Sentences with phrase «convinced leaders of church»

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The early church not only preserved the account of Peter evangelizing a Roman centurion, but also told of how Peter convinced skeptical church leaders that it was God's design for him to embrace the enemy.

Figures like these convince me that the standard proposal of church leaders — that seminary faculty regularly spend sabbaticals or other periods of leave as ministers in congregations — is misguided.

I am also convinced that churches that give up the claim of certainty will decline, and that church leaders who dare to face these issues openly and publicly will be attacked and abused by people who need what an honest church can not give.

Now I am convinced that, however much some of these leaders may be criticized on particular counts, their churches have in important instances preserved independent Christian vitality, and they remain the major organized force bearing witness to the ultimate criticisms of what intends to be a Marxist culture.

Pagels and Ehrman tell a similar story: Under the threat of persecution, certain church leaders, especially Irenaeus, became convinced that Christianity could survive only if it became more unified in doctrine and structure.

I can't believe that the leaders of this church is trying to be GOD when the BIBLE says otherwise and pretty sure they takes out some of the scripture out of context just to convince or brainwash those other people that listen to the radio.