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.
Not exact matches
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 as
church though because they
know I go to a Metropolitan Community
Church as
Church 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 curiou
Church in Seattle, Washington, who has become quite a controversial figure in today's
church and Christianity, as well as curiou
church 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 c
Church (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 w
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 w
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 w
church 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.