It looks like I might end up
just going to church again today because I don't feel like arguing with my wife about it.
As more Christians understand that following Jesus involves not
just going to church, but caring for the needs of the poor and oppressed in our world, the hierarchical boundaries in the church start to melt away.
They are BEING the church, not
just GOING to church.
They're
just going to church with their friends, unaware that their congregation is a model for how to be «post» many things (postevangelical, postliberal, postconservative, postmodern) precisely by sinking its roots deeper into the local, the particular and the church catholic.
That's why you come here instead of
just going to church and praying.
I was around many people who said they were Christians who in reality were
just going to church but it wasn't a reality in their lives.
But
just going to church and hearing sermons — sorry, Dr. Colletti — doesn't get me very far.
Like all humans, they are as full of hypocrisy as the rest of us, why don't
they just go to church if it pleases them, or not, and let the rest of us deal with our own spirituality.
No, you can have bad greedy Catholics who
just go to Church to sort of check it off their list.
These are the people that
just go to church and are «culturally» Christian.
This is Kyle's and my first Easter away from home, so we'll probably
just go to church, watch some movies with Nala, and enjoy an obscene amount of mimosas.
Most weekends / Holidays are pretty chill for us so
we just went to church and spent time with family.
Not exact matches
Even if you believe God is vanishingly unlikely
to exist, the consequence of being wrong (Hell) is so great, and the benefits of being right (not having
to go to church on Sundays) so comparatively miniscule, that you should probably
just believe in God
to be on the safe side.
So, if you are supposed
to start a
church or plant something, do you have
to wait
to be assessed, or do you
just go?
she is
just a bit sold out, otherwise she would understand that there are 300 million different people and not a one
goes to every
church.
Without casting stones at
churches that are
just trying
to see their businesses make it through the recession, I want
to point something out here —
going on mission trips should not...
Science teachers wish they would
just go back
to church where they belong.
Without casting stones at
churches that are
just trying
to see their businesses make it through the recession, I want
to point something out here —
going on mission trips should not be optional.
But consider too that being LDS is not a Christmas - and - Easter religion; we don't even
go to church for
just one hour sometime over the weekend.
I'm speaking about my own faith only:
To become a Christian, it must be your own choice.No else can decide this life style for you.I know many in the past and present have thought raising a child under the Christian label will save them for hell but in actual reality, the choice is their own not their parents etc.This life (being Christian) goes deeper than just believing.You have to consider this yourself.Many today do not even consider Christ as their savior because they just believe what their church or family say
To become a Christian, it must be your own choice.No else can decide this life style for you.I know many in the past and present have thought raising a child under the Christian label will save them for hell but in actual reality, the choice is their own not their parents etc.This life (being Christian)
goes deeper than
just believing.You have
to consider this yourself.Many today do not even consider Christ as their savior because they just believe what their church or family say
to consider this yourself.Many today do not even consider Christ as their savior because they
just believe what their
church or family says.
In
just a few weeks I have learned more than I did in 30 + years
going from
church to church.
Now why don't you
go talk
to the thousands of ex-Mormons who have been shunned by their family and friends for the rest of their lives
just because they disagreed with certain
church teachings.
I wonder what would happen if our
churches were
to recognize our role in showing people the future, not
just in our teaching and in our
going but in our being?
As far as the donating
goes, if they want
to donate
to a
church organization then that's fine but
to donate
to groups that stand against my right
to live free and have the same rights as everyone else is this god for sacking country then that's
just wrong.
We were
just going to press with an issue that included an outstanding article by Father Paul Mankowski, S.J., on the second draft of «One in Christ Jesus: A Pastoral Response
to the Concerns of Women for
Church and Society.»
It's about common decency and respect for all the victims, not
just the ones who
went to the same
church as you.
Maybe she
just chose the wrong
church to go to.
As i grew older i became more intellectually and scientifically driven and although i do still
go to church when i can its more for me a place when i am having a bad day that is a refuge a place that i
just feel at peace in probably because i grew up in a
church was there every Sunday and every holy day of obligation with my parents it brings back peacful memories.
Also, you might like
to pretend you're an «adopted jew» but please, I beg you,
go to your
church tomorrow and or
just talk
to any christian and call them an adopted jew, see how they react and then report back here, I would love
to hear the reaction you got.
oh, FYI, you won't save yourself
just because you
go to church and there's no one in this world who's perfectly «good».
Just out of curiosity, do you
go to Bobby Thieme's
church in Houston, TX, or listen
to his lessons on dvd?
Then every time we
go to church we're
just making him madder».
Just because I don't attend your storefront
church doesn't mean I'm
going to Hell.
Many of them
go to church only if it's convenient, or only on Christmas or Easter (happy Easter btw) and a lot of them wouldn't
go at all but for that nagging «
just in case» feeling, but a lot of them are very quick
to rant and rail at people who are content and secure in their acceptance that there is no God.
«I think that's a great opportunity for the
Church to go in, be the hands and feet of Jesus, and really meet that community where it's at,
just being the presence of God, being a listening ear and being able
to help people.»
Couldn't he
just have decided
to go to church???? Why is it about august polls and what Americans think.
I
went to a small town in the midwest
to work for a non-profit thinking it'd be like chicken - soup - for the soul... INSTEAD it was a fundamentalist nightmare... it was NOT
just small town mindedness... I could hardly find a
church with out people wondering — why is this attractive woman in her early 30's unwed (or at least divorced with 3 kids) people were cold and unfathomable judgmental and sometimes downright hostile eager
to quote scriptures seemingly un-lead by the Holy Spirit.
I
just refuse
to be a regular
church -
goer anymore and you can thank Father Louis Toma who molested the brothers of my father who were alter boys and also the Catholic
church for protecting them.
These are
just the items that I know about, and I don't
go to church with her but once every couple months.
There is alot of debate out there about Christians, but
just forget that debate, and take it from me, a person who says prayers,
goes to church, has trouble destroying ants on the doorstep... this is how I would describe my faith... its a country song, but give it a chance, its a good song.
I became a Christian at age 13 when I
went to a well - known
church camp in upstate New York and was threatened with the imminent — as in «all the signs are there; it may
just happen tonight» — return of Christ.
I
just don't think
going to church for an hour every once and a while, and even living in a Christian country, quite measures up
to brainwashing.
I guess most Christians think Obama
went to church just for appearances because that is what most Christians do.
I think you're right as far as the general thrust of recent CDF statements
goes (think of Dominus Iesus, or the recent clarification on the meaning of the word
Church), I guess I
just found your exclamation» Take that, Karl Rahner»
to be a bit....
I
just couldn't take it anymore and stopped
going to church.
Question: When you or a family member or co-worker or friend
go to church of a Sunday, are you «parading yourself as being a Christian» or are you
just... oh,..
Perhaps one of his daughters wanted
to go, or his wife, or he had a dream that made him miss
church, or he finally had some free time, or he
just missed
going... you have NO idea.
The fact that this «
church» has been around so long and has been able
to get away with all of its MANY atrocities
just goes to show you how high up the corruption
goes.
It does become culture
just to turn up at
church on a Sunday; you can
go through worship time, sing the songs, and then you're out the other side without even knowing it.
I had
to beg my parents
to let me quit Sunday school when I was about 13,
going to church just isn't fulfilling
to me, its frustrating.