Sentences with phrase «called elders»

With no good options and my physical state rapidly worsening, we did the only thing we knew to do: called the elders of our church to come anoint me with oil and pray for my healing.

I feel that this so called elders are looking for govt contracts bcos am surprised they are using bad examples to justify evil actions at their age we expect actions that that will biuld and not destroy.

Leadership — «And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.»

Of course, aside from Scripture (just speaking pragmatically here), I know many women who would do a much better job deciding on doctrinal and practical issues than many so - called elders.

And these were so called elders, leaders of the church.

When I again asked why, the so - called elders \ «got infurated and said it was gods plan and his will.

No one called them Elders — but we knew who they were.

Clearly Paul is not against women preachers, he addresses them, calling them elders and deacons.

The context of James 5:16 talks about how a person who is sick should call the elders of the church to pray over him, and if this person has committed sin, he should confess it.

It is perhaps symptomatic that Paul towards the close of his life twice calls the elders «episkopoi» (Acts 20 - 28, Phil.

A literal translation would read something like «he should call the elders to pray after having anointed him with oil.»

Of the two steps listed here, (1) calling the elders for prayer and (2) the anointing with oil, the most important step is the prayer — which is why it is listed first.

In the Catholic tradition an ordained person is commonly known as a priest; in the Reformed communions he or she is called an elder or presbyter; in all Christian thought he or she has been known as a minister, with duties that are distinctively his or hers through having been «set apart» to act representatively for the wider ministry of all Christian people.

The head of what many churches would call the elders said that was not a concern, because $ giving had not dropped.

The President knew my long - standing relationship with both Betty Mould - Iddrisu and her husband whom I called my elder brother and treated him and his family as such in accordance with northern Ghanaian custom and tradition.

«I am bringing to the attention of the President, who has recently said change should begin with us, that he should call Elder Ikoiwak to order and that he should conduct himself in accordance with our law.

Has the Board of Trustees or what they call the Elders» Council been inaugurated?

useless animal calling himself an Elder.

Called The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind, developer ZeniMax Online Studios says it features more than 30 hours of gameplay and the addition of the largest geographic zone since its launch in 2014.

Students call the elders «grandmas» and «grandpas.»

We'll officially announce the first DLC of 2018 just after the first of the year, but here's a small preview: It's a dungeon - based DLC called The Elder Scrolls Online: Dragon Bones.

The Elder Scrolls series is known for its size and depth, and many fans call the Elder Scrolls IV version one of the best role - playing games ever made.

The remastered version will be called The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and will transport fans back to Tamriel in more detail than ever.

The Mayor's Manor in the Middle Ages is not called Mayor's Manor, it is called Elder's House — although the Medina Mayor's Manor is called the Elder's House in both Present and Middle Ages.

For those that haven't heard yet, Elder Scrolls Online is being released as a new version called Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited.

Called Elder Smart, the first workshop will be 3:30 to 5 p.m. on June 2 in Conference Room 103, City Hall, 22 S. Beach St.. The room is located just before the elevator on the first floor when entering City Hall from the breezeway along the courtyard.

Not exact matches

The elder Redstone controls about 80 % of the voting shares of both CBS and Viacom through a family holding company called National Amusements Inc., a chain of movie theaters started by his father (Shari Redstone controls the other 20 %).

For months, Morel — an elder (read: over 40) member of Moment who jokes that his white hair makes the LAWA reps feel more at ease — has puzzled over what he calls the logistical nightmare posed by the work site.

The seminar Elder attended in 2012 was associated with an education and mentor group for real estate investors called Lifestyles Unlimited.

It shows that assertions questioning the capacity of the FEDERAL government to pay for programs, usually prefaced with the call for â $ ˜â $ ˜adult conversationsâ $ ™ â $ ™, and couched in terms such as fiscal sustainability, solvency, and unfunded liabilities, are red - herrings that will lead to needless reductions and privatizations of public programs in health care, elder care, pensions and so on.»

Acts 4:18 - 19: Then [the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law] called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

However, in FLDS & fundamentalist Mormon communities, there is the phenomenon of the so - called «Lost Boys» who are the discarded young men who can never find a wife within the community, because the elders take so many wives.

This sounds like his religion would be extremely relevant as the elders of his religion seem to call the shots on his political opinions.

Somehow, I don't expect that to fly, but churches do need to limit the number of «on call» hours of pastors, at least get the elders to help if there aren't any other pastors.

«It has been called the Uncle Tom's Cabin of anti-Catholicism,» Morris writes, «or the anti-Catholic equivalent of the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion.»

At a certain church I use to go to, one of the elders has a life group called «Get - R - Done» where he «assist single moms, widows, and others needing help in our church and community.»

At this time, I lean towards the «elder» in Paul's writings to be someone that we would call a fulltime pastor / evangelist / prophet / apostle; and further, assomeone recognized as such by outsiders / non-believers.

Some people recommend putting it in writing and giving a copy to the pastor (and in this case the youth pastor) and to the board members / elders or whatever the governing body is called.

Four of the six were elders and all of them had been ordained in the church to which I was called.

They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.

They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord» (James 5:13,14).

The dudebro elders at MH who issued their letter calling for Driscoll's resignation, and who are now being so widely hailed for their courage and integrity as a result, were perfectly happy teaching his preferred form of misogynistic theology until it began to threaten their jobs.

I called up my head elder and told him — «I just can't do this today.»

The elder calls him the root of David and the lion of Judah, but John sees a Lamb, slain but standing, the true cherub who springs up in the middle of the throne of living creatures.

I have often wondered how to reconcile Jesus» statement about not letting anyone call you «Master» or «Teacher» and the statements about the «positions» of elder and deacon in Paul's letters, and, as you point out, Paul's «title» of apostle.

Moses had commanded them to honor their parents, but they used the so - called «tradition of the elders» to evade the commandment.

Coral Ridge immediately called a meeting for the elder to share this new information with the entire session, after which the layperson submitted his full resignation.

Early Christian writers mention an Elder John of Ephesus, who was a follower of Jesus but was not the apostle of that name, and they sometimes refer to him simply as «the Elder», just as the writer of these letters calls himself.

let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

With these pastors, priest, popes, and elders all lying to the people, misleading the flocks, as was prophesied they would in Ezekiel 20, Malachi 2, Jeremiah 23:1 - 5, we are all a lost generation of pestilence, greed, and poverty, and this is not old people, as taught to us in Isaiah 43:11,13 - 19; that this book gives us the past, present, and future of what is going on, then, and now, it's juxtapose, meaning one must «compare» what is going on today with what went on long ago, for it has not changed any, not a bit from how people went astray then, full of pride, and are doing the same thing now, calling it good, or right, prophesied in Malachi 3:13 - 15.