Sentences with phrase «become vain»

not that I don't mind having characters with a rainbow of sexual orientations, but when it's done to the point that they want attention from it, it does become vain and vapid.

First you need to understand that many men become vain, especially if they are physically fit and look much younger.

On the contrary there is a sense of reverence, a holy fear, a humility, that that which is to be done in the pure sincerity of this act of repentance may not become vain and overhasty.

But very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, have exchanged the truth of God for a lie and served the world rather than the Creator (cf Rom 1:21, 25).

Proposition 6: Proclamation of the Gospel... the Church... must be missionary (cf Evangelii Nuntiandi, 14; CCC, 851)... [involving] the proclamation of his life and of the paschal mystery of his passion, death, resurrection and glorification [to those who] have become vain in their reasonings and... [those] living and dying in this world without God, [who] are exposed to final despair.

844 In their religious behavior, however, men also display the limits and errors that disfigure the image of God in them: Very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creator.

Human nature can't digest much glamor and glitz, without becoming vain.

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 ever.

«Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

For example, Paul declared that although men knew God through what, it could be clearly seen, He had created, they «glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations... professing themselves to be wise, they became as fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.»

(20) For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (21) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Not exact matches

In the quest to reinvent marketing, the nerds have tried in vain to become leaders.

Accepting at face value the assertion that Rick Perry has a Divine calling to run for the Republican nomination, we are lead to the question of whether it was a call to Mr. Perry to become the nominee or whether it was, instead, a call to Mr. Perry to teach a lesson about how people should not take the Name in vain in order to obtain political office.

And here is perhaps the bitterest irony: As these extreme technologies are deployed to form families, many children without homes yearn in vain to be adopted — even as the adoption process has become increasingly difficult, due to the many bureaucratic hurdles here and tightening restrictions overseas.

When we lose faith in the essential goodness of life and our own humanity, seeing that which we judge «evil» to be more prevalent than that which we judge to be «good», then we have lost faith in either the goodness or the power of God to sustain that goodness and our God has become too small or just another Baal, a false god of our own vain imaginings, a projection of our own finite limitations and disordered desires.

Bella Wilfer is spoiled, vain, and mercenary; and yet she becomes a heroine of extraordinary worth.

What ever it is it became clear that we went and still are going wrong for having left behind laws and judgments given to us by God Allah and replaced it with laws and judgments made by men that are against what we were instructed to follow up but followed the vain desires of some diverging from the truth although we were warned not to..?

We must never become disheartened, «knowing that in the Lord, our labour is not in vain» (I Cor.

Jesus didn't envolved himself to become an adviser or spiritual adviser to any political leader of his day, be it Herod, Pilate and others, thereby having a share of the vain glory in the eyes of the people.

He walked away from the very presence of God and became alone as he followed the vain imaginations of his own mind.

Plotting denominational mission strategies has become more difficult, in part because mainline mission executives first tried to ignore this paradigm shift, then tried in vain to shape it.

But if our only hope that a sustainable sexual morality will once again become widely accepted in Western society is instinct, we hope in vain.

God's power becomes available to man to complete his incompleteness and purge him of his vain efforts at self - completion.

But instead they became futile and godless in their thinking [with vain imaginings, foolish reasoning, and stupid speculations] and their senseless minds were darkened.

Do you REALLY believe you are right, or do you just enjoy repeating the lie in the vain hope it will become true?

Even the language that the Christian once employed in speaking of Christ has become archaic and empty, and we could search in vain for a traditional Christian language and symbolism in contemporary art and thinking.

The vain belief that man could become as God, could know which was right & wrong, is the original sin.

But if the individual is to attain this glory through an abstraction, the thing becomes too easy, and essentially it is taken in vain.

I quote» they been wise wise in their thoughts became fools» so my ignorant christain brethren pls don't attend to the vain sayings of these blinded individuals, the world must and will see the glory of God shining on us, before our sweet jesus comes to take us to be with him in the rapture.

My normal tale of woe is letting the mixture become too wet, sticking it in the freezer in vain hope of shaping it into sad little patties, and then watching them fall apart on the barbeque whilst consoling myself with a large glass of wine.

We have witnessed again in 1979, how our leaders allowed rancour and vain leadership struggle to divide them for the CPP turned PNP to sponsor an unpopular candidate Dr Hilla Limann to overrun more popular candidates like Victor Owusu and William Ofori Atta to become the President of the Third Republic.

A home in the upscale Westchester town of Mamaroneck became a scene of carnage Saturday, with cops shooting a knife - wielding 28 - year - old woman — and trying in vain to save the...

I thought that if we could help elect a true independent, a genuine reformer, that all of these sacrifices would not have been in vain, but alas the Independence Party has become the Incumbent Dependence Party, a tool for influence peddlers like Tom Connolly to cater to the state's most powerful leaders.»

During the course of the second Labour government, Attlee had become increasingly disillusioned with MacDonald, whom he came to regard as vain and incompetent, and of whom he later wrote scathingly in his autobiography.

It shows how vain our representatives have become — given that they would rather bow out altogether — no doubt clinging to the fact that they can say they were undefeated — than fight on and risk losing

Scientists had been searching in vain for such a gene since 1994 when Rockefeller University scientist Jeffery Friedman found that lab mice with a specific genetic mutation fail to produce leptin and as a result have uncontrollable appetites, and become huge.

I majored in history as an undergraduate — at Pomona College in Claremont, California, class of 1963 — then bailed on graduate school and became an elementary school teacher in a vain effort to calm a boyfriend's jealousy.

The senior staff's attempt to help a nurse enter medical school to become a doctor is complicated Doctor Dildo Xxx Tube, he or she suddenly realizes that too much time and money was wasted in vain.

Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews.

In what looks like it will be a preposterous tongue - in - cheek affair, two rival North Carolina politicians, Cam Brady (Ferrell), and Marty Huggins (Galifianakis), grapple with each other in the vain hope of one day becoming president of the US.

Anyway, Paddington 2 has started shooting and a few final cast members have been announced, including Hugh Grant as «a vain, charming acting legend whose star has fallen somewhat in recent years» and Brendan Gleeson as «a notorious safe - cracker and strongman who becomes Paddington's unexpected ally.»

This has «squandering of resources in a vain attempt to become relevant» written all over it.

The man who queued in the hope of becoming the first person on earth to buy a New iPad doesn't want a new fondleslab and has spent days pavement - surfing in vain.

It may surprise readers over 30 to learn that laptops have become the norm for note - taking in postsecondary classrooms (although some instructors are trying to ban them, likely in vain).

I shudder to think how much cash will be spent, if they're given half a chance, on more capex and acquisitions in a vain attempt to become a US player...

Discouragement was seen a lot in the dogs used during 9/11, repeated finding of dead bodies can lead the dog to become despondent, as such during searching in such intense situations handlers instruct living beings to hide so that they may be found and provide the dog with hope that its work is not being done in vain.

The hero and the princess attempted in vain to seal the terror, which became known as the Calamity Ganon.

Colin Wilson's The Outsider introduced me to the occult and I soon became entrenched in Ouspensky and Gurdjieff, I also searched in vain for an unabridged version of Nijinsky's diary.

The paintings almost become objects in the vain of Abstract Expressionism, the works are less about the hand and human presence and more about happenstance while also containing elements that are in fact purposeful.