Sentences with phrase «by the church in»

Our service is an outreach to the community, for people who have been hurt by church in the past, non believers, people who are feel they are outcasts, etc.We run with no budget, all the offering goes to a need in the community, tonight its going to a senior that lost everything in a house fire.

I have also been hurt by the church in the past and it scarred me for a number of years but in due time God's grace is what got me through, not my own doing.

This friendship with the Lord Jesus is found in the Word of God recognized as such by the Church in the Bible; in the sacraments; in works of charity and service; and in the fellowship of those who have recognized and embraced the risen one.

It is typical if, in so behaving, Williams believed himself to be guided by a custom outlawed by the Church in the early fourth century.

I honestly don't care if Mitt Romney wears Mormon undergarments beneath his Gap skinny jeans, or if he believes that the stories of ancient American prophets were engraved on gold tablets and buried in upstate New York, or that Mormonism's founding prophet practiced polygamy (which was disavowed by the church in 1890).

Though the networks sought to make all religious programming emphasize broad religious truths rather than individual tenets of denominations and to avoid dealing with controversial economic and social issues which were of religious significance, many programs produced by the churches in relation with the networks were critical or prophetic in nature.

Long - range planning for preaching can be assisted by formulating an annual grid listing the months of the year along one side and three sets of factors along the other: (1) human factors (personal and public) relating to the seasons of the year beginning with spring; (2) congregational factors relating to the church life cycle usually beginning in September; (3) theological factors relating to the Christian Year, to lectionary selections or lectia continua, and to spiritual and theological themes needed by the church in its life and mission beginning with Advent.

As one who was a pastor during the «60s and early «70s I find it relatively easy to identify the issues faced by the church in those years which generated the most controversy and which from an institutional standpoint resulted in the greatest losses.

In response to terrific outside pressure, the practice was banned by the church in 1890, but continued to be officially condoned until 1907, when it was banned absolutely and made a cause for excommunication.

You know as well as I do that the current accepted canon is not what has always been accepted and there are dozens of 1 century letters and books that were written and included and then removed by the Church in the 2nd and 3rd centuries.

and to say a roman emporer is responsible for the modern Bible shows you have no idea of the history of the Bible... we have a list of almost ALL the NT that was ALREADY accepted widely by the church in 150 AD!

There has been some bold experimentation by the churches in certain depressed areas — for instance, in the Appalachians.

And I can't say that I felt very encouraged and supported by the church in my struggles with those kinds of concerns.

He reports that he was exhorted by the church in Jerusalem to remember the poor and that he was eager to do so (Gal.

We can only guess what might have happened if Paul had been rejected by the church in Jerusalem and forbidden to share Christianity with the Roman world.

How many innocents have been murdered by the church in response to a past Pope's «infallibility»?

Rosmini's personal holiness was recognised by the Church in solemn form when he was beatified in 2007.

It is our belief that this vision is urgently needed by the Church in this time of crisis and we are committed to continue to promote and develop it through the movement in its many different spheres of influence and especially through this magazine.

There has been much good material put out by the churches in the past decade, and denominations seem no longer to feel that they must reinvent the wheel in order to provide their own original materials on every aspect of evangelism.

It is very hard to see the need for the historical mediation of revelation and grace by the Church in a system which sees each person as graced already.

Christmas was invented by the church in order to convert pagans who celebrated the Winter Solstice.

May it not be merely a peculiar interpretation of the Bible which is held to by the church in accordance with good Protestant custom?

First, the fact that they are only «attempts», and some of them not very helpful to the preacher, is a clear reminder that the use of Scripture by the Church in her evangelism, polemics, and instruction is a most difficult problem.

It is rather an image given with the office of the ministry in and by a church in obedience to the command of the Lord of the gospel.

Cost is frequently the factor cited by churches in not making their buildings accessible.

Any «agreement» with the Catholic Church was entered into by the Church in the false hope that appeasement would save lives.

Sex is the supreme act of physical intimacy, one blessed by the Church in the sacrament of matrimony.

While there is agreement in principle among Christians that all persons are equal before God, the reality of racial prejudice, whether based on biology, geography, education, economics, color, nationality or any other discriminating factor, must be addressed by the church in proclaiming its gospel and putting its own house in order.

Barnabas and Paul were sent by the church in response to the Holy Spirit (Acts 13: 1 - 4).

To a large extent, the latter have succeeded in controlling the Church in subsequent years and thus suppressed the liberational impulse created by the Church in the early days.

, and the plan by this church in Australia is more of the same.

Whether it is about something as trivial as a baseball injury or something as serious as international terrorism, whether it is conveyed through an interview or a news report, evil is typically presented by the church in the context of a larger Christian hope.

Nearly all official statements on homosexuality by these churches in recent years have adopted some version of the essentialist view of homosexuality.

Marshall described this statistic as concerning butunsurprising, saying, «It demonstrates the work that needs to be done by the Church in ensuring theological teaching does not lead to creating an enabling environment for abuse to occur.»

They can not be converted by force, no one can; but there is a proper ordering of human life which should be carried out by the Church in the name of the heavenly city.

The two Mississippi natives recounted instances of racism by churches in their home state during a 45 - minute conversation at the summit.

Iâ $ ™ ve been hurt by the church in my own life.

Reform in that town led to more not less supervision of life by the church in the form of the new Lutheran pastors.

Benedict on faith, reason, and culture; the president of the Catholic University of America, John Garvey, on the Catholic university; the poet Paul Mariani on the Catholic imagination; and Robert Imbelli on the Catholic intellectual tradition are among the writings that can be found in C21 Resources, an occasional magazine published by the Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College.

Stephen, do not even BEGIN to put words in my mouth: / It's pretty clear that you really do not, at all, have any understanding what it's like to be discriminated against, shamed, and thought low of by the church in which you grew up.

In a statement last year, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford said: «The Diocese is co-operating fully with the police and the statutory agencies in these investigations in line with the robust safeguarding policies put in place by the Church in this country in recent years.»

It is a mode of reflection that continuously reevaluates the use of time and energy in and by the church in light of what the church truly is.

When a famine was predicted, Barnabas and Saul were sent by the church in Antioch to the mother church in Jerusalem with a handsome relief offering for Christians in need in Judea.

If one is talking about further understanding of and investigation into a truth taught by the Church in the process of the development of dogma then the hermeneutic criteria given by the Church herself apply in the case of infallible teaching and non-infallible teaching: genuine further understanding must retain the same meaning and judgment regarding the teachings put forward by the Church (cf. Dei Filius, Vatican I).

This economy of divinisation is exactly what is lived out by the Church in her Sacraments, particularly the Eucharist, which is the application or the handing on of this unique encounter to all men and women, of all times and places:

In my opinion, this begins with the adoption of a comprehensive child protection and response policy by every church in the United States.

It is apparent that if television is to be used realistically by the church in the future, several directions need to be taken.

Marshalltown, Ia.: The wholesome social activities that are sponsored by the churches in this city are wonderful.

That's right, those entering the priesthood have been «trained by the Church in the art of vampire combat.»

NGOs like ICCO (Interkerkelijke Coördinatie Commissie Ontwikkelingssamenwerking), the development organization funded by churches in the Netherlands, have already begun supporting mitigation efforts in the territory.