Sentences with phrase «so than any church»

But certainly more so than any church or religion.

I certainly don't fit the mold and find a sense of belonging in creative environments more so than church culture as it is.

Not exact matches

Yet those so insistent on stamping political correctness on the churches and being guided by praxis apparently find themselves more comfortable with the spirits of the age, or the «new age,» than with the paraclete.

The institutional church is so often like Satan... longing to be worshipped and obeyed; teaching that obedience to one scripture is more important than balancing them all; luring us to abuse our power to make a difficult path chosen by God into a simple solution of no new spiritual growth (Matt 4).

So I have no concerns at all that people in the church are going to be involved in these discussions, get on board and help lead the rest of us forward in an age where there are intelligences other than the ones we associate with Adam and Eve.

MacIntyre is not naive about the tenacity of liberals to refuse to give Aristotle a hearing simply because Aquinas had so successfully baptized him for the Church: «It is safe to predict that to the vast majority of such protagonists it will seem preferable to remain in almost any predicament than to accept a Thomistic diagnosis.»

The Mormons are no different from other denominations in at least one major way; that is, they interpret the Bible differently than others - BUT so do all churches.

Most atheist have a better moral compass than so called Christians especially the Catholic church.

Pride, commercials, Hollywood, social media, parental pressure, success, disappointment, failure, the Devil, aging, bereavement, the church and so on have been far more successful at stealing our identities than any online thieves.

So when someone says «I believe in God,» they are really saying «I think God exists» and «I believe in religion,» but churches need to get people thinking and saying a phrase much strong than those in order to get them to do stuff like give the church money, so they snagged «believe in.&raquSo when someone says «I believe in God,» they are really saying «I think God exists» and «I believe in religion,» but churches need to get people thinking and saying a phrase much strong than those in order to get them to do stuff like give the church money, so they snagged «believe in.&raquso they snagged «believe in.»

For example, MNAY Gospels were suppressed, including some with references to Christ being Gay and similar radical concepts that would cause todays Church to throw a Pogrom on anyone even SUGGESTING he was anything other than the blue eyed Puritanical Caucasian they are so fond of promoting.

The people of the Catholic Church are about so, so, so much more than the child abuse scandal or the celibacy of priests.

«Where a minister adopts a form of dress other than vesture of a form specified in this canon, the form of dress so adopted must be seemly and must not be such as to be indicative of a departure from the doctrines now contained in the formularies of the Church of England.»

But they are leading lives of such spiritual incoherence that their own integrity should compel them to seek reconciliation through the sacrament of penance, and to do so before affirming a fuller communion with the Church than they in fact enjoy by receiving Holy Communion during Mass..

The gospel can not be preached in any other language than its own: a language deeply shaped by the Sacred Scriptures, a language that has been revealed and received and is not to be recast when the culture suggests that the Church do so.

So, where is the Church's voice on mental health — other than simplistic Sunday School answers, guilt or silence?

The Mormons do offer more in the after life than any other so called christian church That is unless you are black, or a woman that does, not want to share her husband other wives

So how can churches with pastors earning more than their congregants be true Christian churches?

If everyone who disagreed with the Pope left the Catholic church today, it would be deader than the so - called savior they say they follow.

One in 10 Christians think sport is «an idol that many people worship in society today» and more than half said it's okay to play sport on a Sunday, so long as they're engaged in their churches at other times during the week.

As Todd Brenneman argues in his recent book, Homespun Gospel: The Triumph of Sentimentality in Contemporary American Evangelicalism, sentimentality may be a defining characteristic of religious life for many Americans, and so most readers in the dominant Evangelical culture, outside a few hip and urban churches, are more likely to encounter the treacly poetry of Ruth Bell Graham than the spiritually searing work of R. S. Thomas or T. S. Eliot.

So, you're really saying that your church is no different than any secular organization?

Believing in God and knowing there is a higher power is so different than going to a church and getting wrapped up in the politics in a church.

Missional churches want to do more than just have big buildings and Bible studies, but instead want to embrace culture so it can be redeemed and transformed by the love of Jesus.

Lu, yes, it is sad that so many find pain rather than comfort in places that call themselves churches.

So in future follow - up posts, I will suggest some different ways of measuring success, different goals churches can have, and maybe different ways of achieving those goals than the standard «come to church for songs and a sermon» strategy that has been followed for so many centurieSo in future follow - up posts, I will suggest some different ways of measuring success, different goals churches can have, and maybe different ways of achieving those goals than the standard «come to church for songs and a sermon» strategy that has been followed for so many centurieso many centuries.

M. Goodswell: «If you want there to be something more than there is - so be it... but don't try to tell me for one second that any of the churches today are straight up... none of them are... they are all based on a false foundation... its all BS....

Lay Church - goers seeking consolation rather than understanding from their religion often form «lord of the flies» packs to silence they fellow lay persons who refuse to drink the KoolAid without an explanation for why they should do so.

So stop telling me to join your church if you are an example of your church it is run by something other than the teachings of Christ.

I go to my McChurch, rather than traditional church, where one stares at the back of people's necks for an hour, so I can be the living, Biblically R - E-A-L (Relational - Engaging - Authentic - Life - giving) Cchurch, where one stares at the back of people's necks for an hour, so I can be the living, Biblically R - E-A-L (Relational - Engaging - Authentic - Life - giving) ChurchChurch.

«So at this point, traditional Mormons, evangelical Protestants and conservative Catholics have more in common with one another politically than they do with the more liberal elements within their respective churches.»

So here's my take — I believe admitting gossipers into the church causes more damage than admitting homosexuals does.

The idea that we will spend eternity in heaven comes more from pagan religion than from Scripture, and has only been prominent in the church for the past 500 years or so.

Those that I have known who have left traditional church did so for less noble reasons than your post describes.

And that is so much healthier than anything any so - called «church» of that ilk has to offer.

Standing in front of his congregation at Ecclesia Church, a congregation he admits is different - more diverse, more urban - than many evangelical churches - Chris Seay encouraged them to do so something he said combines the ideas of sacrifice and devotion that mark the Lenten season, the 40 - day lead up to Easter.

There is no more distorted reflection of the power of the Spirit than Pentecostal services in so - called liturgical churches, which embroider Christianity's memory of great historical moments with the pomp and circumstance of banners, dramatic proclamations and unsingable hymns and anthems.

In these moments, I am much more aware that the community of the church is so much more than the sacred stories that bind us together.

Nobody thought much of religions other than Christianity; as was obvious by our public school pledge — which admonished us all to be good Christian citizens... Sure, I had questions too, but our church was pretty low - key so I was safe from some of the more radically - minded (read: brainwashed) of my peers.

Broadly speaking, it is probably true to say that the Church was more concerned to communicate the schema to the laity than the Bible itself; but in doing so it ensured that whatever of the biblical material became available, either by direct reading, or through liturgy and offices, through sermons, hymns or pictures, was seen in a well - defined perspective.

Churches would rather do something safe like a barn dance or a pie - and - pea supper or another barn dance because the first one went so well, rather than risk something as socially volatile as a comedy night as part of their outreach.

So the «institutional church» is no more the necessary cause of what the naked pastor describes than marriage is the cause of divorce.

I did however pray a lot for more than forty years before I left my Church and while I was there I read the bible several times cover to cover, so I would pit my knowledge of the bible against the most fervant of believers.

Community belonging and being a member of the Body of Christ is so much more than church attendance and membership, and too often, we've forgotten that, or we act like it isn't true.

But «church» is so much more than singing a few songs and listening to a 20 minute sermon once a week, voting a certain way, and opposing this or that political issue.

The fact is, LGBT Christians often do a better job at living out the way of Jesus than do the Christians who exclude them from their worship services... Really, it would be so much easier to wave a big middle finger at the church and go about our lives.

So I took off my glasses, surrounded by yet another church, I was braver than I was alone, and this was for us all.

If you believe in the tenants of the Catholic Church, some who have passed over can be in Purgatory so the offerings will help them ascend to Heaven sooner than later.

As a recovered alcoholic, who is a devoted churchman, put the matter: «Many people find so much more acceptance in AA than in the church, they make AA their church.»

Of course, as you say, being the church is about so much more than just reading, teaching, or singing songs.