Sentences with phrase «old church experience»

Nope, a retail giant analyst I am not, but what I do have I offer to you: regular old church experience.

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If their church experiences include liberal doses of being bullied, should we not suppose they may decide to have nothing to do with any church and perhaps even God once they are old enough to decide for themselves?

At an old job I had, a co-worker once told me about a church who expressed their concern for a student experiencing anxiety being on a mission trip.

The factors of chief importance in the development of this theology were: (a) the Old Testament — and Judaism --(b) the tradition of religious thought in the Hellenistic world, (c) the earliest Christian experience of Christ and conviction about his person, mission, and nature — this soon became the tradition of the faith or the «true doctrine» — and (d) the living, continuous, ongoing experience of Christ — only in theory to be distinguished from the preceding — in worship, in preaching, in teaching, in open proclamation and confession, as the manifestation of the present Spiritual Christ within his church.

Today we still speak of the cross only in the explicit language of the Church and religion; perhaps some pious old Christians may still use the expression for the experience of their own life.

Unfettered by older Pentecostal history and traditions, these new sects attract experience - hungry charismatics who long for fresh spiritual encounters and who often mistrust institutional church ties.

My husband was a Lutheran pastor David, a hopscotching ministry that started 30 years ago, evolved from industrial pastoring into a consulting career, returned to the ministry when my 24 - year - old daughter was killed, taking on two churches and undergoing some excruciating experiences.

The White House hopeful described her experience becoming a Christian as a 16 - year - old, when she said she walked into a church one day with some friends and felt called to the altar.

They will tell you that the drugs will «free your mind», that you are missing out on a new experience, that if you refuse you are being boring, that you are scared of your parents or conforming to the Church and its silly old rules... etc..

Although both «lungs» of the Church of the Christ have experienced the tuberculosis of iconoclasm (indeed, the very term «iconoclasm» comes from the struggle of the Greek Church against the attempts of a Greek emperor to ban icons), the Greek version of iconoclasm was much influenced not only by imperial fiat but also by the surrounding sea of Muslim culture, whereas the iconoclasm of Western Puritanism was born out of Calvin's reliance on Old Testament Law.

For example, the baby - boom generation, raised in the «60s and «70s, possesses experiences, values and approaches to belief and belonging that are very different from those of older church members.

There has been a loss of Sunday school fervor; the reluctance of volunteers to «teach forever» results in an ever - changing corps of teachers; there is an influx of new church members who have not experienced the Sunday school of old.

Further fall out from my decision to stop taking his abuse occurred as I was the music minister, and, if any of you've had experience in the church music ministry you may agree with me that the enemy — that old serpent — is heavily involved in wrecking havoc via the music ministry.

In the Old Testament he appeared as the Father, in the New Testament as the Son, and now, in the age of the church, we experience God as the Holy Spirit.

I have two different church experiences to relate to: One of an older, more traditional church.

All these older men of the church were experiencing, to a degree, exactly what I was experiencing, yet none felt the need to share that with each other.

The purpose of their study was to understand why these churches are growing young, countering the «growing old» effect most churches are experiencing.

Before that, I was in Ft. Smith Arkansas, where I had the pleasure of experiencing 1) the incredibly gracious congregation of First Presbyterian Church, Ft. Smith, which included several 80 + year - old - ladies who expressed interest in marrying Dan should I be open to a sister wife, 2) the famous, award - winning restrooms at the Ft. Smith airport (for real; they are ranked among the Top 10 Airport Bathrooms in the U.S.), 3) amazing conversation with a group women at Miss Anne's Pie Place.

Not surprisingly, problems arose for «innovative young pastors faced with traditional don't - change - anything older adults and new pastors in churches that had just experienced long - gratifying pastorates,» the study said.

i, and i've met many more besides just myself, frankly loathe most of the stuff that passes for music in the churches i've experienced (which are broad)... i love some of the old hymns or some new ones with a bit of content, but frankly most is pretty poor... i recognise this is just my opinion, but there in lies the problem, like i said, music is divisive... only churched kids really get the singing thing and half of them aren't bothered.

We've had the opposite experience, where we sent our older son to our church school for pre-school through first grade.

Experience Old Manila by foot and travel through Rizal Park; the Walled City of Intramuros; Fort Santiago; San Augustin, the country's oldest stone church; and Casa Manila before boarding a horse - drawn carriage and trotting off to Chinatown.

With your guide you will experience the colorful market, the ruins and old churches of Antigua Guatemala including La Merced, the cathedral, San Francisco along with the arch of Santa Catalina.

Experience the charm of old and the very best of modern facilities at our newly opened city centre apartment at Church Hill Rooms.

Renting a car and driving around the quaint and rustic mountain villages is also a rewarding cultural experience, as you'll encounter many old churches and friendly locals.

Mother of 20 year old son, daycare experience in college, nursery experience at church 2 - 3 year olds