Sentences with phrase «as lust for power»

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Insofar as money is a vehicle for acquiring that power, it plays a role, but absent power - lust, money and the love of money are both wonderful things.

With a stable of high octane energy drinks such as Full Throttle, Burn, Gladiator and Power Play, the company profited from consumers» lust for more energy.

(For instance I'm fairly confident that promiscuity is sinful, especially when it comes from a place of lust, but I'm less convinced that my committed same - sex friends are sinning by expressing their love physically any more than I am sinning when my wife and I express our love physically — even though I think we can be if we are acting out of lust or as a means of asserting power over one another, but that is another story).

20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four - footed beasts, and creeping things.24 Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: 25 for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evFor the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four - footed beasts, and creeping things.24 Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: 25 for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evfor the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four - footed beasts, and creeping things.24 Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: 25 for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evfor that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evfor a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evfor ever.

Much as we may dislike the doctrine of original sin — and indeed it has often been formulated in a way that must antagonize any man of sense and good will — there would appear to be in human beings the seeds of selfishness, arrogance, brutality, callousness, the lust for power, jealousy, hatred and all the rest of the miserable host of evil.

«Whether a husband or wife in the privacy of our homes, as a spiritual leader in the church, as a CEO of a large corporation, as a manager in any business, or as a head of state of some great nation, we are responsible to resist the temptation of misusing our power for the satisfaction of ungodly [pride and] lust in any of its forms.»

But as the private property system became the soil in which the lust for possessions and the worship of wealth grew up, so the possibility of national independence provided opportunity for the growth of religious nationalism, the worship of the nation, and the lust for national power and glory.

In view of man's nearly insatiable drive for power, or as Joseph Haroutunian puts it, man's «Lust for Power,» it is easy to believe that this is man's central ipower, or as Joseph Haroutunian puts it, man's «Lust for Power,» it is easy to believe that this is man's central iPower,» it is easy to believe that this is man's central image.

Satan did it, and fell... man, seduced by the father of lies, and lust for power has allowed pride to swell up in his heart, has done the same... Scriptures were written long ago, but we see them fulfilled with our own eyes (Dan.12: 4) There has never been time as such we're living in, when man is so advanced, yet the deprivation of human character on WORLDWIDE scale, is unprecedented from any time in history of mankind!

I don't doubt they are incredibly greedy, that's why it's gone on as long as it has, but once they realize that no matter how much they give into McGregor's demands, he's unpredictable and has a lust for power that is never - ending, they will realize how much of a liability he truly is, should he ever gain a percentage of ownership.

Republicans young and old will continue to stand in dumbstruck awe of disappointing results each November as long as criminality, nepotism, and the lust for power for power's sake continue to flow in the bloodstream of Suffolk County and Brookhaven.

Kevin Spacey makes the most of the Lex Luthor role, though Superman Returns doesn't really have him doing anything extraordinary — he's just doing what Luthor does best, with little explanation as to where his lust for power comes from.

In other recent music concert DVD releases, «Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power Live» gives those who might know Iggy Pop only from Jim Rome's usage of «Lust For Life» as the bumper music on his eponymous radio program a loud, cathartic, two - hour - plus education in punk revivalism.

There are other elements at play; such as, the general knowledge that Lord Varys (Conleth Hill) knows what everyone, everywhere, is up to at any given time — or that Petyr «Littlefinger» Baelish (Aidan Gillen) can be counted on as long as the end helps satiate his lust for wealth and power.

Angel pines for the device as a means of material power, and his attempts to recover it, including beating Jesús to a pulp (twice) and driving him off a cliff, are the crucial instances where the film suggests that mortal sins like envy and lust are the real threats to look out for.

Soon after Christine steals credit for one of Isabelle's million - dollar ideas and threatens to turn in her accountant boyfriend (with whom Isabelle is having sex as well) for cooking the books, the power - grabbing, lust and ambition all give way to mental - breakdowns, and eventually murder.

This riveting allegory, in the tradition of Lord of the Flies, starts as a simple power play within a children's classroom, but turns into a chilling tale about the lust for power and desperate need for acceptance that reside within us all.

You can almost feel the emotions and the lust for power of the daimyo as you attack your neighboring territory.

Ethics and morality are defined as that which aids the lust for political power.