Sentences with phrase «idea of the church»

I think he has a pretty decent idea of church planting and organic church growth.

Whether supernatural or human, the germ idea of the church, I claim, is that global unity and community is not only possible but necessary.

From my personal experience it seems that without going to church people stray off the path and their own ideas of church reign.

Definitely been a part of that type of church, however, I must say (for me personally) it was more like being whipped into submission of the «vision» every time a toe was out of line rather than being inebriated with with ideas of the church.

The New Testament idea of the church as a hope - filled congregation is the basis for my conception of the church as a visionary community.

1:6) when the Pauline idea of church as body has faded.

The «Jesus n» me mentality is great for a start, but worship moves outward AND upward, even the hermits belong to a church, and not merely some invisible idea of church.

There is irony in that suggestion since the very idea of church is the idea of community, and if we have any model of true community it is in the biblical vision of what the church should be.

It is hard not to conclude that the basic idea of the Church was, «Look, they believe us.

Luhmann's idea of the church as a kind of counterculture devoted to maintaining the plausibility of communication with God also appears consistent with a variety of evidence.

Whether you are a skeptic, a seeker, a lifelong church - goer or new to the whole idea of church, you'll find a grace - filled community at Century Church ready to help you find your next steps spiritually.

The idea of Church being anti-science is a myth.

Any historian of theology would know that at the time that this fragment was written, the idea of the Church being the «Bride of Christ» had not yet been created (let alone the CATHOLIC church which originated the idea, as this was a COPTIC fragment).

Evangelicals see Catholicism as centering upon an idea of the Church that clouds the New Testament gospel, and so needs to be brought into greater conformity with biblical teaching.

Since this is so, how is it that the idea of the church being a Body became so prominent if it is not found throughout the New Testament, but only rarely in Paul's letters?

I have been turned away by some churches I have attended, but in the end I realized it was the people within that church that were the problem, not the idea of church.

Our job isn't to bash other believers and their idea of church.

My ideas of church have really changed recently.

The idea of church as storyteller may seem to diminish its importance, but this function has utmost significance.

I wonder whether it is possible... to regain the idea of the Church as providing an understanding of the area of freedom (art, education, friendship, play)?

I love the idea of a church with no vision.

Based on this idea of the church as a family, Richard Jacobson goes on to talk about church elders as facilitators, on how to carry out conflict resolution within the family of God, and a whole host of other related topics.

xx, pp. 20 - 23) In reality, the very idea of an authoritative Canon of Scripture is bound up with the idea of the Church.

«40 He contrasts the idea of the Church Militant in which the Christian stands in opposition to his culture, with the idea of the Church Triumphant (on earth), in which the Christian is honored and rewarded for being a Christian.

But, as it was said earlier, Bonhoeffer does not reject the idea of the church.

The idea of a church without a «vision (statement)» is a radical one.

Barth's idea of a church that would be directly obedient to the commandment of God and understand itself solely in terms of the church's historic confessions continues to exercise a powerful influence today.

So I'm pretty cynical about the idea of the Church caring for the poor, or of any plan for shifting the burden of poverty relief away from state / federal regulation.

I was going off a the idea of church as a «gathering.»

This gave it a distinctive social space a term Burgess uses often, though he does not cite the literature that developed this idea of the churches place in society generally or in East Germany specifically.

In this context Burgess discusses the ideas of church leader Heino Falcke, a former assistant to Karl Barth.

I realize that some people have given up on the idea of church.

The experience hasn't killed my love of the church and I do feel naturally defensive when it is attacked, however, my idea of church has changed to a gathering where Jesus is present and Lord which the visible church may or may not represent in varying degrees.

The point is that there was not an adequate idea of the transcendence of the gospel over religions and cultures, and therefore the idea of the Church of Christ as a ferment transforming all religions and cultures and taking new incarnations within them did not find expression in missionary practice.

It is found in the idea of some churches that we can do whatever we want with our bodies and with this world, because the only thing that really matters is the condition of our soul.

The distinctive mark of this idea of the church is the assumption that all its members are aware of their endowment with the Spirit.56 The church as the body of Christ is that group which is conscious of having made the transition to life in the Spirit and who covenant together to live out the implications of that supreme fact of their lives.

But because the church must learn to be the community of faith, we must abandon the idea of the church as an institution of power.

Paul probably invented the idea of the church as the «body of Christ.

From his experience in India as a missionary to the Hindus, he felt that the idea of the church was anathema to the Hindus.

However, soon, the idea of the church for others became the focus of debate.

On a personal note, The Missional Church was my introduction to the ideas of church and mission.

I got so frustrated with church, with my idea of church, with my own pride that I eventually fell (not blaming anyone but me, of course.)