Sentences with phrase «on particular church»

The model will depend on particular church polities, on the size and nature of the community in which the church is situated, and on the distinctive characteristics of the congregation itself.

I know folks who haven't decided on a particular church, denomination, or religion... but they most definitely believe in God.

Not exact matches

She cites John's emphasis on personal faith, de-emphasis of high offices, and prioritization of Christology as ways in which this particular gospel has deeply influenced low - church liturgical practices.

The trigger words are «resisting the Holy Spirit» — the ideology in this particular Church is based on outward signs of physical evidence of the Spirit of God, instead of the fruits of the Spirit, as proof of the Holy Spirit.

But for restless Catholics, in particular, the overpopulation scare was attractive — for if overpopulation were the problem, the solution was obvious: Tell the Church to lift the ban on birth control.

The Catholic Church has rejected criticism over plans to remove the cap on the number of children from one particular faith that a school can select.

They belong to organized churches that teach a particular point of view on the New Testament without taking the whole into consideration.

All Christians ever since, whether they are Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, or Free Church, have agreed on the central doctrinal statements expressed in this particular statement of faith.

The Church of England leaders used Matthew 11:28 - 30 to encourage people to lay their burdens on Jesus and said that sin is the heaviest of burdens and» is not a characteristic of a particular group of people», but the same for everyone.

This particular instance feels similar to many of the other great «Christian Controversies» of the past 15 years — Rob Bell with Love Wins, John McCarthur with his comments on the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement, Don Miller's blog about church.

There is a particular focus: Rays of Mercy on...» You, The Family, The Universal Church, Marriage etc.; and the transformation needed: «Healing from... «e.g. Unforgiveness to Forgiveness, followed by an opening quotation, usually from a papal document or address.

Familiaris Consortio presents a wholly compassionate yet objectively truthful account of the Magisterium of the Church's teachings on marriage and the family and in its introductory paragraph states: «In a particular way the Church addresses the young, who are beginning their journey towards marriage and family life, for the purpose of presenting them with new horizons, helping them to discover the beauty and grandeur of the vocation to love and the service of life.»

In the United States, where the Church experienced a particular problem with clerical abuse scandals during the 90s and early 00s, their Bishops Conference commissioned a Report on the causes and nature of clerical abuse by the John Jay Institute, an independent legal research group, called the John Jay Report.

To touch on everything that attributed to their specialness would make for an epically long comment, so I'll just touch on the basics (and I feel the need to add a disclaimer here: I am in no way implying these things apply to * every * Baptist church, just this particular one.)

In particular there are two points on which the Church today must be ready to speak plainly.

Another hatchet job by CNN on Christianity in general and the Catholic Church in particular.

Although the Church has preserved a tradition as a patron of the arts for more than a millennium, and the great mediaeval cathedrals in particular have portrayed Christianity through their paintings, sculptures, and perhaps especially their windows, Catholic teachers are now refocusing on literary, cultural and artistic beauty as a conscious resource for the transmission of the faith.

«The challenge», wrote Father Alexander Lucie - Smith in his Catholic Herald blog shortly after the Holy Father had announced his resignation, «will be in having to watch the airwaves fill with a whole load of people who are very marginal to Church life, and yet who will be invited to pontificate on all matters papal and religious, giving it their own particular slant, which they will advance as a mainstream view.»

Millennials in particular tend to start their search for anything — be it a church or an apartment or even a date — on the Internet, so if your site is difficult to navigate and embarrassingly out - of - date, they may not bother to come for a visit.

For example, the Church may forbid membership of a particular political party, secret society and so on.

On these grounds Matt.11.12 has a very strong claim to authenticity: it stands in the earliest stratum of this particular tradition and it reflects the attitude of Jesus to John rather than that of the early Church, to which he was at best the Forerunner (Mark 9.

It could be pointed out that the Church's magisterium can establish what are termed «dogmatic facts», that the Church can infallibly know that a particular human being is in heaven, and so on.

(14) Of particular interests here is the effect on perceptions of the church in the public sphere of recent news of clergy sexual misconduct.

We must also take a hard look at our own particular church culture: Are we professing to believe in original sin but really operating on romantic notions about inherent goodness?

The power to bind and loose, conferred on all the apostles jointly and to Peter in particular (Matthew 16:19) is seen in the Catechism of the Catholic Church as authority to absolve sins, to pronounce judgments on doctrine and to make decisions on Church discipline.

My only critique is that Cleveland didn't spend more time on this particular topic, which I believe is a pressing one in the Church today.

I judge that the greatest short circuit in the whole hookup of denominational and world church agitation for charitable mission lies in the failure to provide for the process of forming a convictional consensus on the part of church groups so that they own particular projects as their God - given task and opportunity.

In the final analysis, the churches» ability to teach the ethic of eco-justice to the public depends on the assessment we make of the religious and ethical significance of our public traditions — in particular, the civic tradition of participatory democracy.

It is not by any means the case with all christians, but some certainly have inadvertently and unknowingly (in most cases) placed church attendance / society / culture / leadership and a particular book (the Bible) on the same level as they God they claim to worship.

Throughout the essays are scattered references to everything from ozone depletion to recycling strategies to the effects of American pet shops on the population of parrots in New Guinea — and recommendations of particular courses of action: Aeschliman's commendation of conservancy strategies, for instance, through which churches purchase endangered land to ensure preservation.

In particular, Lutheran theologian O. Frederick Nolde, who represented the Federal Council of Churches and was the first director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), lobbied very effectively for inclusion of human rights in the UN Charter and for specific provisions in the Universal Declaration.

What the church should hang on to is not particular programs and institutions but the conviction that, in the meeting of any special need, there is a legitimate place for ministry as a cooperating dimension of service.

Whatever disciplining behavior may mean these days on the part of churches, there are no possible powers except exclusion from the particular group (which, in a heterogeneous society, is not being made a pariah) and possibly influencing public opinion.

In particular, there are two ways in which churches can serve to expand on the more traditional roles of mediator or advocate.

In particular, Ukrainian Catholics resent what they see as bullying and duplicity on the part of the Russian Orthodox Church, particularly the Moscow Patriarchate, topics frequently covered here at First Things.

The activity of the Church as a priesthood making intercession for all men, offering thanks and praise on behalf of all, now requires the minister's devoted leadership in a particular way.

The early Christian community was indeed a missionary community and the East Syrian church in particular was a church on fire with missionary zeal.

The first thing they did whenever they wished to stop at a particular place, was to erect a tabernacle or temple to their false god for the duration of the time they expected to stay there, and they built this temple in the middle of the site on which they had established themselves, the ark being placed upon an altar such as is used in a church, for the idol wished to imitate our religion in many ways, as we shall afterwards show.10

While I'm not quite sure the book deserves the «must - read» status advertised on its cover, I'm certain it will be interesting and useful to anyone wanting insight into life serving within the Church of England, and of particular help to those considering, training for or beginning ordained ministry.

Yet while eavesdropping on a campus tour for prospective students, I heard the guide explain that Duke is not affiliated with any particular church (it is affiliated with the United Methodist Church), that the statues at the entrance to Duke Chapel are of «important people from Duke's past» (the figures, which include Robert F. Lee, Girolamo Savonarola and, of course, John Wesley, have no direct ties to Duke) and that «anybody can come to worship that wants to, but nobody has to» (true enchurch (it is affiliated with the United Methodist Church), that the statues at the entrance to Duke Chapel are of «important people from Duke's past» (the figures, which include Robert F. Lee, Girolamo Savonarola and, of course, John Wesley, have no direct ties to Duke) and that «anybody can come to worship that wants to, but nobody has to» (true enChurch), that the statues at the entrance to Duke Chapel are of «important people from Duke's past» (the figures, which include Robert F. Lee, Girolamo Savonarola and, of course, John Wesley, have no direct ties to Duke) and that «anybody can come to worship that wants to, but nobody has to» (true enough).

I don't know what church you've been going to, but my minister goes to great pains before an election to not mention ANY candidate or particular ballot issue, but instead call on the congregation to read their scriptures (suggesting some references) and pray, pray, pray for God's guidance, as they get ready to cast their vote.

It might be the case on a particular issue, as the topic of women in the church is currently indicating, that traditionalists are the ones who have misinterpreted the Biblical posture.

Learning to Live in the Father's Affection by Wayne Jacobsen — During my years of self - imposed exile from the Church, particularly the institutions of church, I leaned heavily on Lifestream Ministries, in particular The God Journey podChurch, particularly the institutions of church, I leaned heavily on Lifestream Ministries, in particular The God Journey podchurch, I leaned heavily on Lifestream Ministries, in particular The God Journey podcasts.

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Pope Benedict XVI is on record as stating that he is convinced «that the crisis in the Church that we are experiencing today is to a great extent due to the disintegration of the liturgy» that began to be evident in particular countries following the Council.

I believe, on the contrary, that Paul's remarks are best understood in the light of a particular problem in the Corinthian church of this time, namely, women glossolalists who were causing disturbances in suggests, it may well be that, as Paul was trying to bring to a close this particular portion of his letter, new reports came to him of further commotion caused by overzealous charismatics who happened to be mainly women.

For many theologically literate people, the «place» of religious experience is a local church, a particular building on a particular street in a particular town.

Cobb also points out that «particular providence for particular occasions» (PR 351) leads not only to theoretical problems for theodicy, but to practical problems in the church, «because particular providence has often been appealed to as justification for many actions on the part of believers that are disruptive of the healthy life of the church» (TIP 14).

Similarly, clashes along the church - state boundary are shaped by the particular religious makeup of the region — as when the LDS Church attempted to regulate what could be said and distributed on the streets near Salt Lake City's Temple Square, or when a state judge in Alabama decided to display the Ten Commandments outside his courtchurch - state boundary are shaped by the particular religious makeup of the region — as when the LDS Church attempted to regulate what could be said and distributed on the streets near Salt Lake City's Temple Square, or when a state judge in Alabama decided to display the Ten Commandments outside his courtChurch attempted to regulate what could be said and distributed on the streets near Salt Lake City's Temple Square, or when a state judge in Alabama decided to display the Ten Commandments outside his courthouse.

On the contrary, there is no hint that a particular tomb received any special attention during the years when Jerusalem was the headquarters for the young Christian church.