Sentences with phrase «out little church»

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So long as nobody was hurt seriousl, little fun is OK like the crane had a falling out with the church.

The little old lady the gives out hugs at church The sunset that takes your breath away The person that tells you that he appreciates you The lady that brings your family dinner because you are tending to a sick child The friend that prays with you and cries with you when someone you love lies dying.

So the lay need to either be good little sheep or GET OUT OF THE CHURCH Not so.

In short, the Church criticizing Republicans for not caring enough about the poor (which I agree with) is a little like the biblical «man with a log in his eye pointing out someone else's splinter» scenario.

That might be an accurate portrayal of many church leaders, but it's true to say that there is little place on screen for charismatic, spirit - filled, visionary leaders who are out to change the world.

The little group suffered years of massacre, rape, and pillaging during the Catholic Church's attempt to stomp it out.

Why does the church keep pouring out its little cup of water into the West Bank, Sudan and other desperate places of the world where hope has run dry?

Any real faith (meaning the kind that actually does move mountains) died out of the «Christian Church» when the Bible was canonized, with little exception, and most of the exceptions were exterminated.

Kekes» example of religiously inspired atrocities is the thirteenth - century Catholic Church's crusade against the Cathars, which wiped them out — along with many who had little or nothing to do with them.

The latter would stress the Christ of faith — perhaps the Christ of the Church's faith — and would feel that the historical life matters little in comparison to the salvation wrought out in the believer's faith.

On the issue of sacraments, which dominated much of the discussion (partly due to Leithart's firm insistence on the absolute necessity of weekly communion), Sanders said little, given his low - church Zwinglianism on the issue, Trueman admitted their importance but stressed the centrality of the Word, and Leithart camped out on his own more sociological De Lubacian sacramentology.

Having grown up in the conservative evangelical subculture that cast salvation as little more than a ticket out of hell that you cash in on Judgment Day, I've personally been enthralled and challenged by the emerging church's perspective on the Kingdom of God.

The author contrasts an ancient abbey with its traditions, history and rootedness, to the modern American megachurch without tradition, culture or weighted worship, to an ecological sound, modern, high - tech, all thought out community but where the state church seems of little consequence, yet in this latter place the gospel seemed to make more sense.

The woman has very little say since she is not allowed to ask a boy out or date in many of these courtship churches.

The catholic church keeps women out so little boys is what they get.

John Wesley worshipped one day in a little Moravian church in old London, and went out on fire to change the whole climate of English Christianity.

Church planting books are being cranked out like romance novels — lots of promises and passion, but little facts on what does and what doesn't help church plants suChurch planting books are being cranked out like romance novels — lots of promises and passion, but little facts on what does and what doesn't help church plants suchurch plants succeed.

Harriet Beecher Stowe sat in a little church in Brunswick, Maine, and deeply moved by the communion service envisioned the death of Uncle Tom and went out to write her influential book.

It whittles down your spirit, a little at a time, until one day you realize it's not you going to church anymore, but some ghost of you, some cardboard cutout you send out to maintain the status quo, to keep up appearances.

As it turns out, very little of the 51 % of the church budget for «missions» goes toward serving the poor and helping the needy in the community.

Then, God called my family out to plant a church with little resources and few people.

I did however experience two weeks ago at our worship gathering (what I call it cause we do very little serving so doesn't justify the name worship service I feel) and I talked about that church you posted about once — the one where the biker is involved and the pastor leading the church out into their community — and turned it on our congregation asking, what can we do in our community?

I wish I had some of those little round bread things they hand out in church, I'm hungry!

Even if those little copper books that have been in the news lately turn out to have something inscribed by the hand of Paul or Peter or John that warns the church to have no buildings, I doubt most groups would leave their buildings.

Don't tell me that some whacked - out crazy person shot my friend's little boy because God is punishing my country because Obama was re-elected, because abortion is legal, because gay marriage is legal in Connecticut, because church attendance is declining or because of whatever other reasons you and your political and religious cronies can imagine.

However, when we moved here we checked out lots of churches and could see very little difference between them in terms of focus.

The pastor is a young guy, and besides everyone asking me to come 8 times, I probably would if the people who were nicd to use there, would have had the same demeanor during the rest of the week They're a cute little church w / maybe 200 each service (they have 2 morning services) I tried to have her go to VBS, but they wanted the parents to go to a Bible study instead of with them, so I bowed out of that one.

That she leaves out the church is perhaps both an authorial oversight and an indication that churches have not shown enough concern about this issue — or, at least, have done too little to make their concern known.

That committee has produced lots of reports, they have pointed out many areas that the Church needs to be looking at, and yet very little has been done.

I'm there, too, though not because of any childhood church experiences... the town church in our little rural community had kicked my parents out long before I was born.

However, the CDF Note is a broadly conceived document that offers little to guide a specific parish or church group setting out its own Year ofFaith programme beyond recommending such general categories as prayer, catechetical events, opportunities for reflection on the Catechism and Vatican II documents, relevant homilies, focus upon the liturgy, especially the Eucharist, and evangelising activities.

The Protestant churches have moved out into areas of culture which have little or nothing in common with the culture of Western Europe.

«It wasn't protective enough for everybody,» Jordan toldHonolulu Magazine, later noting, «I'm not here to protect the big churches or the little churches, I'm saying we can't erode what's currently out there.

In another I suggested that, since it seemed likely that little could be done to bring about reconciliation — the other party had left the church — and since the church remained a source of pain because it had failed to minister when the crisis erupted, the person might consider making a fresh start in her Christian life by seeking out a congregation of another denomination.

Especially when the husbands are being told from their church each week that they get to make the final family decisions, it's their choice if they want to go hang out with the boy's a little longer, have another beer, come home late, and if their wife complains?

Although some free - church denominations have been ordaining women for over 100 years, they have done little to help place women in other than small, out - of - the - way and marginal pastorates.

As R. T. Gribbon points out, «We assume that congregational leadership is most commonly drawn from those to whom «belonging» in the congregation is most important; those persons understandably have difficulty understanding those church participants for whom «belonging» and church - related activity is of little importance» (When People Seek the Church [Alban Institute, 1982], pchurch participants for whom «belonging» and church - related activity is of little importance» (When People Seek the Church [Alban Institute, 1982], pchurch - related activity is of little importance» (When People Seek the Church [Alban Institute, 1982], pChurch [Alban Institute, 1982], p. 14).

The authors highlight Faith and Order while paying little attention to Life and Work... [The PP] operates out of a God - church - world paradigm: the church must get its act together in order to carry the message of wholeness and reconciliation to the world.

Education was passing out of the hands of the Church and millions were coming to maturity with little or no instruction in the Christian faith.

Perhaps if you took a little more time to look around David's blog and see exactly what he means by continuing to use this blog as a critique of what he sees as all wrong with religion and the church, you might have a little better picture of the heart for people that this flows out of.

This is about a church acting like a spoiled three year old yanking her toys out of the sandbox if she has to share with little Nancy from down the road..

I went to the Gay Christian Network's «Live It Out» conference in Chicago a little unsure of what to expect, a little perplexed that someone like me would be invited, and a little freaked out about what to say as a straight woman to a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Christians — many of whom have been severely wounded by the ChurOut» conference in Chicago a little unsure of what to expect, a little perplexed that someone like me would be invited, and a little freaked out about what to say as a straight woman to a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Christians — many of whom have been severely wounded by the Churout about what to say as a straight woman to a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Christians — many of whom have been severely wounded by the Church.

Maybe the American Christian church needs a little persecution to weed out false converts, who profess but give little more than lip service... Matthew 15:8

As noted, the majority of the audience of religious television programs are people who are already actively involved in a local church and there is therefore little empirical evidence to support the contention that religious programs on television are «draining people out of the local churches.»

1928 editorial from the Wall Street Journal, «What America needs today is not Government controls, industrial expansion, or a bumper corn crop; America needs to return to the day when grandpa took the team out of the field in the early afternoon on Wednesday in order to hitch them to the old spring wagon which grandma put all the children after she washed their faces shining clean; and they drove off to prayer meeting in the little white church at the crossroads underneath the oak trees, where everyone believed the Bible, trusted Christ, and loved one another.»

Many groups will consist of nonreligious as well as religious people, but all will function as little churches, with members coming together for refreshment and going out to serve.

Even if Barth, Bultmann and Tillich, beyond their notable impact on seminaries, had little influence on the temper of the universities and on the mood of the churches, might not evangelical Christianity, I wondered, break out of its evangelistic halter?

Many churches are snapping up boxfuls of a little book called The Kingdom Assignment, the story of pastor Denny Bellesi, who doled out $ 10,000 in $ 100 increments to church members one Sunday, with three requirements: The $ 100 belongs to God.

It is a conundrum to tease out why such evident devotion and implicit belief in what the Church teaches, should make the indigenous Catholics feel not a little uncomfortable.

Our little church actually would send out youth to their meetings.