Sentences with phrase «what other churches»

What if decisions were made, not based on what other churches or doing, not based on what the church has always done, not based on what the numerous church policies say, but instead only made after people had sought the truth of God through Scripture, the timing of God through prayer, and the leading of God through reliance on the Holy Spirit?

That's what other Churches do.

We'll look tomorrow at what Matt Chandler is doing in his church, and maybe make a few general suggestions for what other churches can do as well.

Not exact matches

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.

Bottom line is this, keep it out of the public square; learn to respect others beliefs / disbeliefs; stop trying to tell LGBT they are wrong; stop trying to tell women what they can and can't do with their bodies; stop trying to push bogus creationism crap (backed with zero evidence) on innocent children in the public school system; just stop pushing it outside your home or church.

Certainly we can tell others at the water cooler and in our churches what we believe about issues like this, but it's important that we talk and listen and trust God to help us wrestle through the seeming contradictory pros and cons involved.

And what local churches do sometimes when they treat each other like businesses competing for tithing customers.

BUT... if the Church is going to claim and treat sexual deviance (if in fact that is what they believe it is) with such force over and against all other indiscretions, how do they justify that... and how isn't it hypocritical of them when they simply wink at other things that are clearly outlined by Jesus» own words as grievous.

i really would love to be led by somebody who feels what i feel and is courageous enough to say that even though he is the pastor and this is his church and there is nothing to be afraid of because Christ found us and not the other way around, yet he still gets scared.

If a church can not tell its flock «what to do with my body,» as the saying goes, with regard to contraception, then other uses of that body will quickly prove to be similarly off - limits to ecclesiastical authority.

Given that its figures do not include Cardiff where rough sleeping is highest, as well as other parts of Wales, the 18,000 hours is just a snapshot of what Welsh churches are doing for people who don't have anywhere to live.

I ask this for three reasons: 1) Warfield begins the chapter with Edward Gibbon's conversion to Catholicism, which was related to Gibbon's belief in the continuation of the miraculous; 2) he spends several pages in the same chapter critiquing another famous convert to Catholicism, John Henry Newman, noting what he sees as Newman's shift toward the miraculous; 3) even though he knows that Gregory of Nyssa, Athanasius, and Jerome all wrote about saints in which the miraculous was prominent, he still makes the claim that these «saints» lives» follow other Christian romances and thus represent an infusion of Heathenism into the church.

Now, as you talk of UV light and water and oxygen (and yes, this is not my field of science), but I do care to read other hypothesis given forth to explain things, before jumping to believe what a religious scripture or actually its Church wants me to believe.

The horrors perpetrated on «witches» or others who dared to cross the church were done in the name of the «lord» they knew what they were doing and felt god gave them that authority to kill.

Those that form church communities around deciding certain stories within the canon are more important than others or certain interpretations of the stories are what God really wanted to communicate.

I think a lot of things could be glossed over in this story... what was the real relationship like between John and James, did Lucas» other church reject him or did Lucas do the rejecting, and how much shame from the parents had to do with that decision, the issue of race, the issue of disability... I'm a pessimist so I think of these things.

Among other things, it is premised upon an individualistic notion of salvation that neglects what St. Paul describes as the «mystery» of the continuing relationship between Israel and the Church (see Romans 9 - 11).

Some Christians will see some branches of the Church's changes as positive and a step forward, while others will see it as negative and move away from what the Bible teaches.

The subtlety of the Second Vatican Council's statement in Nostra Aetate that the «Catholic Church rejects nothing of what is true and holy in [other] religions» has often been missed by Catholics on both sides of the ecclesial aisle.

If Christians compromise on this teaching — which every Christian church held to be essential until 11:58 on the clock of history — the world will ask what other beliefs they will muffle when under duress.

A priest has asked thieves who stole a ciborium as well as a tabernacle, chalices and other sacred items from a church «to repent and to return what they have taken.

I myself am Mormon I have always been a mormon ever since I was born, most of you don't even know what you are talking about, you just listen to what other people say about us but don't even visit he church.

I was asked the other day by a copier salesman (who was calling the church to sell me paper), «What was it like growing up as the son of Joel Hunter»?

When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.

First, who really cares what the Church, or any other religious organization thinks about policy?

So what if a Muslim gets 100 other Muslims to join the Christian church group with him?

But this is what is special about church, as opposed to other counselling or charity which can be done without the church.

For all the commenters telling Christians to stop telling others what they do, all of these men and women are Christians INSIDE the church looking to improve themeselves.

In what ways is the Church now enjoying the benefits --(perhaps including technology, lifestyle, cost of living etc and the other fruits of globalisation).

Unfortunately I just read another post the other day from A Broken Pilgrim (http://brokenpilgrim.wordpress.com/) and here is what his pastor did with the information in a year end letter of the givers to his «church»:

There is no doubt that a lot of what Joseph Smith said (and other «primitive Mormon Church» leaders) could be called into question.

The church's leader was shot to death along with many other menbers of the church not to mention burning down homes and what they considered thier sacred temple.

I see a lot a atheist and frankly others point out how many chirstians pick and choose what rules to follow but on this rule they just blame the church.

If you want to know more about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints, please visit http://www.lds.org Find out for yourself and not just based on what others said who also might be listening from others.

Oh yeah what happened after 9/11 did you see how people flocked to churches and other places of worship?

They post about the lack of «religious freedom» in these other countries, but what they are really referring to is THEIR churches not being allowed into do THEIR «witnessing».

Other possible dates are May 18, John Paul's birthday, or October 16, the anniversary of the date he was elected pope in 1978, Tornielli said, suggesting the last date is most likely, to give the church time to prepare what will be an enormous event, even by the Vatican's standards.

Fact is many men who are in leadership or positions of power in Church, business, entertainment, sports, etc., feel it is their unilateral right to have access to sluts, regardless of what the Bible says or any other moral teachings.

People, PLEASE do a google search on what Mormons REALLY believe - and not on one of their church - sponsored websites - just like you would not do research on any other cult by reading their cultist material.

These changes in the numerical balance, together with the increasing replacement of American missionaries by nationals in leadership positions at the lower levels of church structure, have inevitably raised the issue of when and to what extent the distribution of leadership and other staff at headquarters will reflect these developments.

Second, church bullies almost always like feeling important and knowledgeable, be it about how the church should be run, what God and the Bible say, and how other people should think, live and vote.

Essentially what this means for the church is that they should not fellowship with him (see 5:10 - 11, 13), for it is primarily in fellowship with other Spirit - led believers where there is grace, peace, mercy, and love.

In other words, they will not teach as Catholic theology what is contrary to the Church's teaching.

I always felt it was a pity that church folk were so intent on disparaging others, they missed what's great about Christianity.

Always needing to be right, always needing to be in charge and control, always too busy and self - centered for others and always trying to figure out ways that you can profit from God, the Bible, church and religion tells me who you are, in which case I care not what you think about what the Bible says, whether or not it is without error and so on.

But now I say unto you, report those who disagree with you to the church or denominational authorities, label them heretics or say that they raise «red flags» and let everyone know not to listen to them, criticize their positions without ever going to them personally to find out what they actually believe and are teaching, align them with other «heretics» without ever researching their books, writings, and messages, and above all, side with your friends against them even if you personally have never been hurt or offended by them.

If there was a church whose goal was to persuade, and who has, thus far, persuaded over 13 million people to lie about what they blieve in order to fit in with others, nobody would join that church, they would just join the «others» they are trying to fit in with.

this is what i learned from church on sundays as a child,: to honour my mother and father, to treat others with kindness, to not steal, not covet, to forgive, and treat my enemies with kindness.

Theresa keep what you were doing when you reached out to the homeless lady that was the right thing to do that was motivated by the holy spirit do nt follow what the church does do what the Lord wants you to do and it will bear fruit.Let them do there thing you just keep following the Lord and listen to him in your heart and let him lead you.People do things for different reasons to please others for power to be seen to do the right thing all those are the wrong reasons they are just dead works without the Lord we can do nothing.Dont let others turn you away from what the Lord wants you to do its him we need to please always.Be encouraged that the Lord used you to touch a life that is awesome.And do nt take the rejection personally because its not you they are pushing away it is the Lord the yare not listening to him but doing wha tthey want to do it will bear no fruit.May the Lord bless you and your family in your ministry step out in faith and trust him he will not disappoint you because he is with you.

A few people might shake their hands and greet them, but usually newcomers were themselves responsible for getting to know other people in the church and for finding out what the church might have to offer them.