homosexuality.

Also, I couldn't quite get this into words as I was writing before, so: I am believe that I am correct in my view of Scripture as it has been handed down to me from teachers, preachers, writers and others; I believe that I am correct in my beliefs about who God is, and about His self - revelation, in the same way that all people believe that the opinions they hold are true.

The son who God gave would grow up to become a carpenter - turned - itinerant preacher with a heart of compassion for the people the world had trampled as it fed its scarcity fears.

So you're saying that a preacher giving you the choice with the warning of eternal afterlife consequences is as convincing as the mafia coming to you with a choice warning of bodily harm or immediate harm to your home and family?

@EVAN: «But, as my preacher says, it takes a lot of sinners burning in hell to keep God's people warm in Heaven.»

A twice - divorced preacher railing against homosexuality is more likely to be perceived as a bigot and hypocrite than as a champion of «traditional values.»

Is that... wait... that old drunk turned preacher... wait it is... and now because of how extreme his conversion was he is... he is... hating on all the others that can not convert to the same degree as he did... he's actually mad they seem to give less than him... he thinks they are ungrateful... let's go get drunk!

As time went on, the black preacher became the white man's telephone to the black community — in the words of Charles Hamilton in The Black Preacher in America, «the natural, most convenient tunnelpreacher became the white man's telephone to the black community — in the words of Charles Hamilton in The Black Preacher in America, «the natural, most convenient tunnelPreacher in America, «the natural, most convenient tunnel.»

The African reality of a wholistic as opposed to a secular and a sacred life, the place of the black church as sole as well as «soul» refuge during slavery, and the gift of oratory made the preacher the symbolic head and heart of his people.

Darby's teachings were featured in the sermons of some of the great preachers of the 1880 - 1920 period: the evangelists Dwight L. Moody and Billy Sunday; major Presbyterian preachers such as James Brooks; Philadelphia radio preacher Harry B. Ironsides; and Cyrus I. Scofield.

Using those quotes from Carrey and Higgins, preachers can hold up the likes of Hoffman as examples of the failures of the fame and fortune dream; and point to the only role model who won't let you down.

Forty years into her life as a preacher and minister, 72 - year - old Joyce has written more than 100 books and heads up a ministry with more than 700 employees based in the St Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.

the true story goes like this Of the three religious groups among the Jews to whom Jesus preached his Message - the Pharisees, the Sadducee s and the Essen - es - Jesus belonged to the last, while he had not been commissioned as a Divine Preacher.

To suggest that King, Barbour's former student minister, is a model of the preacher as transformer as well as interpreter will come as no surprise.

It is a chance to say a word about their lives as a kind of testimony in miniature or to add a coda to the sermon by pointing out something that, in their opinion, the preacher left out or got wrong.

«I sat on the edge of my seat as this preacher challenged us to participate in the cause of justice, not to slumber while the world changed around us.

As a preacher who shakes hands, I believe worship leaders have a quite different job: to expose illusions at every turn, including the illusion that they are something more than fellow players in the drama of worship.

Every preacher I know has a collection of memorable comments that have been made by parishioners as they shake hands following worship.

The word is always enfleshed — in Jesus, of course, but in the preacher and the worshiper as well.

His intention was to make fun of Edwards and his picture of God as both supremely angry and merciful, But Edwards came off better than the contemporary preacher.

And lest anyone think this scenario is limited to Julie, it isn't — similar (though not as extreme) methods of gaslighting, shaming, dismissing, etc. have been applied to anyone who challenges the holy hipster male missional crew albeit Mars Hill, Outlaw Preacher, Emergent Village, etc..