Sentences with phrase «heard church members»

I have heard church members remark that if the sermon makes them laugh or cry, they feel as if they have worshiped.

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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.»

Your article was the first thing I read this Sunday morning before going to church and I wanted to extend a special «THANKS» not only for the support you provide to those who actually need it most but also for your wonderful message for those family members who think they need to hear and understand it the least.

Here in China where I live and work as a teacher, there is a state church that is monitored heavily by the government and there are the House churches that are now beginning to be heard and are holding there services out in public, but the members are being arrested and thrown in jail and yet they continue to hold there services.

And when they really needed to see and feel the body of Christ reaching out in love, all they saw were the high fives of the arrogant staff and mindless, heartless church members and all they heard was «Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.»

In my conversations with evangelical pastors and committed church members, I often hear distain for Donald Trump.

I, as a member of Mars Hill Church, have NEVER felt bullied or even heard tones of bullying during service.

When I heard members earnestly say that the church needed to do something, I tended to take the responsibility myself.

After I had worked near her for about a year, I heard from a member of her church that she told the church folks that she was «persecuted» at work because she was a Christian.

I hear that voice, too, when members of the church hear and heed those things Christ has said: Love one another.

Having been a believer, I heard the whisper belief of the members of the church which differs from their promulgated professions.

God has been thrown out just about everywhere, including the churchs, who lie, and do not talk about the Truth but what their members want to hear.

We have heard William Miller's call to the faithful to prepare for Christ's coming on October 22, 1844; Jehovah's Witnesses» declaration that Christ returned invisibly and spiritually in 1914; and Herbert Armstrong's prediction that the end would come in January 1972 — an announcement that led many members of his World Wide Church of God to sell their possessions in preparation for going to Petra (Wadi Musa) in Jordan, believed to be a place of safety for the elect.

I seen and heard the line of crap about helping your community while screwing members of the church Also I did not have enough faith and thats why I developed cancer Never again will I listen to such bc again we went back to my original church a small Catholic Church and refuse to watch any mega churches or attend them Hypochurch Also I did not have enough faith and thats why I developed cancer Never again will I listen to such bc again we went back to my original church a small Catholic Church and refuse to watch any mega churches or attend them Hypochurch a small Catholic Church and refuse to watch any mega churches or attend them HypoChurch and refuse to watch any mega churches or attend them Hypocrites

When you try to disparage the Church because of the sins of some of her members, you are simply flapping your gums to hear yourself speak.

Meanwhile, the governor of Caquetá made the same point to our delegation, as did members of a morning - long symposium in which we heard from departmental legislators, nongovernmental organizations, educators and church groups.

Meanwhile, I heard people saying that they looked forward to stewardship season because at that time members offered short reflections, called «giving moments,» about their walk with God in the life of our church.

Neither Arden nor the other former church member recalled hearing the Copelands or Pearsons preach specifically against vaccinations, however.

Mr Lowe and his wife Hilary said in a joint statement after the hearing: «Lizzie was a wonderful exuberant and loved member of her church, school and community.

Have you ever heard of the Haun's Mills massacre or extermination order from the Governor of Missouri making it legal to kill a member of the LDS church.

I can't imagine anyone on a mission trip withholding medical care until the patient first hears a sermon or is coerced into making a (false) profession of faith so that the missionary can notch his belt with the number of «souls saved», nor can I imagine that the missionary's home church receives any monetary benefit from this new member you imagine they have strong - armed into joining.

I am LDS, I can hear many church leaders and members having a fit over this.

However, there is nothing quite like having a fellow church member smile at the end of your reading and say, «I've never heard it quite like that before!»

I have not heard one member of that church reach out to those young mens.

The author of the Harry Potter books is J.K. Rowling, whose initials are J.K.R. Rowling was brought up Anglican and last I heard was a member of the Church of Scotland.

Toward the end of his life, Moody complained that church members crowded in to hear him preach and so kept away the unconverted.

I have never been in our heard of a Christian church that tried to tell or influance members how to vote.

I get the impression from most of the replies here, that people seem to think or assume that most of the reasons David has heard, have come from members of the church he resigned from.

Sometimes you read or hear comments like that and you come to the painful conclusion that it is representative of much of our church family and of even it's finest members when joined together in the collective.

The Prince and The Duchess heard more about the Church's outreach work and meet members of the wider community, including representatives from the local Mosque and volunteers from local charities, including those who offered support to victims following the London Bridge attack, such as street pastors.

We frequently hear the critique of «mainstream» Protestant churches that their members are not concerned about people on the margins of society.

Church member Karen Winfield told CNN New York affiliate WABC that she has followed the Houstons» musical careers for 60 years and has heard Whitney and Cissy Houston sing at the cChurch member Karen Winfield told CNN New York affiliate WABC that she has followed the Houstons» musical careers for 60 years and has heard Whitney and Cissy Houston sing at the churchchurch.

I heard a leader of a church telling his church members that his church believed marriage should be between a man and a woman as written in the Bible.

I hear what you are saying David about churches not being aware of the spiritual abuse they are practicing and inflicting on members.

The only thing we heard in all nine wards in our stake is that the Church is politically neutral, does not endorse candidates, and each member of the church has a responsibility to study the issues, the candidates, and their positions and vote for those who will be representChurch is politically neutral, does not endorse candidates, and each member of the church has a responsibility to study the issues, the candidates, and their positions and vote for those who will be representchurch has a responsibility to study the issues, the candidates, and their positions and vote for those who will be represent them.

I myself recalled having heard a number of Dallas faculty members and graduates in recent years distance themselves from «hardline» dispensationalism, reducing C. I. Scofield's highly articulated framework to virtually two principles: the literal reading of the text is to be preferred unless strong evidence indicates otherwise, and Israel and the church remain distinct in biblical chronology (and so in eschatology) to the end.

The only time I ever hear politics mentioned from the pulpit is about this time every year when church members are reminded of our duty as citizens of the U.S. to vote and to become informed on the issues and candidates before choosing how they will vote.

Sadly, the feeling is often mutual, and those few faithful members of the CSI who do believe strongly that social engagement and transformation constitute one very important dimension of the church's mission have to struggle to get a hearing.

Many churches or denominations won't allow people to become members unless they use these words in their description of Scripture... Oddly, I've never heard of a church or denomination that asked people to affirm a doctrinal statement like this: The purpose of Scripture is to equip God's people for good works.

Accusations concerning his conduct during this period surfaced during the last papal transition in 2005, and some, like Hugh O'Shaughnessy writing in the Guardian in 2011, have singled him out for criticism, decrying that «what one did not hear from any senior member of the Argentine hierarchy was any expression of regret for the church's collaboration and in these crimes».

At 6 p.m., PSC members hear testimony about the planned merger of communications firms Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., (NYC Councilman Ben Kallos is scheduled to testify); boardroom, state Department of Public Service, fourth floor, 90 Church St., Manhattan.

Community Voices Heard (CVH), a member led organization of low - income families with chapters in Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers and NYC; Current and former Emergency Shelter clients and homeless Poughkeepsie residents; Rev. Blake Ryder of Christ Church in Poughkeepsie; Brian Riddell, Executive Director of Dutchess Outreach; other social service providers, faith and community leaders.

Few American churchgoers have heard endorsements from the pulpit in the past few months of this contentious presidential race, but when clergy members did speak out in church, far more favored Clinton than Trump, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

I imagine much of its impact will be found in church members who have never heard about this level of Christian living.

Upon landing you approach a Church, hearing the ominous sound of Amazing Grace being sung whilst surrounded by aggressive cult members still sticks with me.

Then the witnesses will start backpedalling and adding qualifications as soon as the jurors start asking them questions (there is no attorney present to object, though the witness can take a time out to consult counsel outside the hearing of the jurors); there will be 18 - 24 of them: independent businessmen, committed church - goers, accountants, etc — the federal grand jury that I sat on had a member of the technical staff of an international pharmaceutical corporation.

Now we hear via The Guardian that The World Council of Churches — an organization that represents 345 member churches, including the Church of England, is also pulling its money from dirty fossiChurches — an organization that represents 345 member churches, including the Church of England, is also pulling its money from dirty fossichurches, including the Church of England, is also pulling its money from dirty fossil fuels.

As you know, there's a trial now going on, on the other side of the big mountains far to the west of us, where a judge is deciding the constitutionality of Canada's anti-polygamy laws and has heard evidence that from members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints» belief that polygamy is required by their religions tenets.

I'm horrified to hear that members of the Westboro Baptist Church want to picket actor Sage Stallone's funeral.