Sentences with phrase «by the light of»

Suddenly, at least by the lights of the national media, Huckabee is on the move.

But then I re-read the verses by the light of the subsequent events of the Bible's narrative and I realize that this infant son was not the only son to die for David's sins.

Be honest, and admit that you are disturbed by the light of Jesus, his love and righteousness.

The project of natural theology, seeking what can be known of God by the light of reason alone, was abandoned and left for dead by many scholars in mid-century, assumed to be a victim of either positivism or epistemic relativism.

The existence of God the Creator can be known with certainty through his works, by the light of human reason....

«Hooker's insistence on «reason» was therefore not at all a way of undervaluing scripture,» says Wright, «but rather of ensuring that the community which based itself on scripture could have an appropriate healthy life and growth, not blundering forward as it were in the dark, but moving ahead by the light of reason, itself informed by scripture and in harmony with the natural law which stemmed from the creator God in the first place.»

It's been more than thirty years since Jesus turned everything right - side - up for my folks and I felt the weight of that choice at the table that night, watching all this little kid crew, another generation, all perched around my kitchen table by the light of candles in the darkness, telling us grown - ups all the things we already knew about Jesus.

Our true home, our true selves, can be revealed by the light of the Son, by the path of friendship with God.

And, as Pope Benedict again has said, this fundamental question, which isa question we have to answer with our intelligence sustained by the light of faith, is that if we discern reason in the world, in nature - if nature is understandable - the question arises; where does this come from?

Still, it's instructive to know that, by the lights of its 56th governor, I am in New York on sufferance: much like I was, I suppose, when I crossed into East Berlin in 1987 and was given a hard stare by the goon who examined my U.S. passport and looked at me as if I were a lower life form.

O Dayspring from on high, who raised up your servant John Newton to enlighten your people with the message of amazing grace; grant us the courage to work for the freedom of all who live in unjust captivity and slavery and to scatter the darkness of those who live in self - condemnation and fear by the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord.

In the end, all our thought of God and the world, and of ourselves as well, has to be brought into relation to him, to be judged by the light of his revelation of the Father.

Liberty is symbolized by a woman — not a warrior (nor a guerrilla with a submachine gun); by the light of intellect; and by a book.

But this happens in two ways: first, by reason or intellect, insofar as our mind contains certain general first principles, known to us by the light of natural intelligence, by which we proceed rationaly in thinking and acting, and secondly by tightness of desire, moving us towards what is known to be good.

And we'd end up sitting on a curb in the parking lot by the light of a street lamp, listening to night cicadas or cars going by, and we would talk about how no one had ever, could ever, have been in love like we were in love, and we would kiss until we were dizzy before walking back to the dorms, just in time for curfew.

But as far as American politics was and remains concerned, it is a civil war, seen by the light of our continuing disagreement about it.

I slit the envelope, dandered along the road, reading it by the light of the streetlights winking on.

Only by light of the gospel do we discover our true beginning, middle and end.

The darkness is always controlled by the light of redemption.

She studies by the light of the moon in the peace of the night.

Their everyday scenes of Dutch life were infused by the light of Christian faith.

Let us look more closely, once again by the light of our principle of complexity.

unillumined by the light of Christ.

Luther always said that we live by the light of the gospel.

Luther said that these things would make sense by the light of glory.

This makes more sense by the light of the NT gospel.

And when he is revealed, the impact must necessarily be that of mystery - not something discovered by the light of reason, but a Reality that illuminates our minds with its own incandescent Light.

On a pleasantly warm summer night, in a remote corner of a remote forest, would you climb to and crawl out on a limb, naked, by the light of a full moon?

It is odd that Walker, who writes so much about sexual abuse of women, should be so insensitive to the incest taboo in By the Light of My Father's Smile.

It is interesting to note that when a literary conceit is as tasteless as the one in By the Light of My Father's Smile, it is difficult to attain the suspension of disbelief necessary to lose oneself in the story.

At first, By the Light of My Father's Smile seems vintage Walker.

What's so dismaying, finally, about By the Light of My Father's Smile is Alice Walker's apparent assumption that her only job is to serve as a cheerleader for Eros, to exhort her audience to love and respect their bodies.»

The artistic failure of By the Light of My Father's Smile proves that we need these taboos in order for sex to be interesting.

Positive outcomes to problems do not certify the power of God except to those who read the story of humankind by the light of their faith.

A shattered grave, blasted apart by the light of all ages, is the testimony.

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

Bless us, O our Father, even all of us together, with the light of thy countenance; For by the light of thy countenance thou hast given us, O Lord our God, the Law of life, lovingkindness and righteousness, blessing, mercy, life and peace; And may it be good in thy sight to bless thy people Israel at all times and in every hour with thy peace.

(2) The next festival was Hannukah, on the 25th of Kislev (November - December), when the Maccabaean rededication of the temple was commemorated by the lighting of lamps.

Or eaten by the light of the fridge straight outta your meal - prep container.

Yaay, my copy of the cookbook arrived yesterday and I started reading it by the light of my headlamp in my cold, dark, electricity - free house.

So delicious I was caught eating leftovers by the light of the fridge.

No lights, nothing, just guided by the light of the moon.

While the numbers were almost certainly BABIP - driven, and his modest 2016 numbers reflect as much, this does not matter to the Cardinals as they mutter under their breath by the light of the full moon

Through the night, and with luck by the light of a full moon, Magoon will be in radio contact with a DC - 3 escort plane.

Kyle Gibson and Mike Pelfrey are very, very, very Twins, in all the wrong ways, and Ricky Nolasco is morphing into a pure Twins pitcher by the light of a full moon.

Marlins Man is smiling a lot out here, energized by the lights of the park.

We have grown up treasuring the books we devoured late at night, by the light of a stolen flashlight.

Speaking of Amazon, anyone who's downloaded the Amazon app knows that ordering problem - solving products with your thumb while feeding your baby by the light of a smart phone can provide the ultimate multi-tasking high.

The party goes from 6 - 8 pm, and will be followed by the lighting of the Comm Ave Mall at 8:15 pm.

You might also have to get up and eat by the light of the fridge and channel your inner Nigella (always a good thing).