Sentences with phrase «other holy days»

The Claimant chef working in the respondent's delicatessen was a devout Catholic and his faith required him to abstain from work on Sundays and other holy days.

As with the Passover, these other holy days were holidays on which the people made a pilgrimage to Yahweh's sanctuary (v. 16).

That is not always true, I have three soccer players and games have been scheduled many times on Sunday as well as other Holy days.

The Communist Manifesto, Mein Kempf and Happy Halloween Charley Brown are also quite clear.So who are we to believe?That bible of yours means nothing except that through the ages a bunch of liars for their own purposes edited and re-edited a work of fiction so that morons would fill the coffers of their churches every Sunday, Saturday or other holy day they proclaimed.Now we all have to listen to this nonsense.Enough is enough!

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Another day, another holy day, and another day for people to feel the need to demean other's beliefs here on the CNN message boards.

The Roman Emperor Aurelian blended Saturnalia with a number of birth celebrations of savior Gods from other religions, into a single holy day: DEC - 25.

I would suggest that on this holy day you all put aside your hatred and respect others with differing beliefs..

If you had the intellect to go back to the 1600 s when the kj bible was translated into the English of that era you would find that people greeted others at this time of year, have a happy holy day.

Why would anyone look for an honest account of Christianity from CNN, even on it's holiest day; it's clearly one of the most hostile toward Christianity, not Islam, not Scientology, or any other.

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It contained this gem: «The other day we saw a kid at church, in a semi-trance, going down the aisle to Holy....

Then again perhaps it is indeed «a latter day reformation driven by none other than the Holy Spirit,» intended to put new life into something that has strayed from its intended purpose.

If many, many people are deserting the institutional church as Jeremy Myers claims, perhaps this is not disobedience to a command but a latter day reformation driven by none other than the Holy Spirit.

(Jeremiah 8:11) I tried to sing O Holy Night the other day.

The disciples were thrust out to witness to others after the Holy Spirit came on that first Pentecost day.

Jeremy before the Gospel was preached in New Zealand my people the maori people already had many gods and lived under there own type of spiritual law.They had rituals to keep themselves holy or pure but was by works.They also believed that there was one supreme God who was above all other Gods and his name was eo.So when the Missionaries came they understood the message of a supreme God and the way to know him was through his son over 60 % of maori people accepted the Gospel.It was bigger revival than the welsh revival in terms of percentage of population the welsh revival was only 10 % of the population of wales and that was considered a large revival in its day the new zealand revival was in the years 1820 - 1840.

The Holy Prophet (SAW), Also said to communicate to others even if you listen One Verse (Ayaah) & this one verse will stand on the Day of Judgment for intercession

If one has a good conscience and see's these kind of HOLY DaYs as sin should you convince him to do the other?

[In thousands (175,440 represents 175,440,000)--------- Total Christian --------- 173,402 Catholic --------- 57,199 Baptist --------- 36,148 Protestant - no denomination supplied --------- 5,187 Methodist / Wesleyan --------- 11,366 Lutheran --------- 8,674 Christian - no denomination supplied --------- 16,834 Presbyterian --------- 4,723 Pentecostal / Charismatic --------- 5,416 Episcopalian / Anglican --------- 2,405 Mormon / Latter - Day Saints --------- 3,158 Churches of Christ --------- 1,921 Jehovah's Witness --------- 1,914 Seventh - Day Adventist --------- 938 Assemblies of God --------- 810 Holiness / Holy --------- 352 Congregational / United Church of Christ --------- 736 Church of the Nazarene --------- 358 Church of God --------- 663 Orthodox (Eastern)--------- 824 Evangelical / Born Again \ 2 --------- 2,154 Mennonite --------- 438 Christian Science --------- 339 Church of the Brethren --------- 231 Nondenominational \ 2 --------- 8,032 Disciples of Christ --------- 263 Reformed / Dutch Reform --------- 206 Apostolic / New Apostolic --------- 970 Quaker --------- 130 Full Gospel --------- 67 Christian Reform --------- 381 Foursquare Gospel --------- 116 Fundamentalist \ 2 --------- 69 Salvation Army --------- 70 Independent Christian Church --------- 86 --------- Total other religions --------- 8,796 Jewish --------- 2,680 Muslim --------- 1,349 Buddhist --------- 1,189 Unitarian / Universalist --------- 586 Hindu --------- 582 Native American --------- 186 Scientologist --------- 25 Baha'I --------- 49 Taoist --------- 56 New Age --------- 15 Eckankar --------- 30 Rastafarian --------- 56 Sikh --------- 78 Wiccan --------- 342 Deity --------- 32 Druid --------- 29 Santeria --------- 3 Pagan --------- 340 Spiritualist --------- 426 Other unclassified --------- 735 --------- No religion specified, total --------- 34,169 Atheist --------- 1,621 Agnostic --------- 1,985 Humanist --------- 90 Secular --------- 34 Ethical Culture --------- 11 No religion --------- 30,427 --------- Refused to reply to question --------- 1other religions --------- 8,796 Jewish --------- 2,680 Muslim --------- 1,349 Buddhist --------- 1,189 Unitarian / Universalist --------- 586 Hindu --------- 582 Native American --------- 186 Scientologist --------- 25 Baha'I --------- 49 Taoist --------- 56 New Age --------- 15 Eckankar --------- 30 Rastafarian --------- 56 Sikh --------- 78 Wiccan --------- 342 Deity --------- 32 Druid --------- 29 Santeria --------- 3 Pagan --------- 340 Spiritualist --------- 426 Other unclassified --------- 735 --------- No religion specified, total --------- 34,169 Atheist --------- 1,621 Agnostic --------- 1,985 Humanist --------- 90 Secular --------- 34 Ethical Culture --------- 11 No religion --------- 30,427 --------- Refused to reply to question --------- 1Other unclassified --------- 735 --------- No religion specified, total --------- 34,169 Atheist --------- 1,621 Agnostic --------- 1,985 Humanist --------- 90 Secular --------- 34 Ethical Culture --------- 11 No religion --------- 30,427 --------- Refused to reply to question --------- 11,815

Oh, I wanted to thank you for your post a few days ago where you noted Jesus message on the Golden rule was kindness in contrast to the other negative presentations of the same rule from all other holy books.

I guess we should just close schools because if public schools begin to observe muslim holidays, then public schools would have to observe all other religion's holy days — Judaism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Asatru, Pastafarianism.

Currently certain cities and towns give holidays for Rosh - Hashanah and Yom Kippur — Jewish High Holy Days — and other towns do not.

While the basic structure and words of the core components of the liturgy do not change from Sunday to Sunday, there are changes in other texts, particularly the various readings from Holy Scripture appointed for every Sunday and festival day, that give the various times in the Church Year their unique emphases and nuances.

Rick i struggled for over 20 years as a christian in the end i said whats the point of struggling i feel powerless and useless so i gave in to sin that did nt work either but i was so sick of struggling and seeing the same results i became more miserable and even more powerless in my struggle with sin.I decided one day no more enough was enough i needed to get my life back in order.That was years ago and it was a process over 5 years that God dealt with all those things in my life that needed fixing most days i just said to him Lord i cant do this i just do nt have the strength and he said thats okay you cant do it anyway just trust me.So now now i l know what it means to be an overcomer in Christ sin does not have the victory over me anymore because Jesus is my strength in my weakness.I know i cant live a christian life in my strength but i certainly can with Christ in me he is my strength and in him i am an overcomer.If this is speaking to others just want to let you know that you to can be an overcomer you do nt have to struggle or battle with your walk or feel miserable because you give in to sin there is a better way.Just admit that you cant do it and ask for his help for the holy spirit is in you and he is the one who helps us in our weakness.regards brentnz

Noni and all those who find themselves ostracised or slandered unfairly firstly God loves you and you are special to him you are his children his daughters and sons do nt ever forget that so you are not alone in fact you are the apple of his eye and he loves you.No matter what people say about you it does nt change the fact that he loves you and will protect you just abide in him he will strengthen you in your weakness.Never think you are alone we have the holy spirit and have other believers even though we may not go to church together we love the Lord just as much as you do which means we are brothers and sisters in Christ.Just trust him and take each day as it comes he promises to never leave us or forsake us.He has given us his strength in our weakness so that like him we are overcomers the head not the tail.Keep asking the Lord what it is he wants you to do and be obedient though it may be hard but in the end it will prove good for you for the Lord is for you not against you.regards brentnz

(Since the above was written a month ago, the U.S. - NATO forces have been bombing and bombing, with, despite the pleas of John Paul II and others, no surcease for the three most holy days of the Christian year.

There is no one day that is more special or holy than any other day for the Christian.

But in the mornings, I want to write about the gloriousness of the mundane life, the wonder of all of us walking each other home for another day, the holiness of how we all save each other, every day, we are sacred in our daily rhythms, this is the life we're living and it's right now, and so put the coffee on, there is grace for all of us, there is something holy in just waking up to start all over again, new.

So when we talk about selling what we possess and giving to the poor, we are talking about a daily possibility — unless, of course, we take up the beggar's bowl like the holy men of India and live day by day from what others will give us.

The other thought i had on this is that if we follow Jesus he will make us fishers of men we need guidance by the holy spirit to lead us to the right people to share our faith.I can still remember those days of people preaching in the streets I am not certain whether that method was effective.

In marriage, a couple who receive Holy Communion regularly drink deeply from that source of sacrificial love: they renew once again their desire to give themselves to God through each other and the spiritual food they eat gives them the strength and the will to die to themselves every day and give themselves utterly and irrevocably to their spouse.

I have christian friends from other churchs and there women do these things and they do it because that is how they interpret the word.Its optional and not inforced by the church or by there husbands.They do it as an act of worship to the Lord.The point is how you interpret the word that was what i was getting at as we know the word is the inspired word of God to understand it we need the inspiration of the holy spirit otherwise the word is dead and brings no life.In the case of mother etta she was called to preach and God used her as an evengelist in her day her ministry grew she witnessed to thousands she healed the sick and saved the lost you can argue over a point but the proof is there that God uses women just as he uses men in ministry today.

The Holy Spirit came upon that small Jerusalem community on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 1 - 39), in order that through them and through others who were to believe in Christ through their word (John 17: 20), the world may be healed and redeemed.

1 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me 2 - Thou shalt not make a graven image 3 - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain 4 - Thou shalt remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy 5 - Thou shalt honor thy Father and thy Mother 6 - Thou shalt not murder 7 - Thou shalt not commit adultery 8 - Thou shalt not steal 9 - Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor 10 - Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's house, or his car, or his wife, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor

On the other hand, some groups have been suspicious of Sabbatarianism so strict that it might seem legalistic («If anywhere the day is made holy for the mere day's sake, then I order you to work on it, to ride on it, to feast on it, to do anything to remove this reproach from Christian liberty,» Martin Luther declared) or have emphasized, like the Quakers, that all time is holy with God.

As late as Jeremiah's time, exile from the Holy Land was popularly interpreted as forcing the worship of strange deities — «Therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night.»

The faithful announced that this was a reenactment of the New Testament Day of Pentecost: «All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them ability» (Acts 2:4).

The seventh day is to be kept holy, that is, it is to be set apart from the other days although «remembered» through all days.

With regard to public services there was a good deal of flexibility: «Holy days such as Sunday shall be observed and as many others as the respective pastors have been accustomed to observe... Some sing Mass in German, some in Latin, either of which is permissible.»

I was reading that portion of Scripture the other day, David, where Jesus spoke of the only sin unforgiven being blasphemy of the Holy Ghost.

Similar disclaimers came from moderates following other SBC actions — its boycott of Disney, its publishing of prayer guides targeting Jews, Muslims and Hindus for conversion on their holy days, and its adoption of a faith statement saying that women should not be pastors and that wives should graciously submit to the servant leadership of their husbands.

Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation in the Catholic liturgical calender, as Christmas, Easter, and several other days are.

As soon as Augustine calls this young man his «dear friend,» he takes it back: «But he was not in those early days [of childhood], nor even in this later time, a friend in the true meaning of friendship, because there can be no true friendship unless those who cling to each other are welded together by you [God] in that love which is spread throughout our hearts by the holy spirit which is given to us.»

He has only two home runs, was on the disabled list for six weeks, now plays every other day and doesn't always go nine innings, but Mark McGwire is still the most productive of this season's holy trinity of injured superstars.

Other residents said the timing of the public hearing made it difficult for some residents to attend: the hearing began at 4:30 p.m. on a weeknight just before Yom Kippur, a Jewish holy day.

At a refugee camp called Faneromeni in northern Greece last December, Shingali, his sisters, and 20 other Yezidi families were preparing for a holy day in a crumbling two - story building surrounded by industrial lots and dormant potato fields.

Due to the Jewish holy days, we have been eating lots of meat and I miss other foods.

Oh my folks, I had the ultimate «holy guacamole» experience the other day as I saw the most parisian chic lady working a pale blush pink and orange combo.

The other day I floated the proposition that tenure reform, not choice, is the «Holy Grail» of education reform.

So can I suggest that your «holier than thou» comments are typical of a clearly self satisfied smug individual who has not been in a similar situation day after day as a result of others of the same ilk who feel theirs is the God given right to «police» the speed on motorways by driving in as obstructive a manner as possible.