Also, a different man from Southern California told me of a ministry
his church does to men.
Not exact matches
If in the West you go
to church and see a woman with her hair uncovered, the Igbo
man will have a prejudice against it and ask the Igbo woman
to dress like the white one
does.
Did you know that one of his very good friends was a black
man, who he ordained
to a high
church position?
This is all about control with religion and it has
to stop.Gay people getting married doesn't have anything
to do with straight people getting married.People are so full of hatred and disrespect it isn't funny.I'm glad this has come out now, because it really shows how evil people really are.But these people who are so into GOD, the Bible,
Church, and the only way of life they live 4 god, by god are the 1s who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women,
men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they
do.That is a crock of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus
to use GOD and continue their EVIL ways
to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they can.
I believe the
man, Jesus, who's story is recorded in the 4 gospels — would never recognize the American christian
churches as anywhere near followers of «love one another as I have loved you» and «
do to others as you would have them
do to you.»
Men who meant well
did more harm
to the reputation of the
church in the eyes of history than any good that might have come of their actions.
Part of this how the first century
church exploded out of nothing from
men who, by all accounts, shouldn't have been able
to pull it off; part of it is seeing (actually a big part of it) is seeing what God has
done in my life — answered prayer that, by all accounts, shouldn't have been answered.
Some of the same
churches I've been
to, You left some out, tho... only if she wears a head covering... as long as she doesn't wear makeup or jewelry (wedding ring and denominational pin excepted)... no peep toe shoes, especially with toenail polish... if what she is
doing gets bigger than what the
men are
doing, she's out (Thats a real big one)... only if she'll
do it on a volunteer basis and never expects an honorarium, even if she speaks at the main Sunday service.
If
man is not made more in the image of God than woman is, then how
does man leading
church better represent the relationship of God
to man than a woman leading
church would?
I also don't believe that God wanted only
men to be in positions of authority within the
church, but I also must admit that there are select instructions attributed
to God (or at least believed
to be inspired by God) in scripture that strongly suggest otherwise.
An evangelically centered
Church, attuned
to the Spirit and the times, will thus choose its bishops from among those
men who have demonstrated a capacity
to mount a countercultural witness by inviting people into friendship with the Lord Jesus — and it will
do so knowing that it is calling these
men to various forms of martyrdom, of which opprobrium and ridicule are often the least of what may be expected.
Most
churches and Christian organisations oppose the right
to die, saying
man does not have the right
to end life prematurely, and because states should help people
to live - not
to die.
How
do you reconcile the RC
church doing all those things that it's told not
to (one of them being «call no
man Father»)?
he is your top
man and should have
done some thing when these cases came up... his attempt
to keep the mantle of infallibility has cost your
churches legitimacy dearly..
im so sori this had
to happend
to eddy yet he is only human and only a
man and it has nothing
to do do with god and gods word im sori he has
to be the example
to the world that this is not the way but this is the life he has chosen if it is true he should have known wat happends in the dark will come in the light his bad yet god is a forgiven god just cuz you sit in
church do nt make you saved just like sitting in the garage
do nt make you a car.... - smile
It is so sad
to realize the damage that the Bible can
do when used by
men (or women)
to ensure that
men retain the driver's seat in the
church.
For all the commenters telling Christians
to stop telling others what they
do, all of these
men and women are Christians INSIDE the
church looking
to improve themeselves.
The last
man to quit the head of the Catholic
Church did so 600 years ago.
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.
Do you believe God and Jesus live on adjoining planets and when an LDS
man (who has obeyed the
church and its leaders) dies, he gets his own planet
to rule equal in all things with your God.
Not one word about the
man, what he loved
to do, how he lived his life, nothing... just promotion of the catholic
church and the lead priest prancing around in his robes with a microphone like a freakin rock star.
To wrap things up, look at what a
man can
do and has
done, not at what
Church he attends on Sunday, at least he
does something more than sit on his butt and watch football on Sunday.
----
Man, you sure
do get around
to a lot of
churches.
These
churches do not believe that God speaks
to man today, why not?
Check out this link
to find out about marriage
to young girls claim.Very very interesting
to know.I hope everyone has the patience
to study history and reality of life centuries ago worldwide.This video also gives you references
to online history books about facts it says.Simply, the average age of marriage was very young worldwide including
church approved age of consent
to marry.What Mohamed
did, was very common back in the days and just
to let you know, that girl was engaged
to another
man and then the engagement was broken due
to his disbelief which tells you that that was common back in the days.Also, the age of 6 mentioned was age of engagement not age of marriage.marriage happened a few years later.
I'm not a member of the Southern Baptist
Church, but if I were, my opinion would be as
to whether a black
man should be elected
to the presidency is:
does he / she have the qualifications: that is the most important question.
I want
to leave the Baptist
church but is very hard for me
to do, on the other hand, I find it very hard
to kneel in prayer next
to them, knowing that they refuse Jesus Calling
to become Fishers of
Man (Matt 4:19), nor
do they obey Jesus Last Command, The Great Commission (Matt.
LIke the military's «don't ask, don't tell» policy, the
Church accepted what were
to be CELIBATE homosexual
men into the priesthood.
The
man that picked sticks on the 7th day died, actually they were
to do nothing on the saboth, not go
to church (NOTHING)!
The rest of what happened with the
churches is
man made egos and has nothing
to do with Jesus» truth, except He warned about all this in His letter
to all of us (the Bible).
Its sad that religion is the gospel of many
churchs today rather than a real relationship with Christ based on his grace rather than works.Just as cains offering wasnt acceptable
to the Lord its the same for
churchs today the Lord is not pleased by our efforts he
does nt need our efforts they
do not build Gods kingdom nor
do mans programmes..
That a
man in your
church did that
to you makes me want
to swear!
The proper thing
to teach young black males is
to stay in school, get good grades, choose a respectable career field, attend
church regularly, be kind and couteous
to everyone you meet, repect and support the police, stay off drugs, don't steal, don't assault people, and quit thinking the
man is out
to get you.
That pastor
did not feel the need
to clarify in any way where this young
man stood in relation
to this issue, nor what the
churches stance is / was.
But Abraham speaks over the head of the rich
man, over the heads of the Pharisees, in what sounds like a direct address
to us
church types who claim faith in a certain Galilean raised from the dead, «If they
do not listen
to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.»
«They
do gobble up
churches,» the
man said
to the room as he put on his coat afterward.
For the faithful in Christ can not accept this view, which holds either that after Adam there existed
men on this earth who
did not receive their origin by natural generation from him, the first parent of all, or that Adam signifies some kind of multiple first parents; for it is by no means apparent how such an opinion can be reconciled with what the sources of revealed truth and the acts of the magisterium of the
Church teach about original sin, which proceeds from a sin truly committed by one Adam, and which is transmitted
to all by generation, and exists in each one as his own» -LCB- Humani Generis 37).
If you think these
men a sheltered life and don't understand human relationships and fatherhood it is because you haven't bothered
to understand their mission within the
church.
Charles Wilson, the groom at the center of the controversy, said on Sunday, «All we wanted
to do in the eyes of God was
to be
man and wife in a
church that we thought we felt loved.
Consequently he concerns himself with the historical question sufficiently seriously
to trace, in one instance, the term «Son of
Man» in the Gospels, the continuity between Jesus» message and the
Church's witness: although Jesus may never have called himself Son of
Man, he
did say that acquittal by the Son of
Man in the eschatological judgement was dependent upon one's present relation
to himself (Mark 8.38 par.).
Yes,
men can and
do make Jesus»
church messy and ugly, but that
does not suppose that we get
to go out on our own and play pretend pastor and
church.
the children hurt by these
men and the many others not reported don't deserve
to suffer with these injustices because the
church doesn't want
to face the fact that there is a problem.
this is not true, we are told
to judge righteously and God judges unbelievers but we are
to judge believers, sin must be taken out of the
church, read your bible again, what happened with the
man that was fornicating with his mother in law,
did nt Paul judge him,
did nt he say for the
church to judge him and put him away from the
church, remove him?
I didn't realize at first and obviously dishonored myself and the
man and the
church, because I needed
to be «lovingly» rebuked.
In general, when a Christian
church uses the political arena
to impose actions on women without corresponding actions on
men,
do you feel feminists need
to respond as Christians, or as citizens?
David
does a lot of good work on this blog, he is absolutely a compassionate, kind
man... but he also leaves a lot
to be desired for those who don't see
church thru his lens or
church experiences.
According
to Paul, not only
did Christ die for every
man, he died for the
church.
Finally, the Maryknoll religious says, while the
church perhaps
did not approve the Crusades, the two world wars, the Korean war, or today's Vietnam war, the fact that it
did not condemn them «shows that it accepts the idea that there can be a just war, and that
men might sometimes be right in taking up arms
to defend themselves.»
It
does not share the fundamental Catholic convictions about sacramental marriage: an exclusive, lifelong union of
man and woman that is open
to new life, a faithful and unbreakable bond mirroring God's love for humanity and, specifically, Christ's love for the
Church.
But what the hell
does that have
to do with
men being any more responsible for «the environment within the
church» than women?