Sentences with phrase «nowhere near the church»

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My contention is that this places Ivan's sensibility much nearer to the authentic vision of the New Testament than are many of the more pious and conventional forms of Christian conviction today The gospel of the ancient church was always one of rebellion against those principalities and powers — death chief among them — that enslave and torment creation; nowhere does the New Testament rationalize evil or accord it necessity or treat it as part of the necessary fabric of God's world.

I firmly believe that nowhere near enough Christians / church - goers even know it exists, let along have read it!

This saying seems a bit hard for me to fathom, but I venture to think that Paul is saying to the church that «correct» knowledge of literal versus figurative is nowhere near as important love for our fellow believers.

anyhow, in my view there's nowhere near enough anger, distain, discontent or frustration in our churches... those are just a few of the reasons why i think churches are so often insipid and generally pretty rubbish.

Although St. Joseph's was impressive from the outside and offered beautiful views over the city and to the St. Lawrence River, the inside was modern and nowhere near as intricate as the smaller churches in Montreal.

It's nowhere near as old as the churches back home, but they made it look fantastic — it definitely evokes that atmosphere.