Sentences with phrase «what deacons»

About the only thing you get from the New testament is support your pastor, and support the poor / widows (which is what deacons were originally for — to help organise things).

Starting backwards with Coll's fourth point, that it is what deacons and deaconesses are rather than what they do that is significant for the Church, Coll explains that on the issue of ordination generally, the «ontological» versus «functional» debate continues (p207).

Thinking this was all kind of weird, I called one of the other women who rode with us & asked her about her opinions and what the deacon had said.

Deacon's Tate retrospective features drawings and small - scale sculptures, but these can be largely set aside as a side show because what Deacon is famous for are his larger pieces.

Not exact matches

I'm not sure what, but it was enough to prevent Dad from becoming a deacon.

They show us what level of Christlike character and life - skill development are necessary for elders, overseers, deacons.

I suspected I'd get a little pushback from fellow Christians who hold a complementarian perspective on gender, (a position that requires women to submit to male leadership in the home and church, and often appeals to «biblical womanhood» for support), but I had hoped — perhaps naively — that the book would generate a vigorous, healthy debate about things like the Greco Roman household codes found in the epistles of Peter and Paul, about the meaning of the Hebrew word ezer or the Greek word for deacon, about the Paul's line of argumentation in 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, about our hermeneutical presuppositions and how they are influenced by our own culture, and about what we really mean when we talk about «biblical womanhood» — all issues I address quite seriously in the book, but which have yet to be engaged by complementarian critics.

The doctrine that the deacon proclaims in the Exultet on Easter night is what we might call the anthropocentric doctrine of the Incarnation.

Every clergyperson — bishop, pastor, minister, elder, and deacon — knows what kinds of concerns reign in church business meetings, and those concerns DO NOT focus on «righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.»

In Paul's epistles to the churches in Homes, who are the preachers, deacons, reverends, where is there a set time to be in church, who is in charge what did they do when they came together, remember there was no book called a bible at the time.

When I see the Gospel book carried solemnly by the deacon in procession with candle bearers, reverently venerated with incense, solemnly proclaimed, kissed by the bishop and carefully enthroned, I think of what Annie Dillard asks about Christian worship:

Relying on a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes about a carriage made by a deacon, Thomas tries to distinguish between a life that breaks down and (what would be for him a truly natural culmination) a life that wears out.

So, when do Deacons tell a pastor what to do, preach or say?

Bill Deacon How do you know that God is the good one and not the devil unless you had some innate sense of what «good» was in the first place?

And, while I know it's impossible for the entire Kingdom of God to be held up while some deacon goes to fetch a gallon of gospel, I fear sometimes its possible and I wonder what God must think when we neglect the source of our strength and power.

Do not be a Christian that relies on Pastors, Deacons, or others to TELL you their interpretation of what the text says.

Bill Deacon — What you say makes no sense and, as pointed out, is immoral.

When the church is consumed and possessed by mortgages, capital campaigns, membership numbers, qualifications for membership or deacon or elder, the variety and format of financial reports, redecorating, ordination policies, the proper delineation of committee responsibilities, the aggregation and strengthening and protection of church hierarchical authority, the preference for political associations and prominence instead of being a voice and influence for justice and compassion, seasonal vestment colors, the abandonment and refusal to acknowledge congregations who dare to be excited by their proclaiming and provoking and living and sharing the Good News, the continual choosing and preoccupation with better organization over better outreach, or what styles of worship are to be offered — then it is time for an earth - shaking, stone - rolling, curtain ripping, hurricane - strength, fiery and noisy transformational revolution that will resurrect the Good News in the body and spirit of communities and individuals.

«By now I was a deacon: they didn't know what to do with me.

But I won't ever draw a salary — we'll continue to work day and night because that is what every non-paid deacon and elder has done for years!

Bill Deacon Your posts are getting more disgusting every day, you really should go back and read the hatred, no too strong, the extreme dislike you show for other religions, you are a magnificent apologist for what you believe, but a «golden rule» guy is way beyond your grasp.

My own condition is just what it has been, namely, as the Apostle says: «As dead and behold I live»... Deacon John intends to move out of your house and return to the parsonage.

Bill Deacon for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end ------------ What if someone doesn't turn away from God, they have notions of spirituality, pray, etc, but don't follow the same human - crafted traditions you do?

Undermines what, Bill Deacon?

However, as a teenager he became disillusioned by what he saw in his own church: a congregation composed of «a young pastor, old deacons, and all women,» a congregation that did not sufficiently support pastors and their families either emotionally or financially.

In abolishing the practice of deacons» communicating the presbyters, the Nicene Council characterized as against tradition what had, in fact, been primitively the natural function of the servants of the bishops, namely, to pass the bread and wine and first of all to the liturgically nonparticipant but revered and seated elders (presbyters) of the congregation.

His Father and Many felt my husband was not going to get away with his defiance to the agenda they had and started using harsher ways to keep him from what he was demanding It eventually earned him a nickname the retaliation and left grown men crying when they had to try and deal with him Christmas 2003 it was thought o0ur deacon came up with the perfect plan by claiming Religious need over my husbands refusal to work the 2003 down week My Husband Decided he was going to Ruin his life in response to making him work both the Ireland vacation and The holidays, I told him before the Ireland trip if he wanted to go he could have just taken our offer in 2001.

Colleen Deacon: Well, I mean, I think, to be honest with you, I think a lot of what the Democratic Platform is what I stand for.

Deacon's candidacy in what could be a large Democratic field was encouraged by Gillibrand, a Democrat with knowledge of the 24th District said.

(GR): Ms. Deacon, let me just give you a very brief opportunity to respond to just the last part of what the congressman said there about another way to look at possible ways to remedy a problem that you're both identifying.

Ms. Deacon, what specifically should the federal government be doing about the nation's infrastructure and how high of a national spending priority should it be relative to other priorities.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - U.S. Rep. John Katko and Colleen Deacon took sharp swings at each other Wednesday and suggested their opponent was intentionally misleading voters in what turned into the most heated debate of their campaign for Congress.

«For John to say that he has much more experience in this level... he's trying to destroy my record instead of running on the fact of the issues that matter here in this district and not focusing on what people here really want to focus on,» Deacon said.

In her response, Deacon, D - Syracuse, said the Democratic platform «is what I stand for so I don't know necessarily why I would break — why I would want to break away from any of the issues...»

Terrence W. Deacon «s new theory of consciousness depends as much on what isn't there as on what is — and could even help us understand our early origins

There's been no confirmation of what Middleton will wear, but according to The Telegraph, designer Giles Deacon is rumored to be the designer, after he was spotted leaving her home.

I will wear them with my black merino wool boyfriend cardi - belted, black heeled ankle boots or my Giles Deacon for New Look studded sandals and not sure yet about what top underneath!!

WHAT: A documentary crew tracks a massive storm to the small town of Silverton, where an endless barrage of tornados wreak havoc on its inhabitants, including a father (Richard Armitage) and his two sons (Max Deacon and Nathan Kress), a pair of redneck daredevils, and students from the local high school.

What We Do in the Shadows Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, New Zealand / USA Canadian Premiere Vladislav (Jemaine Clement), Viago (Taika Waititi), and Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) are three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life's obstacles — like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood.

If Deacon is a murderer, what kind of planning does this setup, which the movie then shows him doing more than once, entail?

Macy knows he's only a temporary resident, and Deacon knows that committed, real romance isn't his thing, but they both begin to question what they've always assumed about themselves — and wonder whether this could be the perfect match.

Deacon Hayes, founder of the Well Kept Wallet blog, found out exactly what happens the hard way.

Days Gone revolves around the life of a biker named Deacon and what appears to be the remnants of his biker gang following the fall of civilisation.

Horde battles are considered late - game encounters, and are as exciting as they are challenging; our attempt to take down what game director Jeff Ross described as a «baby horde» of «just» 300 freakers took several tries, even with a geared - up Deacon.

In a good mix between intense hand - to - hand combat and calculated stealth, players got more of a feel for protagonist Deacon St. John than what we have previously seen.

But that doesn't always mean it should be an institution's end - goal, Deacon warns: «participation is something we have to carefully think about what it can do,» he says.

What / Why: «The super secret is revealed... our surprise guest is Dan Deacon!

Beijing Commune had new sculptures by Richard Deacon, while Boers - Li Gallery put together a group show of five Berlin - based artists who possess «an energy similar to what's happening in Beijing,» said Waling Boers.

Richard Deacon: What You See Is What You Get, opening 25 March, features over 40 works from the 1980s until present

«What seems to me particularly interesting in the rolling, twisting, bending operations with material [is] that the enclosure or volume created [has] nothing to do with weight or mass,» Deacon explains.