Sentences with phrase «on big churches»

Hopefully the ideas of this video go viral in the hearts and minds of people and the doors close on big churches forever...

So our identity is not based on winning, or losing, on a big church, or a small church.

Not exact matches

Do you think the church is falling behind in meeting some of these big questions head on?

Have the JPL scientists get jobs at his church as deacons, then have them hand out DVD's on evolution and the Big Bang theory after Sunday service and then see how accepting and open minded they are (G).

how bout everyone joins reality and stops going to church to play make - believe - time, lets give political credibility to the biggest scam artist on the planet.

While you are at it our great government spent billions on Katrina clean up yet 96 % of the real work came from charitable organizations and yes churchs were the biggest releif and work force present.

Now with these bigger churches and folks not needing to hitch up ole «bessie to the wagon in Little House on the Prairie fashion, to get the family to the local church....

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.

All those things are worthwhile and good goals, but looking around my church at the twentysomethings who are making a lot of big life decisions, rarely do I see an example of a young millennial who has gone the traditional route of a four - year college degree to find themselves in a cubicle on the 11th floor — or at least who are happy being there.

Jesus didn't demand people to build big churches to fill up with people on a given day.

poor this rich that church here politics there why argue about church an politics its the same funny how people loose there jobs but churches an politicians pockets keep getting bigger but nobodys crying about bet that new guchi shirt impressed the preachers wife you wore on sunday but you argue for the poor, ol lutz says 25 k die a day well then why worry about charitys they collect 10,25 % just like churches an line thier pockets, so why argeu you stoopid sheep

People just remember, over the1000yrs so many men wrote and rewrote the bible that it is not truly the original bible.Every one who wrote the bible put in there own thoughts.Plus people who are overly two religious are really the true (SINNERS) Forcing there own views on others.Plus its all for money any way to collect from the poor two build bigger and bigger churches.

The Church of England team has one practice game on Wednesday before the big match and its captain, Rev Jez Barnes from St Stephen's in Twickenham, is quietly confident.

James Carne who works at CAP Job Clubs UK believes churches have an obligation to continue to help those finding it hard to get work, speaking on Premier's «News Hour», he said: «There is still a big gap in terms of opportunities or help for people who are seeking work.

We don't always get it right as church leaders, we don't always get it right as parents, but the big picture is as a family we're on this journey together — we've been called as a family to do this.

They will only put a bigger guilt - trip on you and will call into question your commitment to God and to His church.

Before the big family gathering on Christmas Eve, we attended an area church service.

One of the big dangers faced by the Western church is that we stop relying fully on the risen Christ for everything we need.

I used to be catholic I believed in God as a kid but when I grew older I turned my back on God have not even been to church in 5 to 6 years now could this be a sign or is it a allusion I am making into a big deal which really ai nt that big of a deal maybe I gone insane I don't know I don't want to sound like I'm bragging to seek attention for this which I am not I am simply just looking for some insight on why this has occurred to me.

On Erik's big day, family, Sunday school teachers and neighbors joined him at church.

He said: «The Church of Scotland has been on a journey for the last ten years but I think this will be in one sense another step on the road but also quite a big step.»

I was brought up in a church that were big on telling me to deny myself, not deny temptations, but to deny self....

I am not sure if I mentioned in my post about the Acts 29 conference I went to, but my biggest ache on that day was that all these men were going out to plant churches, and they were all Lordship / Calvinistic.

And while we arc on the subject of mothers, I think we in the church need to be reminded of what many detractors somehow talked us into forgetting: that any minister worth his or her salt has got to be a big mama.

God bless you Pastor Joel, you heard the church called winners chapel international, the main church is found in Ota Nigeria, and the church auditorium is the biggest in the world a capacity of 50,000 and only a Sunday's service about 200,000 people gather in the church and once in a month on Sundays take holy communion for all 200,000 people.

When was the last time anyone gave a plenary address at a big Evangelical conference on the importance of infant baptism for the well - being of the church?

«There's pros and cons of a big church,»... the pro's are you get to make millions on theater of the mind bull....

I always long for liturgy on the big days like this, I want the big church - y words and communion and prayers, the same every year.

The Holocaust is simply the biggest club available for liberal Catholics to use against traditional Catholic teaching — especially on issues relating to sexuality, including abortion, contraception, celibacy, and the role of women in the Church».

After serving on the pastoral staff of one of the most progressive evangelical churches in the country, Brian and his wife Carrie took a big step of faith and returned to Dayton to launch The Mission — a new community of Christ - followers committed to loving God and loving people.

Pope Benedict XVI discusses some of the biggest issues facing the Catholic church in a book of interviews being released Tuesday - a book that has already caused controversy over his remarks on condoms.

What surprised me on this trip was that at every single event, one or two people would pull me aside and ask how I kept from getting discouraged by those big numbers that Mark Driscoll, and pastors like him, are always bragging about — the 10 million downloads, the enormous church planting network, the packed - out services, the hundreds of thousands of blog visitors.

THen on Sunday you go to the «big» church, and it is filled to capacity, and there is no end in sight and no plan visible to either plant a church or expand the facilities.

Mantel's memoir, like the novels, is thick with smoldering grievances: against teachers («I don't know if there is a case on record of a child of seven murdering a schoolteacher, but I think there ought to be»); adults generally («In Hadfield, as everywhere in history of the world, violence without justification or apology was meted out by big people to small»); and above all, against the Catholic Church, which stood in judgment on her mother when Mantel was a child.

I don't want to go on and on about this but over the years I have observed that one of the biggest causes of ridiculous antics in the church and the rise of various cults has been people running away with ideas about eschatological events which are nothing more than pure imagination.

Social justice causes, candles in worship services, v - necks and big neck tattoos on worship leaders, screenings of PT Anderson films at church, heavy use of Helvetica font in church bulletins, bald pastors who always wear black clothes from Banana Republic, beer at church barbecues, a renewed interest in corporately reading ancient creeds or prayers, Nooma videos, Sufjan Stevens and everything related to Sufjan Stevens.

I used to attend a big church in the lower mainland and finally after my calling took place I was allowed to preach for a total of 7 minutes on the pulpit.

The first thing people see when they walk into our church is the word «love» spelt out in big lights (see photo on p33).

The main problems at Corinth were not those of Jew - Gentile relations, but those likely to arise in any big worldly city — sexual looseness, emotional excesses, church factions and quarrels extending even to a serious attack on Paul's own leadership.

Church buildings are usually the biggest expense, but this principle could be applied to anything the church spends money on, from pastoral salaries to office supChurch buildings are usually the biggest expense, but this principle could be applied to anything the church spends money on, from pastoral salaries to office supchurch spends money on, from pastoral salaries to office supplies.

My American youth pastor had a big impact on my life and when he left, I became a youth leader and carried responsibility for ministry in the wider church.

On and on it goes until you are as sick of it as you were with the bigger regular church meetinOn and on it goes until you are as sick of it as you were with the bigger regular church meetinon it goes until you are as sick of it as you were with the bigger regular church meeting.

It seems most books on church health focus on the big and popular churches, forgetting that about 90 % of American churches have 100 people or less.

In Roland Allen's excellent book on missions, The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church, he tells the story of a Sioux Indian chief named Big Hunter who wished to become a Christian.

sorry got a little off track we as believers are screwwing up big time we are using His word, Big and HUGE uncool thing, we are still normal, we all fall short of the glory of God, So because of this deception or lack of the proper teaching of the way of the cross we have a huge on set of actual so called Christians that cant even get along, and tell me this dosent exist in the muslim home or what ever cult mindset you are following and that includes the Christian church if they are more consirned with getting you in and keeping you there then setting you FRbig time we are using His word, Big and HUGE uncool thing, we are still normal, we all fall short of the glory of God, So because of this deception or lack of the proper teaching of the way of the cross we have a huge on set of actual so called Christians that cant even get along, and tell me this dosent exist in the muslim home or what ever cult mindset you are following and that includes the Christian church if they are more consirned with getting you in and keeping you there then setting you FRBig and HUGE uncool thing, we are still normal, we all fall short of the glory of God, So because of this deception or lack of the proper teaching of the way of the cross we have a huge on set of actual so called Christians that cant even get along, and tell me this dosent exist in the muslim home or what ever cult mindset you are following and that includes the Christian church if they are more consirned with getting you in and keeping you there then setting you FREE!

Right in his own church, no matter where it is or what kind of members it has, every minister has a big job on his hands of getting reconciling going.

all I can think of today is what I saw in yesterday's news, about the former paratrooper turned preacher at an Independent Fundamental Baptist church just outside Ft. Bragg, N.C., that told his congregation they should break their sons» wrists if they catch them doing the «limp wrist», or give him a good punch... and all the kids that have committed suicide because other kids have picked up on messages like this and bullied them till they couldn't stand it anymore... we are the only bible some folks will ever read, and if they get this kind of message, well, who'd want to be with a group of people where you are grudgingly tolerated, if not outright hated, and all this in Jesus» name... it also says that the churches will do just about anything to keep people obedient and unquestioning, so they will continue to give, and so the big donors will continue to give, so that the doors at Monster Megachurch can be kept open, and the lights on... David, this is one of your «less is more» toons here... a minimum of elements that says so much....

The survey of 20,000 people, conducted on mobile phones across 11 nations, also exposed big divisions among Africans about the future direction of the church, including faith, homosexuality and race.

In this, her second book on marriage during a career in Adult Religious Education in the Diocese of East Anglia, Anita Dowsing seeks to bite a very big bullet indeed: the gap between the Church's teaching on key aspects of marriage and the actual beliefs and practice of many lay Catholics today.

The Catholic Church is big on symbols and, sometimes, puts too much focus on those symbols and practices than on the core tents of its faith.