Not exact matches
Much
to the disappointment of his mother,
who was
getting the family ready
to attend
church, Iovine made the trip from his parents» apartment in Brooklyn
to the Record Plant in Manhattan — where he found that the client was John Lennon.
«But I sincerely believe that Jesus wants a
Church attentive
to the goodness which the Holy Spirit sows in the midst of human weakness, a Mother
who, while clearly expressing her objective teaching, «always does what good she can, even if in the process, her shoes
get soiled by the mud on the street.
As it turned out, the parishioner
who had made that insulting remark so many decades earlier
got the very same service, and her nice casket was covered at the door of the
church by the same pall that covered dear Bernice's very lowly casket.I look forward
to the day when Bernice and the other lady stand side by side before the throne of heavenly grace.
How about we
get some LARGER FONT LARGER GRAPHICS front - paged stories on Romney being a Bishop in the Mormon
church who had some pretty abhorrent policies before 1980, while Romney was a member, including the exclusion of black men from the priesthood up until Mormons were pressured
to remove that provision in 1978.
And I think the
Church is
getting ready
to go through some internal purging; those
who want a compassionate
Church vs. those
who want the same ole same ole.
Mega
churches are nothing but a sea of nameless faces, except for the small few
who decide
to or can spare the time
to get involved in the running of the
church.
Previously we had
to rely on second hand accounts at best, the «I know a guy
who prayed and it totally came true» or «I know this person
who died and went
to heaven and came back» or «this person in our
church saw a Smurf doll
get up and start trying
to choke a baby...»
The argument being, that
to allow such a person
who is openly advocating something that the
Church has historical deemed a «sin»... you
get the point.
This is all about control with religion and it has
to stop.Gay people
getting married doesn't have anything
to do with straight people
getting married.People are so full of hatred and disrespect it isn't funny.I'm glad this has come out now, because it really shows how evil people really are.But these people
who are so into GOD, the Bible,
Church, and the only way of life they live 4 god, by god are the 1s
who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women, men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they do.That is a crock of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus
to use GOD and continue their EVIL ways
to get whatever they want and CONTROL
who ever they can.
You are looking for them
to just be accepted in this life, mine would be
to get them saved and out of their sin ----- just like the couple that have attended the
church I pastor
who are living together in sexual sin.
You just
get to see the broken people
who were hurt by the very
churches who were supposed
to help heal them.
«I do find it a puzzling quality of liberal Christians that they tend
to get excited when something that had been a cherished belief or practice of the
Church is shown
to have been false,» says Rod Dreher, commenting on a new book by a Notre Dame historian
who says that the early
Church's stories of martyrdom were false.
The
churches who may
get it «wrong» are not ones
to leave.
Why aren't you in
church, having dinner with your families, reading the bible, out for a walk,
getting together with friends, visiting the shut - ins
who aren't able
to attend services, or any number of other activities?
Ethington pointed out, though, that Mayne,
who was in a longtime monogamous relationship until a year ago, was only able
to get his
church calling because he's not currently with someone.
There were also the Hussite Wars from 1419
to circa 1434 in which the Roman Catholic
Church went
to war against followers of Jan Hus, a priest, philosopher, and master at Charles University in Prague
who had tried
to reform the
Church, condemning its sale of indulgences, which were the equivalent of a «
get out of jail» card in the game of Monopoly in that the
Church sold them as a means for believers
to get out of Purgatory.
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.
There is a story of a churchwarden (senior lay person)
who went
to hear a modern theologian speak — in the questions he
got up and said that he was disappointed that his vicar wasn't there because that was the kind of thing he wanted
to hear in his
church.
Rather, I think many of us would prefer
to separate those
who disagree with us and cleanse the
church and even the world of all
who are different and challenge our understanding of
who Jesus is and what he means... unless they
get saved, of course.
The gospel proclaimed and sacramentally enacted in the
Church is a word that calls us
to put all our trust in Jesus the Son of Mary; thus
who Jesus Christ is and where he
gets the authority
to promise such astounding things become the central theological questions.
Tons of christians don't go
to church, and at my
church we always joke about the C&E's — the people
who pack the place on Christmas and Easter only and make it hard for the rest of us
to even
get into the place.
Sorry
to disagree with you but I have no problem with putting muslim «tradition» on the back burner and if you don't like it that's tough, heck, we didn't leave a single intact
church steeple in Europe in WWII because they were used by enemy artillery spotters and snipers, why should muslims
get a pass, Tradition did not stop muslims from dragging dead US soldiers through Mogadishu nor did it stop them from hanging contractors from under bridges, Osama's body should have been brought back and put on display is a glass box at all three of his sites, allowing those
who wanted
to view him ample time
to do so.
As a pastor I've been
getting help for years, from a psychiatrist, from a clinical pastoral course I took years ago, from small groups over the years, from dear friends
who are honest enough
to speak into my life, from my medical doctor, from the elders in my
church, from my wife (mostly) from an adult children for alcoholics group I started only because there was nothing in place in my community.
Yes, ironic... ironic that the fellow
who is on the slow train
to hell,
who she was warned by the pastor not
to get involved with because he was an atheist, the fellow
who has never had anyone in the
church leadership say more than a sentence
to when he did go with her
to church, is the minister behind the minister of coffee.
Do you believe God and Jesus live on adjoining planets and when an LDS man (
who has obeyed the
church and its leaders) dies, he
gets his own planet
to rule equal in all things with your God.
Anyone
who wants
to get the official
church doctrines should visit the website"mormon.org» not detractor's false teachings.
It was about aging homosexuals
who regularly
get together
to reminisce, dance, and talk dirty in the basement of an Episcopal
church in Queens.
Mitt Romney Flip Flops because he makes a decision that usually makes sense... Then he
gets a call from the «Prophets» of the LDS
church and changes it with no question... is that
who you want in office... look at the issues he flipped on... every one of them was changed
to an LDS point of view.
It
gets a little weird in the case of the Pope and Mormon
Church leaders,
who apparently claim more authority and are able
to impose it.
Apparently we are worried as a nation at the prospect of electing a Mormon
to the White House but in 2008 electing an individual
who attended a
church which promoted hate, supported Islam, and announced that America
got what it deserved with the terrorist attacks was ok.
Divorce is decided by the law, not the
Church, although a couple
who's marriage is in distress will be urged
to get counseling and try
to save the marriage.
James Carne
who works at CAP Job Clubs UK believes
churches have an obligation
to continue
to help those finding it hard
to get work, speaking on Premier's «News Hour», he said: «There is still a big gap in terms of opportunities or help for people
who are seeking work.
Experiencing the kindness of strangers offered relief
to Mormons
who had been feeling «a little under siege,» said Bennett,
who first
got to know Romney through
church in 1978 and worked with him for five years at Bain & Company, a global consulting firm that Romney eventually led as CEO.
Every one of them says something like this
to me: «I
got an email this week from somebody
who says they're leaving my
church.»
Don't
get me wrong, absolute thumbs up
to those
who work in such orgs, but why do I have
to go
to another org from my
church to serve in this way?
I
got ta believe that if the Catholic
church was serious about addressing this issue it wouldn't take a year
to sever ties with an admitted child molester
who wants
to leave.
After a handful of years of
getting to know teenagers and young adults
who were brought
to the US as children, or
who were citizens themselves but continually feared their parents» deportation, this
church felt compelled
to act.
For example, Michael Haykin's Rediscovering the
Church Fathers:
Who They Were and How They Shaped the
Church and Bryan Litfin's
Getting to Know the
Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction....
CNN:
Church videos with harsh words for gays go viral online First it was a Christian pastor in North Carolina
who told his congregation on Mother's Day that the way «
to get rid of all the lesbians and queers» was
to put them behind an electric fence and wait for them
to die out.
So even though many of these
church people may be the most involved, generous, outreach - focused, Jesus - loving people you'll ever meet, they generally don't «
get it» when a
church planter tries
to do the things that are necessary
to plant a
church for people
who won't go
to church.
The greeters then introduce them
to a couple of families in the
church who share some common interests and
who the greeters know will spend some time
getting to know them.
The stuff I've written on topics like
getting to know neighbors and being the
church in the community doesn't seem
to connect with
church people,
who usually think
church is about sermons, a belief system, music, political causes
to be for or against and so on.
I often wonder if
churches attract bullies or if people
who get into a position of power in
churches find it's easy
to use their position
to lord it over others and even bully them.
I talked with a lady just a few weeks ago
who lives in Trego and I invited her
to come
to church, and she said she really wants
to, but Sunday is the only day she has
to get the things done around the house that she needs
to, and so she can't make it
to church.
In times past it was not unusual for those
who disaffiliated from a
church to return
to church practice when they
got married and started thinking concretely ow
to raise their kids..
Regardless, my main concern is with people
who will
get criticized and condemned for not wanting
to become a «
church member.»
In his post, Piper says, «submission does not mean you do not try
to influence your husband» and suggests that a good test of proper male headship in a relationship is
to examine
who says «let's» most often — as in, «let's go out
to eat, let's try
to get our finances in order, let's
get to church on time next Sunday.»
One does not have
to rehearse historical examples of
church authorities
who got it not only wrong, but very wrong.
The
church tries
to get around the issue by attempting
to somehow separate the individual from
who they are and thereby maintain the right
to openly condemn them and / or seek
to impose a life of celibacy and deny them the same rights of love, marriage, and family they themselves enjoy.
Football has so much
to teach the
Church, and it's loved by a group of people
who would probably like us too if they
got to know us.