Sentences with phrase «by immorality»

People that are irresponsible, wasteful, greedy, selfish and stolen the Water from others should never benefit nor be advantaged by their immorality over those who have NOT been unethical, immoral or self - indulgent.

And I was disgusted by the immorality and incompetence of the Bush Administration so when I re-registered, I registered Democrat because that's my values.»

They are blinded by immorality and their own hatred of religion.

I believe the abortion ethic is fatally and forever flawed by the immorality of the means of its victory.

From the days of Marcion in the second century, certain Christians, troubled by the anthropomorphisms of the early Old Testament and by the immoralities attributed to Yahweh, have discredited the Hebrew books and have even wished to drop them from the Christian Bible.

Not exact matches

All the circular discussion on the immorality of abortion is about control of women by men who are afraid of women.

Bad things are not punishments meted out by God for immorality or for «turning your back» on Him.

There is no immorality in the verses you quoted, there is a lot of misuse and false interpretation by atheist types on those verses.

The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

This function alone justifies their existence, which otherwise ought to be outlawed because of the immorality to which they are condemned by the order of things.

The more common defence of the standard approach starts by admitting that «economic man» is a simplification, but then argues that the one - dimensional immorality of seeking more for less is sufficient to explain the economic world.

The immorality was created by the rating agencies who's impartiality was compromised by their greed and the insurance companies who said they were providing a strong insurance policy that was woefully inadequate to cover severe losses.

It concerns contradictions, errors, hypocrisy, nonsense and IMMORALITY by most of today's more advanced standards.

That said, part of «the church [being] only too happy to let» the government get involved was that churches only wanted to serve the deserving poor: people with the right social graces, people who were properly grateful and avoided forms of immorality rejected by the middle class, and frankly, people who were the right color.

For many people it can come from reading the Bible and finding that it contains some good morals, but also errors, contradictions, hypocrisy, nonsense and IMMORALITY by the standards of many people who follow the Golden Rule today.

Whitehead once humorously summed up the ethical objection to substance theories by remarking, «I sometimes think that all modern immorality is produced by Aristotle's theory of substance.»

It is practically certain that Paul wrote four letters to the Corinthians; first a letter on sexual immorality, lost to us except that a fragment may be preserved in II Corinthians 6:1 - 7:1 where the train of thought is interrupted by this passage (Read II Cor.6 and 7 without this passage and note how much more smoothly it fits together.)

Scott mentions some examples of grievous willful sins such as murder, rape, sexual immorality, etc. and wonder what they mean in light of the gift of salvation freely given by faith in Christ.

Yet those who condemn gays for their sexual immorality also often overlook or excuse heterosexual promiscuity, especially when validated by serial «marriage» among the rich and the conservative.

That one should use the freedom granted by the Spirit for immorality was unintelligible, although, of course, even then it occurred.

Again, it is recorded that on one occasion a group of lawyers brought before him a woman detected in adultery, with the hope that he would take the responsibility of pronouncing the ferocious sentence laid down in the Law of Moses (not enforced at that period), or alternatively, would by refusing to do so expose himself as one who condoned immorality.

Admissions of sexual immorality by megachurch pastor Ted Haggard, following allegations by a male prostitute, rocked his 14,000 - member New Life Church, as well as the National Association of Evangelicals, which Haggard served as president.

«God had responded by giving them over to sexual immorality, resulting in their abandoning «natural» (heterosexual?)

Furthermore, by approaching sexual morality from this perspective, sexual immorality is shown in the light of the positive purpose that sexuality is intended for.

In American Made, Seal seems to justify his immorality (and amorality to an extent) because he finds the American Dream worth attaining by any means necessary.

The vision of the American dream with its great ideals and dedication to the good of mankind has become clouded, not only by social and political disorder and revelations of immorality, but by the prevalence of a self - centered hedonism which finds expression in a feverish quest for enjoyment.

A statement from the office of the South African emeritus archbishop says he is «is deeply disappointed by allegations of immorality and possible criminality».

Joseph is like his Old Testament counterpart in at least three other respects; (1) he is chaste and refuses to be involved in immorality; (2) he has dreams in which the future is revealed to him and (3) he rescues Jesus by adopting him and by carrying him to safety in Egypt.

The alleged holiness of a person or a church is then measured by its discontinuity with the world — particularly, in North American Christian history, by its incessant testimony to worldly immorality, personal immorality.

You know what orders we gave you, by the help of Jesus Christ: it is the will of God that you should be holy, that you should abstain from sexual immorality and learn, each of you, to keep his body in holiness and honor... not to overreach his fellow - Christian or to invade his rights... About family affection (within the Christian «family», the Church, he means) it is not necessary for me to write to you.

Sin and immorality that was condemned by God should be called out.

Instead of facing this challenge in a constructive way, the Church has always succumbed to the propaganda by interested parties which equates a theism with immorality and unscrupulousness.

A lot of believers ignore the cruelty and immorality of their positions through the arrogance that it is justified by the joy / correctness they are creating for themselves and other «true» believers.

If any sin or immorality is rampant in the realm of substance use and abuse, it is the willful disregard of those who need care by those who are committed to caring.

I agree with you, the sexual drive is something put in us by God, now I agree that God forbids sexual immorality.

It is not a secret that many American Catholics disagree with the Church's teaching on the immorality of contraception... it is hard not to suspect that a few Catholic institutions, perhaps administered by Catholics who privately reject the Church's teaching on contraception, would simply choose to abide by the mandate... would put themselves in open rebellion...»

He damns the religious structure in which the fervent hymns of praise and the devout symbols of dedication were matched by a fervent immorality and a devout pursuit of vanity; in which Yahwism was enthusiastically endorsed at the sanctuaries but — as Amos saw the Yahweh faith — blatantly violated in business, domestic, and personal relationships.

Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and went after strange flesh, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire (Jude 6 - 7).

In this area, as in others, a better approach would be to show the damage artificial contraception causes such as increased immorality, strains on marriage due to impossible demands regarding sexual gratification, increased abortion, legitimisation of homosexuality, sexualization of children, procreation without sex (e.g. IVF) and the moral decline and confusion experienced by protestant churches since they allowed artificial contraception.

The church in first century Ephesus was surrounded by rank paganism and immorality.

But the Mann Act, passed by Congress in 1910 to address prostitution, human trafficking and what was viewed at the time as immorality in general, makes it a crime to transport someone between states for the purpose of prostitution.

[52] Tim O'Hare, the Chairman of the Tarrant County Republican Party, called on Barton «to not seek re-election and to retire from Congress by the end of [2017],» saying he is guilty of «sexual immorality.»

Reminiscent of the incendiary offerings of the iconoclastic Catherine Breillat like Romance (1999) and Fat Girl (2001), Elles is a thought - provoking immorality play apt to stir up just as much controversy by virtue of its seemingly - gratuitous sex scenes alone.

Grounded by a host of superb performances, especially on the part of Jamal Woolard, Naturi Naughton, Antonique Smith, Anthony Mackie and Derek Luke, this relentlessly - unapologetic immorality play about a bona fide ghetto gangsta» is apt to entertain even Joe Six - Pack to the extent Middle America is inclined to buy into the Hip - Hop Generation's mantra, «Don't hate the playa, hate the game.»

Heavy on battle scenes which include decapitations, stabbings, and nearly every other imaginable way of taking life known to men at that time, Troy also delves into the sexual immorality enjoyed by characters like Achilles.

Any member of the district administrative or supervisory staff, including any principal but excluding an employee specified in subsection (4), may be suspended or dismissed at any time during the term of the contract; however, the charges against him or her must be based on immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency, gross insubordination, willful neglect of duty, drunkenness, or being convicted or found guilty of, or entering a plea of guilty, regardless of adjudication of guilt, any crime involving moral turpitude, as these terms are defined by rule of the State Board of Education.

Has been guilty of gross immorality or an act involving moral turpitude as defined by rule of the State Board of Education.

Just cause includes, but is not limited to, the following instances, as defined by rule of the State Board of Education: immorality, misconduct in office, incompetency, two consecutive annual performance evaluation ratings of unsatisfactory under s. 1012.34, two annual performance evaluation ratings of unsatisfactory within a 3 - year period under s. 1012.34, three consecutive annual performance evaluation ratings of needs improvement or a combination of needs improvement and unsatisfactory under s. 1012.34, gross insubordination, willful neglect of duty, or being convicted or found guilty of, or entering a plea of guilty to, regardless of adjudication of guilt, any crime involving moral turpitude.

And King added that BAD «Segregation is wrong because it is a system of adultery perpetuated by an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.»

The show is an attempt to engage with the immorality inseparable from the African diaspora, by a working artist whose life is indivisible from it.