Sentences with phrase «by the pastor of»

I was reading a book recently by a pastor of a megachurch in California.

The benediction was delivered by the pastor of the Baptist Church, who remarked that he thought heaven would be like this, with everyone singing praise to God.

A plan by the pastor of a small Florida church to burn Qurans on September 11, which has triggered worldwide controversy, is a «recruitment bonanza for al Qaeda,» President Barack Obama said Thursday.

As a kid, I was deeply hurt by the pastor of our church.

Letitia James, who was sworn in by the pastor of her Brooklyn church, also hit on those points, while highlighting the accomplishments of her office in the past four years.

But his his idea that the Church age is finished stems from his past rejection by pastors of the church.

Not exact matches

Then there was the pastor who demanded that the congregation «fill in the blanks» of a not - so - old song by a guy the minister described as the «dysfunctional poet savant Lil» Wayne.»

Not to be outdone, my current pastor (who is white, by the way, but pastors a very diverse congregation) recently did a cooking demo onstage and had a few of the thousand people in the sanctuary come up to get their piece of the hero sandwich he'd constructed.

Summary: «When a group of Burmese refugees join the congregation, the pastor of a failing Anglican church attempts to aid them by planting crops and enlisting the help of the community.»

In this film, the pastor and a nun, played by Ingrid Bergman, attempt to save a run - down parochial school on the verge of being closed down.

Instead, a committee of Calgary - Montrose PC members named local pastor Ron Leech as their candidate before his nomination was quickly overturned by the central party.

Pompeo also renewed calls for the release of a jailed American pastor accused by Turkey of espionage, and encouraged Turkey not to pursue the purchase of an advanced air - defense system from Russia.

By Vivienne Foley, CNN New York (CNN)- Pastors and their congregants took to the streets of New York on Thursday to protest and to pray for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse a ban on religious groups» use of public schools for worship service, scheduled to go into effect February 12.

@Steve: Have you talked to your pastor yet to confess your sin of constantly flaunting your blessedly perfect church in front of groups of people — mostly strangers to you — who've been hurt by their experiences in deceitful, toxic, dysfunctional, and / or spiritually - abusive churches?

Because these people (priests and pastors) are held to a higher standard by virtue of their position, yet they routinely abuse their power.

So what does Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, hope to accomplish by calling for a «Burn a Quran Day» this Saturday, September 11, the ninth anniversary of the worst sneak attack on American soil in our 234 - year history?

This is all the more likely in light of the recent narrow acquittal by a church tribunal of a pastor on the charges that he violated church law by performing a wedding ceremony for two lesbian members of his Omaha, Nebraska, congregation.

Question is that while we are told that we should not to define Islam by the actions of a few where are the voices in the middle east when the people are chanting death to America over the pastor wanting to but.

Read a verse from Quran, in context of Quran Burning idea by that Pastor.

We have a large mega style church here in Lexington where the lead Pastor succumbed to his own Ego fanned by rapid growth in numbers and peer recognition of his amazing «success».

If you've got a Pastor who can keep from infringing on the equal rights of all, and they know how to make good decisions without being blinded by their personal experiences, then bring him / her forth and let them run for President or any government position.

By the way, using your logic, churches and pastors that turn gays away at the door would not be showing or bearing fruit of the spirit, but many are.

Religion News Service: Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws African - American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth.

This guy had the amazing ability to psychologically transfer allegiance to Christ into allegiance to himself by developing the perception of being the infallible Oracle of Jesus in the eyes of his followers, Unfortunately for him, about 4 weeks ago he and his female worship pastor were forced to publicly confess a «long term» physical relationship.

I had to move on to an «open and affirming» congregation where I could be encouraged in my faith instead of steadily dealing with ignorant, hurtful comments made by selective - literalist pastors.

People of the world were denied a wonderful and inspiring service given by Pastor Adam Hamilton.

As a female pastor for 14 years I've been discouraged by the growing trend of 20 - 30's who are going in huge numbers to churches that do not allow female pastors.

CNN: U.S. Protestant pastor reject evolution, split on Earth's age America's Protestant pastors overwhelmingly reject the theory of evolution and are evenly split on whether the earth is 6,000 years old, according to a survey released Monday by the Southern Baptist Convention.

I think there is a lot of grace there, but I am sure it is not going to be welcomed by all the pastors.

i really would love to be led by somebody who feels what i feel and is courageous enough to say that even though he is the pastor and this is his church and there is nothing to be afraid of because Christ found us and not the other way around, yet he still gets scared.

The scriptures point out that only a few of us should seek to be pastors as we will be judged by a higher standard.

There was still silence when, at around the same time, the sons of pastor Alexander Pavenko of the charismatic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord were murdered by separatists in the city of Slavyansk, when the priests of the Patriarchate of Kyev and the Muslim leaders were expelled from Crimea, and when Greek Catholic priests were tortured by the «Russian Orthodox Army.»

They fail to distinguish two types of religious persons who may be part of this group: the first, who depend completely upon the literal interpretation of Scripture and tradition by an authoritarian pastor, and second, those who undertake rescue activity as the command of God, based upon a thoughtful and self - ratified interpretation of the ethical imperatives of the gospel.

The reports that Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani will be sentenced to death by the Iranian government unless he disavows his Christian faith are distressing for people of every country and creed.

If you want to see true examples of how faith can inspire people to live by the highest ideals, ignore the so - called «pastors» who are living it up.

No one has power over truth absolute, constant GOD, but always under truth absolute, Ellah, Ellohim, Allah, constant GOD, proven by quantum physics, hindu ignorant posters spew their hinduism, absurdities in following of their hindu filthy desire's with changing winds to run their business of hinduism, denial of truth absolute GOD to attract humanity to hinduism, illegality without any truth, religion's are nothing but a business for hindu, criminal pastors seeking numbers and dollars by use of holy name of GOD like a hindu Pundit, criminal crook with his Pandora box, deserving not to have an audience, but to be in jail's for hinduism, criminality under cover of hinduism, corruption of truth absolute religions.

Yes, ironic... ironic that the fellow who is on the slow train to hell, who she was warned by the pastor not to get involved with because he was an atheist, the fellow who has never had anyone in the church leadership say more than a sentence to when he did go with her to church, is the minister behind the minister of coffee.

By asking lots of clarifying questions, the members slowly began to realize the level of abuse they had experienced from this pastor and came to realize that all the people who had left their congregation had been publicly berated by this man at some poinBy asking lots of clarifying questions, the members slowly began to realize the level of abuse they had experienced from this pastor and came to realize that all the people who had left their congregation had been publicly berated by this man at some poinby this man at some point.

It is the same concept adopted by this «Pastor» of a lady trying to interpret the scriptures to suit her own intentions.

Sircuts, I'm sorry to tell you, but you've been badly and I mean BADLY informed by some pastors full of ill will.

By the nature of the blog, and the fact that he pastor's a church, that gives in some authority in some peoples minds.

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?

The American Center for Law and Justice - a group «specifically dedicated to the ideal that religious freedom and freedom of speech are inalienable, God - given rights» - was asked by the pastor's lawyers last year to help publicize Nadarkhani's case, according to Jodran Sekulow, executive director of the group.

Granted they are being controlled via the chosen 144,000 in Brooklyn but what religion isn't being controlled by and handful of pastors?

In a discussion group led by a pastor I once exclaimed: Oh, how I wish Jesus had lived growing old, we would have so many more of his wise stories going straight to the heart!

However, many of those were older, more traditional churches led by entrenched, autocratic pastors well into their 60s and composed of a congregation and worship style that was far from contemporary.

As my friend Pastor Richard John Neuhaus has so eloquently put it, «the Holocaust is in modern consciousness the icon of barbarity by contrast with which civilization is defined.»

My first call out of seminary was to a «seeker friendly» congregation within my tradition that was founded by an abusive pastor.

One can get a sense of the black pastor's role by surveying the activities of a black urban pastor like the late J. Pius Barbour.

In the other the pastor is scapegoated by the flock of wolves that he is attempting to lead.