Sentences with phrase «came to church as»

Tell me when you came to the church as a Drunk and a Brawler, did you have good self esteem?

I found lots of Grace when I first came to Church as well as ungraciousness.

And if you say you are not trying to destroy, then I ask you, did you start the church you are a part of, or did you come to the church as a new pastor and are now trying to deconstruct?

But when it comes to the church as an organization the wisest path is to prioritize the person.

He promised, «I will come to your church as a secret brother in Christ.

But the biggest advantage that has come to the churches as a result of their work with East Brooklyn Churches and the Nehemiah Project is the growth in the self - consciousness of strength in pastors and people.

Not exact matches

Hala Moddelmog, who was president of Church's Chicken in the 1990s and Arby's from 2010 to 2013 — two Atlanta - based fast - food empires — said Goldman's announced expansion in Atlanta didn't come as a shock.

The panel come as the Vatican continues to be rocked by a scandal over leaks related to the Church's finances.

You'll find that many atheists, such as myself, like Francis, because he comes across as someone who cares and is trying to fix the Church.

It's not as easy as it used to be to compel people to come to church!

YOU: As to who can or can not hold a leadership position or who can or can not teach in a church, I think it comes down to morals not legality.

«The Christian Church has started to realize that we're sexual, too, and we are just as visually stimulated as men and we look at porn,» said Crystal Renaud, author of the recent book «Dirty Girls Come Clean,» a memoir about her own addiction to porn.

I care about the church — so I hope to attend some of these meetings, as they come up!

He frequently cites the work of Frank Furstenburg and Arlie Hochschild, two sociologists of family and gender relations whose views are by no means ideologically conservative, and he avoids value - loaded language, especially when it comes to describing the mainline Protestant churches whose leadership has, by and large, capitulated to the secular - elitist acceptance of extramarital sex, abortion, homosexuality, and other practices that conservative Christians view as inimical to moral life and family health.

Much as I would like to think otherwise, it would probably have been harder on people if she initially came to our church in a same - sex relationship.

We're talking about love relationships not the titillation of nerve endings As to who can or can not hold a leadership position or who can or can not teach in a church, I think it comes down to morals not legality.

My one fear about coming out as a pastor with gay leaders is that folks will assume I have an agenda to make all churches like mine.

On Luther's side, the final break with the Church authorities came in the wake of Leo X's bull of November 1518; in that document, as Luther saw it, Leo arrogated to himself the power of defining Church teaching without accountability to Scripture, the Fathers, or the ancient canons.

The Reformers vigorously protested what they viewed as deviations from biblical teaching, but they never used Scripture to undermine the Trinitarian and Christological consensus of the early Church embodied in the historic creeds that had come down from patristic times.

But for now, I would rather be part of a Christ - centered megachurch full of programs where people are coming to know Jesus as Savior, than part of a church of any size where they are not.

That «less stressful» part might come as a surprise to anyone out there who's ever tried to park in a church parking lot on Sunday morning, but it's true.

i beleive there is good out there, and as a Mom i want to make sure i live me life in a way that will make my daughter proud of me so i will introduce Church to her and i will teach her the commandments because whether or not Moses came down from the mountain with two tablets in his hands they are a good starting point to instill good morals.

When I came to the realization about theological concepts acting as a substitute for a relationship with God, I started to see and hear that kind of stuff all over the place in church.

you're right the church probably will be there long after any of us cease to exist but it stands to reason that it is going down... as more people come to the realization that the belief in a deity is not necessary to live, the less need there will be for a church to exist.

Mr. Kurtz, as is usual in these discussions, makes no complaint about black churches that are much more overtly political, nor about other religious organizations on the left that frequently come much closer to «electioneering.»

In a May 30 letter to Catholics across the diocese, Bishop Lori said that the state's announcement came as a «shock» and that the church in Bridgeport had no choice but to act to protect its constitutional rights.

For Evangelicals, the Church as the one body of Christ extending through space and time includes all the redeemed of all the ages and all on earth in every era who have come to living faith in the body's living Head.

The message comes as he introduces new cost - cutting measures to church offices and has encouraged reforms at the Vatican Bank.

Ok, Doc, I'll grant you that there are changes within Church, but as you said, they are slow to come and with good reason, I should add.

The church is now one of only three cathedrals in the world catering to the group known as Syro - Malabar Catholics, believed to come from the disciple Thomas» ministry in India.

We can debate the «were a Christian nation» thing back and forth without getting anywhere, but to imply that the freedoms we have now came only from Christian roots ignores the rest of world history as well as the fact that its often been the Church impeding civil liberties and progressive movements.

In closing arguments, Assistant US Attorney Nathan Williams mocked Roof for calling himself brave in his hate - filled journal and during his confession, saying the real bravery came from the victims who tried to stop him as he fired 77 bullets at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church.

This led Luther eventually to conclude that the Roman Church was irrevocably committed to the claim that the authority of the pope stood even above Holy Scripture and it was in this context that he came, over the next several years, to believe that the papacy was the prophesied Antichrist of the last days, a conviction he then held to his dying day with a literalistic fervor that his modern interpreters have rarely been willing to take as seriously as he did.

We offer them not only for their intrinsic worth but because women's concerns, as they are called, will undoubtedly come before the bishops again, and because the problems posed by «One in Christ Jesus» illustrate difficulties that all the churches have when it comes to making statements on questions of societal moment.

If the prophet of the LDS church tells him to do something, he will see it as coming directly from the Lord.

Rob came to the attention of publishing giant Zondervan not only because his church meets in a shopping centre, and not only because it's in the same city as their headquarters, but because out of his church came «Nooma».

The two moments: first, Binx's seeing the black man leaving the church after Ash Wednesday ritual, with an acceptance of the necessity, as Binx would have it, of «inserting himself into the world»; second, Binx's own ceremony of moviegoing whereby he seems to come to terms with place but in actuality does not.

A question, as i am curious... Should the «laws» change in relationship to the issue of gay's being allowed marriage, and full equal rights, would you and the Mormon Church come out and «change it's position and say, we are following our government and it's laws which say it (gay marriage) is o.k..

Jews took them to refer to a future rebuilding of the cities of Judaea as Jewish cities and to the reestablishment of Jewish rule in Jerusalem, while Jerome saw them as fulfilled in the coming of Christ and the new reality of the church.

If ministers of the gospel indulge in gratuitous virtue - signaling by promoting the worst of black legends, as if the sum total of Christianity's impact on world history were embodied by «the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition,» why would anyone come to their churches or listen to whatever's being offered there by way of I'm - OK - You're - OK therapeutic balm?

5oo, ooo priests for 1.2 billion Catholics - There is the answer to why the abusing priests were tolerated.The conclave elected exactly who they wanted to be Pope - Someone who would not rock the boat.I believe Pope Benedict was advised to retire in light of the Federal indictment pending so this would not involve a standing Pope and the possiblity of him being found guilty.I further think this new election of Pope will allow the Church to change it's stance on the very controvertial issues the Church is facing ie.female priests being one, the decisions appearing more acceptable coming from a new head as opposed to reversed stance of standing Pope.This decision to retire, in the Churchs» view I believe is damage control and not neccessarily Pope Benedict's desire.If looked at for what it is - A very slick maneuver indeed.

Cardinal Dolan described the church as being «gun shy» when it comes to speaking about «chastity» and sexual morality in general.

I did come down fairly hard on church buildings here, but as the series on church buildings progresses, I pretty much end up somewhere close to what you have stated here.

After all, John Wesley was perhaps the major figure in what came to be known as the «Evangelical Revival,» and the heyday of the evangelical experience in American life is often described by American church historians as the «Age of Methodism in America.»

The ten tribes had been concealed in the pagans who came to the Church, and as each one was baptized into the Church he became part of the new Israel.

Just as Sabbath was ruling over the Jews in the days of Jesus, church has come to rule over Christians today.

As the church and our interactions with God are often compared to a marriage, I've come to this conclusion:

PD, As an elder of your church, if someone came up to you and said that they felt Jesus wanted them to take a break from church attendance for a while, what would you tell them?

The whole world seemed to come and go through the doors, and slowly my father moved us into the church and up to the balcony, as seats became available.

I have a young daughter that has been in the church even as an infant and taught by both the church and ourselves to believe in God and Jesus Christ but ultimately it has to come from within her heart.