Sentences with phrase «from big churches»

What you are suggesting, if I am hearing you correctly, is that if we are to create a new form for «church», it will only be worth doing if it means it brings people to faith in Christ (ie, it eventually quits stealing sheep from big churches and actually connects outsiders to Jesus).

But as I talked longer, it came out that the 140 people had come from a big church across town that split.

Not exact matches

There are other big differences between Mormonism and traditional Christianity, including the Mormon belief that the modern prophets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints can receive revelations from God.

I am pretty sure when they revamped back in the day to a oil heating system at my mom's home church, that was a big modern step for them from the wood burning stoves.

While you are at it our great government spent billions on Katrina clean up yet 96 % of the real work came from charitable organizations and yes churchs were the biggest releif and work force present.

A cult is a cult is a cult, folks, and the Mormons are never going to be «mainstream» religion, no matter how big their church gets — they'll always be a half - step away from scientologists.

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.

There have been times at conferences or big churches that I've been envious of the speaker, because he / she could get up from prayer, go to the platform, deliver the message, and go back into prayer.

I'll bet your pastor would be there too pushing for an addition to their will giving the church a big gift from the estate.

Well if it's a wakeup call from a higher being a big part of his message seems to be he doesn't like churches.

People just remember, over the1000yrs so many men wrote and rewrote the bible that it is not truly the original bible.Every one who wrote the bible put in there own thoughts.Plus people who are overly two religious are really the true (SINNERS) Forcing there own views on others.Plus its all for money any way to collect from the poor two build bigger and bigger churches.

The Church of England team has one practice game on Wednesday before the big match and its captain, Rev Jez Barnes from St Stephen's in Twickenham, is quietly confident.

Back when I was a kid and went to church, our pastor (who held a doctorate from Duke) told us that the big sin there was the sin of inhospitality.

I am a big believer in giving people freedom from church buildings and front - led church meetings.

What a privilege to set out into the wilderness from among the Spanish oaks and the Guadalupe river, what a gift to be equipped for the journey by the saints of an old German town and the prayers of the earnest at the big evangelical church and the friendship and love of a few good people who loved Jesus and loved you.

The fact is, LGBT Christians often do a better job at living out the way of Jesus than do the Christians who exclude them from their worship services... Really, it would be so much easier to wave a big middle finger at the church and go about our lives.

Big Church Day Out is a weekend - long music festival that is expected to attract 25,000 people and will also feature music from Tim Hughes, TobyMac and Phil Wickham

What surprised me on this trip was that at every single event, one or two people would pull me aside and ask how I kept from getting discouraged by those big numbers that Mark Driscoll, and pastors like him, are always bragging about — the 10 million downloads, the enormous church planting network, the packed - out services, the hundreds of thousands of blog visitors.

Social justice causes, candles in worship services, v - necks and big neck tattoos on worship leaders, screenings of PT Anderson films at church, heavy use of Helvetica font in church bulletins, bald pastors who always wear black clothes from Banana Republic, beer at church barbecues, a renewed interest in corporately reading ancient creeds or prayers, Nooma videos, Sufjan Stevens and everything related to Sufjan Stevens.

Science has big roots in Catholicism and many of the great scientists have been from within the Catholic Church.

From what I know about Mormons they are family oriented, God loving, charity giving (actually one of the biggest charity donation churches in the world), hard working, honest, read the bible and modest dressing group of individuals.

I grew up in a big church, always full and beautiful from the outside, but empty and hollow inside, filled with the ghosts of a much more authentic spirituality.

Church buildings are usually the biggest expense, but this principle could be applied to anything the church spends money on, from pastoral salaries to office supChurch buildings are usually the biggest expense, but this principle could be applied to anything the church spends money on, from pastoral salaries to office supchurch spends money on, from pastoral salaries to office supplies.

Unfortunately, the Big Brother mentality that has taken over the administrative levels of the Catholic Church prevents most of them from speaking out about it.

Your post made me chuckle a few times and there is certainly some truth in it, particularly from the production - line style artists (I'm generally thinking the big church praise bands) who seem to produce so much stuff that it's become incredibly generic.

But these two churches seem to be doing things with their buildings and budgets that appears to be different from what many other big churches do.

There was a big controversy (and eventual schism) back in the day because the Eastern Greek speaking church (future Eastern Orthodox) said the Spirit proceeds ONLY from the Father whereas the Latin speaking Western church (future Catholic church — and this is way before Protestants existed btw) said the Spirit proceeds from the Father AND the Son.

Now, the actual Mormon church is hitting the Great White Way, with a big electronic billboard just around the corner from where «The Book of Mormon» is playing.

Come Sunday is no different from those films that wrestle with big, nuanced themes because it not only looks at what Pearson went through but also his church that went through it as well.

In the past year, the government of a wealthy coastal province in China has taken the same thing from more than 400 churches: a big red cross.

The biggest names in women's ministry — from Hatmaker to authors like Shauna Niequist — remain intimately involved in their own local churches, and most have Bible college or seminary degrees.

The big difference between this kind of vision and the kind of vision you speak against (quite rightly IMO) is that it is not one you are trying to impose on the church, nor is it seeking an essential change, but it is still a change you are urging, and the urging changes it from reporting to visionary.

From Charity: I went to a pentecostal church as a teenager and two things I noticed was that prophesy and casting out demons were big to - do's.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

The bigger issue with his «Christianities» stem from the church he claimed to have attended for long is an imposter (what many call a church of hate), his conversion coincides with the start of his political career, he's never given any account of why he converted to Christianity (people who do convert invariably have very specific reasons), and in one of his books he vows that he will stand with Islam.

This is a quote from Alan Knox: «The biggest problem in the modern church is not trying to recreate the first century church today.

This gets into one of the biggest, yet, from what I have seen, least addressed issues in the House - Church movement: «How to teach the Bible, when there is an ever expanding crowd of students?»

These are churches that refuse to lurch around the secular landscape seeking the next big thing progressive Christianity might pluck from the culture or invent on its own.

The right to gossip about the famous and the powerful — be they a Hollywood star who sniffs cocaine or a big church pastor who cheated on his marriage — may be the stiff price our egalitarian society extracts from those who rise to the top of the heap.

Churches from the «Third World» try to discover their meaningful existence in the big family of the world church, which is to some extent still dominated by the western churches with their Judeo & Graeco - Roman cultural background and financial supeChurches from the «Third World» try to discover their meaningful existence in the big family of the world church, which is to some extent still dominated by the western churches with their Judeo & Graeco - Roman cultural background and financial supechurches with their Judeo & Graeco - Roman cultural background and financial superiority.

make it where they cant do it again... btw... the God Bless you thing is blaspemhous coming from someone who is part of the bigger problem with the catholic church

Even if you get along fine with all the Elders, threats could also come from a big tither in the church.

One memory I have from the big regional church where I started going to church was when a man's phone started ringing in the middle of a sermon.

It assumes that Truth is to be found, and that God is not hiding it from us, that the Church is no mere human institution, that God is bigger than human mistakes.

Lately, he's been doing a lot of preaching at his home church in North Carolina, and decided he needed a new Bible, one with big enough print for him to read while standing and speaking from the pulpit.

Being the biggest church in the world is the last thing from his mind... but that's the point.

There's some big news from New York megachurch Redeemer Presbyterian: The church's long - time senior pastor, Tim Keller is stepping down.

But as time goes on, little compromises, become bigger ones; tiny deviations from the original vision become `'» more relevant» mandates; the vast sums of money it takes to keep the machine going become the catalyst for where the «church» is going next.

«All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, the Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell,» U.S Rep. Paul Broun said in an address last month at a banquet organized by Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell, Georgia.

I submit to you that the early church, the ones who had received their teaching directly from the Big Boss Himself, did not understand their mission in this limited «spiritual» way.