Sentences with phrase «circumstances of»

He writes that «in the Bible we find a vast array of competing stories concerning the character of God that are closely connected to the concrete circumstances of those who inhabit the narrative.

The other is to look for external evidence — that is, the testimony of contemporaries or near contemporaries familiar with the book and presumably with the circumstances of its origin.

The economic circumstances of the families and the nature of the faith communities were different and yet both acknowledge the role of family and faith community in creating the framework in which a call could be heard.

The initiative lies with God, who is speaking in the circumstances of our time to those who can hear.

The rest have languished almost entirely unknown, whether because the records of their lives have been lost, because the countries in which they died have been literally inaccessible, or because the governments under which they were persecuted have been less than cooperative with attempts to make known the circumstances of their deaths.

He takes the circumstances of whatever «business» he is about as the occasion for new questioning, new searching for some sign, some glimpse into the meaning of the unknown that confronts him at every center of existence.

As the tradition is now enveloped in legend, there is no way of discovering the historical circumstances of the call of Moses, but we can be reasonably confident that there was such a man, who led a band of Hebrews in a dramatic escape from Egyptian slavery, and one of the oldest elements in the tradition is a song which celebrates the defeat of the Pharaoh's army in the waters of the Sea of Reeds.

After noting that the labouring classes constitute the greater part of society, he said, «What improves the circumstances of the greater part can never be regarded as an inconvenience to the whole.

These beliefs and values are rooted in the concrete circumstances of women's lives — their educations, incomes, occupations, and the different marital and family choices they have made along the way — and they work simultaneously to shape these circumstances in turn.

Each generation, in the circumstances of its own time, seeks a deliverance from bondage, and is led to freedom only by obedience to the Word of YHWH.

That no similar limitation beset the Charles H. Mason Theological Seminary, established in 1979 by the Church of God in Christ (largest of the dominantly Black classical Pentecostal bodies), can be attributed to the circumstances of its origin as part of Atlanta's Interdenominational Theological Center - a cluster of schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.

As one who loves to study human behavior, I view the days ahead with anticipation, waiting to see what will be the reaction of the people of God to the circumstances of our culture.

There is a strong inference in the narrative that the wisdom and hand of God are directly involved in the remarkably fortuitous circumstances of Moses» period of preparation.

Circumstances of deprivation, hardship and lack of education — unfortunately much more widely prevalent — break down the barriers, both moral and material, which deter many of us from breaking the law.

Unlike secular counselors or psychologists who see clients in well - defined professional settings, most of those surveyed assumed that anything told to a clergyperson anywhere should be treated confidentially, regardless of the circumstances of the disclosure.

As another carol reminds us, the destiny of this child is prefigured in the harsh circumstances of his birth:

This is possible only as we direct critical inquiry to empirical study both of the character of the process and of the circumstances of its effective working.

His form of political theology seems to call for an immediate solidarity with the oppressed, wherever they are, and regardless of the circumstances of the oppression.

Human beings are adapted to the material circumstances of many of the locations on our planet; we can not survive unsupported in outer space.

Professor Eamonn Duffy is more sympathetic, and even describes what Howse calls this «compilation of misery» as «a major [sic] contribution to the Catholic Church's examination of conscience about the roots and circumstances of sexual abuse».

A great many different motives may lead to an action of this kind; indeed in cases where it is an act of despair, performed in circumstances of extreme human or economic destitution and misery, the guilt may often lie rather with the community than with the individual.

The special circumstances of the thirteenth century remain a vivid case study in what not to do.

Tocqueville is, in effect, projecting the personal circumstances of his marriage to Marie onto the historical narrative he offers in Democracy in America.

Do the circumstances of Tocque - ville's life bear on the development of his thought?

In a society based on kinship, especially under circumstances of severe inter-tribal rivalry for the means of subsistence, one finds high ideals of just conduct within the group combined with the absence of the sense of moral obligation beyond the group.

It means that the Spirit is a power from the age to come when the purposes of God will be completely realized in a way that is impossible under the circumstances of this age.

First, white evangelicals have a track record of partisanship, no matter the circumstances of the party.

Whoever wrote these passages won an amazing victory, not simply for the idea of one God against many, although absolute monotheism is unmistakably proclaimed; nor simply for the idea that the one God is Israel's Yahweh, although under the circumstances of the Exile that is astonishing; but, even more, for the idea that this one God cares for all mankind and mercifully purposes the salvation of the whole world.

More than the laws or the physical circumstances of the country, said Tocqueville, it was the mores that contributed to the success of the American democracy, and the mores were rooted in religion.

It may sometimes happen that a fundamental difference of opinion on matters of principle may persist in theory, and retain real importance, while the circumstances of life and action change so much that the difference of opinion is of less moment for life and action than it previously was.

The Spirit loosens that tradition from its confinement to the first century and applies it to the fresh circumstances of our day.

But prayer also changes those situations and circumstances of life which are distinctly divorced from any change which.

Statistically the long hours simply indicate an unfavorable change in the circumstances of those who work.

«Modern philosophy» and «modern science» are committed to modes of thought connected with the particular circumstances of their origin, and they have passed through a remarkable trajectory that is now exhausted.

in the territory of Gilead to the east of the Jordan by Saul's commander, Abner, in the person of the weak Ishbosheth (better, Ishbaal or Eshbaal, the bosheth, meaning «shame,» being a later editorial substitution in names compounded with baa1, the most common Canaanite term for deity); the tentative «game» of war (2:14) between the troops of Abner and those of Joab, David's commander, and the vivid description of the circumstances of Asahel's death at Abner's hands; and finally the concluding notice:

No part of the Gospel tradition is so obviously legendary in its detail as the early chapters of Matthew and Luke, in which the circumstances of the birth of Jesus are recorded.

It is also true that it belongs to all great literature, and not least to the Bible, to evoke in the mind of the reader meanings and associations which may have nothing to do with the circumstances of its origin, or the intentions of its writers, and yet may bring genuine illumination and enrichment to the mind.

Regardless of the circumstances of your birth or who your parents are, God had a plan in creating you.

Accordingly, the Galilean appearances are to be distinguished from those in Jerusalem not simply by external circumstances of time or place or persons concerned; (P. 23.)

Man is sinner, living in an anxious freedom in which he can both imagine the highest possibilities of eternal fulfilment, and also sense the threats to his existence, his status, and his power which arise from the circumstances of life.

The circumstances of the two stories in I Sam.

Discussing the language of war, Aldous Huxley focused on the word «force»: «The attempt to secure justice, peace and democracy by «force» seems reasonable enough until we realize, first, that this non-committal word stands, in the circumstances of our age, for activities which can hardly fail to result in social chaos; and second, that the consequences of social chaos are injustice, chronic warfare and tyranny» (The Olive Tree [Harper & Row, 1937]-RRB-.

Of course, just what these implications do include at any given time and place is a variable, which depends not only on the actual circumstances of action but even more importantly on some understanding of the range of relevant interests and of the extent of human powers for realizing them.

How might this preacher address the moral dilemma of abortion in ways mindful of the personal circumstances of these congregation members?

Both substantive knowledge — some of it fairly abstract — and practical know - how will be required, and because ministry takes place amid the changing circumstances of life, intelligent adaptation and renewed learning will often be necessary as well.

You think it's selfish when a woman, who knows exactly the circumstances of her life, chooses not to have a baby that she can not physically, financially or psychologically afford to have?

But it holds that the dietary laws, Sabbath observance rules, and ritual regulations of the Torah may be modified, or set aside, to adjust to the circumstances of modern life.

Suffice it to say that it seems to me that both Hartshorne and Whitehead do not draw the dualistic consequences of a sentence in Process and Reality (p. 18): «Each actual occasion contributes to the circumstances of its origin formative elements deepening its own peculiar individuality» (italics added).

He gave up his project of marriage, became a priest, founded at Jerusalem, where he went to dwell, a mission of nuns for the conversion of the Jews, showed no tendency to use for egotistic purposes the notoriety given him by the peculiar circumstances of his conversion — which, for the rest, he could seldom refer to without tears — and in short remained an exemplary son of the Church until he died, late in the 80's, if I remember rightly.

Your Grandpa is doing well, praise God, but remember the words of Paul how he «learned» to be content in all circumstances of life, and when he was in chains in a filthy cave / prison he found himself singing and bringing a testimony of God's grace to the palace guards!