Sentences with phrase «leave the church simply»

Anyways, I decided to leave the church simply because I didn't approve what the pastor was doing.

Not exact matches

I used to wonder why I was so «weak» and would get so emotional when the people would leave and even mad at myself for not being able to just become tough and stay more emotionally distant with the people but a few close friends in the church told me not to change because my reaction simply shows what a caring shepherd I am.

Some Christians go through some (or all) of the experiences described above, and think that the unrest they feel is because church is simply a waste of time and energy, and so they leave the church... and Jesus too.

Gays feel they can affect politics, so they get involved there; but often they feel the church won't listen to them, so they simply leave.

My advice for anyone leaving a church under circumstances where there has been any level of abuse or mistreatment, however mild, is to simply WALK AWAY.

They can not simply always be left to the various individual and smaller units of the Church.

This is to say, do we in the church model the desire for and pursuit of a just peace between enemies, or do we perpetuate a harsher politics where the winner takes all and the loser is simply silenced or encouraged to leave?

In a church, you can simply leave.

No, my friend, I left the church because in the end I was simply unable to believe it, I just felt it was all nonsense.

Neither can the churches who maintain this horrible view of God and that is why so many are simply leaving this false and abusive teaching behind.

But my guess is that if «local» accommodation becomes impossible, Catholics unhappy with this state of affairs will simply leave the Church (few believe that this would put their salvation at risk).

After reading the comments, this is the overall impression I get: Why would I leave Christianity and the Church * with all its exclusivist dogmatism simply to run into the arms of another community that is just as exclusive and dogmatic?

However, unlike many people who left religion, Legend wasn't hurt by the Church — he still talks of it fondly — he simply stopped believing like he once did.

If they no longer believe the doctrine they shopuld simply leave the church.

I simply think that the decisions regarding pregnancy should be left to those who are actually pregnant, not to the government or the church.

If I stand and sing «Oceans» with a thousand other people in a church building, but I leave feeling unchanged, with no desire to reach out to my neighbors or spread the Gospel further than my own heart, have I truly worshipped God, or have I simply worshipped an experience?

Some former church colleges that clearly have left behind their denominational origins now operate simply as private «secular institutions, as is their right.

If as a pastor you have not had an opportunity to learn either kind of skill, you have several options: Arrange to get the training you need (perhaps your church will provide a sabbatical leave); or ask your church to employ a «minister of group life and lay training» (with academic and clinical training in pastoral care and counseling); or employ a part - time pastoral counselor or accredited chaplain supervisor to coordinate lay training; or simply find a competent supervisor in your community and get your own on - the - job training as a trainer by having him or her coach you as you do lay training.

I've been to many cathedrals, churches, temples, mosques, gurdwaras, etc., where one could simply come to the back of a service, listen to the speech, and leave without really interacting with anyone.

I'm assuming the church didn't simply hide her whenever the police came around for a whole year, since she did interviews and such, but she was arrested when she left, so the authorities were clearly still actively looking to arrest her.