Sentences with phrase «commended himself to the church»

The report is «commended to the churches for study and appropriate action,» without in any sense binding them.

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For that reason, the representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Bishop's Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) who authored the work are to be commended.

But somehow the humourless church soon thought that Jesus was teaching about not getting genitals cut of but commending the voluntary choice to reject the creation commands by staying unmarried with genitals intact.

Wilkinson's work, therefore, can be commended for its scholarship, and is an important contribution to our knowledge of the English Church in this period.

They are found in his opening allocution to the Council Fathers, in which he commended to the Fathers the task of penetrating and expounding the doctrine of the Church in the manner the times require, and it is in the process of saying this that he makes his distinction between truths and ways:

«She is known as a leader with clear vision, a pastoral heart and a strategic mind, all of which commend the Church to the wider community.»

Listen to the apostle's words (in chapter 16 of Romans): «I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae... greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me in Christ Jesus... greet Mary, who has worked very hard among you.

But I want to mention some of the models of peacemaking that emerged in the Church and commend some broad direction for our corporate action.

It kept tabs on the worsening circumstances of Germany's Protestant churches, and it commended the 6,000 pastors who dared to speak out against Hitler's creation of a state - controlled «German Church.»

Surely within the church there must be a definite attempt to counteract this tendency to deceive others and ourselves, and especially to oppose the use of the Christian religion as a means of commending ourselves, our policies and our institutions to ourselves and to the world.

For many years the several churches of the Reformation tended to look with suspicion on this practice; more recently, some of them have recognized its value and have urged their ordained clergy to commend it to their people in whatever form may seem suitable.

While the SBC is to be commended for going first, it was still an example of the church following the general culture, rather than leading the change.

Bright young minds are refusing to be put off with answers that have no more to commend them than the hoary beard of antiquity» (Voices of Concern: Critical Studies in Church of Christism [Mission Messenger, 1966], pp. 2 - 3).

In Romans 16:1 - 2, Paul writes, «I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon in the church in Cenchreae.

Some 26 evangelical scholars said they could not commend the new translation to churches.

The wonder is not that such sublimated reminiscences of apocalypticism should be present, but that the Johannine writer should have commended so boldly to the early church so radical a rethinking of its hope.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a DEACON in the church in Cenchrea.

~ Romans 16:7 (Junia was a woman and an apostle) I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a DEACON in the church in Cenchrea.

We should commend the electronic church for its venturesome outreach to parched multitudes thirsting for what activists readily overlook in their assault on social structures — namely, a personal faith.

«While we are glad to see and commend the local authorities under international pressure acted swiftly and fairly to resolve the church's land with this right decision, we are still deeply concerned about the justice for this family of martyr which is still not done,» stated Bob Fu, China Aid's president.

Reverend Mark Ralph Attih, the Synod Clerk of the Church, commended the government for its commitment to developing all parts of the country.

Pastor Dayo Oluwafunmi of the Christ Apostolic Church Gbomi area while speaking with Governor Aregbesola during the tour commended the governor for what he called the government's previous efforts at preventing what used to be the annual disaster before the advent of the Aregbesola administration.

Diocesan Bishop of Lagos and Dean Emeritus, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Ephraim Ademowo has commended the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode for his absolute devotion to duty and passion for the growth of the State, which according to him, had resulted in the massive developmental projects across the State.

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commended churches and other religious bodies for their contribution to actualizing President Nana...

Vice President Bawumia commended Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah for his meritorious service to the Church and nation for the past 42 years, and retires in August this year.

Commended for ability to build strong rapport with church members and staff based on knowledge, professionalism, and integrity.