Sentences with phrase «celestial city»

Streets of gold and celestial cities in the by and by are of no help to the lonely and hurting person of today who simply wants someone to hug them.

In Pilgrim's Progress when Christian sets out on his pilgrimage he leaves his wife and children behind in the city of destruction because they will not come with him on his road to the celestial city.

The study guide was creative, but there are no real shortcuts on the road to the Celestial City.

Zooming in on the page, the movie dramatized the suspenseful moments» the Slough of Despond, the battle with Apollyon, the Valley of the Shadow of Death» as well as the journey's end when Christian and Hopeful finally enter the Celestial City.

Bunyan was right when, bringing his victorious company of pilgrims to the gates of the Celestial City, he numbered among them, not simply Great - heart, Valiant - for - truth, Honest, and Stand - fast, but also Mr. Feeble - mind, Mr. Ready - to - halt, Mr. Despondency, and his daughter, Much - afraid.

Pilgrim's Progress tells of the dangers and distractions, such as Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle and Giant Despair, that Pilgrim had to overcome on his journey to the Celestial City.

I am not so deceived as to think we will ever reach some celestial city, any more than I believe we can reach out and grasp the sun.

In John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, as the heroes Christian and Hopeful approach the celestial city they fall sick with desire; but ultimately this sickness heals them and makes them strong enough to bear the delights of the beatific vision.

Americans, Henry James wrote, «are too apt to think that Paris is the celestial city,» and even if we don't quite think that, some of us do think of it as the place where tickets are sold for the train to get you there.

DC Universe Online's 14th Episode will be the Halls of Power Part II, where heroes and villains alike will travel to New Genesis and the Celestial City where Apokoliptian forces are wreaking havoc.