Listen to the prophets of old and connect their ancient poetry to the hopes and fears, injustice and grace of the present day.
The powers that be love effortless prosperity, and no one wants to
listen to a prophet of doom when the Cabaret is open.
Not exact matches
If the
prophets then say, «Come, let us worship the gods
of foreign nations,» do not
listen to them.
With so many «interpretations»
of what God's
prophets said long ago, maybe we should
listen to what his
prophet is saying today.
you guys have
to understand, we as followers
of christ (not christians) it is our job
to tell you (society) that god exist and that he loves us and is willing
to forgive us for the f @ # $ up things we do
to each other daily, not prove he exist, b / c he sent
prophets through out the ages
to do that, some
listen (hebrews, muslims) some didn't (pagans, atheis, new agers), then you have those who have had their souls violated (gays) who feel lost and confused.
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.»
Do we honestly think that you and I would have done any better at recognizing and
listening to Jesus (or any
of the
prophets) than did the vast majority
of people in those days?
Again, and so soon, we are in the audience
listening to one
of the most remarkable characters in the Bible, John the desert
prophet, the one called the Baptist.
The Holy
Prophet (SAW), Also said
to communicate
to others even if you
listen One Verse (Ayaah) & this one verse will stand on the Day
of Judgment for intercession
They, the
prophets of the sky wizard, have been telling you for thousands
of years
to feed the poor, but none
of you
listen.
I think God speaks clearly in these times because
of his silence it means he has had enough
of our ways we havent
listened we have gone our own way we havent acted on what his
prophets have spoken so he distances himself until such time that we will take him seriously.Thats how it was in the old testament he allowed his people
to go into captivity or bondage when they refused
to obey his word.We see this pattern repeated over and over for example In Egypt when they were in slavery it wasnt until the people acknowledged there sin and cried out
to God
to save them and he did by sending a savior moses.Because we have Christ we have grace he wont spurn us like he used
to because Christ took away our reproach and he is free
to love us despite our sinfulness.brentnz
(2) The final editor
of Q took sayings
of Jesus that were still circulating, including these small clusters, and edited them in two regards: On the one hand, he superimposed on the Q material the Deuteronomistic view
of history found in the Old Testament, according
to which God lets Jerusalem be destroyed not because God is unfaithful but because Israel is, having rejected God's
prophets, indeed having killed them, rather than
listening to them.
Jonathan Walton, an assistant professor
of African American Religious Studies at Harvard University, said
listening to Cone is like «
listening to a Hebrew
prophet.»
Maybe they ask us
to listen to a voice that provides an opening
to freedom by providing a perspective other than our own, enunciated by the voice
of the one who creates this world at every moment and knows where it is going, who calls
prophets to speak and knows the purpose
of their words, who sows the seed
of the word with joyful abandon, secure in the knowledge
of the harvest.
When they would not
listen to the warnings
of the
prophets, but worshiped all the host
of heaven, served Baal, and made their sons and daughters pass through fire, «the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out
of his sight; none was left but the tribe
of Judah» (v. 18).
He
listened to the voice
of the
prophet Amos, so he took up the Poor People's Campaign.
If we will trouble
to listen,
to bend an ear
to this Sunday's readings, we hear from a
prophet, a psalmist and the writer
of an ancient epistle that no matter what befalls us, God is faithful, and God's promises are true.
In the presence
of the Revealer Spirit the
Prophet's inspired face was illumined, like a mirror; there was silence; conversation stopped as if in moments
of absence
of mind; his body relaxed as if in sleep and a mysterious buzz was heard around him — as in a telephone conversation where the one
listening is the only one who can hear distinctly enough
to understand.
The epistle writer gives us a primer, almost a little rule, for holding on
to our faith in these or any times: be thankful, pray no matter what,
listen for the spirit's prompting and do not spurn it when it comes, refuse
to scorn with worldly wisdom the words
of prophets.
The reason, I think, has nothing
to do with the quality
of our
prophets, but is rather
to the credit
of those who
listened to them.
We prayed through the Psalms, we
listened to the challenges
of the
prophet Isaiah, we read the Gospels, we prayed and confessed our way corporately through a litany
of repentance:
However, it has been noted that for Tertullian, «the women
prophets are the vehicles
of the Holy Spirit,
to be
listened to with respect, but are not given a role in the hierarchy
of Tertullian's system.»
If I understand you right, then what you are talking about with
prophets is
listening to the creative order and it's serving
of humanity
to facilitate humanity obeying it rather than humanity expecting the created order
to obey humanity.
So this Sunday, in the midst
of our growing joy at the advent
of God into our world, let us pause
to listen to this harsh
prophet standing knee - deep in cold Jordan water.
And the
prophet of God wrote it just that way so the writer was commanding the people
to listen attentively and reverently and understandingly because these were Gods very own words that he was about
to speak.
I do this... as a duty
of brotherly love, so that if any misfortune or disaster comes out
of this matter, it may not be attributed
to me, nor will I be blamed before God and men because of my silence... We have no one on earth to thank for this disastrous rebellion except you princes and lords, and especially you blind bishops and mad priests and monks whose hearts are hardened... The murder - prophets [a reference to Karlstadt, Muntzer and all the Schwarmerei] who hate me as they hate you, have come among these people... for more than three years, and no one has resisted and fought against them except me... I beseech you not to make light of this rebellion... The peasants have just published twelve articles some of which are so fair and just as to take away your reputation in the eyes of God... Because you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish article
to me, nor will I be blamed before God and men because
of my silence... We have no one on earth
to thank for this disastrous rebellion except you princes and lords, and especially you blind bishops and mad priests and monks whose hearts are hardened... The murder - prophets [a reference to Karlstadt, Muntzer and all the Schwarmerei] who hate me as they hate you, have come among these people... for more than three years, and no one has resisted and fought against them except me... I beseech you not to make light of this rebellion... The peasants have just published twelve articles some of which are so fair and just as to take away your reputation in the eyes of God... Because you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish article
to thank for this disastrous rebellion except you princes and lords, and especially you blind bishops and mad priests and monks whose hearts are hardened... The murder -
prophets [a reference
to Karlstadt, Muntzer and all the Schwarmerei] who hate me as they hate you, have come among these people... for more than three years, and no one has resisted and fought against them except me... I beseech you not to make light of this rebellion... The peasants have just published twelve articles some of which are so fair and just as to take away your reputation in the eyes of God... Because you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish article
to Karlstadt, Muntzer and all the Schwarmerei] who hate me as they hate you, have come among these people... for more than three years, and no one has resisted and fought against them except me... I beseech you not
to make light of this rebellion... The peasants have just published twelve articles some of which are so fair and just as to take away your reputation in the eyes of God... Because you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish article
to make light
of this rebellion... The peasants have just published twelve articles some
of which are so fair and just as
to take away your reputation in the eyes of God... Because you made light of my To The German Nobility you must now listen to and put up with these selfish article
to take away your reputation in the eyes
of God... Because you made light
of my
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He would likely modify Jesus» parable
of Lazarus and the rich man, concluding with the statement: «If they do not
listen to Moses and the
prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone's computer sees Maimonides or Billy Graham hidden in the biblical text.»
It's the ironic fate
of prophets that if they're
listened to, and disaster is averted as a result, they rarely get a pat on the back.
, COWBOYS, the directorial debut
of Jacques Audiard's A Prophet and Rust and Bone co-writer Thomas Bidegain; the breathtaking ethnographic Colombian Amazon odyssey EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT; James Ponsoldt's THE END OF THE TOUR starring Jason Segel as writer David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg as Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky in this engrossing two - hander; Writer - Director Jayro Bustamante's IXCANUL VOLCANO, the European Premiere Stevan Riley's enthralling Marlon Brando documentary LISTEN TO ME MARLON; Jia Zhangke's ambitious, astute and humane MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART; the European Premiere of Sylvia Chang's often - ethereal magic - realist drama love story, MURMUR OF THE HEARTS; the European Premiere of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈN
of Jacques Audiard's A
Prophet and Rust and Bone co-writer Thomas Bidegain; the breathtaking ethnographic Colombian Amazon odyssey EMBRACE
OF THE SERPENT; James Ponsoldt's THE END OF THE TOUR starring Jason Segel as writer David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg as Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky in this engrossing two - hander; Writer - Director Jayro Bustamante's IXCANUL VOLCANO, the European Premiere Stevan Riley's enthralling Marlon Brando documentary LISTEN TO ME MARLON; Jia Zhangke's ambitious, astute and humane MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART; the European Premiere of Sylvia Chang's often - ethereal magic - realist drama love story, MURMUR OF THE HEARTS; the European Premiere of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈN
OF THE SERPENT; James Ponsoldt's THE END
OF THE TOUR starring Jason Segel as writer David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg as Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky in this engrossing two - hander; Writer - Director Jayro Bustamante's IXCANUL VOLCANO, the European Premiere Stevan Riley's enthralling Marlon Brando documentary LISTEN TO ME MARLON; Jia Zhangke's ambitious, astute and humane MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART; the European Premiere of Sylvia Chang's often - ethereal magic - realist drama love story, MURMUR OF THE HEARTS; the European Premiere of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈN
OF THE TOUR starring Jason Segel as writer David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg as Rolling Stone journalist David Lipsky in this engrossing two - hander; Writer - Director Jayro Bustamante's IXCANUL VOLCANO, the European Premiere Stevan Riley's enthralling Marlon Brando documentary
LISTEN TO ME MARLON; Jia Zhangke's ambitious, astute and humane MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART; the European Premiere of Sylvia Chang's often - ethereal magic - realist drama love story, MURMUR OF THE HEARTS; the European Premiere of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈN
TO ME MARLON; Jia Zhangke's ambitious, astute and humane MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART; the European Premiere
of Sylvia Chang's often - ethereal magic - realist drama love story, MURMUR OF THE HEARTS; the European Premiere of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈN
of Sylvia Chang's often - ethereal magic - realist drama love story, MURMUR
OF THE HEARTS; the European Premiere of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈN
OF THE HEARTS; the European Premiere
of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈN
of THE NEW CLASSMATE about a single mum in India battling
to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈN
to ensure her daughter's future; SEMBÈNE!
Utilizing the visor,
Prophet can tag ammo caches and other places
of interest, as well as enemies
to track their movements and
listen in
to conversations.
It's the ironic fate
of prophets that if they're
listened to, and disaster is averted as a result, they rarely get a pat on the back.
After all, if the world is not under imminent peril from climate change, who will
listen to — and fund — the
prophets of doom?