Sentences with phrase «as holy ground»

Truly think of it as holy ground.

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We have chosen, as a nation, to have a society with secular laws, where said laws must be grounded in reason, not, «You can't do this because I'm superior to you,» or «because my holy book says so.»

Early stories such as the encounter with Yahweh at the burning bush, where Moses was warned to put off his shoes because the spot was «holy ground,» (Exodus 3:5; cf. Joshua 5:15) reveal the way in which this dread of holy things and places and this need of insulations against their dangerous potency issued in sacred rites and customs.

Put a Mosque at Ground Zero and I don't care WHAT your intentions are, Muslims around the world will see it as a holy site and a victory against the Christian Infidels.

Such arguments could help worship leaders to consider whether the language of worship is adequately grounded in the revelation of God as Holy One, Christ, and Spirit.

«As I began to write skeptically of free trade, I discovered that I was trampling on holy ground.»

Thus Paul's emissary, as the icon of Paul - in - the - letter, would be able to put the audience in the presence of the holy in a way Paul's opponents did in their performances and thereby place the Pauline apostolate on equal ground with its rivals.

While I do not want to prejudge you with your recent «revelations» as to what you believe describes the «two men in a bed» or «two women at the mill grinding,» I think before anyone interprets this as Jesus not judging one because of their sexual orientation, but obviously of their faith in what Jesus did for them on the Cross, we also need to look at what the Apostle Paul wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

The Church, as the community of his followers united by his living presence as Holy Spirit, is more than a social institution; it is a divinely grounded fellowship.

As I have warned so often, there is here no guarantee of any particular social good, but at least there is ground for hope that in ways beyond our present understanding the powers of the «age to come,» the work of the living Christ, the influence of the Holy Spirit, the impact of that within the church which Paul Tillich calls the «New Being» will break through many of the obstacles in the secular order to transform and transform again the kingdoms of this world.

Hand - written on old - fashioned four-fold notepaper, it revealed an extraordinary vision that the children had seen, involving a «Bishop dressed in white» whom they took to be the Holy Father, who was shot and fell to the ground as he climbed over a ruined city filled with corpses.

Read 1 Samuel ch 19 v 24 Saul lay naked all day and night on the ground as Gods Holy Spirit made him prophesy.

The priest incensed the body blessed it with holy water and read from the liturgy for 20 minutes, then sang In Paradisum — that gorgeous Latin for «May the angels lead you into Paradise» — as we lowered the poor mans body into the ground.

One approaches the altar as one treads on holy ground, with trembling and awe.

Conversely, the Barmen Declaration began with an appeal to the theological ground of union among the confessing churches as «the gospel of Jesus Christ... attested... in Holy Scripture and brought to light again in the Confessions of the Reformation.»

As he spoke hundreds fell to the ground by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Hitler was raised as a Catholic, btw, and buried on «holy» ground, despite an apparent suicide.

But not the slightest question is raised as to whether Mrs. Sadik (whose plans to have abortion declared a universal human right were derailed by the Holy See at Cairo) might not have an axe to grind in her «reconstruction» of her meeting with the Pope.

Burial ground being the ocean was a wise choice made although might have adverse effects since when there is no body then there is no death or crime... so might just become a «Living Legend»... It is hard for me to believe that any land grave would have made people treat as holy man grave that might followers visit as visiting the grave of the prophet or other holy men or of the prophets house family..??

I can remember sitting right back there just a few rows from the back in worship when there was a time of silence, and all of a sudden I knew I was on holy ground — such a glow within me and around me as I became aware of the invisible presence of all those who have stood in this place and heard God's call, of all those who have made life - changing decisions right here.

However it might be explained, God was known there as holy love, moving to penitence and offering both pardon and a new righteousness, and becoming himself, as thus known, the ground of faith in the ultimate meaning of life and of hope of its fulfillment.

as though it was holy ground.

Inflammation is currently taking over the health and wellness zeitgeist, becoming the holy grail of medicine and science as it can affect all of our anatomical systems and is believed to be ground zero for a wide range of medical conditions.

You know the story: A smart - aleck city teen named Ren (Wormald) moves to a tiny rural town where dancing has been banned, falls for the defiant daughter (Julianne Hough) of a local preacher / city council member (Dennis Quaid), and, with the support of hayseed sidekick Willard (Miles Teller), ultimately pushes the town's moral needle by using Bible verses to recast his bumping and grinding as a holy act.

Two men promise to carry the body of an elder known only as the Sheikh to a proper burial ground across the mountains and are soon joined by a holy fool played by Shakib Ben Omar, a disruptive presence on par with Bruno S., the star of Werner Herzog's Stroszek and The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser.

In other words, the 1974 original starring James Caan isn't exactly holy ground, but there's not much to improve on either, which makes this Mark Wahlberg vanity project feel every bit as irrelevant as the story it's trying to tell.

The holy ground is where it's simultaneous and you get the price as low as you possibly could.