I certainly don't fit the mold and find a sense of belonging in creative environments more
so than church culture as it is.
But certainly more
so than any church or religion.
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.&raqu
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.&raqu
so 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 centurie
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 centurie
so 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) C
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)
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.