Jesus, however, was often found
in the company of sinners, and so the Pharisees tried to discredit Him and His ministry by saying that He was their friend.
Not exact matches
As a
company of sinners went into the water, they fell
in line behind Jesus and together walked toward Jerusalem.
We need to be careful that we are not being the Pharisees that the parable was directed towards as they questioned why Jesus was so comfortable
in the
company of lost
sinners.
The
company a Godly man kept constituted a test
of his regeneration: a truly Godly man, Increase said, delighted only
in the
company of other Godly men; he resented wasting his time with
sinners; he did not want them to throw his mental frame out
of joint.
Some Pioneer AAs did read the following titles which mention a «higher power»
of one sort or another: (1) Ralph Waldo Trine,
In Tune with the Infinite: Or Fullness
of Peace, Power, and Plenty (NY: Thomas H. Crowell, 1897); (2) William James, The Varieties
of Religious Experience (NY: First Vintage Press / The Library
of America Edition, 1990); (3) Elwood Worcester, Samuel McComb, and Isador H. Coriat, Religion and Medicine: The Moral Control
of Nervous Disorders (NY: Moffat, Yard &
Company, 1908); (4) Victor C. Kitchen, I Was a Pagan (NY: Harper & Brothers, 1934); (5) A. J. Russell, For
Sinners Only (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932).
In «Scandal Time III,» Richard John Neuhaus expresses in several places his concern for a now — elderly priest who is «repentant» and has «rendered decades of faithful service without a hint of suspicion» that he «pose [s] a threat to children or anyone else,» because such a priest may now «be thrown out as an abuser,» not «welcomed as a forgiven sinner to the company of forgiven sinners that is the Church.&raqu
In «Scandal Time III,» Richard John Neuhaus expresses
in several places his concern for a now — elderly priest who is «repentant» and has «rendered decades of faithful service without a hint of suspicion» that he «pose [s] a threat to children or anyone else,» because such a priest may now «be thrown out as an abuser,» not «welcomed as a forgiven sinner to the company of forgiven sinners that is the Church.&raqu
in several places his concern for a now — elderly priest who is «repentant» and has «rendered decades
of faithful service without a hint
of suspicion» that he «pose [s] a threat to children or anyone else,» because such a priest may now «be thrown out as an abuser,» not «welcomed as a forgiven
sinner to the
company of forgiven
sinners that is the Church.»
In the late 1980s, the partners
of Sinner Bros. & Bresnahan (SB&B) sat down for a conversation that would forever change the course
of the nearly 60 - year - old
company.
With his business manager, Carol Jenson (Amy Ryan), he's spent a lot
of time on the road but now he's been offered financial backing from The Lazarus Fellowship, a Christian church founded by Tony Lazarus (Danny McBride, Eastbound & Down), a
sinner whose near death experience — while
in the
company of a hooker — inspired him to change his ways... and marry the hooker, Joylinda (Leslie Bibb, Crossing Jordan, The League).