Sentences with phrase «long as church»

It is unlikely that paid - time religious organizations will change that focus of commitment as long as the church remains satisfying to its active members» needs.

Your comment shows your heart, you are not wrong for using the donations / tithes to survive so long as the church books / admin reflect whats going on to be transparent with your givers.

As long as the church keeps it's UGLY head out of government we can move on.

«As long as the church stays closed, Muslims can think whatever they want.

So long as a church institution is willing to ask itself: «What does my client value?»

I think the bottom - line reason this question winds up on the table is that for so long we as the church have missed the point.

So long as the Church was understood as primarily institutional, in terms of its parallelism to a state rather than to a cultural society, and so long as tradition meant resistance to reform, conflict between the principles of traditional and Scriptural authority was inevitable.

Frankly, as long as the church is fully independent and not using government money for the affected jobs, I believe they can hire or fire anyone for whatever reason they wish.

To me more important is the fact that so long as the church remains a religious community in competition with other religious communities, the church can never say that in Christ it sacramentally represents the destiny of all peoples in the country.

As for the law, I think opposing abortion on principles (religious or other) but as long as no church is forced by the state to preform a ceremony.

This would enable the personal thread of order to construct itself as long as the church exists.

-- So long as the church community keeps its power - lusting out of certified psychological conditions, what of it?

Lasting about as long as a church service, a good movie transports you to another realm where art of story and the magic of special effects allows you to experience an alternate reality that can help provide perspective or inspiration once you return to the real world.

So I guess separation of church and state does not apply as long as church goes along with public opinion.

As long as the Church has endured, the «quest for authority» has been a problematic enterprise.

The Holy Spirit does not prepare people to accept a hypocritical Christianity and so, as long as the Church refuses to be Christlike, people like Gandhi (a Hindu) will continue to not be Christians.

As long as churches and other special interest groups receive tax exempt status, we are ALL being required to pay for things we don't believe in.

As long as Sunday Schools and youth groups were meeting regularly or growing — as long as churches were involved in building programs — clergy and laity were hopeful and optimistic about the future of the church.

Not exact matches

Osteen's personal wealth, and his advocacy for a theology that glorifies material possessions as a sign of God's favor, have long made him a controversial figure in church circles.

WHY do they believe that their God is so concerned about whether or not they listen to musical instruments in church on Sunday, get dunked or sprinkled in ceremonial water, speak in a tongue as some kind of sign... to whom ever, read from the correct translation of some long lost ancient books, etc, etc?

So long as nobody was hurt seriousl, little fun is OK like the crane had a falling out with the church.

After a long season with a powerful impact on the church, he was exposed as gay.

Long story, short, I studied with him for about 5 weeks, went to his church and found myself accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior.

Who cares if the schools are being used as churches on Sunday, as long as they're paying rent?

I will also no longer act as if I need a majority vote of some ecclesiastical body in order to bless, ordain, recognize and celebrate the lives and gifts of gay and lesbian people in the life of the church.

As long as he wasn't abducting people and confining them in the basement of his church..As long as he wasn't abducting people and confining them in the basement of his church..as he wasn't abducting people and confining them in the basement of his church....

The question is whether churches abroad, such as in the United States, Western Europe, and Australasia — comprised of Orthodox immigrants and converts long established in their new homelands, miles away and cultures apart from the «mother Churches, where they originated — have reached the maturity or acquired the single - mindedness and commitment to minister to their people and manage their affairs ichurches abroad, such as in the United States, Western Europe, and Australasia — comprised of Orthodox immigrants and converts long established in their new homelands, miles away and cultures apart from the «mother Churches, where they originated — have reached the maturity or acquired the single - mindedness and commitment to minister to their people and manage their affairs iChurches, where they originated — have reached the maturity or acquired the single - mindedness and commitment to minister to their people and manage their affairs in unity.

Sales and merchandising are the fields they should stick to — selling afterlife insurance and telling members that as long as they give the company / church money and say they are members, they are free to be horrible human beings.

Some of the same churches I've been to, You left some out, tho... only if she wears a head covering... as long as she doesn't wear makeup or jewelry (wedding ring and denominational pin excepted)... no peep toe shoes, especially with toenail polish... if what she is doing gets bigger than what the men are doing, she's out (Thats a real big one)... only if she'll do it on a volunteer basis and never expects an honorarium, even if she speaks at the main Sunday service.

Doctrinal pluralism, despite its intellectual incoherence, will work so long as something akin to Liberal Protestantism is held by the leadership of the church and so long as those who are not Liberal Protestants acquiesce.

Again, sadly, the church is trailing far beyond society in equality for women, though we have come a long way from the women as property upheld in the Old Testament and still prevalent in many other parts of the world today.

Never, so far as I can tell, has modern historical study made it impossible for a contemporary person concerned about intellectual integrity to believe what the Church (or the synagogue) has long taught as necessary for true faith.

We relate best to God as we relate to a male and therefore God's bride the church best relates to the male head of the church, but only as long as the male is focused on his responsibility of care for the church.

The Church is where we maintain our Spiritual believe, as long there is someone Praying at Church, the Church and believers will be protected by the Spirit.

It is not a Christian orphanage and it is a long story as how we partner with a Baptist and Nazerine church to help.

if your so called god will forgive murders and child molesters as long as they go to confession and say 10 worthless and meaningless prayers, don!t you think god would forgive a person the tales birth control, if there really was a god, which there is not, I do not believe in god or wasting time going to church to try to get myself into the dream world heaven, but if I am wrong I am going to hell because that's where all my friends are going and I don, t want to hang out for eternity with you morons in heaven.

you're right the church probably will be there long after any of us cease to exist but it stands to reason that it is going down... as more people come to the realization that the belief in a deity is not necessary to live, the less need there will be for a church to exist.

In any case, as long as the extreme religious right can be neutralized, there will be plenty of room for the atheist and the church goer to flourish in harmony.

As it is, most churches plays some institutional game that is about rules and worship — and does not imply the importance of community and the focus of love in their community (as long as they do the Christian things that's goodAs it is, most churches plays some institutional game that is about rules and worship — and does not imply the importance of community and the focus of love in their community (as long as they do the Christian things that's goodas long as they do the Christian things that's goodas they do the Christian things that's good).

The Rev. David L. Norgard, who is openly gay and is chairman of the national church's Standing Commission on Evangelism, says, «I'm thoroughly convinced, and hold it as a point of faith, that in the long run people are turned off by a church that excludes.»

Today, you can feel free to speak of the equality of blacks, but even not so long as a century ago you'd have been kicked out of many churches for even daring to say something like that, and there are most likely still churches that would kick you out.

As long as you don't go claiming after performing the baptism that I am officially a member of the FSM church, it would be a non-issue for mAs long as you don't go claiming after performing the baptism that I am officially a member of the FSM church, it would be a non-issue for mas you don't go claiming after performing the baptism that I am officially a member of the FSM church, it would be a non-issue for me.

And, as an active member of this church, I'm very glad we no longer practice polygamy.

«Over half of Christians say it is fine to play sport then, as long as they find other times to engage in church activity.

I have no issue with churches or christians as long as they don't try to use the government to impose their morals.

As long as the dynamics of the «Church leadership culture» stays the same, there will be no change any time sooAs long as the dynamics of the «Church leadership culture» stays the same, there will be no change any time sooas the dynamics of the «Church leadership culture» stays the same, there will be no change any time soon.

One in 10 Christians think sport is «an idol that many people worship in society today» and more than half said it's okay to play sport on a Sunday, so long as they're engaged in their churches at other times during the week.

This task is very similar to the one that was imposed upon Christians since the Enlightenment, and to which the Second Vatican Council, as the fruit of long and difficult research, found real solutions for the Catholic Church. . . .

You know, as a Missionary Baptist (and not of Eddie Long's so called churches) I couldn't agree with you more.

PS - I am a Catholic and religious person... and as a family member of two abuse victims I will no longer go to church.