Here's my question:
With regard to your church planting ministry, and from a fellow ministry spouse, how to you distinguish / discern the difference between a «call» and an «invitation»?
Personally, I have few issues with this old orthodoxies
with regard to the church's role in our contemporary politics.
With regard to the church, Koyama said that the church was a strange institution created by the Crucified Lord.
Well, honestly, we kind of already have «no - fault divorce» for most people
with regard to church.
Perhaps nowhere has the storyline seemed more clear - cut than
with regard to the church's treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their relationships.
with regard to the church's view of gay members.
Not exact matches
(Just as predictably, the
church's doctrine and discipline,
with regard to homosexual practice, received even more attention.)
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.
if you — Catholic or not - have a problem
with the
Church's position regarding birth control, leave the church or write to the
Church's position
regarding birth control, leave the
church or write to the
church or write
to the Pope.
It's high time the Catholic
Church embraced the 21st century with regard to women's reproductive rights and women's rightful place in the church, such as serving as priests and bi
Church embraced the 21st century
with regard to women's reproductive rights and women's rightful place in the
church, such as serving as priests and bi
church, such as serving as priests and bishops.
For us, there are limits
with regard to a person's sexual behavior, WITHIN the
church.
If those in the
church who are in favor of changing long - held attitudes and ordinances relating
to homosexuals were merely cultural relativists
with no
regard for the Bible or tradition, the debate would be easier.
Orthodox Jews have been expelled from the military for wearing yarmulkes; a religious community in which all members worked for the
church and believed that acceptance of wages would be an affront
to God has been forced
to yield
to the minimum wage; religious colleges have been denied tax exemptions for enforcing what they
regard to be religiously compelled moral regulations; Amish farmers who refuse Social Security benefits have been forced
to pay Social Security taxes; and Muslim prisoners have been denied the right
to challenge prison regulations that conflict
with their worship schedule.
The charismatics at that time were generally
regarded as being a bit odd — as indeed some perhaps were in those early days before John Paul,
with the aid of the magnificent Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), called them
to a realisation of their place
with Peter in the fullness of the
Church and
to growing Eucharistic and Marian devotion.
Another point emphasized by Dr Hodgson was the crucial need for the
Church to be thorough and professional
with regard to the use of scientific advice and comment.
Thus Fuchs has carried through
with regard to Jesus» action the same thesis which Käsemann presented
with regard to his message: in the message and action of Jesus is implicit an eschatological understanding of his person, which becomes explicit in the kerygma of the primitive
Church.
The apostle Paul writing
to the
church in Ephesus encouraged them «
with regard to your former way of life,
to put off your old self... and
to put on the new self, created
to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.»
Neither the vatican nor the catholic
church is allowed
to intefere
with the lives of citizens of the united states and or any decisions that it makes
with regard to healthcare etc.etc.
It reflected the early modern impulse
to submit Scripture
to reason more than it harmonized
with early
church tradition, which
regarded a literal six - day creation as unnecessary
to Christian orthodoxy.»
For Catholic schools
to be a worthwhile enterprise for the
Church, they must survive and flourish as institutions where pupils grow in a «personal relationship
with Jesus» which includes following the teaching of Jesus, through His
Church, that we should attend Mass every Sunday, go
to confession regularly, say our prayers and be loyal
to the magisterium - especially in its moral teaching
regarding the sanctity of human life, and the meaning and purpose of sex and marriage, in accord
with Humanae Vitae and Evangelium Vitae.
So there is much
to be worried about, especially
with regard to the continuing pressures the
Church faces
to conform
to the perceived wisdom about how
to respond
to problems such as early sexual activity, teenage pregnancy and STIs.
The traditional norm for this is «tithing», or giving 10 % of your income
to the
church, but nowadays this needs
to be treated more flexibly in two
regards: first, the percentage that you give can be shared
with more than just the local
church, and perhaps should be.
He has not the right finally
to judge those who at that time thought that their Christian conscience told them
to break
with the
Church of the Papacy and
to regard the Pope as the Anti-Christ who damaged the gospel of the grace of God by his very office (not only actually).
This simple fact of human life as well as of the
Church is often overlooked by the progressive, when he screams that developments are too slow, that antiquated habits and customs are not abandoned fast enough, especially
with regard to canon law.
Will the bishops have the courage
to use the possibilities provided by the Constitution on the
Church with regard to the renewal of the diaconate?
Unfortunately, the
church's good intentions in
regard to marriage have often resulted in bad dealings
with divorce.
Undoubtedly a certain insight was promoted in
regard to such questions as how the papal primacy and the episcopacy founded by Christ can exist and work together in the
Church, how the necessity of the
Church for salvation is compatible
with the possibility of salvation of a human being who does not belong
to it, how in the realm of grace each of the regenerate can depend on every other and so above all on Mary, while there is nevertheless only one mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ.
While Christianity emphasizes the importance of responsible individual action, the Protestant
churches in practice have «taken simplistic and unsophisticated stances
with regard to openness and expressiveness.»
However, because
church people know and proclaim him who is Lord of all, the
church will — if it is true
to its Lord and
to itself — speak
with concern and passion about those things which have been learned
regarding this creation, and about those things which are yet
to be learned.
In
regard to local Mennonite congregations, there is the example of Assembly Mennonite
Church (Goshen, Indiana), which has proposed a «season of solidarity» with Muslims during Ramadan, in which church members fast, pray for peace and collect blankets to be sent to those suffering in Afghan
Church (Goshen, Indiana), which has proposed a «season of solidarity»
with Muslims during Ramadan, in which
church members fast, pray for peace and collect blankets to be sent to those suffering in Afghan
church members fast, pray for peace and collect blankets
to be sent
to those suffering in Afghanistan.
He declares, in effect, the independence of the
Church not only in matters of ordinary governance (sacraments and the episcopacy) but also
with regard to schools, religious orders, marriages, families, and sodalities.
In the second volume, Jenson appropriates another growing theological consensus, this time
with regard to the nature of the
Church as communion.
I know that the decisions of the ecumenical councils
with regard to Christ's person were sincerely meant
to translate the received testimony of the primitive
church into the more universal, established, and highly nuanced philosophic language of the period.
Why should his convictions
regarding church and state have anything
to do
with his compitancy as a doctor?
Because the
church has had a poorly developed concept of its mission
with regard to child care, it has sought the role of provider relatively infrequently.
Should the
church support stricter divorce laws or at least a more equitable treatment of women
with regard to property settlements and child - care payments?
What I am trying
to say is that when anyone in the
Church is stifled intellectually
with regard to their thoughts about God, more often than not, it hurts their relationship
with God.
But it is important
to note that there is no other rival tradition in the
church with regard to its origin and there is no other country in the world that claims that St. Thomas died there.
It was
regarded with great suspicion, particularly when it dared
to question established truth, and in the popular mind it could not be clearly distinguished from the practices of the magician, which were rightly frowned upon by the
church.
In the first place, the skepticism that has arisen
with regard to the accuracy of our information about Jesus is only partly due
to the fact that this information is given in the form that it assumed in the
church's preaching.
The main objectives of this Consultation were
to analyze globalization and its impact on human rights;
to study ethical and theological considerations
with regard to globalization;
to search for alternative development paradigms;
to study the policies of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context of globalization;
to gain inputs on the experiences of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization;
to consider the response of the
Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian
Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and
to study and identify concerns that the Asian
churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian
churches can take up in order
to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian context.
For this reason, the Pope says that the «almost universal consensus
with regard to the value of democracy... is
to be considered a positive «sign of the times,» as the
Church's magisterium has frequently noted.»
To dismiss the role relationships in the church in regard to the teaching / ruling function as simply cultural would carry with it the dismissal of the analogous role relationship in marriage as also cultura
To dismiss the role relationships in the
church in
regard to the teaching / ruling function as simply cultural would carry with it the dismissal of the analogous role relationship in marriage as also cultura
to the teaching / ruling function as simply cultural would carry
with it the dismissal of the analogous role relationship in marriage as also cultural.
But far beyond the walls of these new
churches the encounter
with Jesus aroused dissatisfaction
with a status quo which men had previously
regarded as natural or inevitable and
to which they had been resigned.
A rather good treatment of the «Christ -
Church marriage», its prophetic foreshadowing in the Genesis «one - flesh» text and a reflection on sacrifice in marriage then gives way naturally
to two further chapters covering the problems facing Catholics
with regard to divorce and remarriage.
It is clear that you are not educated
with regard to what members of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints believe.
Craig i agree totally
church should be a slice of heaven on earth that is where corporately as believers come into the prescence of God.Its good when worshiping the Lord
to feel his prescence and
to feel connected
to others because of Jesus.We had our carol service yesterday i was involved in the choir we combined
with other
churchs in the area it was a good turnout and alot of fun singing as we celebrated the birth of Jesus.It really makes christmas for me.If we love Jesus that should spill out into every area of our lives.He is the one that impacts others through us as we rely on him daily.Merry Christmas
to you and your family
regards brentnz
He reaffirmed that
church leaders have «an obligation
to cooperate
with the requirements of civil law
regarding the reporting of such crimes
to the appropriate authorities,» but added that the offenders «are a tiny minority of an otherwise faithful, committed clergy.»
Their move
to a Catholic
church was taken as meaning only one thing: that despite the lip - service being paid by the diocese to the teaching that «non-celibate gay people should not be given Communion», the diocese of Westminster was in fact giving its tacit approval and support to a situation in which that was precisely what was happening, in a setting in which the Pope and the teaching of the Church were regarded with hostility and held up to con
church was taken as meaning only one thing: that despite the lip - service being paid by the diocese
to the teaching that «non-celibate gay people should not be given Communion», the diocese of Westminster was in fact giving its tacit approval and support
to a situation in which that was precisely what was happening, in a setting in which the Pope and the teaching of the
Church were regarded with hostility and held up to con
Church were
regarded with hostility and held up
to contempt.
It would probably still violate his sensitivity
with regard to his third defining point of fundamentalism by claiming — as have all reforming movements
with a vision for the renewal of the
church —
to have some insight into a «higher Christian life» than that grasped by many
church members.