The title refers both to the name given to territory occupied by landless or homeless settlers and to the sacred areas designated
for worship in CandomblĂ©, a religion practiced mainly in Brazil, which draws its beliefs from various African traditions and is historically associated with slaves» resistance.
THE BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR CHURCH IS THIS: Every Christian should gather together to hear the Scriptures and worship Jesus together with other believers weekly (see Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Acts 2:42; Colossians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Romans 16:5; Acts 20:20; James 2:2; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 92:13) It is also good to meet for smaller groups of Christian community in each other's homes regularly (see Acts 2:46) It's good to have leaders overseeing the work and needs of each local church — this is the Biblical pattern — not all of us are called to church leadership, and so we should submit to, and serve whoever God has called to lead at the place we find ourselves (see Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5; Hebrews 13:7, 17; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - 13; Philippians 1:1 b; Ephesians 4:11 - 12; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Peter 5:1 - 2; Acts 20:17;) If there are believers who are unable for physical reasons to attend a church weekly, they should find a church or believers who will gather together with them regularly
for worship in their own home.
Congregations should be small groups meeting
for worship in the homes of different members.
This was a time when the rhythms of life were ordered from week to week as family members gathered
for worship in «the family pew.»
How many parents and church members simply assume that some kind of community gathers
for worship in that ivory - covered Gothic structure in the middle of campus or in the plain but warm United Campus Ministry basement?
The congregation gathered
for worship in its building on Fourth and Main is a light to the world; its members working in schools, homes, shops, hospitals, and offices are the church scattered in the world like salt.
She has caught a glimpse of new possibilities
for worship in her community.
Congregations would divide into small groups and meet
for worship in the homes of different members.
We knew that countless men and women across this country would welcome a version of Scripture readings
for worship in...
Jodi Houge was a student at Luther Seminary when she invited people to gather
for worship in a neighborhood coffee shop.
Not exact matches
In the early years of Celebration, the theater held church services every Sunday morning as the town waited
for a place of
worship to be built.
New Praise and Word of Faith are two of 24 Christian congregations that rent empty storefront spaces
in the moribund mall
for Sunday
worship and weekday Bible studies.
The congregation will not be
worshiping in Montgomery Ward
for long.
She's made her living
for years playing
in Christian bands like Everybody Duck and leading
worship at various youth camps and conferences, but making a living or living out a passion was a choice
for the young singer / songwriter.
For no particular reason except that it has been on my mind, this goes out to lectors everywhere who have been given the wrong instruction manual on proclaiming scripture
in worship.
Participants
worshipped according to ancient confessional liturgies and
in sessions that seemed to call
for adoration of earthbound «spirits» and even the earth itself.
But since we set as the central point of this perception and of this profession of belief the maintenance and hence the security
for the future of a being formed by God, we thus serve the maintenance of a divine work and fulfill a divine will — not
in the secret twilight of a new house of
worship, but openly before the face of the Lord... Our
worship is exclusively the cultivation of the natural, and
for that reason, because natural, therefore God - willed.
Actually Christine leads
worship in one of our groups and is organizing a monthly pub - theology night
for us.
If you people just want to
worship your imaginary god that's fine, I would just like to live
in the real world without being told I'm going to he'll
for it.
The position became vacant after archbishop Arthur Roche took up the position of secretary of the Congregation
for Divine
Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
in Rome.
Where I live
in Butte, Montana, there are two Catholic Churches, that let other religious faiths use the church
for worship, weddings and other functions.
For almost a decade, Misty Edwards has been a
worship leader at the International House of Prayer
in Kansas City, Mo..
It's not that I don't feel like I can, I can... but is that
in the vocabulary of the one who I
worship, if it's not then why would I as His Son want to take on what is not His, my Father's nature... The versions of the Bible I've read seem to think that words are powerful and speaking them is an action and can even change physics if used properly... Again, the scriptures speak
for themselves and circumventing the topical study with christiany cliche come - backs doesn't answer or annul anything that the Word has to say on the matter.
If he succeeded and built the Holy Temple
in its proper place and gathered the dispersed ones of Israel together, this is indeed the anointed one
for certain, and he will mend the entire world to worship the Lord together, as it is stated: «For then I shall turn for the nations a clear tongue, so that they will all procalim the Name of the Lord, and to worship Him with a united resolve (Zephaniah 3:9).&raq
for certain, and he will mend the entire world to
worship the Lord together, as it is stated: «
For then I shall turn for the nations a clear tongue, so that they will all procalim the Name of the Lord, and to worship Him with a united resolve (Zephaniah 3:9).&raq
For then I shall turn
for the nations a clear tongue, so that they will all procalim the Name of the Lord, and to worship Him with a united resolve (Zephaniah 3:9).&raq
for the nations a clear tongue, so that they will all procalim the Name of the Lord, and to
worship Him with a united resolve (Zephaniah 3:9).»
This guy had the amazing ability to psychologically transfer allegiance to Christ into allegiance to himself by developing the perception of being the infallible Oracle of Jesus
in the eyes of his followers, Unfortunately
for him, about 4 weeks ago he and his female
worship pastor were forced to publicly confess a «long term» physical relationship.
Six years before that, Paul Vitz had made a similar point
in Psychology as Religion: psychology, he wrote, had become a substitute
for faith» a new religion encouraging a cult of self -
worship.
For Evangelical Christians,
worshipping God
in spirit and truth would surely require accepting his essential nature as one undivided God revealed
in three persons, including the Son of God.
@freethinker... religion may be an anachronism
for you, but it isn't
for many... certainly not
for the mother who a child
in the Ohio shooting, but who's faith helps her deal with her... I don't care what people
worship... communism, football, buddhism, witchcraft, amish, catholic... I would never be arrogant enough to tell somebody else what to believe... but we all can't be as self righteous as you.
Mike Huckabee thinks the bill is anti-religious because it can't be used to ``... modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities — used
for sectarian instruction, religious
worship... or a school or department of divinity; or
in which a substantial portion of the functions of the facilities are subsumed
in a religious mission.»
Today is an «Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action
for Immigration Reform»
in Washington, D.C., with many evangelical luminaries, and even more evangelical activists, hosting advocacy
worship services and lobbying Congress
for immigration legislation that would legalize the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently
in the U.S..
There are many songs written and played by people against whom I have the most fundamental and passionate disagreements
in the moral and intellectual realms (which are the most important ones), yet hearing their songs can evoke ecstatic feelings that are very much like feelings of
worship and longing
for God.
Although God allowed Solomon to be king of Israel
for the remainder of his life, the Lord told him the kingdom would be divided because of his allowance of false idol
worship in Israel.
A disgraced former Church of England bishop who was jailed
for sexual abuse, and his twin brother, want to switch faiths so they can «live and
worship in anonymity».
Should students never perform any music with a religious text, even if done
in a secular setting and with the purpose of providing a complete education, not
for the purpose of
worship or of promoting a particular belief?
Maybe when we give ourselves to ancient words and sacred texts, and embrace routines and traditions, we can remember that we are not here
for what we can get out of
worship; we are here to give ourselves away
in worship.
Worse than that, the apostles made us
worship Jesus - who
in reality was punished by God
for his own wrongdoing!
In fact the Republican values,
worship of wealth, contempt and disregard
for the «least of these» and
The valley of Hinnom (Gehenna) was outside the walls of Jerusalem,
for a time thesite of idolatrous
worship, including child sarcrifice,
In the first century Gehenna was being used as the incinerator
for the filth of Jerusalem.
For God so loved the world that he created a Hell where people that He loves but who did not worship Him in the way that He commanded could be tortured for eterni
For God so loved the world that he created a Hell where people that He loves but who did not
worship Him
in the way that He commanded could be tortured
for eterni
for eternity.
It doesn't bother me
in the least that I won't have to sit
worshiping at the feet of some egotistical deity
for all eternity, or try to make some demon feel good about himself.
If I
worship you
for fear of hell, burn me
in hell.If I
worship you
in hope of paradise, exclude me from paradise But if I
worship you
for your Own sake, grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty.
As
for the argument that we should look to our churches... the BILLIONS spent by organized religion to build exorbitant places of
worship (Jesus preached
in open fields and I'm confident that God hears MY prayers
in the privacy of my home) and the building of health clinics
in third world countries would help a lot — but they are not inclined to help those
in need HERE!
For God so loved the world, he cursed mankind with bitter labor and womankind with the pain of childbirth, drowned almost everybody on the planet in a flood, then came down and ra.ped a young girl so she could have his son, so he could make men torture the son to death so they would thank him for being awesome like that, and he'll come back later and kill everybody who didn't worship the son and send them to burn in agony in fire forev
For God so loved the world, he cursed mankind with bitter labor and womankind with the pain of childbirth, drowned almost everybody on the planet
in a flood, then came down and ra.ped a young girl so she could have his son, so he could make men torture the son to death so they would thank him
for being awesome like that, and he'll come back later and kill everybody who didn't worship the son and send them to burn in agony in fire forev
for being awesome like that, and he'll come back later and kill everybody who didn't
worship the son and send them to burn
in agony
in fire forever.
I'm involved
in Grace, an alternative
worship community
in London, that has been going
for about 13 years.
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will
worship the Father
in the Spirit and
in truth,
for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
The Spirit grows and disciples desires
for freedom, equality, justice all happens
in personal encounter, through
worship, through Biblical encounter (
in lots of ways) etc..
Urging nations
in the region to embrace the freedom to
worship for all faiths as they embrace political pluralism
for the first time
in generations, Clinton warned them not to «trade one form of repression
for another.»
After years of praying and hoping
for the Lord to «make himself present»
in worship, I found a place where he always truly is» the tabernacle.
We stand before God and intercede
for one another, we proclaim God's Word to one another and we celebrate his presence among us
in worship, praise, and fellowship.
He has spent literally hundreds of hours maintaining this 80 year old building
for people to
worship in, and he is not a believer.