Sentences with phrase «by the church if»

I wouldn't be offended by the church if they weren't out to mold the world to their liking.

Things I was surprised I'd carried for years and in secret because I thought I would be shunned by the Church if I discarded them.

No marriage can be sanctioned by the Church if the very basis of the marriage involves acts that put the couple outside of eternal salvation.

For example, widows indeed who lived a life of prayer and faithfulness should be supported by the Church if they had no body to help them financially.

Not exact matches

If the church were to have its tax - exempt status revoked, there would be no pressure by stakeholders to spend income efficiently.

«But I sincerely believe that Jesus wants a Church attentive to the goodness which the Holy Spirit sows in the midst of human weakness, a Mother who, while clearly expressing her objective teaching, «always does what good she can, even if in the process, her shoes get soiled by the mud on the street.

Some may wonder why it still is necessary if they were baptized in other churches, then why would they still need to be baptized by the LDS church members through proxy.

however, * by * his own Church's standards, it would have ultimately been dehumanizing for her if she received communion on false pretenses.

You dodged the question, I don't mind the way you did it, I just want to see if someone gay has equal rights by you (in the church)?

(1) Churches on base of all religions are funded by the government... yes, your tax dollars are paying for me to be able to enjoy whichever religious service of the 10 denominations that my small base has (not Fort Bragg)... and if I want to be Christian one day, switch to Muslim another, or Jewish another then your tax dollars are still going to pay for me to have freedom of choosing my religion on base.

This is all about control with religion and it has to stop.Gay people getting married doesn't have anything to do with straight people getting married.People are so full of hatred and disrespect it isn't funny.I'm glad this has come out now, because it really shows how evil people really are.But these people who are so into GOD, the Bible, Church, and the only way of life they live 4 god, by god are the 1s who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women, men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they do.That is a crock of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus to use GOD and continue their EVIL ways to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they can.

Lauren, if this is what you meant by needing to provide answers, well churches are really good at providing these types of answers.

By the end of my graduate work, I dearly loved the man, sort of in a Stockholm Syndrome way (where hostages empathize with their captors) but also because despite his vibrant cynicism, he was such an incredibly encouraging person who had clearly learned something from his time in church, or perhaps in spite of it, if his memoir is to be considered.

If coverage in our magazine is anything to go by, homosexuality is one of the most debated topics in recent Church history.

trouble with mega churches now they use Greek logic to prove God... need to just stick to faith with the unseen... Holy Spirit... great counselor... no minister needed for His presence... will reveal by a rushing wind in your heart if you so desire...

If science had not been opposed so violently by the church for so many centuries these mistakes would not have occurred.

If that is what you are intending to say, are you suggesting that similar woudn't be happening in churches led by female pastors?

If the past few years are anything to go by, this growing interest in strong relationships between the LCMS and other confessing Christian churches is likely to continue into President Harrison's second term.

BUT... if the Church is going to claim and treat sexual deviance (if in fact that is what they believe it is) with such force over and against all other indiscretions, how do they justify that... and how isn't it hypocritical of them when they simply wink at other things that are clearly outlined by Jesus» own words as grievous.

Third, if it were true that there were just a single category rather than one, then even churches» employees would be covered by the mandate, as Gallicho's immediate sequel indicates.

Vattimo's advice to the Catholic Church contains a diabolical temptation that promises a success that is but apparent: If you want to reach out to people and be loved by all, do as Pilate did, leave truth aside and avoid the Cross!

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.

You are dishonest to yourself if you do not acknowledge that this is possible: You where by your own acount in a stressfull state and you had been raised in a christian family, associated with a fundamentalist church, attended bible college, proffesing christianity for years and looking for answers in your church and faith.

Is it possible that the message of comfort for those devastated by the faltering world economy will be nothing more than trite and meaningless words if not accompanied by a biblical response where we, the church, become the Good News, the economic expression of God in flesh?

If we are to judge by the organization of this conference, Rome and bishops and theologians loyal to Rome are not even part of «the whole Church.»

What if our churches pioneered tort reform, not by arbitration alone, but by Christians agreeing cheerfully to be defrauded (1 Cor.

This is no issue to take lightly, as we are called by Christ to set the «world afire» in his name, and if you are spouting off AGAINST what the Church has said is Truth, you are greatly blaspheming.

The Anglican Church currently maintains 1 in 4 schools in the England and if it successfully bids to create 125 free schools by 2020 that ratio will continue.

Mankowski, who holds quite different views on ordaining women, agrees with Weakland that it would have been much better if the writers of the pastoral came right out and said what they mean by lamenting the sins of sexism in a hierarchical church.

Church does good works but if flawed on this side of enerty by human drives and aspirations.

I wonder if the millions who were eventually persecuted by the church are saying «Amen».

I think your most salient point is that the Catholic Church has never had a «grip» on the real world but has tried to put a grip on the real world by demanding that their teachings be strictly adhered to, and if they're not then they'll make you pay....

(31) Even if you add those tortured and killed by numerous inquisitions conducted by the Catholic Church, it is not even close to the tens of millions you claim.

Perform the ritual, say the «magic words» as required by your church and all will be perfect... but oops, if you don't perform that ritual, all is lost.

I worked in a small church in Kansas once, and after about 3 months I figured out that all the real major decisions, including if the pastor got paid that week, were not made by the elders, the board or congregational vote.

If I was at a church we're I felt trapped by the institution... I wouldn't leave the church.

Sorry to disagree with you but I have no problem with putting muslim «tradition» on the back burner and if you don't like it that's tough, heck, we didn't leave a single intact church steeple in Europe in WWII because they were used by enemy artillery spotters and snipers, why should muslims get a pass, Tradition did not stop muslims from dragging dead US soldiers through Mogadishu nor did it stop them from hanging contractors from under bridges, Osama's body should have been brought back and put on display is a glass box at all three of his sites, allowing those who wanted to view him ample time to do so.

If there is unfair treatment of women in the LDS church, it is by individuals who alone are not living the standards they promised to keep at baptism.

Beware the Mormon who smiles and will not answer — he has taken the oath of Blood Atonement — agreeing to sacrifice your life if secrets are revealed, okay to slit my throat if I am deemed a sinner by the church because that is the only way to save me.

Somehow those lines hit me hard that I remember by church days where I cried so hard wondering how I am ever going to make it or if God would be kind enough to show me grace.

Therefore, even if one has not (yet) been excommunicated, one can not both be at variance with the law of the land and, in good conscience, claim to be a Latter - day Saint (the prefered reference to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints, «saint» being used by us in the Bibilical sense of the word, meaning «member» or «believer»).

'» If by days, we understand years and by sanctuary, the church, than cleansed, Miller thought, «we may reasonably suppose means that complete redemption from sin, both soul and body, after the resurrection when Christ comes the second time «without sin unto salvation.

If by dialogue one means that a settled question is, in fact, an open question and that the Magisterium's answer can be rejected without consequences for one's communion with the Church, the statement is correct.

Athiesm — Yet even if you add up all the murders from both the Roman Church (of the past) and the Muslim world, you will not come close to those perpetrated by Socialists and Communists in the 20th century.

Here is the headline, pastors at a vast majority of church's do nt handle the finances... and oh, by the way, if all Christians are so corrupt, who pays for the billions of dollars in humaintarian aid through the Red Cross each year?

But if the miracle is confirmed by the Catholic Church, John Paul II could be beatified as soon as April 2, the sixth anniversary of his death, Tornielli said.

And if the Catholic church spreads lies about condoms by saying the opposite, then the church is absolutely to blame.

If by some amazing coincidence the Flying Spaghetti Monster church is not true, then your proxy baptism for me will be null and void in the afterlife anyways, since it wasn't authorized by God.

None, other than the LDS, believe that one (male only, and until recent time, white only) can only get a pass into the celestial realm if given by the LDS church, after the believer proves that he abides by church doctrine in all aspects of his life.

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