Sentences with phrase «who got to church»

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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.