Picturing subjects as diverse
as places of worship, jungles and research laboratories, Struth once compared the space shuttle programme to the construction of the medieval cathedrals.
The retention of the civil law of marriage for the Church in Wales was not a product of the Church in Wales Act 1914, which designated Church in Wales churches
as places of worship, like other non-established churches, where marriages could be solemnized and designated its clergy as persons who could be authorised to solemnize them.
She told The Telegraph: «The Church Buildings Council - the body which helps dioceses maintain church buildings - supports the continued use of church buildings
as places of worship, including proclaiming their presence through the ringing of bells.
For right now, the «standard» religious symbolism of Christian images, the ones that believers pray before and use within their worship, really don't have any place decorating public places in America because their presence there only serves to mark
them as places of worship too.
And it is not surprising that Christians could adopt the Parthenon and the Pantheon for use
as places of worship, and that Muslims could turn the Church of Santa Sophia into a mosque.
A new report commending England's 42 Anglican cathedrals for their continued importance
as places of worship, their wider community work and their commitment to promoting local economic growth has been published today by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Some would protest against Muslims using schools
as a place of worship, but there are those of us who would stand up against those who give our Christian name a bad one.
The emergence of the synagogue as a substitute for the Temple
as the place of worship occurred in this era.
Abraham and Ishmael, (Isma'il), when they were constructing the Ka «ba
as a place of worship at Mecca, addressed God in these words: «Our Lord!
We should strive for excellence in the celebration of the liturgy and in what surrounds it: excellence in our liturgicalmusic and well trained readers; beautiful and noble vestments and vessels; an oratory that is well kept and clearly identified
as a place of worship, a place that is set apart and not a spare classroom.
Mosques in China, as centers for spiritual inspiration and social activities, are used
as a place of worship, prayer, and chanting — and also used as a meeting place, a school, a place to perform Islamic ceremonies, a funeral home, and a judicial court.
Last week, Pomeroy announced that First Baptist Church will be demolished because it would be too painful to continue using the building
as a place of worship.
The church has stated that it is the legal owner of the property and land, and has used the building
as a place of worship since 1989.
It is significant that this period is marked not only by the emergence of the synagogue
as a place of worship but by a fresh attempt to recover, codify, and study the law.
This act desecrated it, making it unsuitable to the Jews
as a place of worship.
As an outside bet, the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, close to the Queen's much - loved private Norfolk retreat, is regularly used
as a place of worship by the royals, particularly on Christmas Day.
It survives
as a place of worship due to two things: it's a historical landmark, and the local mega-church Abundant Life takes care of all of its upkeep and needs.
The significance of the Mosque as a community centre as well
as a place of worship is explored.
It is now a museum and use of the complex
as a place of worship, in this secular country, is strictly prohibited.
The 14th Century chapel is actively used
as a place of worship so it is worth checking whether there is a service on in advance of your visit.
In the main yard of the temple there are some three story Meru and Bale Pengiyasan as a symbol of the temple of Besakih, there is also a building called Padmasana
as a place of worship to Sang Hyang Widhi, the only one Bali Hindu's God.
The small stone church was built in 1935
as a place of worship for the pioneer families of the Mackenzie country.
Before creating the piece, West researched the history of the church - turned visual arts center, considering its original use
as a place of worship.
Together with the paintings, scaled and lit in response to the original function of the chapel
as a place of worship, the installation invokes the Christian metanarrative within The Master and Margarita.
Not exact matches
In the early years
of Celebration, the theater held church services every Sunday morning
as the town waited for a
place of worship to be built.
«This act
of evil occurred
as the victims and their families were in their
place of sacred
worship,» President Donald Trump said in a statement.
Short
of hero
worship but more than reserved respect, many people
place undue accolades on entrepreneurs
as risk takers.
Islamic law allows that
places of worship may be taken
as war booty, but they are not to be destroyed.
If he succeeded and built the Holy Temple in its proper
place and gathered the dispersed ones
of Israel together, this is indeed the anointed one for certain, and he will mend the entire world to
worship the Lord together,
as it is stated: «For then I shall turn for the nations a clear tongue, so that they will all procalim the Name
of the Lord, and to
worship Him with a united resolve (Zephaniah 3:9).»
Places of economic value, such as farms, markets, and places of worship — mosques, of course, but also churches, monasteries, and convents — are not to be targeted for a
Places of economic value, such
as farms, markets, and
places of worship — mosques, of course, but also churches, monasteries, and convents — are not to be targeted for a
places of worship — mosques,
of course, but also churches, monasteries, and convents — are not to be targeted for attack.
In your mind your life has NO meaning unless there is some «god» behind it, I wonder if you were to
place a piece
of bread on your counter and allow life to form (mold) on that bread would they suddenly
worship you
as their «god»?
As for the argument that we should look to our churches... the BILLIONS spent by organized religion to build exorbitant
places of worship (Jesus preached in open fields and I'm confident that God hears MY prayers in the privacy
of my home) and the building
of health clinics in third world countries would help a lot — but they are not inclined to help those in need HERE!
These were not nice people they
worshiped a fertility God by
placing children into red hot bronze arms
of their god and cheered
as the children would die in those arms.
For example, we have an atheist Prime Minister — and no one cares because this is personal (it is not about her politics)-- just
as public schools are used for general education and religious education is served by your
place of worship, associated community, family, etc..
One stops to think
of actual countries
of sand, which include more than a few particularly violent locales,
places where people are not
as willing
as Mary Oliver to concede the comfy and common received idea
of liberal Christianity that we all
worship the same deity by «whatever name.»
A God who could make good children
as easily
as bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one
of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who gave his angels painless lives, yet cursed his other children with biting miseries and maladies
of mind and body; who mouths justice, and invented hell - mouths mercy, and invented hell - mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths morals to other people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead
of honorably
placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to
worship him!
The imperial cult, the
worship of the emperors, is one
of the central elements in the ideology
of the emperor and is a good
place to start (though it is not,
as is so often the case, the
place to end).
As we were talking Sunday, one such participant confessed that The Mission had helped her soften towards those who had hurt her in the past, that she felt more prepared to
worship alongside those whose faith looks different than her own because The Mission had provided a
place of rest in which she could be herself.
The article said that Focus on the Family described its 600 employees
as «ministers» and its cafeteria, which is apparently sometimes used for
worship,
as a «
place of worship.»
Reach out to LGBTQ at your
place of worship and let them no that they are bound for glory when they rise up, reject fornication and accept Jesus Christ
as their Lord and Savior.
To put it bluntly, most churches do not reflect Jesus» vision
of the kingdom
of God
as a
place where all nations and all races gather together to
worship.
I am a Christian but avoid christian religions other than
as a
place of meditation,
worship and intellectual debate, certainly not
as a
place for moral guidance
as they change the rules with the politics
of the age.
, at its best, serves
as a «showcase for scripture» in which «the authority
of God
places a direct challenge to the authority
of the powers that be,» and in which the reading
of scripture together in community is itself an act
of worship.
At first they were subjected to all kinds
of social restrictions, they were heated
as outcastes and polluted persons, they were banned from showing themselves at the baths and market
places and finally they were excluded from all public
places, essentially
places where they
worshipped their gods, because they believed that the very presence
of these outcastes violated the
place of their gods.
Worship leaders in
places that resist set or written prayers
of all kinds might consider using this form
as a basis for jazz - like improvisation.
The report highlights cathedrals
as diverse churches that are not only important sacred centres
of worship but also
places of valued social support and community and interfaith engagement.
1) Eternal fire (Psalm 11:6, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Matthew 18:7 - 9, Matthew 25:41, Jude 7) Isaiah 30:30,33 — Isaiah speaks
of Topheth in the valley
of Hinnom, where before it became Gehenna — the burning trash dump outside Jerusalem — it was the
place of pagan
worship where people burned alive their own children to their false god, Molech (2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 19:2 - 6) and God uses this
as an illustration
of a
place where God will burn alive the unrighteous
These architecturally appealing houses
of worship as well
as the more formal and subdued
worship taking
place within their walls, however, may indicate that with its prosperity the AG has lost some
of its distinctiveness
as a Pentecostal denomination.
This summer, the New York Times concluded a lengthy series on the perceptions
of race among Americans by saying: «The series has portrayed a stubbornly enduring racial divide, and the poll suggested that even
as the rawest forms
of bigotry have receded they have often been replaced by remoteness and distrust in
places of work, learning and
worship.»
All
of those things that would have made a mere human being mad
as hell were treated with Grace and Serenity and He got worked up enough to turn over the tables on the «money changers» using a
place of worship for profit.