But I found time and time again that the foundation of the church was operated more like a business and that they were in the business of preaching what would keep
people coming in the doors and filling the coffers, and not necessarily what was true, or even what the Bible taught.
Mostly the behavior occurs when we're outside greeting people — she knows better than to jump when
people come in the door, and distinguishes between those who will tolerate being jumped on and those who won't.
Not exact matches
About his plans for a border fence, Trump said: «I don't mind having a big beautiful
door in that wall so that
people can
come into this country legally.»
However security guards were surprised to see a visitor
come through the
door, and appeared to be the only
people in the building.
I clearly remember one instance where my VP of marketing
came into my office, shut the
door, and told me flat out he wanted to fire one of the
people in his department — let's call him Joe.
Mark arrived, did some taped interviews,
came to the green room and chatted with Eric, talked to
people with enough juice to get
in the
door — he could not have been nicer.
In the future as these capabilities become more sophisticated, home security systems may send an alert in situations where, for example, a person comes to your door and does something suspicious, like peer in a window, or a car drives slowly up and down the street several time
In the future as these capabilities become more sophisticated, home security systems may send an alert
in situations where, for example, a person comes to your door and does something suspicious, like peer in a window, or a car drives slowly up and down the street several time
in situations where, for example, a
person comes to your
door and does something suspicious, like peer
in a window, or a car drives slowly up and down the street several time
in a window, or a car drives slowly up and down the street several times.
If
people aren't inspired to grow, another business
comes in next
door, and you go out of business.
Growth isn't just about getting
people in the
door, but also delivering a good experience that makes them want to
come back.
During this phase, caution is thrown to the wind,
people's hard - wired desire to «not want to miss out»
comes into full play: «I have to get
in now, my next -
door neighbour is making money and I am not.»
In case you haven't noticed,
people don't like having someone
come to their
door telling them their religious beliefs are wrong.
Think of those
people who hear a different drummer and who ask questions and who have been asked to hang their personality at the
door to don the clone identity of whatever group they were
in... they can
come to you and know its safe... that their questions won't be answered
in cliches or received with disapproval.
People come through the church doors expecting it to be a fix - all, and most people in the church believe they are the f
People come through the church
doors expecting it to be a fix - all, and most
people in the church believe they are the f
people in the church believe they are the fixers.
Masculine pronouns are avoided; Revelation 3:20 reads, «If anyone hears my voice and opens the
door, I will
come in and eat with that
person, and they with me.»
The doorkeeper, or gatekeeper, [4]
in the temple was basically a greeter standing at the
door welcoming
people who
came to worship God.
True to their rigorous training
in civil rights preparedness, the four
people inside dived to the floor, like soldiers
in a foxhole, but when no more shots
came, they all ran outside to find him lying facedown near the
door.
At the Cross we can also see that He is not a respecter of
persons - that all
persons are of equal value to Him — for all must
come through this same «
door» (faith
in Christ) to be accepted by God.
Leave the churches alone unless there is someone standing at the
door telling certain
people they can't
come in.
For many
people,
people like C.S. Lewis, they
come to faith
in Jesus because everything else, every other
door, has slammed closed and they
come kicking and screaming into the kingdom.
They will continue
in a respectful manner to knock on your
door, for just as the days of Noah were so are the days today for a warning of the destruction of this old world, its evil, wickedness and
people who have complete disregard and disrespect for Jehovah God's creation will face when God's day
comes destruction.
You don't have churches telling
people they can't
come in the
door.
But when I looked at the Gospel for the day (John 20:19 - 31), it became very clear to me that here is a story, a story of Jesus» appearance to the disciples when they were
in hiding after the Resurrection... this was a real opportunity to say something about that story and about the faith which is built around
people who were fearful, were skeptical, and into the midst of them, somehow,
in a way that was ultimately moving,
comes the presence of Jesus through locked
doors and barriers of skepticism, cynicism, and doubt, all of these things that prevent ourselves from being God's
people.
Ever since he admitted to, and took pride
in, handing out religious tracts and DVD's to children that
came to his
door on Halloween along with some goodies, I see how dangerous this kind of
person can be.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the
door, I will
come in and eat with that
person, and they with me,» the milkshake cup cites, «Proverbs 3:5» — «Trust
in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding,» and there are others as well.
Kabel I am a mulish and I live
in US, I actually had church
people knock on our
door and asking us that Jesus, peace be upon him, love you and give us booklet to study and read, they even brought bible
in my language to read... we had to tell them we have our own believes but they kept insisting... the
came several times within months
in our house and each time my mom would invite them and serve them tea...
I even had some sales
people at my
door today, that never even
came in, and said it smelled great.
«My
door is always open for
people to
come in and complain if somebody feels like they're getting slighted,» Roth says.
Anybody who wanted to
come and talk to me or any other ministers — now obviously there are other portfolio ministers that have an interest
in this, whether they represent farmers or other primary producers, manufacturers, other parts of the food sector — they've all had
people coming through their
door.
But i must complement wenger he has changed the culture of the club and given the team a spirit But does that give him the right to neglect the needs of the fans for some trophies Arsenal tickets are the most expensive yet the fans settle for good football as opposed to winning football as mentioned on this blog i don't get it But wenger knows once you keep the share holders happy then your
in business It puzzles me that a modern manager can go six (6) yes six seasons without a single trophy and some
people can
come here making bone dry excuses, the ambition of the club has dropped wenger can coach at no other top club
in Europe and not win a trophy he would be shown the
door.
Even with screens, you can end up with flies
in the house just due to the
door being opened as
people come and go.
«When someone
comes in the
door for coaching or whatever level of involvement pair that inexperienced
person with an experienced
person,» Washington says.
Melanie: Yeah, the soreness the normal over use of soreness and interruptions obviously,
in the hospital, you have
people coming in and checking on you constantly so never knowing who is going to walk
in at the
door they ended up changing a light
in my room and they're like, is it okay a man
comes in here?
In fact, I'd argue that the other
person coming through the
door doesn't even need to be one's pregnant partner; holding the
door is always a nice gesture.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the
door, I will
come in and eat with that
person, and they with me.»
We didn't need guests
coming over for extended visits and endless cups of tea, we didn't need my father -
in - law «popping
in» to photograph the finally sleeping baby, and we didn't need
people knocking on the
door offering to fix my apparently unhinged roof tiles.
In addition to a full - sized fridge (stocked with a Brita water filter for thirsty pumpers), computer, floor - to - ceiling storage cabinets for stashing pumping equipment, controlled lighting, and easy - to - clean linoleum flooring for those inevitable spills, the
door is key - coded so that only moms have access, and a privacy wall prevents them from accidental over-exposure as
people come and go.
«You can't put too much on your own canvassing, but I was
in Abingdon at the weekend and just knocking on
doors,
people coming out and saying: «Not sure, I don't normally vote but you've done a good job on the economy, I've got a job.»
«It continues to push forward, allowing
people to
come in, opening up
doors for
people to
come in to different positions of leadership.»
«I noticed that
in the last two weeks
people are starting to know who I am when I
come to the
door,» he said.
The volunteers are traveling
in two -
person teams, with each expected to knock on 35 to 70
doors to encourage
people to
come out and vote.
Hayduk also discussed a few other initiatives, like bulletin boards soon to
come to
in lobbies to provide property alerts and the «good neighbors» campaign, which he said has already had an effect on some
people's habits of slamming
doors and smoking near buildings.
«So for instance John Denham, the universities secretary, is working to make sure that
in higher education, institutions do not just wait for poorer
people to
come through the
door, but instead actively look for
people from poorer backgrounds... they will be under a legal duty to do it.»
«Contributions are
coming through the
door every day from working
people across New York City, and we're confident they'll grow exponentially
in the weeks ahead.»
On arriving back
in the room I became aware that the
doors that opened to the outside were still open and that
people were still
coming in.
«It's not just
people coming in through the
door, because obviously if older
people don't have support at home, more of them might turn up,
coming in, admitted through A&E,» he said.
There is no single
person in Nigeria today, who has a skeleton
in his cupboard that doesn't await the knocking of his
door for an EFCC man or a security
person coming to his house to ask questions.
She spoke of a working class childhood
in Waitsfield, Vermont when
people would
come to the
door asking for help, and her father never turned anyone away.
Based on her dozens of studies
in the field of chronobiology, Figueiro says she finds it implausible that dim light
coming through a window shade, or from under a bedroom
door, could possibly be bright enough to suppress melatonin — particularly when a
person's eyes are closed during sleep.
You know, I can remember when I
came to New York University
in 1988, there were signs all over the library, very clever ones telling
people you can't eat here; and there were guards at the
door, if they saw you bringing
in food or drink, you were not allowed to go
in.
Now that Park has pitched her book, acquired an agent and a contract, and learned more about writing a book for public consumption, she sees many potential benefits to tackling this project now while her career is
in full swing: it may open other
doors for her, and she's
come to think that early or mid-career scientists can also be uniquely inspiring to
people.