Sentences with phrase «what churches»

«We are here because it's what churches ought to be doing, engaging with everyone in the community... no matter what results we receive from it, we continue because it's what we should be doing.»

What our churches are arguing over, therefore, is not the authority of Scripture or confessions but over those things to which reference must be made when authority is exercised, over their correct interpretation, and over their relative weight in settling disputes.

Based on McCann's research concerning what the churches are doing in the field of mental illness and mental health, the authors of Action for Mental Health wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental health....

I'm no expert on church planting, but what these churches seem to have in common is a pastor with a vision for ministering in a unique way to a specific group of people in a specific neighborhood, partnering with a denomination that can help with resources and accountability.

Casper, as an «outsider» really did misunderstand what some churches were doing and why.

Often what churches need is not a better understanding of the faith, but a more adequate knowledge of the society in which they are trying to live it out.

They are looking elsewhere for what the churches have failed to give them.

I'm no expert on church planting, but what these churches seem to have in common are pastors and laypeople who share a vision for ministering in a unique way to a specific group of people in a specific neighborhood, partnering with a denomination that can help with resources and accountability.

That pastor did not feel the need to clarify in any way where this young man stood in relation to this issue, nor what the churches stance is / was.

Some see Mother's Day as at best an antiquated observance or at worst a patriarchal indulgence, evoking traditional ideals of motherhood and domesticity, when what the churches really need are new liturgies of gender equality and inclusion.

and then blast the government for not doing what churches are supposed to do (not the government).

When it came down to what churches emphasized and spent their time and money for, it was preserving the institution — the building, the staff and the programs.

(Despite the fashionable derision, one may gratefully note that the great bulk of what the churches actually do in response to myriad human needs is charity, or what used to be called the corporal works of mercy.)

The lyric «You're so open - minded that your brains leaked out» was always reminding me of what churches were telling me; that based on the Bible almost everything we do outside of what the church teaches and does, is evil.

You say that you don't see Jesus in the churches — I don't know what churches you have been to, but there are definitely churches that do well in representing and teaching Jesus Christ (not all churches of course) HOWEVER... if you think you will find perfection in a human being, you must know that your kidding yourself.

Many of our methods assume a ready market that stands willing to respond, if we simply supply awareness of what our churches and organizations offer.

Worried that I would never be what the Church wanted me to be, I was relieved to discover egalitarian theology and the existence of other Christian feminists.

The classical doctrine assumed a minimalist position, requiring a merely implicit intention: «to do what the Church does.»

I have to admit I had some pretty unchristian thoughts about them, especially when they would ask what church I belonged to and then would abruptly stop talking to me.

It depends on what church you're in, April.

Ultimately — I don't think belief is what church is about.

Lets not focus on what the church is doing right or wrong, and lets focus on what we are doing right or wrong in our own actions.

You have the audacity to tell a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints what his Church teaches?

How many fellow humans have you condemned because they don't believe what your church or old testament interpretation told you?

to the user «prophet» or to anyone reading these posts, you can visit LDS.org or Mormon.org to learn what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints is about.

What the church means is, don't choose one Mormon candidate over another Mormon candidate.

My point, is that no matter what the church says, he should have done the right thing as a PERSON, allowed her to take communion, and provided her with comfort.

after a while they asked what church we attended and when we said we did not, they asked us why.

I'm speaking about my own faith only: To become a Christian, it must be your own choice.No else can decide this life style for you.I know many in the past and present have thought raising a child under the Christian label will save them for hell but in actual reality, the choice is their own not their parents etc.This life (being Christian) goes deeper than just believing.You have to consider this yourself.Many today do not even consider Christ as their savior because they just believe what their church or family says.

Instead they spew hate and anger toward things they have not even attempted to understand... often times believing what people tell them instead of researching for themselves what the church believes.

One day before I left, I began to talk to her about legalism and I asked what church she went to.

Juan Isasmendi, who lives and works in one of the villas, this is where the future Pope Francis filled his lungs with the «oxygen» he needed to think about what the church ought to be.

Never, so far as I can tell, has modern historical study made it impossible for a contemporary person concerned about intellectual integrity to believe what the Church (or the synagogue) has long taught as necessary for true faith.

When we complain about the Church, her leaders and her members we are demonstrating not only a misunderstanding of what a church is, but also a disrespect for Who the Church is.

I think our new Pope is just what the Church needs at this point — humility, self - sacrifice, lack of interest in «material» things!

As is true anywhere in the world, the government is concerned with matters of licensing and training and therefore regulating what the Church can or can not do in its social programs.

Another commonly asked question is «What church do the believers in God belong to?»

When I was religious, I was more worried about pleasing a god, following rituals, doing what the church said to do.

I identify with much of what he says in terms of what the church and ministry are.

Therefore, we abandoned our customary stance of opposing much of what the church does in order to support it on this narrow point.

Though social justice must always be a vital aspect of what the church does, it is subordinate to worship.

This is no issue to take lightly, as we are called by Christ to set the «world afire» in his name, and if you are spouting off AGAINST what the Church has said is Truth, you are greatly blaspheming.

Would he just suddenly dictate how many children we should have or dictate what church we should / should not attend.

My dad is one, and he's both moral and law - abiding, but he just doesn't care about what the church thinks and he's happy that way.

It's unclear what the church was being used for before Islamic State demolished it, because it appears on a list of churches presented to the US House of Representatives which were either «destroyed, occupied, converted to mosques, converted to ISIS headquarters or otherwise shuttered».

Unfortunately the young lady in the article has been mislead as to what the church teaching is on birth control.

ezek 18:4 shows us that the soul is indeed mortal and can die despite what the church teaches about an immortal soul.

What the church is meant to be, Piper et al, is a mutually honouring balance of the masculine and the feminine, in harmony and unity, together, thus reflecting the nature of God.

So why pretend to be Catholic if you don't like what the church teaches?

I'm not interested in what that church represents because of it's poor choice in a mascot.