Sentences with phrase «scrutiny as a congregation»

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«Most clergy who preach a prosperity gospel would interpret for their congregation any conflict, scrutiny, or questioning as an attack of the Devil and proof that they are following God,» he said.

After a generation or two in which paid quartets, in the better - heeled parishes, praised God weekly as surrogates for the congregation, and professional organizations raised the money for «plant expansion» (all, of course, with a well - oiled unction that would have glazed the eyeballs of St. Paul) it is not surprising that the counsel to stewardship should be preceded, according to some church programs, by an inquisatorial scrutiny of the share of each of the sheep in the gross national product.