Sentences with phrase «know well a church»

In the Philadelphia area, there are really no good churches.
Not long ago in a town I know well a church was experiencing tremendous growth.

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This documentary made by the late Sydney Pollack looks at the little - known two - night live recordings Aretha Franklin did with LA's New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in 1972 for her best - selling album «Amazing Grace,» which was released the same year.
Jones is perhaps best known for having successfully prosecuted members of the Ku Klux Klan over the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four African - American girls.
no, the best way to keep us on the straight and narrow is to make the wall between all churches and state higher and wider.
I have to deal with these kinds of questions at my church though because they know I go to a Metropolitan Community Church aschurch though because they know I go to a Metropolitan Community Church asChurch as well.
The Church, on the other hand, knows perfectly well that diseases all affect only sinners.
Previously we had to rely on second hand accounts at best, the «I know a guy who prayed and it totally came true» or «I know this person who died and went to heaven and came back» or «this person in our church saw a Smurf doll get up and start trying to choke a baby...»
In its intrinsic supernatural reality, marriage includes three goods: the good of exclusive, personal, reciprocal fidelity (the bonum fidei), the good of welcoming children and educating them to know God (the bonum prolis), and the good of the indissolubility or indestructibility of the bond, the permanent foundation of which is the indissoluble union of Christ and the Church, which is sacramentally represented by the marriage (the bonum sacramenti).
Yes, I whole heartedly dissagree with even the existence of the Catholic Church (though they are good for a laugh), something my Catholic wife and I have frequent conversations about (interestingly enough, I know WAY more about the tennets of her faith than she does).
Did you know that one of his very good friends was a black man, who he ordained to a high church position?
Our founding fathers knew this well when they told Religion to stick it in its ear by separating church and state.
In this work, the well - known postmodern thinker urges the Catholic Church to abandon the truth claims she connects to her faith.
The rally has been a catalyst for protests by the Westboro Baptist Church, a group well known for its picketing of funerals of American servicemen and servicewomen.
Why worship at a Church when they are behaving NO better than culture that surounds it.
Well, I think that we know for certain that churches and non-profits are not going to solve the problem.
For those of you who don't know, Mark Driscoll is pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, who has become quite a controversial figure in today's church and Christianity, as well as curiouChurch in Seattle, Washington, who has become quite a controversial figure in today's church and Christianity, as well as curiouchurch and Christianity, as well as curiously...
Better would be our appreciation of the invincible right of mothers wed and unwed to be mothers; the state (or church) has no right to break the natural bond between mother and child with misplaced moralism.
A London church known as The National Musicians» Church is in a row with one of the UK's best - known composers after it said it wouldn't allow choirs and orchestras to play non-Christian church known as The National Musicians» Church is in a row with one of the UK's best - known composers after it said it wouldn't allow choirs and orchestras to play non-Christian Church is in a row with one of the UK's best - known composers after it said it wouldn't allow choirs and orchestras to play non-Christian music.
Corporation is a pretty good metaphor... well, no even metaphor, the Catholic Church is somewhere between quasi-state and corporation at this point.
I could not in good conscience baptize my daughter in the RC Church (after doing so for my sons), knowing that she would be raised as a second class citizen in that cChurch (after doing so for my sons), knowing that she would be raised as a second class citizen in that churchchurch.
People are people whether in the church or not, but the best people I've known in life have been the devoted Christians in church.
A well - educated and professionally successful Moscow resident, she questions the existence of God, never attends church services, and doesn't even know the Lord's Prayer, yet makes pilgrimages to remote Orthodox monasteries, where she says she experiences a holy world that fills her with utter joy and peace.
The problem with most of the mainstream churches is that we do not even know how to join an argument — better, we think, to create a committee to «study the issue.»
It makes church - goers feel better when they read her (I know because my friends from church keep cheering for her on their social media!)
It's good to be honest and I know you wish the church would not crucify you for it.
I know, it's very ironic for a lie to protect liars, but «a house divided against itself can not stand», so that's how Satan (who rules the world) is protected by the Church as well.
Ya know, as much of an idiot as Obama has proven himself to be over the last four years, a Republican with a good head on their shoulders could easily take the office next year... that being said... these Republican idiots that are currently throwing their hat in the ring for the presidency have forgoten the importance of separation of church and state.
If you've concluded the church no longer serves you well, please check out my vibrant online community, The Lasting Supper.
And mainline denominations teach this as well, so who is this «some» that thinks the only way to know God is through the church?
The other day, I was reading a blog post from of a well - known church expert - pastor - baptist sort.
Here's the thing — you can find any number of Stepford-esque church members who will attest that they and the folks they know are «just good people», etc. (and I, too, know many very pleasant and admirable Mormons), but that doesn't address the creepy facts related to the administration of the overall organization (which is by no means a true non-profit, BTW).
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.
The more people know about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints, the better for Mitt Romney.
We have a church full of people who need to know their Bible better!
There are many good and faithful black members of the church who know this.
You say that you don't see Jesus in the churches — I don't know what churches you have been to, but there are definitely churches that do well in representing and teaching Jesus Christ (not all churches of course) HOWEVER... if you think you will find perfection in a human being, you must know that your kidding yourself.
Cathlics were and are Crusaders and CHristians were and are not Crusaders.If you care to know the truth, the best way to find it is in the Bible and not on a talk show, tv or in most cases, the church.
Well, since we survived May 21, each day is a gift, cracked church towers or no.
So, I have a Ph.D. in Theology / comparative religions and published author (known to personally debate with your good and misguided church propagandist Mr. Turley (LDS managing director of famil and church history) because I wanted to «understand.»
Well, I don't know about Jesus, but before he founded the mormon church, Joseph Smith was arrested for fraud.
Paul wrote to existing churches and to pastors on a variety of different topics, and one does not present an air of confidence if one is telling a lie when he knows very well that there are witnesses who saw the same things that he saw, and could call him out should he tell a lie.
I have been closely involved in about 7 churches over the years, with a total of about 10 pastors that I knew fairly well (some in Germany, some in the UK).
I think pastoring knows no boundaries and the internet needs good pastors just like any church does.
I agree with Swanny that «church planters» may not be the best term for «church planters» but since «church planters» call themselves «church planters,» and so far, I don't know another name to call them (apostles?
Hence, we have Agabus, the wandering NT prophet (and Barnabas and Saul, the best known of the prophet / teacher combos called to wander for a time); as well as the Pillars of the Church in Jerusalem.
They know their Bibles very well and are active in their church community.
Oh wait... Ive got it wrong this isn't for believers, Atheists no the look foolish to us, This is so Atheists can find other atheists, So they can eventually form a Church, its going to be a weird Church, because for the most part Atheists are so full of themselves they really don't have room for anyone else, And How do you build a church without compassion... O well this ought to be fun to wChurch, its going to be a weird Church, because for the most part Atheists are so full of themselves they really don't have room for anyone else, And How do you build a church without compassion... O well this ought to be fun to wChurch, because for the most part Atheists are so full of themselves they really don't have room for anyone else, And How do you build a church without compassion... O well this ought to be fun to wchurch without compassion... O well this ought to be fun to watch!!
But I have a sneaking suspicion that is a connection between the things that Las Vegas is known for, and the things that mega churches do so well.
Good Friday is no longer celebrated as it originally was, but instead is a regular day with church and dinner for SOME, a day off for some and Easter is about some magical, candy giving rabbit.
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