Sentences with phrase «of praying in public»

Should Christians make a show of praying in public?

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If you believe at all that Christ was the son of God and came to save the world, you are a Christian, even if you don't pray a specifically worded and ho ll ow prayer that affirms publicly that you are «born - again» in Jesus» blood — which in itself is sad is tic and doesn't ensure that the person doing the public profession of faith actually believes or will suddenly become so changed that they will lead a better life.

Folks like you want to take away the right of people to pray in public.

I don't minimize the importance of his insights on the role of religion in the public square, but I suspect his greatest and most enduring legacy will lie in his contribution to the unity of the Church, for which he fervently prayed.

The Bible teaches the hypocrisy in men that prayed in public to get the public's attention and to seem wise in front of their eyes.

Freedom of speech ends just short of yelling fire in a public movie theater and praying out load in an airplane cabin.

Jesus, in the Book of Matthew, advised us to pray in private, to avoid making a big public show of piety that He called hypocritical.

Of course the other bible edict stating to pray in public is a big ol' Class A sin that won't hand you the remote to open the Pearly Gates... is breached each miserable Sunday you show up to fawn at the foot of some podium pounding bible pimOf course the other bible edict stating to pray in public is a big ol' Class A sin that won't hand you the remote to open the Pearly Gates... is breached each miserable Sunday you show up to fawn at the foot of some podium pounding bible pimof some podium pounding bible pimp.

The word Diwali itself means «festival of lamps», because houses and public spaces are decorated with scores of small oil lamps in honor of the goddess Lakshmi, to whom Hindus pray to for success and wealth.

I would ask people what this meant, all this praying «to» or «in front of» statues in homes, temples and public spaces.

Especially, if belief in Santa was affecting their behavior — like demanding that my kids pray to Santa in the public schools, and that certain people's rights must be curtailed because of their belief in Santa.

Or, most recently, you might have heard the rumor from Bryan Fischer, from Mike Hucakbee or a friend on Facebook, saying that God abandoned the children at Sandy Hook because, though children have every right to pray in public schools, those schools can not sponsor prayer events out of deference to religious freedom.

The virgin's recitation of the public prayer of the Church, even when prayed privately, unites her to the whole Body of Christ with whom she joins in the prayer of Christ to the Father in the Holy Spirit.

Prayed politics, then, permits our public lives to participate in the central mystery of Christianity: human / divine encounter.

As Town of Greece v. Galloway made its way through the courts, the town, represented by the Arizona - based (and faith - based) nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom, argued that the founders prayed in public, and members of the U.S. Congress continue to do so today.

The churches are full of hypocrites, Christ said to pray not in the synagogue as they hypocrites do they pray to be seen by men, and what is a synagogue but a public church??

Silliness would end if churches were not allowed to exist anymore, or people had to pray before the start of everyday in a public school or business.

For those that have prayer as part of your religious tradition that think it should be no big deal for atheists (or anyone else who don't want to pray in public) to play - act and pray anyway for the discount, what if the restaurant owner offered a discount for anyone that openly worshipped Satan?

And as for # 2 it is not do not pray in public ever, more to the point of do not pray for the sake of just beeing seen as in the next verse «for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking».

If folks like you believe that u have the right to pray wherever the heck you want to in public and ask for schools to observe holidays at your convenience, then the rest of us have the right to question this nonsense.

As far as you praying in public, there should be some sort of courtousy regarding that.

Today one is praying on the street openly at any time of day, then will come the day when they will start praying in building stairwells blocking the stairwell and then in public buses and trains blocking the walking path in them, as it exactly happens in India.

He also asked for people to pray for the safety of Christians during the festive period: «In Egypt the public holiday is Friday... so Friday is a very busy day so they've obviously chosen Friday for maximum impact.

If you pray in public, in the United States you open yourself up to ridicule, scorn, mockery, the object of jokes, funny looks.

I'm not saying Tebow is praying in public «just to be seen,» but we've confused proclaiming faith with displays of showmanship, (genuine or not).

Although this epiphany is a public revelation in our telling of the story, the words come intimately to the praying Jesus, not to an audience of eavesdroppers.

In public worship (there was, after all, no other legal option) he prayed with a congregation that used Cranmer's superbly crafted Book of Common Prayer and heard at these same services the Bishop's Bible (the immediate predecessor to the King James Authorized Version), echoes of both of which can be detected in the plays, and of course he was buried in Stratford's Trinity Church; while privately he probably held to the Old Religion throughout his life, as recent research is making increasingly evidenIn public worship (there was, after all, no other legal option) he prayed with a congregation that used Cranmer's superbly crafted Book of Common Prayer and heard at these same services the Bishop's Bible (the immediate predecessor to the King James Authorized Version), echoes of both of which can be detected in the plays, and of course he was buried in Stratford's Trinity Church; while privately he probably held to the Old Religion throughout his life, as recent research is making increasingly evidenin the plays, and of course he was buried in Stratford's Trinity Church; while privately he probably held to the Old Religion throughout his life, as recent research is making increasingly evidenin Stratford's Trinity Church; while privately he probably held to the Old Religion throughout his life, as recent research is making increasingly evident.

I'll bet he prays that the US will become a theocracy, execute or oust all unbelievers, murder every gay person, force all women to give up contraceptives and become chattel, and insti t ute the teaching of creationism and intelligent design along with forced prayer in the public schools.

not what the founding fathers intended... especially in light of places like England in those times who say that you have to be a Catholic to be considered English... we have FREEDOM to PRACTICE our religion here... I have FREEDOM to pray in a PUBLIC place... ANYTIME I want to pray...

Rescue workers took comfort in this remnant of the building structure and they prayed to it as a religious object.But there is a difference between displaying an artifact of historical significance and saying we want you [the public] to bless it — museum goers understand that distinction»...

«Laying aside all personal interests, we pray for guidance in our deliberations, that we may conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom and humility, for the public welfare and peace of New Zealand.

The remainder of this book will be given to further and detailed development of the definition just suggested, to the ways in which we may pray in words and in thought, to the place of prayer in public worship and above all in the Holy Communion or Lord's Supper — which all Christians save the Quakers and the Salvation Army know to be the central act of public worship, however much they may sometimes slight that importance in church practice — and finally to see how it all «fits in» — how faith and action are related to, and find fulfillment in, prayer both private and public.

It had been customary to pray or to read the Bible in public schools in many states throughout the Union from the founding days of the nation.

What is more, they can be greatly helped if they see that this is indeed the chief stress in public prayer or church worship, so that such social praying is undertaken by a family of God's children addressing a loving Father (who makes demands upon them, to be sure, but who is no hateful dictator nor absentee ruler nor moral tyrant, but genuinely concerned for their best development as his children), rather than a kind of law - court or imperial audience with a terrifying deity.

Churches that pray for the specific needs of churches from other denominations in public worship and know the specific needs of other churches.

I'm liberal, and atheist, but in occasions such as this, I will still bow my head at public events for prayers and whatnot, not that I'm praying, but out of respect for the beliefs of those around me.

Just as a Muslim person may wish to wear a certain item of clothing in public or stop to pray at a given time of the day... or a Jew may wish to wear a Star of David or yarmulke and offer prayer while dining... they are not forcing their religions upon anyone, but expressing their personal beliefs.

Jesus actually (well, allegedly) said to pray and fast in private, and said not to make a public spectacle of yourself.

Unless it comes down to trying to force kids in public school to pray today I don't think it's that big of a deal.

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«I'm thankful for this reversal and pray for the day soon when abortion providers would not operate on any cent of public money,» Moore said in written comments for Baptist Press.

For right now, the «standard» religious symbolism of Christian images, the ones that believers pray before and use within their worship, really don't have any place decorating public places in America because their presence there only serves to mark them as places of worship too.

In the present book I have spoken only incidentally of the «case» for prayer; my purpose here is to make suggestions about the actual practice of prayer, including the question of its effectiveness, the various kinds of praying in which we may engage, the significant exercise of private prayer and of public prayer, the way in which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itselIn the present book I have spoken only incidentally of the «case» for prayer; my purpose here is to make suggestions about the actual practice of prayer, including the question of its effectiveness, the various kinds of praying in which we may engage, the significant exercise of private prayer and of public prayer, the way in which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itselin which we may engage, the significant exercise of private prayer and of public prayer, the way in which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itselin which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itselin the total context of Christian faith itself.

The expression of this dimension of prayer, that we pray together with the whole people of God, is brought to articulation in the liturgy, in the public prayer of the gathered community.

It's odd that they find so many folks to demonize because of arcane biblical passages yet continue to pray in public despite the pointed criticism of such actions by their Creator.

But this is a far cry indeed from the public controversies that our current epidemic of so - called realist atheism has given rise to, such as whether it is permissible to pray or celebrate Christmas in schools and other public institutions, or to grant government support of one kind or another to private religious education.

Most certainly my bags don't touch the floor in public places, like restaurants and oh my goodness, the ladies who put their bags on the floor of public restrooms — I pray for you.

In a fresh motion on notice brought to the court on wednesday, the government prayed the court for an order to shield the identities of the witnesses and that the record of proceedings not to be made accessible to the public.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor, who prayed for safe return of the President, said «Nigerians deserve to know where exactly their president is spending his vacation».