Sentences with phrase «keeps coming to church»

So many years back when searching for Jesus, I went to a church, and afterwards a lady came up to me and said «if you want to keep coming to this church, you need to wear a hat», mind you they were quite expensive fancy hats they were wearing and I never went back to that church ever again.

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When our fore fathers came up with the idea of seperation of church and state it wasn't to keep religion out of the government it was to keep the Church from running the goverchurch and state it wasn't to keep religion out of the government it was to keep the Church from running the goverChurch from running the government.

I keep coming across wonderful paradoxes like these «What I am sick of is those who continue to deny that priests should have due process, accuse and broad brush all priests» «Sounds like you go to a Church.

Such ill - defined relations worked reasonably well for a considerable time, while the mechanism that kept Catholic institutions tied to the Church was a powerful cultural feeling for Catholicism (enforced by the tuition payments and donations that came from the members of that culture).

HEY NICK WAKE UP, I WAS IN THE MORMON CHURCH FOR 36 YEARS, and when i went to the BISHOP AND STAKE PRESIDENT, He Was his words» I do nt process to know much about the curse of Cain, nor do i need to know», OR TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE, THis Nick comes from my former Bishop,» i wont allow now or in the future QUESTIONS TO LEAD ME ASTRAY» IAM NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP, YOU DO NT QUESTION MORMON LEADERS, FOLLOW AND KEEP YOUR EYEE SHto the BISHOP AND STAKE PRESIDENT, He Was his words» I do nt process to know much about the curse of Cain, nor do i need to know», OR TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE, THis Nick comes from my former Bishop,» i wont allow now or in the future QUESTIONS TO LEAD ME ASTRAY» IAM NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP, YOU DO NT QUESTION MORMON LEADERS, FOLLOW AND KEEP YOUR EYEE SHto know much about the curse of Cain, nor do i need to know», OR TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE, THis Nick comes from my former Bishop,» i wont allow now or in the future QUESTIONS TO LEAD ME ASTRAY» IAM NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP, YOU DO NT QUESTION MORMON LEADERS, FOLLOW AND KEEP YOUR EYEE SHto know», OR TRY THIS ONE ON FOR SIZE, THis Nick comes from my former Bishop,» i wont allow now or in the future QUESTIONS TO LEAD ME ASTRAY» IAM NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP, YOU DO NT QUESTION MORMON LEADERS, FOLLOW AND KEEP YOUR EYEE SHTO LEAD ME ASTRAY» IAM NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP, YOU DO NT QUESTION MORMON LEADERS, FOLLOW AND KEEP YOUR EYEE SHUT

he is your top man and should have done some thing when these cases came up... his attempt to keep the mantle of infallibility has cost your churches legitimacy dearly..

Philip Larkin's «Church Going» comes to mind: Yet stop I did: in fact I often do, And always end much at a loss like this, Wondering what to look for; wondering, too, When churches fall completely out of use What we shall turn them into, if we shall keep A few cathedrals chronically on show, Their parchment, plate, and pyx in locked cases, And let the rest rent - free to rain and sheep.

The number of hungry folk coming to our church door is rising, and the food pantry boxes in this and other parishes can't keep up.

I thought straight away this is a joke as scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one just like the holy spirit.I have come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will come like a thief in the night i have heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they preach it from the view for the church to get there act together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again believer following him in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking in darkness but are walking in the light so you will not be caught unaware as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz

The temple should give to the poor the rich should give to the temple God says bring the whole tithe into the store house that there may be food in my house then he will bless us the tithe is used to keep the doors open to the church where we can get true food spiritual food that's the reason for the tithe we will always have the Poor amongst us Jesus will one day come back and leave for the finale time Come to Jesus while you stillcome back and leave for the finale time Come to Jesus while you stillCome to Jesus while you still can

1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)

Its an interesting and concerning that people can and do live in information silos (including me) and are kept their by leaders of institutional church who want them to think in certain ways like you must come to sunday church and made to feel guilty if they do nt.

... Faith's past, that act of Jesus» love which brought new life to the world, comes down to us through the memory of others — witnesses — and is kept alive in that one remembering subject which is the Church.

Now I an atheist and my wife decided being mormon was all that great and she has left the church but the missionaries still keep coming to the front door.

But communities of believers kept asking me to come and share my thoughts on God and church, Scripture and theology, and my own church regularly asked me to preach.

At our church it is a struggle to keep the doors open, and this is being done by seniors who are not going to be able to keep them open, unless we have young people and this is not going to happen, unless we come to a more realistic way of reaching our young people.

Oh sure, they can come and whisper lies in your ear, they can affect circumstances in your life to try to get you to fall away from God, to stop attending church, and to keep you from reading your Bible and praying.

Church is a place that we try to keep our children away from to avoid the bad lesson that come from it.

My comment came from a lot of talk I kept hearing about the need for urban church planters to be more culturally relevant than they currently are.

The pastor wants to prove that he is worthy of his pay (even though he is afraid he is not), and so must use manipulative practices to keep people coming to church and giving their money.

And while Randy's penchant for publicity might attract visitors, what keeps them coming is the 25,000 - member church's ability to empower all sorts of people to succeed.

Whether or not the chemically sensitive can come to the church, the members and staff should keep in touch with them, for it is easy for them to fall away from the church altogether.

Read the Pastoral Epistles, by the way for all who keep referring to the Old Testament the biggest problem is the Church didn't start until the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came.

You knew what the Church was doing to women was wrong and it's started to change, just keep praying and more good changes will come.

This in my opinion a flaw built into what considered church as in reality churches are businesses which are supposedly nonprofit and businesses require someone with business savvy to keep them afloat and to keep their customers (aka church membership) coming back and increasing in numbers.

I went through a lot of confusion and searching and fear and worry, as did any other number of young people I knew... trying to come to terms with what the bible says, what we were taught / told in church, and what we believed personally... and trying to square it all up and keep our integrity and still be a christian.

Arce said he doesn't imagine that fear would be enough to keep Salvadorans away from his church, and is hopeful that good news is coming.

When it comes to picking and choosing, McKnight uses as an example James 1:26 - 27, in which James writes that «those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless,» noting that, in his church, «we didn't measure Christian maturity by control of the tongue.»

Kenneth agree with you totally its not just adams and abrahams problem its us guys we give in to our wives to keep the peace we should learn that the best way is always Gods way not our way or mans way.That to me is the message behind the story.The issue is rather than taking on the burden of his wife Abraham should have taken it back to the Lord its in our weakness he strengthens us.In the end he did what any married man would have done in order to please his wife.We are no different we put our wives or children church work before the Lord just as he did and loo at the consequences that came from that decision the arab nations became a thporn in there side.In my mind we need to put him first always.When we please the Lord he will bless us and our relationships when we do it our way there will be consequences.brentnz

When it comes to the health care plan, why don't the churches rely on their teachings to «keep» girls off birth control?

Just keep questioning everything you do in the church, and with some careful, critical thinking, you come to see that most of what the church does, it does by tradition: just because we've always done it that way.

If you are done with the megachurch, why don't you come to the little country church, where the old people are trying to keep things going, where the pews are a little older and harder and the music is not as hip or well done.

The story of our faith — whether it comes directly from the Bible or from the story of the Church that followed — keeps our focus on God and shapes our identity by reminding us of who we are and who we are called to be.

He kept talking and said, «I don't want this to discourage you from coming back to our church, BUT...» and then continued to talk about how disgusted he was by the vehicle.

According to pastors who have participated in the past, the fact the IRS rarely if ever comes down on these churches encourages them to keep endorsing.

From pink to lavender to robin - egg blue, these ties come in an array of Satanic colors, and it is the duty of God's men to keep them out of our churches, lest these ties turn us all gay.

I really feel intimidated by those old ladies in Queens who compel me to keep coming back to church basements to eat cookies and hear about their problems while drinking possibly the worst coffee ever.

Kabel I am a mulish and I live in US, I actually had church people knock on our door and asking us that Jesus, peace be upon him, love you and give us booklet to study and read, they even brought bible in my language to read... we had to tell them we have our own believes but they kept insisting... the came several times within months in our house and each time my mom would invite them and serve them tea...

Here is my evil plan — Create a fictional character, have him born into poverty in a part of the world full of strife with no recorded history, cast some doubts on his conception (that will keep them guessing), leave a decade or so gap in his life story, re-introduce him in the middle of nowhere and tell everyone he has all these amazing powers, he confounds and confuses all his followers and tells them not to tell anyone about what he does or where he is going and Oh yeah, they are all prostiitutes and tax cheats and lepers and the really lowlifes of society, deny them the chance to follow him, set him at odds with both the government and the church powers of his time, cast doubts on his seexuality and intelligence, make it so he refuses anyone to come to his aid and kill him in the most horrible way imaginable, then hide his body, make it so nothing he does can be historically proven.

You're at your in - laws» house for dinner on Christmas Eve with your young children, then you go to church and keep your kids from acting up while everyone else's children are running wild, then you come home and wrangle your overexcited kids into bed, and wait until they're actually asleep.

IDEA Public Schools have come a long way since they started on the second floor of a church in downtown Donna, Texas, but the mission to keep young people on a college - bound path to success remains strong.

Some of the older people I admire the most work hard to expand their circle through activities, church or classes that keep them learning new ideas and coming in contact with new people.

There's no cost to keeping your name on the membership roster, past having a large body of peers thinking you believe something you don't, expecting you to come to church (and hounding you about it), holding you to a social critique (a strict one) dictated by the church, etc..

More recently, and closer to home, there is the influence the Catholic Church had on the province of Quebec (and continues to have in some regions); clergy not only exercised a top - heavy influence on their followers by keeping them in relative ignorance, but also by isolating them from the rest of the world, which contributed to the increasing economic inferiority which came to mark the province and remained severe until the recent past.

Our first Christmas as newly married, a beautiful snowy night, Christmas eve service at church and coming home to fondue......... we try to keep up this tradition and memory!

In the picture below you can see my kids» lunch area, my stained glass that came from an old church and my beige chalkboard wall (next to the electric range) where we keep a running grocery list.

I just Love your recipes and have baked the «Happy Home Oatmeal Cookies» and taken them to our church for treats... and Pastor Rick kept coming back for just One more!