Sentences with phrase «critical view of church»

When I see someone in the church who is beginning to develop a critical view of church,... I know I am looking at a «terminal Christian.»

Not exact matches

I was struck by the resemblances between our growing church and bonding features I had earlier seen in African villages: the critical importance of narrative, a coalescence of world view, the link of myth and ethos.

Did you erase your previous blog in which you might have been critical of the tradition / institutional church, or did you just tell them that your views changed, or how did you go about «reversing course» so to speak?

Given the form - critical view of the tradition, it is evident that the way back from the tradition as we have it to the historical Jesus will be a long and arduous way, and there will be many instances where it will simply not exist, since much of the tradition will have been created in the early Church and will lead us at most to an aspect of the Church's understanding of the risen Lord.

I suppose these critical remarks boil down to the following questions: Can the sola Scriptura principle coexist with a view of the Church that is truly anchored «deep in history»?

In the past, I've been critical of his bullying tactics and his views on sex and gender, but lately it seems the influential Seattle mega-church pastor has made plenty of news on his own, as it was recently revealed he plagiarized, used church funds to buy a spot on the New York Times bestseller list, and engaged in other alleged misappropriation of funds.

It was a far more critical response than the circumspect reaction offered by archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, who said: «It is very clear that if this referendum is an affirmation of the views of young people... [then the church needs] a reality check.»