Sentences with phrase «bigger churches in»

I used to attend a big church in the lower mainland and finally after my calling took place I was allowed to preach for a total of 7 minutes on the pulpit.
His consequence for destroying us and others was that he was given a brand new position in a bigger church in no time.
You can also see the Belief Blog interview with Osteen, the pastor of the biggest church in the US here:
He knows he has a hard act to follow, replacing the kindly professorial man who ran things at the biggest church in town for 20 years, dealing with devastation in the hearts of so many.
Being the biggest church in the world is the last thing from his mind... but that's the point.
I've been to St Peters in Rome and I estimate that every Roman Catholic Roman sleeping rough could easily find accomodation in the inn that is the biggest church in the vatican.
In its time it was the biggest church in Bohemia — it was 104 meters long.

Not exact matches

Do you think the church is falling behind in meeting some of these big questions head on?
(The men in this church will ONLY jump for God — whom they believe to be a bigger, stronger, Alpha male.)
In Chan's sermon he agreed with this analogy and said: «This pastor was saying our church is so much like that - it feels like a big zoo.
There is no perfect local church in this world, but that's not the biggest problem.
And that camel - owner can bring all his camel - owning friends and they will give their tenth - plus offerings to The Church of the Great Needle and soon enough there will be a new building program to construct a fanstasmagoric «Golden Needle with Multiple Eyes» so that more camels can enter and then more camel - owners will come and soon there will be a vision for a bigger and better «Platinum Needle with Multiple, Rotating, Identity - Protected Eyes» and soon there will be a name change to «The Church of the Sharpest Needles in the Greatest Sewing Machine the World Has Ever Seen» and everyone shall stand amazed etc., etc., etc...; ^)
«I haven't switched churches yet but I'm a big believer in what they do.»
I've never been to one of those Unitarian Universalist churches, but I'm wondering if it could be helpful in these times when there is such a big divide.
I am pretty sure when they revamped back in the day to a oil heating system at my mom's home church, that was a big modern step for them from the wood burning stoves.
Now with these bigger churches and folks not needing to hitch up ole «bessie to the wagon in Little House on the Prairie fashion, to get the family to the local church....
Part of this how the first century church exploded out of nothing from men who, by all accounts, shouldn't have been able to pull it off; part of it is seeing (actually a big part of it) is seeing what God has done in my life — answered prayer that, by all accounts, shouldn't have been answered.
In fact, let me quote the NP::» The issue of being gay in the church is a very real issue today, one I wish to address and deal with,» ---- And so, when you say to me::: «you have a big thing about gays...,» David's words say it all ------»... being gay in the church is a very real issue today.&raquIn fact, let me quote the NP::» The issue of being gay in the church is a very real issue today, one I wish to address and deal with,» ---- And so, when you say to me::: «you have a big thing about gays...,» David's words say it all ------»... being gay in the church is a very real issue today.&raquin the church is a very real issue today, one I wish to address and deal with,» ---- And so, when you say to me::: «you have a big thing about gays...,» David's words say it all ------»... being gay in the church is a very real issue today.&raquin the church is a very real issue today.»
I for one enjoy free will to research the Universe and push for the big answers that the church can only have faith in.
The Right Reverend Richard Chartres warned that the biggest problem for the Church was that it was «lacking in distinction» and not its attitude to gay people and women.
i got such a shock when i saw this image and comment, the image took me by suck surprise, after 8 months of not being in church, and not caring what you thought, to start crying in the students union, is kinda a big deal..
If the message given by the church and the bible brings out the BIG GUNS then there is no love and it leaves the figure in your drawing with lots of confusion and questions.
It gets less attention because with the Church structure money is bigger in Catholic lawsuits.
All those things are worthwhile and good goals, but looking around my church at the twentysomethings who are making a lot of big life decisions, rarely do I see an example of a young millennial who has gone the traditional route of a four - year college degree to find themselves in a cubicle on the 11th floor — or at least who are happy being there.
I would bet — big money — that the fraction of FUBARLiberals who exhibit these characteristics is in fact larger than within the Roman Catholic Church....
Our church is the biggest in the WORLD!»
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) has said «there are big changes happening» in the way churches safeguard children.
There is a big difference in private citizens uniting for a cause and a Church donating funds...
What is his place in Heaven compared to someone who is an Alcoholic Christian and a big time gambler but doesn't go to Church and help the elderly?
Think beyond services that your church can provide for people already in poverty towards a bigger dream of preventing poverty in the first place.
Church can be a miraculous place, for those in need of a place to be a part of something bigger.
The survey suggests that while church attendance patterns over the past three and half decades have been most influenced by changes in how often Southerners, Catholics and women go to services, other factors may play a bigger role in the future, Schwadel said, noting how church attendance had stayed mostly steady despite the demographic changes.
And those gods were an astrological parody for worship of THE SUN... You know that big bright hydrogen fusion machine in the sky that the church once believed orbited the Earth... See the only way to truly be religious and in particular a Christian is to not ask questions.
People just remember, over the1000yrs so many men wrote and rewrote the bible that it is not truly the original bible.Every one who wrote the bible put in there own thoughts.Plus people who are overly two religious are really the true (SINNERS) Forcing there own views on others.Plus its all for money any way to collect from the poor two build bigger and bigger churches.
And before you believers begin to say that if there is no church then nobody will do anything to help others, just keep in mind that the two biggest philanthropist in the world are an Atheist and an Agnostic.
It's a good thing that these men are being outed, and that it reveals a very big problem in the Catholic church, namely that it maintains an environment where predators can hide and feed.
This is why Churches, Governments, and Big Business have so corruption in common.
The Church of England team has one practice game on Wednesday before the big match and its captain, Rev Jez Barnes from St Stephen's in Twickenham, is quietly confident.
Now maybe I am griping about something I want to see in churches â $ «as a bigger communal focus â $ «but why not bring it up â $ «maybe more will change one of these days?
«The biggest crime of the Catholic Church» Yes, it must be me seeing something hateful in one such statement...
James Carne who works at CAP Job Clubs UK believes churches have an obligation to continue to help those finding it hard to get work, speaking on Premier's «News Hour», he said: «There is still a big gap in terms of opportunities or help for people who are seeking work.
The biggest changes have come in three groups traditionally associated with their reliable church attendance - Southerners, Catholics and women, the study says.
He is well - liked by his peers, volunteers with University Big Brothers and Sisters, is involved in his church (he is an adult convert to Mormonism), is a member of the University's interfaith Religious Life Council, and has compiled an impressive academic record.
For those of us who know theology, we recognize that the big word in the middle there means «church
I am a big believer in giving people freedom from church buildings and front - led church meetings.
Sometimes, I think the «big name» church planting gurus have forgotten (or never experienced in the first place) some of the sweat and blood struggles of planting a church.
It maintains a force of 50,000 or so missionaries who work without pay, but need supporting infrastructure, and the church is moving into humanitarian efforts in a big way.
I was now in my late 40's... I no longer had a fancy business card to define me... I had some big problems with the beliefs / actions of the church... who was I?
When the catholic church stopped holding masses in Latin, again, BIG.
Part of my own story is that I went for a big wander outside of my my mother Church, encountering different and new and ancient ways of experiencing and knowing and being changed by our big and generous God as if I were encountering occasional cups of water while in the desert, drinking each one down as if they were sustaining me for the next leg of the journey.
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