On a Sunday morning in
a certain city church, the Gospel lesson had been read and the minister was about to begin the sermon.
Not exact matches
The
church has been doing a large media campaign around the country over the past few years targeting
certain cities.
* Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: * Revelation 2:18 And unto the angel of the
church in Thyatira write; * Acts 16:14 And a
certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the
city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: * Revelation 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple, and scarlet colour,..
BTW, although governments give religions
certain tax breaks (because they provide services that the government otherwise would have to provide, as well as promote overall stability that contribute to the stability of civilization), the LDS
Church (the one headquartered in Salt Lake
City) pays many taxes that it is not legally required to pay.
There are
certain key jobs that should be sought: teaching in schools of education, serving as organizers in unions, as lawyers and doctors for the poor, as clergy in various kinds of
churches, as
city planners, as journalists.
The
city is home to
certain memorials, the national archives, a small population, and one of the oldest Anglican
churches outside of England (the others are in Virginia and Maryland).
I'd had a defensive pride in my town, Halesowen - we had a Norman
church, two Tudor black - and - whites, Industrial Heritage - but when I won a place at an exclusive high school in the
city, this pride I'd taken in my roots soon evaporated and I would never, I was
certain, write about my town.