Sentences with phrase «time around church»

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The Church Committee exposed much of the program, with a full report from Congress stating: «The CIA currently maintains a network of several hundred foreign individuals around the world who provide intelligence for the CIA and at times attempt to influence opinion through the use of covert propaganda.

I wonder if he was around today (at a time where the church is becoming more and more accepting of committed gay relationships), if he might have a different mission... one that includes fighting religious persecution of gays.

Before the Muslim conquests (it is interesting that papacy and Islam were established at the same time around 600 a. D.) there was a great Christian Church in the Roman Empire or later Eastern Roman Empire with a lot of free bishops.

There was still silence when, at around the same time, the sons of pastor Alexander Pavenko of the charismatic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord were murdered by separatists in the city of Slavyansk, when the priests of the Patriarchate of Kyev and the Muslim leaders were expelled from Crimea, and when Greek Catholic priests were tortured by the «Russian Orthodox Army.»

The Catholic Church cherry picked whatever BS was laying around, written generations after the time of the supposed Christ and stuffed it into a book with contradictions on every page.

The scientific community, for the most part, accepted Copernicus» theory, but the church took a long time to come around.

It's during this time that churches around the country often lavish praise, thanksgiving...

As a kid who went to church every day I can't tell you the number of times the daily readings said something really strange and perverse; why even keep it around?

The Church, in particular has been around a rather long time and there is no universal health care in America.

These, I suggest, are the essentials around which we can unite, and beyond which we must grant liberty for differing opinions about issues relating to the future of Israel, the chronology of the end times, the nature of the priesthood, the practice of the gifts of the Spirit, church governance or even (dare I say it?)

I love how he goes to church right around election time.

I would also, if possible, take some of the time, energy, and money that previously went toward the activity of attending church, and put that time, energy, and money aside toward loving needy people around you — neighbors, coworkers, homeless people, and the poor.

This is another example where the Spirit of God moves in the hearts and minds of people all around the world to see similar truths at similar times so that we all work together to teach and learn what the Spirit is saying to the church.

Too lazy to look into right now... but didn't capitalism form around the time Luther broke away from the Catholic church, with the Protestant Reformation?

The church also partners with a local rabbi from time to time for conversation around Hebrew Scripture and offers a variety of Bible study / book club options.

Are you happy with the church you're at, or is it time to look around a little?

If you've been around Christians and Church circles long, you've probably heard the phrase «guard your heart» more times than you can count.

The house church movement that is, ever so slowly, growing in America has been flourishing around the globe for a long time, especially in Asia.

Around that time, a pastor from a church in Michigan — Rob Bell — was asked to speak to the team, and the two struck up a friendship.

In praise of a morning off from church in favour of, well, a rest: a rest from running around and going and showing up on time.

If you have been around church for any length of time, you know how damaging and destructive this can be, not only on the congregations, but also in the pastor's life and family.

During that time, I realized that most of the ministry conferences around the country were oriented for — and run by - «successful» pastors at «successful» churches.

You mean the Paul's church or one of the other version of Christianity that existed around that same time?

They keep the church around When I was the Asst. Pastor at Freedom Chapel in Long Island, our biggest tither was a divorce lawyer who was married 4 times and 2 of them while being a board member!

He takes great interest in the Church's teaching on homosexuality and from time to time, he is invited to give his personal testimony to groups around the country.

In the same way, as the culture around us changes, the Church must learn the language and speak it, at the same time offering a «counter-cultural culture» that is different from the culture of the mileu (but not so different as to be inaccessible).

Time to pass petitions around church pews collecting pledges not to buy the things in the future.

There are times where people in our church community come around us and tell us they believe in what we're doing by supporting us in different ways.

John Partington, author of The Happiness Factor (New Wine Press) and national leader of the UK's Assemblies of God group of churches, says happiness (which is referred to around 30 times in the Bible) and joy (which gets 300 mentions) are separate biblical entities.

This whole article reeks of a modern day inquisition, except this time around, the church is the scientific and academic community and the religion is humanism.

These lame attempts to make the Church «accessible» just don't turn around its image or effectiveness for anything but a short time.

Church attendance had ceased to be normal in most of Britain around the time of the 1914 — 18 war, and had begun to be abnormal after the 1939 — 45 war.

I feel like I should make some use of my ignore list time... strip naked and dance around a bonfire outside L4H's church or something.

Spending all their time and money trying to have huge churches and just the right clothes for Sunday mornings so they can look holier than all the others, all the while letting the world crumble around them...

I'm all for breastfeeding but can't you plan your feeding times around the one hour you go to church, or for that matter, when you're out in public?

I was writing our churches sexual harassment policy around the time Brian found out about his father's abuse, so in the course of my research I stumbled onto the information.

With all these bright, trained women running around, its» no wonder complementarians have a difficult time applying their own restrictions on the roles of women in the Church.

Galileo's bombshell that the earth is not the axis around which the universe revolves but a mere satellite of the sun must have disturbed Catholic minds at that time and the Fathers of the Church must have seriously considered its effect on the good of souls, their prime duty.

At a time when many churches are struggling to reach and keep young people, Tom Wade highlights five facts that, if embraced by churches, could turn their youth work around.

I am by no means talking about skimping on materials, but I do have a hard time wrapping my head around these «complexes» that look more appropriate for the arena for a division one basketball program, than a church.

All believers around the world and throughout time are the church, and in order to function as the church, we must seek opportunities to gather together.

Every time the church has went against science (e.g., the earth revolves around the sun) science has won.

Around the same time, Greene told Malcolm Muggeridge that Russia only destroyed the Church's body, while America destroyed its soul.

The council itself teaches this lesson with great clarity in Gaudium et Spes: It is the task of the Church «to distinguish the many voices of our times and to interpret them in the light of the divine Word» — and not the other way around.

Look for more of these stories in 2013 as we spend more time exploring denominationalism and church trends and as we «visit» various faith communities around the country.

Taking time to get to know the people around you and then reaching out to them outside of the church will allow for a greater, more stable community.

We are drawn to this place of slaughter, this symbol around which our churches are built, and at the same time we are repelled by it.

Around this time the Catholic Church in America had become embroiled in the nastiest of scandals, one that would among other things spend years on prominent display in the country's press, and Richard and his company of fellow Catholics had to have been deeply distressed by it.

The ironic one that I still have a hard time wrapping my head around are all the people who (myself included — and even his close friend, the assistant pastor / jail chaplain) were forced out of a certain church when the pastor started attending seminary.

Neville you are quite right it is a process of growing i do nt believe Jeremy is saying we should sit there like a lump of clay and do nothing.But rather than doing something thinking that that will add to the work of Christ is pointless.We are expected to walk by faith but alot of what is expected from the church or others are dead works and are done because the church expects us to do them.The way around this is to say no just do what the Lord wants you to and please him put him first.That way you are still walking by faith and growing in Christ rather than wasting time just trying to keep something going that needs to die so that Christ can be elevated to the highest position.brentnz