Sentences with phrase «who spoke in church»

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(CNN)-- CNN's Brooke Baldwin spoke to Barbara Johnson who says a priest denied her communion at her mother's funeral Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland because she is a lesbian.

So, generally speaking, the only people who come into the church, or who stay in the church once it comes are true believers.

The Pope is a religious leader who speaks in order to direct the Catholic Church.

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.

This is in line with the liberal Catholic penchant of sharply distinguishing, if not separating and opposing, the «institutional» Church from the Catholic people who are the Church, and for whom people like Father Reese modestly claim to speak.

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I have noted this phenomenon, figuratively speaking, of course, in a number of the men who wholeheartedly believe that men were created to be leaders of the church and the home.

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.

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.

The Amish, the Mormons, the Catholics, various fundamentalist churches — including the ones who speak in tongues and handle snakes, the Westboro Baptist Church, churches that denounce ho - mose - xuality as an abomination and churches that marry gays and admit them to their clergy, and a lot who belong to no church aChurch, churches that denounce ho - mose - xuality as an abomination and churches that marry gays and admit them to their clergy, and a lot who belong to no church achurch at all.

Spoke - tell that to the majority of Christians who are quick to hate Muslims and other religions... tell that to the Christians who still falsely believe that America was founded on Christianity — tell that to allthe Christians who are still in denial about Pedophile running around in the Catholic church — Christians are as silly as they come

But Abraham speaks over the head of the rich man, over the heads of the Pharisees, in what sounds like a direct address to us church types who claim faith in a certain Galilean raised from the dead, «If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.»

«Often the Church fights its own corner, we play our identity politics card too early in the conversation, we speak up for ourselves earlier than others who are oppressed,» says author and theologian Krish Kandiah.

And I speak and have helped with organizing Christianity21 — a conference Tony runs — because I hope to help create a place where people from diverse Christian camps — such as Tony (who came from the Congregational Church and now blogs for a progressive platform) and me (who grew up in the Southern Baptist tradition who identifies as a moderate) can come and share ideas and interact respectfully.

I once spoke with a young woman who was raised in a very liberal mainline tradition who told me she left the church because, «I wasn't learning anything there about tolerance, love, and good stewardship of the planet that I wasn't learning at my public high school, so what was the point?»

While I think Viola is mostly talking about churches that aren't necessarily abusive, my experience was that you're even more likely to be boiled in oil if you dare to speak out about church leaders who engage in bullying and / or abuse.

Speaking before the 2014 Hillsong conference, senior pastor Brian Houston said: «We work very, very hard on the lyrics of our songs and we have a couple in our church who are well trained theologically and they literally look at the lyrics of every song.

And it is a dismissive, hurtful way to speak about women, who Piper seems to have forgotten were also created in the image of God, were appointed by God as leaders at critical times in the history of Israel and the Church, and were the first to whom Jesus appeared when he inaugurated his new Kingdom on Resurrection Day.

What's wrong with the church when folks like Shane Claiborne who have reputations for loving their enemies, giving without expecting anything in return, and withholding judgment can't get speaking gigs because of their «questionable» theological positions?

But who will go the distance and admit that in Century One we see nothing but the local church - which, generally speaking, encompassed the fellowship of all the saints in a particular city?

True, some Evangelical leaders have spoken well lately of Vladimir Putin, who makes Orthodoxy a major part of his public image, and some Evangelical organizations have cooperated with the Russian Orthodox Church in international conferences on the family.

There the church was Latin - speaking and produced great writers and leaders such as Tertullian (c.160 - c. 225), who was brought up in Carthage, and Cyprian (d. 258), who was a pagan orator who was converted to Christianity in about 246 and who, two years later, was elected Bishop of Carthage.

Theology is a loving word of praise to the God who first speaks his Word to us in Christ and by the Spirit draws us into the church.

Platt is joined by a number of white pastors in recent days who have spoken openly about the church's need to address racism in wake of the 50th anniversary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, including John Piper and Matt Chandler.

This title of the Church was given by the Fathers and Doctors of the Church to those like you who speak to us of the world to come, where there is not marrying or giving in marriage.

Since the relationship of faith about which we are speaking is essentially a belief in Jesus, the entire structure of the Church is obviously larger than simply those who are card - carrying (or basket - contributing) members of a particular Christian sect.

Dear Synod fathers: please know you have the prayers of the ordinary faithful as you speak in faithfulness to the Word, whose bond with his Church is unbreakable and who has never abandoned us, never given up on us.

Dominic recognised that the Church needed an Order that could be where the people were, with members well trained in the Scriptures and in the Church's Tradition, who could speak directly to them.

Durant himself is not nostalgic for the murderous days or groups, but it is not rare to hear intellectuals speak in envious terms of the young who have found something to believe in, or to hear them deride mainline religious groups for seeing their young drift, such churches having failed to demand absolutism and conformity and fanaticism.

Kuhns delineates five areas in Bonhoeffer's thought that hold particular fascination for Roman Catholics: (1) «his idea of community» (the church is the community where Christ is); (2) «his search for the true nature of the Church's authority» (in the concrete situations facing the church who can speak with authority about wrong or rchurch is the community where Christ is); (2) «his search for the true nature of the Church's authority» (in the concrete situations facing the church who can speak with authority about wrong or rChurch's authority» (in the concrete situations facing the church who can speak with authority about wrong or rchurch who can speak with authority about wrong or right?)

Yet even though the differences in usage between Old Testament and New Testament caused some second century Christians to conclude that two different realities were referred to, the apostolic church was adamant, that it was none other than the God of Israel who had spoken to men in Jesus.

Earlier this summer, I spoke at the General Assembly of the Assemblies of God in Indianapolis at the request of Steve Pike, who is their church planting movement leader (and an all around great guy, having planted a strong church in Colorado and now investing his life in planters).

Jesus in the scriptures speaks many times of His Bride but His Bride is not human but is the Holy Catholic Church (The New Jerusalem) who is the mystical body of Christ.

The members then go on to speak of their fear of conflict and their desire to choose a candidate who will please everyone in the church.

At a time when their colleagues who spoke for the church were conspicuously incapable of giving the faith a good account in the eyes of the learned, the Vanderbilt academics preferred to dissociate themselves from their religious leaders rather than take up their cause as allies and persuade them that sound scholarship was God's good servant too.

Sister Ann Patrick, who coordinates a project called the Institute of Women Today, undoubtedly speaks for many in the ministries of the several churches.

About this Mingana writes, «It is the constant tradition in the Eastern church that the Apostle Thomas evangelized India, and there is no historian, no poet, no breviary, no liturgy, and no writer of any kind who, having the opportunity of speaking of Thomas, does not associate his name with India.

In context, he refers to the «holy apostles» (Eph 3:5), as a way of speaking about the apostles who were called and sent by Jesus Christ to lay the foundation for the church by teaching and writing about Jesus Christ and the gospel (Eph 2:20).

He seems to imply that all who believe in God and follow Jesus are like the tongue - speaking, demon - vomiting, gay - hating, environment - polluting Christians he encountered at Cornerstone Church.

What these men have in mind was expressed by one of them who said in effect: The seminary prepared me for preaching and taught me the difference between preaching and public speaking; it helped me to become a pastoral counselor and not simply a counselor; it prepared me for the work of Christian education; but it gave me no preparation to administer a church as Church; what I learned about church administration was a nontheological smattering of successful business pracchurch as Church; what I learned about church administration was a nontheological smattering of successful business pracChurch; what I learned about church administration was a nontheological smattering of successful business pracchurch administration was a nontheological smattering of successful business practices.

The fact that the Christians, including those who spoke Persian, used Syriac in their church services tended to foster the suspicion.

A number of more conservative leaders have expressed a nervousness about speaking out, for fear of being pilloried in the secular press, who certainly don't understand the rhetoric of «love the sinner, hate the sin», or getting lumped in with Westboro Baptist Church and their appalling «God Hates Fags» signs.

Moreover, many of those who have no formal membership in the Church are actually more inside the real circle of the tolerant faith that Jesus spoke of than those of us who have been baptized and participate bodily in the worship of the Church.

In the view of even the most faithful and sophisticated church members, including those who are close friends of the clergy, the theological seminary is a mysterious and awesome institution — familiar only to the privileged and spiritual elite, speaking an esoteric tongue, and turning out men and women in a highly specialized field — .In the view of even the most faithful and sophisticated church members, including those who are close friends of the clergy, the theological seminary is a mysterious and awesome institution — familiar only to the privileged and spiritual elite, speaking an esoteric tongue, and turning out men and women in a highly specialized field — .in a highly specialized field — ...

His father was a German immigrant who served as pastor in a German - speaking Lutheran Church which mixed the Lutheran and Reformed traditions.

I went to a Church in Overland Park Kansas which was diverse with good music and a white Pastor who spoke well.

It is noteworthy that the writer of Ephesians later speaks of the church as the «fullness of him who fills all and all,» suggesting not only that all things have a share in Christ, but also that the community of faith, if not the whole world, contributes something to his fullness.30 In this respect, the last thing to be fully known and understood is Christ, for knowing Christ involves knowing the worlin Christ, but also that the community of faith, if not the whole world, contributes something to his fullness.30 In this respect, the last thing to be fully known and understood is Christ, for knowing Christ involves knowing the worlIn this respect, the last thing to be fully known and understood is Christ, for knowing Christ involves knowing the world.

«I appreciate Newt acknowledging that he needs forgiveness,» says Meyer, who speaks with a Bible tucked under his arm in the Christmas - tree bedecked lobby of Grace Church.

There are places where he resorts to the imagery of myth and speaks of Christ as if he were living an unseen life with God in a heavenly realm above, from which he would descend to appear on the earth at the imminent end - time.38 At other times Paul could speak of the church as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.&raquin a heavenly realm above, from which he would descend to appear on the earth at the imminent end - time.38 At other times Paul could speak of the church as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.&raquin travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.&raquIn various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.&raquin the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.&raquin me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.&raquin the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.»

All of these items could show up in the White House, said Grant Bennett, an old Romney friend who spoke at the Republican National Convention and has known the Romney family since they met through church in 1978.