Sentences with phrase «against evil in»

It is good against evil in the Colosseum of the universe.I feel like this is God's entertainment.

Then there is the Nintendo Historian — the gamer of the late 80's, who first entered their pixel - addicted state through a playthrough of Super Mario Bros, or being swept away into a fantasy world, fighting against evil in The Legend of Zelda, all from the comfort of their plush, mustard - coloured couch via the Nintendo Entertainment System.

This is a saga about what happens when good faces off against evil in a series of combat scenes.

I say this because the fight against evil in our nation and the struggle for good governance is not just political but it is also spiritual.

He can rebel against the evil in existence even if he can not eliminate it.8

Or should we start the battle against evil in an all out world war?

The pastor should have been braver against the evil in his church.

Liberation theology has tended to place special emphasis on certain portions of the Bible, notably the story of the Exodus, the social criticism of the prophets, the figure of Mary, Jesus» preaching of the kingdom of God, the depiction of the liberating Christian community in Acts, and the struggle against evil in its imperialist and cosmic guise in the Book of Revelation.

We are the ones who need to find shelter against evil in the House of God...

Life becomes a struggle for life or death against those evils in the interior and exterior dimensions, that we by nature straddle as physical yet spiritual beings.

«If we don't confront the evils within ourselves, we'll never be forced to take action against the evils in our world.»

Is it a magic wand against the evils in the world?

Not exact matches

In some respects, it's always been that way, with Mac fans for decades championing their company as the underdog against the evil Microsoft empire.

While the company amassed an army of fanboy followers over much of its history as the underdog in the epic struggle against the «evil empire» (Microsoft), it's perhaps understandable that haters are now popping out of the woodwork.

«The story about «spreading the faith by the sword» is an evil legend, one of the myths that grew up in Europe during the great wars against the Muslims — the reconquista of Spain by the Christians, the Crusades and the repulsion of the Turks, who almost conquered Vienna.

The older I get — and against the nerve of Strauss's dogma — I think more and more of Locke as a mixture of good and evil implicit in the idea of Christian heretic.

Live in Switzerland, where going against common sense is extremely frowned upon as an objective evil.

When someone calls that Imam one of the most evil people on the planet, when someone says he wants to build his center to train terrorists, when someone calls for amending the constitution to exclude Islam, when someone says our founding fathers wanted this to be a Christian nation and that they didn't want Muslims included, when Muslims are afraid to go out because they will be attacked, when Christian pastors are preaching against Muslims (as opposed to the belief in Islam), THAT is hatred.

Among his companions from the scriptures are the pseudochristoi who, Christ says, will come «in my name» and will «lead you astray» -» the lawless one» (2 Thessalonians 2:10) who, by the power of Satan, will impress the faithful with false signs and wonders, offering «a strong delusion» to tempt «those who are perishing»; «Gog and Magog» who, under Satan's command, will gather the nations for the final battle with Christ (Revelation 20:2 - 10); the «beasts» of Revelation (16, 17, 19) that harken back to the «beasts» of Daniel (7); «the sons of Belial» (Deuteronomy 13:13 and passim) who are «base» or «worthless,» who practice idolatry, drunkenness, disrespect, evil speech, who are «empty men» (2 Chronicles 13:7); and the conspiring nations and rulers who take counsel against the Lord (Psalms 2:1 - 3).

I do know that many of these disasters that are happening lately are because some people are supporting Liberal Democrat Politicians who in turn faciliate evil laws that are against God.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.28 And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant - breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.

«Isn't the simplest touch of a child's arm on the face more important, isn't the good meal, the brush against a thigh, a hand held during a movie, a swim in the sea, aren't those things of equal importance as the sands of time come rushing down on our heads burying ambition and love, good and evil, breath, blood, brains, waste, memory, alike in the oblivion?»

Also, as Christians we are required to speak out against moral evils that leadership in our nation may legislate in favor of.

If you do know evil then you should know what your running against in OBAMA > For he is pure evil.

Humanity becomes such a good ally in the war against God, that «every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually» (Gen 6:5).

When we consider the historical reality and the spiritual imagery together, what we see in Genesis 6 - 8 is the near victory of the forces of evil against the power of God so that the waters threaten to kill everything that has the breath of life.

If the spiritual forces that are at war with God were driven back in the creation event, then God Himself is driven back by these chaotic forces when they conscript mankind to fight for their evil cause against God.

There will surely be occasions on which the state must intervene in the life of families in order to protect children, but it is more likely to be effective in acting against manifest evils than in positively restructuring families.

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

The powers arrayed against God were able to get the pinnacle of God's new creation to betray God and fight for them in their evil cause.

Similarly, Kekes (a nonbeliever) claims, religious theories that posit the goodness of creation run aground: The «very existence of evil... constitutes a reason against believing in a morally good order.»

We are enabled to live as a disciple of Christ, and can draw daily on the grace given by God in this sacrament so as to witness to Christ, fight against evil and defend the Church.

A woman's life withers or expands in proportion to how much she risks opening her heart And it takes courage to stand against evil toward women, but even more so to stand against the indifference toward the plight of women.

«For we are not fighting against flesh - and - blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.»

The truth is inescapable: «Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight» (v. 4).

The whole town turned out against them because they had cast out an evil spirit from a young girl who was in the habit of sooth saying, which brought gain to her masters.

against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

In this kind of theodicy Gethesemane, the cross, and the resurrection are important foci for understanding the depths of God's love, who, in creating an unimaginatively complex matrix of matter eventuating finally in persons able to choose to go against God's intentions, nonetheless grieves for and suffers with this beloved creation, both in the pain its natural course brings all its creatures and in the evil that its human creatures inflict upon iIn this kind of theodicy Gethesemane, the cross, and the resurrection are important foci for understanding the depths of God's love, who, in creating an unimaginatively complex matrix of matter eventuating finally in persons able to choose to go against God's intentions, nonetheless grieves for and suffers with this beloved creation, both in the pain its natural course brings all its creatures and in the evil that its human creatures inflict upon iin creating an unimaginatively complex matrix of matter eventuating finally in persons able to choose to go against God's intentions, nonetheless grieves for and suffers with this beloved creation, both in the pain its natural course brings all its creatures and in the evil that its human creatures inflict upon iin persons able to choose to go against God's intentions, nonetheless grieves for and suffers with this beloved creation, both in the pain its natural course brings all its creatures and in the evil that its human creatures inflict upon iin the pain its natural course brings all its creatures and in the evil that its human creatures inflict upon iin the evil that its human creatures inflict upon it.

There are but two methods of providing against this evil: the one by creating a will in the community independent of the majority, that is, of the society itself; the other, by comprehending in the society so many separate descriptions of citizens as will render an unjust combination of a majority of the whole very improbable, if not impracticable.»

Alter all, in our time so much of our living is dedicated to the illusion that somehow our complete safety can be ensured and that we can be protected against all the ills and evils common to human existence.

Christians are called in various and sometimes curious ways to fight against sickness, death, and evil.

«But blessed are you when they revile and persecute you ans say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.Rejoice and be EXCEEDINGLY glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Furthermore, Wesley argued (against Reformed doctrine) that Christians could enjoy entire sanctification in this life: loving God and their neighbors, meekness and lowliness of heart, abstaining from all appearance of evil, and doing all for the glory of God.

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Back in the 1940's, when Reinhold Niebuhr started Christianity in Crisis to support the war against Nazism, he abandoned his earlier pacifism, and his earlier too - simply pious way of wishing evil away, and called for a new tough - minded Christian realism.

However, the mystery of the Cross tells us that in God's Wisdom, which is the ultimate wisdom, evil and suffering are conquered in a way that goes against our natural instincts and expectations - not by miraculous intervention, but by humble acceptance; or at least, that the miraculous triumph follows on from sacrifice rather than preceding it.

no real Christian would advocate murder though and it is in no way an indictment against God, he gave us free will to do good, not evil.

From my PERSONAL experience, I have never had a single person commit an «evil» act against me, in 51 years of life.

Here's the «CliffsNotes» summary: The «Watchers» helped mankind with technology; humans abused it for evil; God cursed the angels for this and turned them into rock giants; these fallen angels help Noah build and defend the ark; when they die in the battle against the bad guys, the mysterious beings go up to heaven.

The magnitude of evil in the world seems like excellent evidence against God's existence.