The days of forcing gay
people out of the church are ending, and rightly so.
You may, if you like, get this or
that person out of the church — like the homosexual person who is generally in control of himself but who has occasional relapses.
Today, kicking
people out of the church will not accomplish this.
I believe that we have to follow where God leads us and sometimes, I believe He calls
people out of the church (not the body of Christ of course).
Not exact matches
Tony Rader, the vice president
of Schwob Building Company, a general contractor in the Dallas area, said his company has started handing
out flyers at sporting events,
churches and schools in hopes
of luring more
people into the field.
Though what you say, may stereotype some actual
people in the «
church» today, I think most
people attend
out of love for their God and spiritual nourishment.
I don't spend time in my study figuring
out how to save the world, how to grow the
church, how to get more money
out of people's pockets, how to promote this
church's ministry, how to enthrall our
people more with sexy worship music, how to make myself more awesome before my
people, how to get more
people to hear about and come to our
church.
When you see younger
people enter your
church for the first time, do you go
out of your way to introduce yourself and ask them to sit with you?
Keep your buybull and
church out of the public square,
people's bedrooms and the government!!!
You CAN still reproduce by having relations with memebers
of the opposite gender, that is obvious, what you are missing
out on is that to ensure that
people didn't prefer same gender relationships over the opposite gender relationships, it was made a sin punishable by death to avoid any kind possible population reduction from members
of the
church.
Highlighting the importance
of the
Church in not shying away from politics Rev O'Donoghue said: «Where there is wickedness, and where there is error, and where there are serious breaches
of basic care, I think we need to be calling
people out on it.
Why do you think that empty school buildings are better than having
churches that are helping poor
people that are helping
people get off drugs, get
out of crime and tutoring students
of all faiths?»
This is all about control with religion and it has to stop.Gay
people getting married doesn't have anything to do with straight
people getting married.
People are so full
of hatred and disrespect it isn't funny.I'm glad this has come
out now, because it really shows how evil
people really are.But these
people who are so into GOD, the Bible,
Church, and the only way
of life they live 4 god, by god are the 1s who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women, men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they do.That is a crock
of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus to use GOD and continue their EVIL ways to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they can.
Blogs like this one swarm with
people who like to point
out the faults
of Christianity and
church - goers.
The western
church, as a whole, is so very agenda - ized that it may never have to worry about becoming HARMFULLY unplanned, but
people should realize that the error opposite
of being agenda - ized is
out there somewhere too.
We have
people who come to
church in jeans, we have
people who will shout
out «Hallelujah» if the like what is being said, or repeat the chorus
of hymns.
If any corporation or business did the things that the
church has done to cover up child abuse, that corporation would be
out of business and the
people who ran it would be in jail.
Gay rights campaigner Dan Savage said the idea that
churches send
out an anti-gay message «totally jibes with my experience and that
of millions
of other gay and lesbian
people.»
Only five
out of 100
people gave
churches generally an A for their handling
of «the issue
of homosexuality» in the Public Religion Research Institute survey, while 28 percent said their own
church handled it well.
Church is the one time a week Lucas knows he can get
out of the house, and at Trinity House
of Prayer
people won't look away when he comes down the aisle.
«I love my
church and have a lot
of faith, but culturally we haven't done a good job in dealing with
people who are gay when they face life challenges,» whether that be coming
out, depression or struggles with suicide or illness, Fletcher said.
«And in all
of those
churches, in all
of those parishes, the CCCN - the
Church Credit Champions Network - is doing great work helping
people sort
out their debt and their finances.»
I had the option
of converting to Catholicism when I married my husband and chose not to because
of what I saw as a
church run by a bunch
of old, white men
out of touch with the needs
of women and
people of diverse backgrounds.
It is precisely now and only now, when in the starving regions
people are eating human flesh, and hundreds if not thousands
of corpses are littering the roads, that we can (and therefore must) carry
out the confiscation
of church valuables with the most savage and merciless energy, not stopping [short
of] crushing any resistance....
HOWEVER, if this
person was running for public office, instead
of the «feel - good» story here, the media would vilianize this
church for some inane belief that they would take wildly
out of context and present it to the American public as the most fundamentalist extreme
church ever to lay it's foundation on our shores.
Many
people do not marry in a
church, even more (billions) do not celebrate the birth
of Jesus, probably even more do not cry
out to any gods, or may to other gods other than (yours), and many
people consider life elsewhere in the universe because science and reason points to that possibility.
People have the right to leave
church and organized religion, they have a right to question an institution that will do anything to save face even if it means letting children be harmed (and trust me, there are Priests that have issues with girls - my mom when to an all girls» Catholic school in the 60s and talks about how many
of the priests used to «hang
out» with the young girls
out and girls have been abused),
churches that are not practicing social justice.
There is alot
of debate
out there about Christians, but just forget that debate, and take it from me, a
person who says prayers, goes to
church, has trouble destroying ants on the doorstep... this is how I would describe my faith... its a country song, but give it a chance, its a good song.
Isn't it time for you
people to study the publications
of the
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter - day Saints (Mormons) yourself, to find
out what they REALLY believe?
People should practice their religion at home or at their
church and leave it
out of the workplace other than setting a good example
of honest behaviour.
This type
of hatred simmers and grows behind closed doors, and in dark
churches, by
people who stir up the most wicked side
of our humanity... We can not, I repeat, we can not, let these
people spew their bile with
out putting the spot light on them.
A
church in Manchester has urged Christian leaders to speak
out against the exploitation
of young
people in the wake
of an inquiry into the issue in the area.
We need far more
people like David speaking
out against persecution by the
church — whichever flavour
of that
church.
Why are millennials and many others leaving the
churches — Here is another reason Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice
out of heaven say: «Get
out of her, my
people, if YOU do not want to share with her in her sins, and if YOU do not want to receive part
of her plagues.
Look at every over 40 member
of your
church and see if any
of them are spending more time ministering or discussing Jesus than they are freaking
out about their gun rights or gay
people or Obama.
The PBI site allows
people to anonymously report «
out of control pastors» or priests to the larger
church community.
Anyway, all this to say that you have finally be able to unlock a major mystery for me and give me insight into the possible reason that God allowed me to be so viciously attacked (I was maligned, kicked
out of church, lost all my friends, the whole bit... There are still people posting publically that I'm satan spawn, a worker of unrighteousness sent to destroy Gods Church, etc, etc — all because I refused to «repent of my pride which believes I chose to accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior&ra
church, lost all my friends, the whole bit... There are still
people posting publically that I'm satan spawn, a worker
of unrighteousness sent to destroy Gods
Church, etc, etc — all because I refused to «repent of my pride which believes I chose to accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior&ra
Church, etc, etc — all because I refused to «repent
of my pride which believes I chose to accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior».)
I was eventually laid - off to due to «lack
of funds» (which I have in writing) it seemed as though
people in our congregation began fleeing contemporary
church and we couldn't pay me and the Lead Pastor (who sat in his office day in, day
out)... I won't settle for another stagnant «building - pastor» gig, I promise.
You have defrauded
people out of their money with fear and manipulation, telling them they had to tithe 10 %
of their income to your
church and that God would bless them if they did.
If
people want to give to the poor, I say do it
out of charity and kindness... and do it DIRECTLY, rather than let the Roman Catholic
Church OR the Govt.
Sean Doherty
of Living
Out (and my conversation partner later in this article) has reflected that: «
People can have a particular sense
of shame and wanting to hide this from God... I think secrecy is common in lots
of parts
of the
Church.»
I have searched to find other
people who feel they are being called
out of the
church.
I think it's safe to say that pro-choice and pro-LGBT
people are so incredibly hostile towards religious groups is because you don't see LGBT or Pro-choice
people standing
out in a picket line in front
of churches like you would
church groups in front
of abortion clinics or gay parades.
This new breed
of church planters love hanging
out with
people who use use foul language and have bad habits.
The Catholic
church makes their money by pointing
out the wrong doings
of people like Boehner.
The bottom line is that this new breed
of church planters looks at who the typical
church rejects or shuns, and says, «Those are the
people I want to hang
out with.»
Wasn't there a
person in Corinth that was put
out of the
church because
of immorality?
«this new breed
of church planters looks at who the typical
church rejects or shuns, and says, «Those are the
people I want to hang
out with.
I drive past multi-million dollar
church properties filled with throngs
of wealthy
people (as compared to the
peoples of this world, today) sitting on cushy chairs or pews, gazing
out stained glass windows, and then arrive at my destination — the haunts
of the homeless, many
of whom have all they own in a backpack or in a shopping cart.
Learning to live sane is the hardest part and in the case
of depression,
people in and
out of church are absolutely cruel.