In our homes there's tons of technology available, and then you go to church and it feels archaic. In today's world, if you don't have technology in the church you don't even have what people have in their homes.
In our homes there's tons of technology available, and then you go to church and it feels archaic. In today's world, if you don't have technology in the church you don't even have what people have in their homes.
With a young squad, you have to constantly keep small goals in front of them. We want to make it past (Association of Christian Schools International) regional and another goal is to win the ECIC (East Central Illinois Conference).
He was so looking forward to coming home at Christmas and bringing this special girl with him. He was probably happier than he'd ever been in his life.
In the spirit of the Christmas season I'm delivering a gift to the mining industry,
As we cleanse the inner vessel, there will have to be changes made in our own personal lives, in our families, and in the Church. The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change. But we can do it.
The minister's brain is often the poor-box of the church
Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has but I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.
Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the centre of man's universe is the earth?
Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity.
This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures.
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.
It is the half-Christian clergy of every denomination that are the main cause of the so-called failure of the church of Christ
My beloved young friends, determine to serve one another. Opportunities for Christian acts of service do not always come at convenient times. Listen to the spirit when your flesh is weak. For truly the Master said, 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me' (Matt. 2540). The blessings are tenfold when we do those good, kindly acts of Christian service when it is inopportune or not convenient.
That's so you can check out the church without feeling you have to join.
Drinking bear is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion.
We've been in discussions with Total Hire for about three months and the deal was finally settled in the weeks after Christmas.
... I have been with you at all seasons, Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
We met the first day and sang in the choir together, ... We played guitar at churches. We used to borrow the priests' guitars and take the microphones from church to sing. So many times we would sing in the bathrooms in Cathedral because the acoustics were awesome.
It is a singularly unpleasant thought that a book about Holy Communion is more likely to produce disagreement and controversy than one written on almost any other Christian subject. It seems a truly terrible thing that this Sacred Appointment, which was surely meant to unite, in actual practice divides Christians more sharply than any other part of their worship. Christians of various denominations may, and frequently do, work together on social projects, they may study the Scripture together, and they may ... pray together. But the moment attendance at the Lord's Table is suggested, up go the denominational barriers...
How could I dare do something like this if I say I believe in God I can do that because I believe there are two separate issues here. One is the teaching of good science. The other is the teaching of creationism and I think that is important, too, but I think that should be taught in any other class or at church or at home ... not in science class.
Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.
When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.
It hurt the community, it sure did. When you've been raised up in the church, you love it. I sure do.
Or her, whose life the Church and Scandal share,
For ever in a Passion, or a Pray'r.
If every church will make flood buckets - even three would be a great help - or health kits, that would involve them in working toward bringing light in the midst of so very much darkness, ... If every person who gets up in the morning and finds all is OK would simply find a person or a family who is not OK and find a way, in the name of Christ, to make someone else's day, we can go a long way in bringing the message that love is more powerful than the strength of a storm.
An angel, legend has it, took pity on a little shepherd girl who had nothing to give to the Infant Jesus in his manger. The angel handed her a weed, but first transformed it into this beautiful flower of winter. - the Christmas rose, Helleborus niger.
We are coming off of Christmas break and are still trying to get back into the flow of things. We should be able to get a win under our belts this week.
Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer.
Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love
Speaking of inspiration, the Bible has long been a source of rich stories that emphasize the importance of faith. The Prodigal Son has been one of the most trusted parables in the Good Book, used extensively in Westerns and war, but not from the perspective of a church background, with a plot tweak that pits former best friends against each other in so dramatic a way. Packer recognized this early as the storyline unfolded It's about really having the inner fortitude to overcome anything that's in front of you, and doing that with the help of God. It's a faith-based, inspiration-themed film, one we've wanted to do for some time. ... You see the character Boris plays of David, who's raised in the church, goes away, gets into a life of fame, money, women, wealth, drugs and sex. As he journeys back, it's the redemption that he finds, it's the hope that he finds, it's the salvation that he finds.
One of the bellwether marks of the growth and vitality of the Church is the construction of temples. . . . We will keep on working to bring the temples to the people, making it more convenient for Latter day Saints everywhere to receive the blessings which can only be had in these holy houses.
I send them my warmest encouragement to persevere in the patience and charity of Christ.
Even gang members respect the decision to become a Christian. My personal experience helped me and formed the way I am today. I don't way to promote the negative lifestyle I was a part of.
That is simply that Marxism has been tremendously fashionable in our time, so it has infected a very large number of major institutions in many countries of the world. So I suppose that we shouldn't be too surprised that it should infect the church as well.
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
Since the Jews are the slaves of the Church, she can dispose of their possessions
We're fighting for the 1st Amendment, the separation of church and state, and the integrity of schools. This trial should decide whether a school board can impose its religious views on other students.
And his presence in the community, in which he himself always gives himself, is the reason for our joy. Yes, Christ is with us, the Kingdom of God is coming.
Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history. . . . The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years. . . . There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation between church and state. . . . The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or the intent of the framers.
All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.
Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.
Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation.
This is a sweet victory for the Catholic League, Christians in general, and people of all faiths.
Last year, (the team) went with her for a long stretch just after Christmas.
Prophecy and history predict and record a great and universal apostasy which was to be followed by a restoration as predicted by John in Revelation. The fact of the great apostasy is attested by both sacred and secular writ, and history bears witness that it became universal. We proclaim this fact of history not as an attack on any church. We do not assume any position of 'holier than thou' or 'wiser than thou,' but we announce this historic fact of the apostasy as a vindication of the claim that there has been in fact a restoration of the gospel.
Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead) And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
I think Pat is basically driven to share God's love with people here and around the world. His whole career has been devoted to sharing the gospel and to helping needy people.
The same issues which are depressing the consumer confidence numbers are going to depress holiday sales, ... Christmas is going to show up this year as it shows up every year. The question is, how generous are people going to be Are they going to go whole hog and return to the decadent spending levels of three or four years ago No, clearly not. People are going to be buying toys, but how many presents they buy, how wide that circle of gift giving is really is in question.
I think the one thing you can say about Christmas is that it always comes, ... We think it will be a good Christmas.
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