Sentences with phrase «sheriff run the church»
He made a plea for what he called pioneer religion — in which God the trail boss and Jesus the scout lead the church, a covered wagon always on the move, as the minister dishes up for the pioneers fresh meat brought in by the Holy Spirit — over settler religion in which God the mayor and Jesus the sheriff run the church as a courthouse and the minister - banker protects the interests of the religious establishment.
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The sheriff avoided the media at a prayer service Thursday that was held in his honor at a Pompano church run by BSO associate chaplain John Mohorn, a pastor whom Israel put on the BSO payroll and who as of last year was being paid $ 68,000 a year in taxpayers» money.