Sentences with phrase «rather than the church»

I don't doubt that there was (and will be) pressure from the Vatican for priests to request laicization, rather than the Church kicking them out.

I checked out your blog and was encouraged by your post about looking for a church to serve in rather than a church that will feed you.

(My manhood and my intelligence) None the less my question still stands... Why do you believe it is MEN who are responsible for the environment in the church rather than all church members?

He also maintains that on ethical issues Christians have too often made the nation, rather than the church, their chief focus of concern.

As for saying that these other associations are ecclesial communities rather than churches in the full sense — as, for instance, the «particular churches» of Orthodoxy are churches — this should cause no hard feelings.

Television, rather than the churches, is becoming the place where people find a worldview which reflects what to them is of ultimate value, and which justifies their behavior and way of life.

«I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security... More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: «Give them something to eat.»»

It is not surprising, therefore, that a new form of university was established, geared to the service of a nation rather than the church.

As for early influences, probably no one has directed my thinking more than Walter Rauschenbusch, a Baptist minister who was born in 1861 in upstate New York, and whose emphasis on the social gospel and the church of Love rather than the Church of Law spoke to me in seminary in a way that changed my thinking forever.

It underwrites aggressive nationalism when it treats some nation - state, rather than the church, as the «new Israel.»

clearly signals Catholic theology's exposure to Protestant views of revelation in which the theme of God's Word, rather than Church magisterium and tradition, is given primacy.

Surely such critical examination requires expertise in the field to which it is applied, and surely that is found in the university rather than the church!

Television, rather than the churches, is becoming the place where people find a worldview which reflects what to them is of ultimate value, and which justifies their behavior and way of life.6]

I argue that in Boston, Catholic culture lost first its integrity and then its power because Church leaders made the same fatal mistake, offering their first fealty to the church that is «it» rather than the Church that is «she.»»

I wonder sometimes if we are not the church of Paul rather than the church of Christ.

Any opposition that a heliocentric view provoked at the time was due to a lack of scientific evidence and was from fellow natural philosophers rather than Church authority.

4) The missio Dei (mission of God) thinking of the 1960s and beyond in which mission was not only world rather than church - oriented but ultimately received its marching orders from the world (i.e., «let the world set the agenda»; 19).

In other words, they are largely center and staff - oriented, rather than church, clergy, and community - oriented.

However, to still others it means that the church's theology is to grow out of its mission rather than the church's mission growing out of its theology.

Unfortunately, «Christian» has become a term that carries a lot of pretentiousness, so it seems to me that we might need to do a bit triage by shelving the label «Christian» if it helps us figure out what it means to be human, which may help reinvigorate the term as people see Christ in our human engagements rather than our church attendance.

These were largely voluntary movements made up of individual participants rather than churches, movements such as the Evangelical Alliance, the Student Volunteer Movement for missions, and the World Student Christian Federation.

I affirm Genesis» proposal that creation is a matter of generating order out of chaos, rather than the church's post-biblical proclamation of creatio ex nihilo.

Not exact matches

This book laid the foundation of «servant leadership» that has had a major influence on the church but in many ways I found the book condescending and patronizing rather than empowering.

I myself believe that the Christian church shall «focus» on the Message of Salvation, hence the Lord Jesus Christ, rather than religious legalism.

I have many gay and lesbian friends, others from different races... churches seem to divide rather than pull people together.

Baruch... one church that hurts people is one too many.And when it comes to churches being burnt down rather than ministering to gays or pastors being persecuted because they do its a blight on the Christian church.

The nuns need to bolt the Church of Pedophiles and get a grip on reality rather than the delusional myths of religion.

Theological commentators and historical analysts should bear in mind that the process in the Orthodox Church may undoubtedly not appear as orderly or organized as that in some Western churches precisely because it involves a consensus among all churches, rather than the imposition of one church or lChurch may undoubtedly not appear as orderly or organized as that in some Western churches precisely because it involves a consensus among all churches, rather than the imposition of one church or lchurch or leader.

Well, if «take very seriously» means conforming his politics to Church teaching, rather than his understanding of Church teaching to his politics, then this is patently false, and we do not need to peer into the soul of John Podesta to reach this conclusion.

Even most people that I know that live on base actually go to the off base church of their choice rather than on base churches.

«The Hispanic community, however, is not immune from the nation's growing secularism, which concerns all religions, as church attendance seems less important to people,» Walsh continued, «and people move from religion to religion and declare themselves spiritual rather than religiously affiliated.»

Third, if it were true that there were just a single category rather than one, then even churches» employees would be covered by the mandate, as Gallicho's immediate sequel indicates.

It's the music and the physical activity that has made him feel at home at this church rather than the Episcopalian one he left.

This decision should not be interpreted as an incipient feminism in Southern Baptist life (out of more than forty thousand churches, only a few dozen have female pastors), but rather as an affirmation of a pattern of cooperation that has served Baptist mission causes well for more than a century.

But for now, I would rather be part of a Christ - centered megachurch full of programs where people are coming to know Jesus as Savior, than part of a church of any size where they are not.

It's embarrassing when the church perpetuates systemic issues rather than fighting them.

That's because we recognize only one Christian nation, the church, the holy nation that is bound together by a living faith in Jesus rather than by man - made, blood - soaked borders.

The typical church model, with its clergy - laity divide, fosters the (usually subconscious) view of church as a service organization, rather than a community.

Church becomes the place where a few spiritual leaders minister to the less able masses, rather than all believers mutually edifying one another.

Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of the East

We need a functional standard of orthodoxy: one supple enough to do justice to the sorts of nuances Griffiths introduces, but one real enough to help us understand when theological speculation, novelty, and critique undermine rather than enrich the faith of the Church.

Now imagine a different ending to this story: Rather than going to a payday lender, you share your story with people in your church.

Please explain why you believe that the church's «first half of the job» is to run over, rather than to give mercy?

Authorities have previously said they have taken down church crosses because of «health and safety» concerns, but Most Revd Kwong has said if this really was the case, it would allow churches to replace the crosses for smaller equivalents, rather than forcefully remove them permanently.

Bonnie (my wife) and I tried two more churches after that, with (shall we say) some close - encounters that were wounding rather than catastrophic.

Just as at last summer's Lambeth conference (the decennial meeting of the world's Anglican bishops), there was a strongly expressed desire to grow closer together as a global communion, to become a genuine church marked by common confession and discernment, rather than a mere federation of autonomous local bodies.

Beyond reconciling the preferences of these two groups, online viewers must fight the temptation to become passive consumers rather than active participants in the church.

All the added ritual and laws by the Catholic Church and politicized evangelical for example followed the footprint of the Jewish leaders of Jesus day that brought darkness, hate and division rather than unity and love.

The problem is not with biblical Revelation, the problem is when the Church or individuals within the Church interpret it as either a metaphysical treatise or a moral manual rather than the greatest Love Story ever told.

Bclear, perhaps you should look a little deeper rather than just buying into the rhetoric taught to you about Mormonism in your own church.