For the last two years I had
heard about some believers whom God led to give up the religious structure they had become part of to live as the body of Christ together in this region of the world.
Not exact matches
To be sure some real true in heart
believers had their first nudge toward salvation in Christ after
hearing a pew fire licking sermon
about where one who doesn't come to Christ will end up.
Because either they never
hear about «the rapture» or they were never
believers in this silly way of thinking.
And, we've all
heard enough stories
about the «hazing» that goes on in our U.S. military forces, if one doesn't happen to be a «
believer» or, a «
believer» like they think you should believe.
I don't see anything referring
about denying the existence of
believers, just common everyday phrases we non-
believers hear from fundie families and friends alike.
Darwin didn't set out to «disprove god» or whatever you christians believe; he was a
believer until that time, in fact he sat on his findings for many years because he knew the furore they would cause and only published when he
heard that Wallace was
about to publish his similar findings from research in a different part of the world.
I still think we should still go to the church... or maybe a meeting where all the
believer can learn from each other, strengthening each other, pray for each other etc, and of course, to worship God together... It is true that sometime I feel that I do not learn many thing from the sermon, but, many times, I learn by going to the church, knowing that I will not learn something from the preacher, humble myself to still listen to God and worship Him,,,, it is such a blessing to
hear others testimony
about how God works in their life, it is such an encouragement to see people open up their problem, then, we can pray
about them..
Yet as powerful as it is to preach
about God's presence and enduring love,
about looking forward in the midst of suffering,
believers will
hear this message differently depending on how quickly they are living through the succession of steps on their way to hope.
They needed to be among the assembly yesterday of
about 3000
believers in three different services that
heard the message of the cross given and the simple message of the gift of eternal life by believing in the one that was nailed to the cross for our sins.
So when Kim shared a small piece of her own story
about leaving the institutionalized church and connecting to a less traditional community of
believers, I mixed the well - meaning, thoughtful critiques in the comment section with some of the messages I've been getting from critics lately, and this is what I
heard:
I've been a
believer for a while, but lately I've been really bothered by thinking
about what happens to people who never got a chance to
hear about Jesus before they died.
Having read
about countless fundamentalists groups, I become highly suspicious when I
hear fundamentalists described as
believers in a revealed truth that is whole, unified and undifferentiated.
The only people I ever
hear talking / facebooking
about God are
believers.
D.C. Talk's «Jesus Freak» seeks to express the fear that an adolescent
believer harbors
about being labeled or ostracized on account of his or her faith: «What will people do if they
hear that I'm a «Jesus freak»?»
Perry is using religion as a stamp of approval to get votes from «
believers» who are: 1) gullible enough to believe this nonsense
about hearing directly from God; and 2) those stupid enough to accept that religious beliefs along qualify a person to run a country.
If a person is reading the Bible, or
hearing about the One in the Bible who gives eternal life to the
believer, then that person is believing in Jesus who saves.
When I
heard about this recipe, I was a bit skeptical, but after making them, I became a
believer.
Thus when scientists tell
believers they're flat - out wrong, we think we're making a point
about nature, but I think we're often
heard as giving the primal message, «We elite persons reject your clan status.»
I love
hearing about the true
believers of juicing and their results.
When I
hear someone say, What was the big deal
about I lost trust in climate science because of Climategate, anyhow, I instantly assume that it's a
believer in AGW
When I
hear someone say, What was the big deal
about Climategate, anyhow, I instantly assume that it's a
believer in AGW speaking, someone who has taken a strong partisan side, and that he's saying that because he doesn't have a clue how the rest of us look at things.
First of all, for readers who haven't
heard me talk
about gaps, I am a big
believer from my 10 + years in recruiting that gaps are big dealbreakers in a resume screen.