We begin to see that evangelism is not just something that takes
place in a church with a preacher up front, or on a street corner passing out tracts, but is also something that takes place when we perform our jobs at work, when we fill out our taxes, and buy groceries, and watch a football game with our neighbor.
The main religion for Russian ladies is Orthodox Christianity so a wedding would take
place in a church with the Russian bride and groom then leaving as man and wife ready to move in together and spend the rest of their lives together.
Not exact matches
From Miami, the jet will whisk you away, crisscrossing the globe, hitting five continents on a 25 - day voyage to
places like Easter Island,
with its mystical «moai» statues; Nicaragua, to tour a volcano by helicopter; Australia, where you'll taste wine
in the Margaret River Valley; and Tbilisi, Georgia, for a private choral performance at a sixth - century
church.
At the
place where Jesus was buried, the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, bells compete
in aural space
with Muslim prayers over loudspeakers.
Far from seeking his own advancement, each move up the echelons of the episcopal ladder has been met
with surprise by Justin Welby, perhaps influenced by the fact he was told there wasn't «
place for him
in the modern
Church of England» when he first applied for ordination.
So is that why there still are positions
in the
church that women aren't allowed to hold
in order to make sure they are treated
with «respect and dignity» by keeping them
in their «
place.»
The USA is a
place that is free from any kind of religious classification and official religious sponsorship, primarily because the founding fathers didn't want the
church to have control on par
with that of the
church in England.
Making space for stillness
in church — creating a
place for people to truly engage
with God
in the silence — is not natural for us.
The issue of being gay
in the
church is a very real issue today, one I wish to address and deal
with, and this video suggested to me that the Vineyard might be one of the
places to do this well.
But that sort of behavior goes on
in WAY too many
churches for the case to be made that
church community is the only
place to live out a love for God
in service
with and for others.
When I came to the realization about theological concepts acting as a substitute for a relationship
with God, I started to see and hear that kind of stuff all over the
place in church.
He also said that he didn't see a
place in the
church to foster interracial dialogues to deal
with the vastly different understandings of the verdict by many whites and blacks.
As i grew older i became more intellectually and scientifically driven and although i do still go to
church when i can its more for me a
place when i am having a bad day that is a refuge a
place that i just feel at peace
in probably because i grew up
in a
church was there every Sunday and every holy day of obligation
with my parents it brings back peacful memories.
I don't think God would think less of them... I don't have to go to
church every Sunday to have a relationship
with God... I can sit
in my backyard and listen to the birds and the wind and have peace and serenity and a conversation
with him... The whole point is, we are not the ones that are supposed to judge anyone... that's his
place... not ours... when judgment day comes, he will be the one to say welcome, or turn us away...
But if you are able to network
with a few committed artists
in your group, you may be surprised to see how God can use your
church as a
place of innovative art.
Despite the sinfulness of its people, the
Church is always the privileged
place of encounter
with the living God, who continually forms his people into the community
in which the full truth about humanity is grasped.
It's high time the Catholic
Church embraced the 21st century with regard to women's reproductive rights and women's rightful place in the church, such as serving as priests and bi
Church embraced the 21st century
with regard to women's reproductive rights and women's rightful
place in the
church, such as serving as priests and bi
church, such as serving as priests and bishops.
People
with lung conditions are being urged to sing Christmas carols
in church and other
places to improve... More
The two moments: first, Binx's seeing the black man leaving the
church after Ash Wednesday ritual,
with an acceptance of the necessity, as Binx would have it, of «inserting himself into the world»; second, Binx's own ceremony of moviegoing whereby he seems to come to terms
with place but
in actuality does not.
After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the
churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and
placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died
in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens
in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed
with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United
Church of Canada, which are the main agents
in the deaths of these children
However, I talk
with a lot of people concerning
church â $ «and they are from a variety of
places like Saskatchewan, BC, Ontario, and many
places in Americaâ $ ¦ and the complaints are very similar.
Second, women pastors may be more effective
in dealing
with the feminization of the local
church which has taken
place increasingly, and which troubles many mainline congregations.
842 The
Church's bond
with non-Christian religions is
in the first
place the common origin and end of the human race: All nations form but one community.
This book,
in my opinion, is to actually minimize the great apostasy taking
place in our
churches; especially among those who were never taught the real meaning of being «last instead of first», to help those who come into the
church who may bring
with them societal norms of entitlement and «whats
in it for me» attitudes and behaviors.
A
church is a
place where hurting man can come into contact
with the one who has the power to heal and forgive
in Jesus Christ.
Do you think God is pleased
with the gossip and slander taking
place in that
church?
The chapter covering this period is one of the best
in the book,
with its careful account of how Bonhoeffer's censorious judgment of the superficiality of American religious liberalism gradually gave way to admiration for the central
place of social justice and for the vital religious faith of the oppressed black Christians whom he met at Abyssinian Baptist
Church in Harlem.
It also
places it
in continuity
with the experiences of the early
church, and within the continuing narrative of the development of Christian thought — as people have struggled to make sense of and articulate their lived experience of God — which produced the great ecumenical creeds (
with their clear progression of understanding about God, Christ and the Holy Spirit)- and which continues on today.
Both groups are quite aware of the changes that have taken
place in the Third World; both know and respect the young
churches in the developing countries; both want to work
in partnership
with them.
In these cultural circumstances, people in high places in both the government and Church see that, with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party in the system of post-Soviet administratio
In these cultural circumstances, people
in high places in both the government and Church see that, with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party in the system of post-Soviet administratio
in high
places in both the government and Church see that, with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party in the system of post-Soviet administratio
in both the government and
Church see that,
with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party
in the system of post-Soviet administratio
in the system of post-Soviet administration.
I think Catholic university presidents have a splendid opportunity to demonstrate the high priority we
place on being
in communion
with the larger
Church.
Although Calvin never lost sight of these themes, he is perhaps best remembered for his detailed exposition of the leading themes of the Reformed faith
in his Institutes of the Christian Religion» widely regarded as the most significant religious work of the sixteenth century» and his wrestling
with issues concerning the identity of the
church and its
place in public life.
In Ephesians we are presented with a stark reminder of the early church's understanding of the power of the risen Christ, who was placed by God «far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to com
In Ephesians we are presented
with a stark reminder of the early
church's understanding of the power of the risen Christ, who was
placed by God «far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only
in this age but also in that which is to com
in this age but also
in that which is to com
in that which is to come.
Mary continues her unique relationship
with Christ and
with the rest of the
Church from her
place in heaven.
Despite the fact that I endured the most frightening flight of my life into Louisville, Kentucky Last week, I had a wonderful time
with the good people of St. Matthew's Episcopal
Church and all the readers who came out to hear my presentation on Sunday night, including the delightful Connie Esther, who I met
in the bathroom of all
places!
It maintains cordial relations and some measure of cooperation
with the Lutheran
Church - Missouri Synod, which nobody would
place in the mainline....
Many Christians that I know
place their focus on being part of a
church, replacing the true relationship
with one associated
in membership or through the person
in the pulpit.
This is definitely a cultural issue
in the US evangelical
church (it's been a horrible
place for women), and the emergent boys brought it
with them as they left their evangelical posts.
And I speak and have helped
with organizing Christianity21 — a conference Tony runs — because I hope to help create a
place where people from diverse Christian camps — such as Tony (who came from the Congregational
Church and now blogs for a progressive platform) and me (who grew up
in the Southern Baptist tradition who identifies as a moderate) can come and share ideas and interact respectfully.
I spoke about giving and sharing, how living
with other people means that we can not always have our own way and how
in marriage, as
in our families and
churches, we must
place the interests and needs of others above our own.
For years, people knew if they spoke out against Driscoll, the Acts29 Network would work into overdrive to ensure they were persona non grata at any
church or conference
in this network — same dynamic was
in place with the EV network.
Each person
in your
church congregation and youth group has a set of weighing scales and
places your invitation on one side of the scales: «We're going away together to a beautiful country location,
with fantastic speakers for youth and adults.
Then,
in a detailed analysis of a paragraph at the end of the letter to the Romans, he demolishes any hope given to the cause of women's ordination by the brief reference to Junias (or Junia), clearly showing we can not know
with any certainty the sex of this member of the early
church, nor his or her
place in relation to the apostles.
While there is great respect for the traditional liturgy and worship of the Episcopal
Church, the
place is totally devoid of the stuffiness and stiffness you encounter
in some more traditional
churches whose favorite refrain seems to be, «we've always done it this way»
with a subtle undertone of «please don't break anything.»
The charismatics at that time were generally regarded as being a bit odd — as indeed some perhaps were
in those early days before John Paul,
with the aid of the magnificent Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), called them to a realisation of their
place with Peter
in the fullness of the
Church and to growing Eucharistic and Marian devotion.
There is the ongoing problem of biased representation
in the media,
with plenty of space given to the atheistic opinions of Hawking and Dawkins, and little if any coverage given to the promotion and integration of science which takes
place within the context of the
Church.
Sentenced to death
in absentia after the war, Touvier» thanks to a network of sympathizers
in the
Church, and
with the complicity of high -
placed government officials» eluded capture until 1989.
He added: «I recognise that the hiring of space
in churches, and
in particular providing space for musicians to rehearse and perform, need to be balanced
with all the activity that a parish and community wants and needs to take
place.
Most of us would no doubt say that the gospel is, first of all, Jesus» own proclamation of the Kingdom of God, the terms of admission into it and the conditions of its coming; and then that it is,
in the second
place, the apostolic proclamation of this message of salvation,
with the added emphasis and fresh meaning given to it by the resurrection of Jesus and the continuing work of the holy Spirit
in the
church.
Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ... to the
church of God... to those sanctified
in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together
with all those who
in every
place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours..