Sentences with phrase «told by a pastor»

When we decided to leave that church, I was told by the pastor's wife that we could not be friends anymore because I wasn't committed to them, that I had been like a «live - in girlfriend» because I had been fellowshipping with them and had decided to leave them.

When I joined the Army as a prison guard, I was told by my pastor and my churchy friends that I was sent there by God to minister to those in prison.

I have a good friend who was told by a pastor and an elder... who was there as a witness... that she was fat because she doesn't submit to her husband.

I remember being told by pastors and church leaders that «gay Christian» (or «bisexual Christian» or «transgender Christian») is an oxymoron and that no one who holds a high view of Scripture can support same - sex relationships.

I was always told by pastors, teachers, evangelist, etc, that God created the idea of sex and He wants us to have a really great sex life but to remain abstinent until marriage.

Before I go into the full story as told by Pastor Gbenga Oso, I will tell you one of the unusual things she did.

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Question is that while we are told that we should not to define Islam by the actions of a few where are the voices in the middle east when the people are chanting death to America over the pastor wanting to but.

I've seen people coming to the polls with a list compiled by pastors to tell them who to vote for in each ward.

Sircuts, I'm sorry to tell you, but you've been badly and I mean BADLY informed by some pastors full of ill will.

I know one pastor who has since left the ministry who was told by his authorities that his worship music must always be positive, optimistic and celebratory because that's what people want, that's what will keep them coming, and if you provide it consistently they will become your strongest supporters.

I was told this by the church — but anger was generally expressed from the pastor in a more passive agressive way...

Those Christians killing natives and mistreating them did so in part BECAUSE they were told it was okay by their pastors and priests, they were directly dehumanized from the pulpits that allowed their members to go about their murder and mistreatment without guilt or punishment.

Beware the man that tells you that all your disposable time, and your assets, should be sacrificed to advance the mission of the church............ a mission defined not by God but by the man who claims to be his representative...... the pastor at your local mega church.

I do apologize because I do not have first hand proof of the affair that happened with an Emergent Pastor and the woman in his congregation nor the Mars Hill seminary student situation but it was told to me by a very reliable ground zero source and from the same source about both.

In a lecture on «The Renewal of the Inner City Church,» Jim Wallis told a group of pastors true stories of declining inner - city churches that had, by the grace of God, rediscovered their mission and begun to thrive.

On Wednesday, Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande, now in their early 20s, gave an exclusive interview to CNN Atlanta affiliate WSB, saying that they are haunted by their experiences with Long and that they are writing a tell - all book about what they say happened between them and the powerful pastor.

It does seem that pastors who decide which theology to tell a person are really almost setting themselves up as God by determining what «truth» the people need to hear.

And after all, what can I expect when, as a church leader, I quit and tell the pastor I can't stay and listen to him preach because it makes me want to throw up — and refuse to preserve the image of the church by lying to protect a sexual predator in the pulpit.

We even, by manner or words, tell a story of our own faith, as parishioner and pastor together face the dilemmas that oppress the one seeking help — and all of us.

Becoming an atheist is the most wonderful thing that can happen to a person, but for these «pastors» it means losing friends, family, and the income they made by telling their lies.

In the meantime, Mike and Michelle, (who are Christians, as evidenced by a previous conversation in which they urge Joe and Jane to abstain from the aforementioned drinking of alcohol and having sex), go straight to heaven, where they are told by Jesus (the church pastor) that they are finally home for eternity.

This sort of thing makes me so sad... and yet we are told over and over by megachurch pastors that this is what must be done to «grow your church» so it can be more «effective for the kingdom of God.»

RHE: I once wrote a post entitled, «Dear Pastors, Tell Us the Truth,» and was heartbroken by how many pastors responded to it by saying they would never feel comfortable being that honest with their congregPastors, Tell Us the Truth,» and was heartbroken by how many pastors responded to it by saying they would never feel comfortable being that honest with their congregpastors responded to it by saying they would never feel comfortable being that honest with their congregations.

Pastor Campe knew that Karen, a recovering addict who had been clean for fewer than two years, did belong at Central Park; he also knew that Karen would have to learn this the hard way — by telling her story.

You wrote: >» No one knows whether he will see heaven or hell, I'm telling you even those pastor that you praise there is no guarantee that they will see heaven, only God who knows, so to increase your chance to go to heaven, try by all means to stay away from sins.»

Her personal pastor and long - time friend, Russell J. Levenson Jr. told The Houston Chronicle the champion of literacy spent the final hours of her life surrounded by family and lifted up by prayer.

You will hear this verse quoted on television by pastors telling you that if you give generously to their ministry, God will give generously to you.

I remember a story told by an astute pastor.

I don't know the Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, however, by being willing to preach Christ in Iran tells me that he believes what he preaches.

As a child I listened to the pastors standing up on the altar telling me I was a sinner by the simple fact of me being born.

Churches and pastors who participate in miracles and prophecies don't like to be told that they are being controlled by the devil, and so they often counter with the argument that anyone who says that something is of the devil when it is actually from God is committing a blasphemous sin against the Holy Spirit and will never be forgiven of such a sin.

A pastor who was part of the ex-gay movement told me that, like a chick «emerging» from an egg, I would surely find true «healing» and that my heterosexual identity would «emerge» by God's grace.

Those undecided pastors told LifeWay Research last month that the top characteristic for getting their vote in 2016 is personal character (36 %), while likely Supreme Court nominees (14 %) ranked second by a more than 2 to 1 margin.

David Lynn (pictured above holding a placard, library image), a pastor from Canada, was detained outside Barking underground station after a female passer - by told officers he made homophobic comments.

«I figured a way out, a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers, but I couldn't get it past the Congress,» Pastor Charles L. Worley can be seen telling his Providence Road Baptist Church congregation in the video, which had more than 250,000 YouTube views by Tuesday.

I just feel like I am once again the small church pastor who is being told by the mega church pastor «Well, duh... if you just do these three things, you too can have a mega church.»

My pastors / elders closed the meeting by threatening me and telling me that I was destined for Hell.

Then you have many books in the OT telling us that we have been mislead by this NT all by the priest, pastors, popes, and elders, all confirmed in Ezekiel 34.

All the anecdotes told that evening by the pastors and consultants deal more or less openly with political power: its absence, acquisition, contention, transfer, or consequence.

What these pastors tell me is that whatever imagination and intelligence they as pastors may have, it has come to them as a gift given to them — quietly, almost unwittingly, over time — by God in and through the people of faith who make up their congregations.

And I'm considered a steady rock by most people I know — someone who is strong and can lead through very tough times, but I'm telling you a church split has made many a pastor sick, or killed them.

Besides, pastors tell me that needy strangers who drop by their offices rarely indicate a hankering for video rental or sightseeing, and they aren't into home decorating.

I have seen too much: — an arrogant pastor that told me to leave the grounds and slammed the church door behind him; another that told me «all bisexuals are promiscuous» and thought this was not bigotry nor prejudice; — a young well - meaning pastor that was my bodyguard once, and never returned to feed the poor in their tent - villages; — a wonderful older brother that helped feed the poor but was scolded by his church too many times for being corrupted by his friendship with me; — an elder with weight identity issues that had medical intervention who talked down to me since I had gender identity issues and medical intervention (I laughed during the meeting because the hypocrisy was amazing...); — an elder that was like Jesus without condemnation towards me, and amazing... but we had to meet in my home far away from his rejecting church.

(I have on more than one occasion felt the effect of an otherwise admirable sermon ruined by the sense that the pastor had been told once too often what a fine preacher he was.)

I think you are trying to taint Christians by saying your Pastor told you that.

We pay the pastor because the priests were supported by the tithes and because the New Testament tells us to, and we tithe because we are continuing the Old Testament practice of tithing.

Tell me if you can, without quoting a holy book or making reference to anything said by a pastor or preacher or referencing anyhting religious...» how you know for sure» that the world will end the way you think it will.

I did not serve my country for 9 years to be told what is right or wrong by some american pastor, priest, rabbi, or any other religious fanatic.

When I spoke against this with regard to the leader that treated me as such I was told «I can't have that» by the pastor.

Just do what god tells you to do, as communicated by his interpreters here on earth, such as pastors, cult leaders, Osama bin Laden... Of course if you think you can hear him talk to you directly, you are clinically insane and should seek help.