In chapter 1 we noted briefly that Jesus was in continuing conflict
with the religious leaders of his own people, a conflict that burst into action with the cleansing of the temple.
This seems to be the first
conflict with religious leaders from Jerusalem, but it is not the first time that Jesus has been criticized for violations of religious rules.
How ironic that conservatives, the very same people who brought us three decades of the «Christian Right,» are suddenly
concerned with religious leaders trying to «influence politics.»
The Thursday afternoon
gathering with religious leaders, which is closed to reporters, is being organized by the Florence County Republican Party and the Florence County Tea Party, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by CNN.
Or are you actually saying the opposite, that Jesus was just being
playful with the religious leaders, and although He NEVER said a good word about them He did in fact consider them to be among His genuine followers?
Later, he cursed an unsuspecting fig tree, meant to represent the fruitlessness of those who rejected his message, before returning to the temple to engage in a heated
debate with the religious leaders there.
I see the way that Jesus
engaged with the religious leaders — he didn't have a lot of patience for them — and I don't feel quite so bad that I lack patience for the religious establishment in our churches.
Bronx» elected officials stand
together with religious leaders after recent hate crimes and fake bomb threats to 100 Jewish community centers around the country.
In the same vein, the REC met
with religious leaders at the INEC state office in Gausau recently, where she solicited for their support towards creating more awareness about the CVR among their followers.
The candlelight vigil began around 5:30 p.m. at the World War I Memorial in Carroll
Park with religious leaders and elected officials invoking words of sorrow and solidarity.
Charo, who was not involved in the new survey, notes that engagement can mean everything from teaching classes to holding meetings that join
scientists with religious leaders, or give the public a forum to express views and concerns to policymakers.
He fights
with every religious leader of his day (they are representives of God), hangs out with some of the lowest people in society (drunks, prostitutes, tax collectors), healed people on the sabbath (they see this as against the law), healed lepers (also against the law), accepts some Gentiles and heals them (outside his actual mission), died for all of «humanity», etc..
Weisman considers the conundrums of population growth as climate change intensifies in frank
conversations with religious leaders, scientists, and public - health experts in more than 20 diverse countries around the world.
However; Jesus, in the tradition of Israel's prophets before him, has been in almost constant
conflict with religious leaders, in an ongoing family argument about the larger purposes of the law in God's plan.
Attorney General Eric Holder late Tuesday prepared to host a brief
meeting with religious leaders concerned about hate crimes against American Muslims as the upcoming 9/11 terrorist attack anniversary coincides with the Muslim Eid - al - Fitr celebration.
During his tenure, embassy officials «advanced American values» by meeting
with religious leaders and human rights lawyers and visiting Tibetan and Uighur ethnic minorities in Tibet and Xinjiang, Locke said.
Add in a string of one - scene cameos (everyone from Jonah Hill to Christopher Lambert), wacky gags (like having Tilda Swinton play rival gossip columnists), and an extended scene in which Mannix holds a meeting
with religious leaders to consult on Hail, Caesar!
The piece notes that the Trump appointee's calendar «is sprinkled with meetings
with religious leaders, leading national advocates of vouchers and charter schools, and players involved in challenging state laws that limit the distribution of government funds to support religious or alternative schools.»
In fact, the idea is to convene a meeting
with the religious leaders of the main religions to make all people aware of the state of our climate and the tragedy of social exclusion starting from the biblical message that man is the steward of nature and of its environmental and human development according to its potential and not against it, as Paul IV intended.
We've done extensive interviews with villagers,
with religious leaders, with professionals, conservationists, and so on, in that area.