Sentences with phrase «written by church leaders»

Some are essays about being a woman and others are persuasive arguments.Some of them are written by church leaders, one is written by a best - selling tv - writer.

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Mike Keffer writes about the pain of being condemned as a heretic by the leaders of his church, and how this experience freed him from religion so he could better follow Jesus.

Early Church leaders wrote about persecution: «The oftener we are mown down by you, the more in number we grow; the blood of Christians is seed» for the growth of God's people.

Knowing I have something of a national platform, I've been thinking a lot about how to use it more effectively — perhaps by focusing my best op - ed writing on one or two and using the rest of my influence to amplify those church leaders, activists, and artists doing the good work of justice all around the world.

«Just as Catholics for a Free Choice and other such groups suggest to the general public that not all Catholics agree with positions adopted by their bishops on birth control, abortion and in - vitro fertilization, so will the Religious Right serve to suggest that not all Catholics accept the positions of church leaders in social justice matters,» writes Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.

While his achievements there were modest, Kranish writes, they demonstrate «how he was inspired by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and followed the civil rights leader's model of organizing with churches.»