Not exact matches
I was
taught as a child to pray to God and nothing / no one else and that I need not be
in a
Church or any building and that God
hears all of our prayers, to have faith
in following The Ten Commandments, to incorporate The Golden Rule, to be honest and true to myself and most importantly, to not judge others.
There are individuals, yes, who do hold beliefs not
in line with
Church teachings — I was stunned, for example, when I was 18 to
hear the leadership chastising members for not allowing their children to play with «nonmember» children, because «they don't have our standards.»
I will answer that — no problems... after I
hear you tell me if you would or wouldn't allow a gay person to
teach in your
church?
Firstly, I believe that we can never
hear too much
teaching about what it really means to walk
in love, and if there is anything that the
Church worldwide is lacking, it is probably that genuinely walking
in love with everybody.
But accept my experience for when I
taught it
in my
church, how I have encountered and experienced it
in real life and have
heard it being
taught on the radio.
In the fifth century Theodore found a very favourable hearing in the East Syrian Church as his teachings were very congenial to those who were reared in the ancient traditions of Ephrem and Aphraha
In the fifth century Theodore found a very favourable
hearing in the East Syrian Church as his teachings were very congenial to those who were reared in the ancient traditions of Ephrem and Aphraha
in the East Syrian
Church as his
teachings were very congenial to those who were reared
in the ancient traditions of Ephrem and Aphraha
in the ancient traditions of Ephrem and Aphrahat.
You
hear some people
teach that the
church is the hope of the world, but how can this be if the people
in your neighborhood and town wouldn't even know if you were gone?
To confound the claim of the natural scientist it was sufficient for the Catholic to
hear, «The
Church teaches otherwise», and for the Protestant to read
in the Bible that God
in His holy word had spoken differently.
I have gone to
church for decades and
taught Sunday School and other classes for decades, and I have never
heard any fire and brimstone, except from the Athanasian creed saying: this is the faith, people, take it or leave it, but if you leave it you are still
in your sins, and that is not how you get right with God.
Synagogues were very much like our
churches, and on the Sabbath, people would gather
in the synagogue to
hear a Rabbi
teach.
I've never
heard it
taught from a pulpit or
in a «
church» setting.
In that conversation, voices have been heard urging a view of conscience that is curious, even dangerous: Under certain circumstances, conscience may permit or even require that a person choose acts that the Church has consistently taught are intrinsically wrong — such as using artificial means of contraception, or receiving Holy Communion while living the married life in a union that's not been blessed by the Churc
In that conversation, voices have been
heard urging a view of conscience that is curious, even dangerous: Under certain circumstances, conscience may permit or even require that a person choose acts that the
Church has consistently
taught are intrinsically wrong — such as using artificial means of contraception, or receiving Holy Communion while living the married life
in a union that's not been blessed by the Churc
in a union that's not been blessed by the
Church.
«That said, if the
churches do not take the opportunity now to «advocate» and «
teach» why same - sex marriage is wrong for everyone (i.e., harmful to children, to the couple, and undermining of a culture of marriage), religious people should not expect to find a lot of sympathy for their right to exercise their religious freedom to dissent from same - sex marriage,» Esbeck told CT. «
In other words,
church leaders no longer enjoy the luxury of not
teaching biblical marriage, as much as large numbers of the laity don't want to
hear it.
And so if you want to learn what sound doctrine is, and if you want to
hear what the Scriptures really
teach, you need to attend
church every Sunday morning and Sunday night, and get plugged
in to one of our mid-week Bible studies, and study the Scriptures every day on your own.
He correctly decoded the impact of the oral contraceptive pill on society; but his defense of the
Church's
teaching on the morally proper means of regulating fertility was couched
in a language that few could
hear, and it was left to John Paul II to devise a compelling Catholic response to the sexual revolution
in all its dimensions.
I don't think I ever
heard the verse about fathers not aggravating their children referenced
in any sort of
church teaching in SGM.
I don't think it's so much about the levites being paid for their service it's about us doing what's right toward Pastors that must feed and tend to the flock of GOD if GOD has called them.JESUS even said
in luke 10:7 that the laborers are worthy of their wages.
In luke 8 1 - 4 it's says even JESUS HIMSELF recieved financial support from the women who ministered to him with their possessions.Now most people today would say he should have been ashamed of taking money from those poor women but JESUS accepted their support and they was blessed for sowing onto the LORD»S work.1 Corinthains 9:1 - 15 says dint muzzle the ox while it tread out the grain was GOD talking about oxes no he was talking about those who labor
in the ministry.Who goes to war at their own expense.Or who goes to war but pay for their clothes, guns, etc.No one because the goverment if that country provide these things because of the soilders service.Who plants a vineyard and don't eat from it.Who tends a flock and don't drink the milk of it.I think it's just spiritual sense to support a pastor that's
teaching you the word, casting out devils, laying hands and healing is manifesting
in people lived, going to hospitails, prisons, and house calls to pray for the sick and shut
in, going to graduations and funnerals, praying and fasting for himself and the flock.I think a person who think a pastor shouldn't be paid for their service either don't know they need to be paid and need to be
taught or they are demonic
in their thinking and either hate GOD, PASTORS, AND GOD»S PEOPLE.Why do nt you
hear people saying anything against the dope dealers, strip clubs, dope houses, liquor stores, etc.It's only when people give into the LORD»S work that evil minded or misinformed people have a problem with it.No sir we don't have to use the old testament to show that we should support out pastors.You don't use the law, love tells me to support the pastor.Under the new testament LOVE is the greatest of all.Love for GOD and man.If GOD asked for 10 percent under the law to support the levites who didn't have all the responsibilities of Pastor today.
Church rent, gas for vans of thd
church, insurance fir the
church and
church vehicles, feeding and clothing the poor, light, gas, and water bill, mantience on the
church or vehicles, not to mention the Pastor own house, cars, children, insurance, etc.If would be foolish for one to think that a pastor should take care if his house and GODS HOUSE without people supporting the work of the KINGDOM OF GOD.If we love GOD we are going to support HIS KINGDOM and HIS PASTOR.If under the law GOD asked for 10 percent how much should we give under the LOVE COVENANT?Example I love my wife and if I had 300 dollars I would surley give her more that 10 percent which would be 30 dollars because I love her.The law says you must give LOVE says I chose to give because I love GOD and man.Again we don't have to use the law just love and spiritual sense because hate and a carnal senses will not understand.Now I have given you scriptures please do the same when you respond not your opinion.Please respond right away I await your answer.GOD BLESS.
I think if I can
hear some decent answers on these questions, I will feel a lot better about «tithing» as it is
taught in our modern
churches.
The first reason they suggest that a person might believe
in God is that if someone is brought up a Catholic then: «to keep the promises they made at the baptism, the parents would probably
teach them prayers... they would say prayers to God thanking him for looking after them and so it would seem natural for them to believe
in God... at
church, they would
hear people talking about God and assume that God exists.»
The proclamation of the good news of divine love, of the forgiveness of sin and the deliverance from evil; exhortation to lead the Christian life; instruction of young and old
in the Christian faith — these evidently require not only that the minister have
heard and apprehended the gospel, comprehended the law and learned the creed, but that he have gained insight into the ways of God and men and that he grow continually
in his understanding of them; that further he have grasped the meaning of preaching and
teaching in relation to all the other activities he and the
Church carry on.