Sentences with phrase «leaders of the church thinking»

We have seen every Catholic adoption society in effect closed down because, apparently, the leaders of the Church thought they had a deal with politicians over «gay» adoption.

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The reason I left my last church started with a conversation this with a female leader (and it is important I think that I mention she was female in the light of this conversation).

The leaders hide church history from its members, when we find it, we take it to them, and of course are called aposates, there are so many mental systems in place at every level to control the people and there thoughts and actions, at a very young age.

In a nutshell, Mormons don't think independently and the church leaders have a tremendous amount of control over their members.

@alientech — I suppose you think that the churches, leaders of business and such will just automatically all head towards altruism on their own then?

I think I understand some of our Lord's heart, when He must remove the strong leader to ensure His church blossoms.

And it will be for me quite a poignant moment going there [to Whitehall] with the other church leaders and the Queen and all the others to think of him.

Back in the 80s I think it was, when there was a war going on between the fundamentalist wing of the church and those who were merely conservative (and the few who were moderate), one of the fundamentalist leaders gave a speech or sermon in which he said, «If the Southern Baptist Convention votes that pickles are divine, then the professors at our seminaries had better start teaching that indeed pickles are divine.»

The leader of the church could care less what the lay think.

If we don't speak — if our church leaders don't speak — we'll be absorbed into our culture's way of thinking, and our children will be catechized by progressive creeds of sexual liberation.

Thinking about cancelling the church service is terrifying to most church leaders because we depend on the people to fill the pews and pay the bills, one of which is our own salary.

Given these results, why is separationism still the dominant position of many civil libertarians, including most Jewish and mainline Protestant leaders in the field of church - state thought?

I have not read the book — my church is already living through enough spiritual abuse on the part of its leaders that I really don't think I can stomach any more!

The real sad thing is that over 4,000 former members and leaders of this church are now directly affected and suffering because one bully used his pulpit to twist theology to his way of thinking.

Perhaps church leaders thought the legislation adequately shielded all the LDS church's functions and ministries from the purview of the new law.

I do not think that the leaders of the Churches are really wholly devoted to the cause of ecumenism.

The problem for Bell is that many of those same people think he's been moving in the «wrong direction», and church leaders are now wary of endorsing anything by him.

Church leaders are deluded if they think people are desperately seeking a «community» and will attend church in hopes of findiChurch leaders are deluded if they think people are desperately seeking a «community» and will attend church in hopes of findichurch in hopes of finding it.

I don't think the church NEEDS leaders, and maybe shouldn't have them, in our present understanding of the word.

Among the disciples of Jesus and in the early church there were spiritual leaders who thought of themselves in such a manner.

We need to think about new models of organization which are not so bishop or rector centered and which support and enhance the clergy role as spiritual leaders within the Church and which call all the members to a new sense of discipleship.

We need our (supposedly) Bible - based church leaders to recover the discipline of taking us systematically through the Psalms, whether we like them or not, whether we think they're nice or not, and whether we understand them or not.

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.

This passage describes the leaders on the construction site, which we can think of as the Foremen (Eph 4:11), the people who do the work, or the Crew (Eph 4:12), the construction Model that we are imitating and turning into a reality (Eph 4:13), and the Program goal that the church will fulfill once it is constructed (Eph 4:14 - 16).

What seems most evident in the case of the modern pastoral director is that he can think of himself neither as parish parson responsible for all the people in a geographic area nor as the abbot of a convent of the saved, but only as the responsible leader of a parish church; it is the Church, not he in the first place, that has a parish and responsibility fchurch; it is the Church, not he in the first place, that has a parish and responsibility fChurch, not he in the first place, that has a parish and responsibility for it.

For the Youngstown area to have as many churches as we do I can only think of a handful of church leaders who have tried to do more outreach to the communities the churches are actually in and almost none that live in more well off neighborhoods here.

so we can all stop judging eachother and start encouraging others starting with our own family, the word does say that you and your household will be saved, but thats to much like work its easier to play christian around your church you belong to and play follow the leader and go around telling people that God loves them tell them all about how they are sinners you know the bit, an thats it go home and freak out on your famliy members because their not save like you maybe they are and you cant even tell because they do nt measure up to your churches standards even though God says we have all fallen short and that our rightousness is filthy rags, we need to stop useing the word of God as though we think we know what were doing, do you really think that when God said I will give you all authority He ment you?

A survey that William McKinney and I recently conducted invited 1,500 conservative and mainline Protestant denominational leaders to choose from a list of 63 contemporary religious leaders and authors the ten who have had «the greatest impact on your thinking about the church's life and mission today.»

The leaders of two of Britain's major church denominations have urged the government to think twice before agreeing to take part in military action against Islamic State (IS).

In the midst of this we had an outlandish thought: What if we could get Evangelical leaders in a room to consider how the church should respond to the refugee crisis?

Knowing I have something of a national platform, I've been thinking a lot about how to use it more effectively — perhaps by focusing my best op - ed writing on one or two and using the rest of my influence to amplify those church leaders, activists, and artists doing the good work of justice all around the world.

But I think the drawback will always be that their people are not experiencing the faith of the early church itself, intact, but rather the selections from the early church that fit the taste of this particular contemporary leader.

If we really want to plug in people to Numbers 16 - 17 (which I am not sure is the right way to «apply» this text), I think it is safest to say that all of us, church leaders and pastors included, are the rebellious family of Korah, and Jesus is Moses.

Anyway, I am not sure what the afterlife holds for those who are eternally separated from God, but I do not think it is full of torture as many church leaders depict.

Considering there is the small matter «separation of church and state» I think those religious leaders are looking for a pay raise from their sheep, and not staying tax free is what they seem to thumb their noses at.

How do you think we walk the line so predominantly white churches don't just go into a community and say, «We're coming to help,» but really integrate and come under leaders of color?

This conflict has emerged between the liberal and militant activist pastors and denominational leaders, on the one hand, and a large body of more conservative laymen, on the other hand, who think the church should stick to spiritual matters and stop meddling in politics and «social» issues.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

This division of labor in the home is reflected in a similar way of thinking about church programs and in attitudes about church leaders.

If the leadership of the Tea Party / Republican Party think that they are going to score points by having their drug addict, hate mongering goon score points by attacking the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, they have seriously miscalculated.

When many parents, pastors, and church leaders think of young people, «leadership» is probably not the first word.

I think many of these church leaders have good hearts and intentions, but since their salary is on the line, they do what it takes to keep their jobs.

I mean, communicated from a divine source by Jesus Christ as God, through inspired prophets and wise men, apostles, teachers, the writers of the books of the Bible, councils of church leaders, popes, and so on, in such a way that the message has been transmitted in human language, clothed in the external forms of human thought, given, indeed, in the characteristic language and thought - forms of particular nations and cultures, but at the same time in such a way that its essential content has been unaffected by the human mind's fallibility, ignorance and feebleness of apprehension.

I guess that explains the countless people who were killed during the 600 yr Inquistions... this type of thinking by church leaders has been around for hundreds of years.

Budde hopes that academic and religious leaders will realize the intellectual and spiritual costs of that desire to imitate, and that they will create institutions in which the church can do its thinking and from which a called and educated laity will emerge.

Back in the»60s, we who are now «old timers» thought of ourselves as a new breed of missionaries, well trained in the language and culture of the host country and determined to help its church leaders dismantle the structures of dependency and paternalism.

Furthermore, the churches» leaders, while not at the forefront of the intellectual currents of the day, had integrated into their thinking the major cultural changes of the nineteenth century, such as the new historical consciousness, the analysis of society in terms of classes, and biological evolution.

To think that church leaders have the arrogance to act like they are brokers of grace, is really sad and misleading and even shameful, in my view.

I am not sure I would consider the early church leaders «Catholic» the way we think of «Catholic» today since back then, there was nothing else.

But when we see that in 397 AD, some church leaders put together 27 books which they thought had the touch of the divine upon them, we must ask if this is really a miracle of inspiration, or is it something else entirely?