Sentences with phrase «pastor as an authority»

In their mind, it's a pastor as an authority figure, preaching and teaching all the right things and maintaining the status quo.

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At the same time, conservative pastors and parachurch organizations alike urge fathers not to relinquish their parental authority and to set rules (such as supervising children's television - viewing and monitoring their whereabouts) to counter the morally negative aspects of the secular culture.

I am offended when human beings, such as Pastor Dan, believe they have some special authority to know who would go to hell if it existed.

Often if feels like most Protestants reject papal claims of authority but see their senior pastor as some divine prophet.

«In my faith community, popular women pastors such as Joyce Meyer were considered unbiblical for preaching from the pulpit in violation of the apostle Paul's restriction in 1 Timothy 2:12 («I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent»),

Other folks hold other pastors as their spiritual authority.

Authoritarian pastoring («You need to follow what I say because you're under my authority as your pastor») hides its «lording over» character in scriptural underpinnings.

Like the part about women - blaming and shaming combined with the pastor digging up offenses from the past, referencing an emotional distance he feels from us as we leave, citing his own pastoral involvement and authority in the decisions of our lives up to this point, threatening to talk to the pastor of the church we're visiting to share his «concerns,» and suggesting that I'm just a weak mess of emotions and that's why I can't handle the life - sucking horror that has become sundays at this church.

Any time your pastor (or you as the pastor) start to bring up some of the ideas and verses I have mentioned above as proof of authority and power, red flags should go up and alarm bells sound.

One can imagine Campbell's appalled reaction to the kind of authority exercised by megachurch pastors or denominational executives today» or to the fact that Baptists not only continue to call their ministers «Reverend» and «Doctor» but also have de facto bishops and even a so «called «college of cardinals,» as some moderate critics have dubbed conservative SBC leaders.

Submitting to the authority of scripture is very difficult for a lot of people - something I am sure you saw as a pastor.

I've found that in the past, when I've «submitted» (or tried to) to my pastor's leading, it undermined my own authority as a believer, and even made me 2nd guess.

there are several flaws in that — not the least of which is the definition of a pastor as an «authority» figure in a premodern / modern western context.

Woman should not be a pastor as she doesn't have spiritual authority over man.

Driscoll, who planted Mars Hill at the age of 25, said he should have spent a longer time «under godly, spiritual authority» before serving as a lead pastor.

The illusion of the conviction of the Holy Spirit... which is really an emotional response to something being very wrong and the turmoil experienced when these feelings contradict all you've been taught by the church and its Pastor, who has set him / herself up as the supreme anointed authority under God and is due utmost and unquestionable respect.

Such an awareness makes a difference in how pastors bear authority in the pulpit and in how pastorally sensitive they are in prophecy, for they are at one and the same time preaching to themselves as well as from themselves.

Men often feel threatened by the intellectual and authority roles of these women and by their ability as pastors, and therefore are reluctant to initiate or share a close relationship.

In taking this position I do of course raise a very old question in the doctrine of the ministry, the question of whether the minister's authority to preach the Word, administer sacraments, and act as pastor inheres in his office and ordination or whether it inheres in his person and is dependent upon his faith.

We call on the Cuban authorities to repeal the sentences against the pastor and his wife, and to allow him to continue his work as a church leader.»

We see the answer to why women can not hold the position or have the authority as a pastor.

Jeremy I agree its not about what we can do but all about what Jesus has done for us it is all about his grace not following mans laws or trying to please the pastor or the church.Be respectful for those in authority and show them Gods love work hard as for the Lord as you serve them and pray for them but do nt try and please them.We no longer follow the ways of the world we live to please the Lord and worship him not man because that is idolatory.Thats why religion does nt work we can do nothing to add to Gods grace.Grace is also not a licence to sin as some christians believe and God is not fooled if we do not repent and turn from our sin he does nt hear our prayers if the intents of our heart are wrong.God listens to the humble and the repentent sinner or saint.The journey in following Christ is about how much do we want to follow Jesus to discover the abundant life and richs in Christ we must fully give him all our hearts and serve him wholehearted out of thankfulness for his grace and mercy towards us.brentnz

Yes women who have the gift of Teaching via God the Holy Spirit can teach but they can not take on the clearly defined «Office» Position of Pastor as defined in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1:6, The Scripture is the first and final authority on what God has spoken, not the rhetorical babble of heretics who don't follow the word of God.

We need to separate ourselves more from the people, thus decreasing their demands upon us and maintaining our own authority as pastors;

On January 29, authorities also arrested on «corruption» charges CCC Chairman Li Guanzhong in Pujiang County, Zhejiang, who served as senior pastor of Puyang Christian Church in Jinhua.

In our day also, there is an awakening beginning to happen as some churches and pastors realize that the sole source of authority for all that they say and do is the Word of God; not popular opinion and community surveys.

«Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Church in Ireland, it is with great concern that I write to you as Pastor of the universal Church... For my part, considering the gravity of these offences, and the often inadequate response to them on the part of the ecclesiastical authorities in your country, I have decided to write this Pastoral Letter to express my closeness to you and to propose a path of healing, renewal and reparation.»

Regarding the Curia, the Second Vatican Council taught as follows: «In exercising supreme, full, and immediate power in the universal Church, the Roman pontiff makes use of the departments of the Roman Curia which, therefore, perform their duties in his name and with his authority for the good of the churches and in the service of the sacred pastors» (Christus Dominus, 9).

From time to time thinkers and pastors, identified at the time by authority as «heretics», seen by others as prophets, and by some historians now as social revolutionaries, reached the conclusion that the Christian Gospel spoke of a body of Christians, of an incipient «Church», of a kind far removed from the type of political and economic structure maintained by Roman Canon Law.

«The task force concluded the investigation [by] stating... that pastor Li Jiangong's church has the sole authority for the usage of the land as a religious site and should belong to the church for use.

Besides the magisterial authority and the supervision of catechetical instruction, the bishop as chief pastor had at this time among his major duties the protracted ritual of baptism.

As part of its most recent clampdown on Christian churches, Chinese authorities have instructed priests and pastors to post signs on churches barring entry to minors.