Sentences with phrase «fire from»

Thus says the Holy One of Israel, «Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them; therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant; and its breaking is like that of a potter's vessel which is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a sherd is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.»

While Jesus was praying, he caught fire from within.

In a series of parables, gathered and preserved in Luke 15, Jesus defends his ministry which had come under heavy fire from those critics who recognized unsavory characters in his circle of disciples.

Huffington Post: Daniel Jenky, Illinois Catholic Bishop, Orders Anti-Obama Letter To Be Read In Diocese Earlier this year, a Roman Catholic bishop came under fire from the Anti-Defamation League and others for comparing President Barack Obama to Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler during a sermon delivered at an Illinois church.

The disciples react badly to opposition: «do you want us to call down fire from heaven?»

Also, when his disciples want to call down fire from heaven to incinerate the city that did not accept Jesus (this fit perfectly with God's behavior in the OT, does it not?)

Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man: for this he was chained to a rock in the Caucasus while an eagle ate incessantly at his living liver.

A recent example of just such suspicion and mistrust took place in August, when an anti-trafficking nonprofit called Agape International Missions (AIM) came under fire from the Cambodian government for purportedly working with CNN to stage a smear campaign against Cambodian women.

Where was the winnowing fan, the axe laid at the foot of the tree, and the fire from heaven as John expected?

Others carried tiny lanterns to transfer the precious fire from its source to the village church in Cyprus.

The angel had previously asked master why don't I seperate the weeds to throw them into the fire from the harvest.

(CNN)- A Harvard club's plans to stage a satanic «black Mass» were abruptly cancelled Monday after drawing fire from the Archdiocese of Boston and condemnation from the president of the Ivy League school.

Just as Prometheus, having stolen fire from heaven, begins to build houses and to establish himself on earth, so philosophy, having embraced the whole world, should rebel against the world of phenomena.6

Then there are the catchphrases that come under fire from within the church community for one reason or another.

When I took questions, the first one was from a pastor in the back of the room who said, «Yes, Professor Fredriksen, but now that Saddam Hussein is raining nerve gas down on Israel, now that he's the power from the north raining fire from the sky on God's elect, isn't it clear that now is the time of the Second Coming?»

The same confusion is shown by those who want to pluck out the tares from the field, or by the disciples when they want to call down fire from heaven on unrepentant villages, or by Judas when he too does what God has said will come to pass.

both Republicans & Democrats would find their political agendas under fire from Christ.

Thus says the Holy One of Israel, «Because you despise this word, and trust (sic) in oppression and perverseness... This iniquity shall be to you like a break in a high wall... which is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a sherd is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip water out of the cistern!»

God has every right to squash us under his thumb, or incinerate us with fire from heaven any time He wants.

Remember when the disciples wanted to rain down fire from heaven on a Samaritan village for rejecting Jesus (Luke 9:54).

When you tell people you are questioning the creation accounts of Genesis 1 - 2, a lot of Christians get very angry, and some religious types will actually fire you from your job... What they don't realize is that you are simply using historical - cultural research to understand Genesis 1 - 2 the way Moses and the Israelites would have understood it.

Elijah did well as a person of faith, performing an assortment of exploits, such as summoning fire from heaven, organising the weather and raising the dead.

We've all heard the ancient, nonsensical hypothesis about the all knowing, all merciful, all loving god, who seems to find joy in destroying cities, killing vast numbers of people by floods, fire from the sky, plagues and pestilence.

10:11); He rained down fire from heaven and burned up the enemy soldiers who came to get Elijah (2 King 1:9 - 15); He killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers who were attacking Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:35); He blinded the false prophet Bar - Jesus, who stood against the teaching of Paul (Acts 13:9 - 11).

When He saw a woman about to be stoned to death He reasoned with her attackers, He didn't call fire from heaven, or grab a sword and leap to her defense.

Not only does He not give them permission to call down fire from heaven, but He rebukes such an attitude!

There is another passage where Jesus and disciples wanted to enter a Samaritan village — James and John went ahead, but came back and said the people do not want to «invite» them in — then they said to Jesus — send fire from heaven and burn their village.

Do you ever find yourself drawing fire from both sides of an argument after staking some middle ground?

His comments drew fire from secularists, with a letter to The Daily Telegraph signed by 50 public figures headed by the president of the British Humanist Association, Professor Jim Al - Khalili saying: «We object to his characterisation of Britain as a «Christian country» and the negative consequences for politics and society that this engenders.»

Encourage future pastors to expect God to throw fire from heaven and shake the earth when the church pleads for justice.

Fire from the sky, a fierce wind, boils all over his body.

Francis has come under fire from disillusioned progressives, who are now depicting him as a recalcitrant pontiff who won't endorse condoms or «gay rights» (as the world defines them), much to their dismay.

Just because you haven't drawn fire from detractors online yet doesn't mean it won't happen.

But of course it goes beyond that: thanks to a high capacity to intercept rockets, the IDF and the politicians are more able to refrain from harsher responses to the fire from Gaza, in a ground operation, for example.

There's a praying mantis that shoots fire from its antennae.

Offshore investors appear to be taking a negative view of the Australian banking sector, which is under fire from royal commission into the financial services sector.

Shared Services Canada has come under persistent fire from departments frustrated with having to cede control of their systems to the central IT agency and complaining about delays in projects and a lack of understanding of individual department's digital needs.

However, due to a significant amount of vagueness in the legislation, the amended bill «drew fire from virtual currency advocates who had previously grown to applaud how it differed from the New York BitLicense — notably in its lack of new anti-money-laundering requirements.»

Rosenstein has defended Mueller in the past, telling Congress that he had «no good cause» to fire him from his role as special counsel.

In Ottawa, a nervous government implemented new regulations for insured mortgages in an effort to slow down the Vancouver and Toronto markets — and came under fire from Realtors in places like Saskatoon, where the local real estate association says the new regulations have seriously hurt would - be home buyers.

-- With the spotlight on him, the president's son - in - law has become «paranoid,» CNN reports: «Kushner also feels that he has come under fire from his own West Wing colleagues recently, with the notion that «everyone is out to get him,» a source said... Kushner... told people that he suspected the timing of the story about his foreign contacts was coordinated to be released when issues surrounding his security clearance were in the news, according to a source familiar with his thinking.»

Among other things, it has been criticized as a scam — based on economic assumptions that are described as «laughable» — and has come under fire from the U.S. Senate for the ease with which drug dealers and other subversive elements can make use of it.

The CFPB and its controversial director, Richard Cordray have been under fire from congressional Republicans, who say that the agency is over-zealous in carrying out its duties.

That man then set his home on fire from the inside.

But its draft law is drawing fire from both sides who consider it both too weak and too strong.

House Speaker John Boehner, under fire from conservatives over a looming government shut down, said Friday he will resign from Congress at the end of October.

A massive fire from a derailed train carrying crude has some wondering how the commodity can be safely transported.

Amid rising anxiety over Iran, the Israeli public saw Iron Dome's early successes against intermittent fire from Gaza as «a proof that the country could endure» retaliatory strikes, according to Uzi Rubin, founder of Israel's antimissile program.

Bank - led efforts to shield loans held on balance sheet from new mortgage rules are drawing heavy fire from consumer activists and independent mortgage lenders.

During Dancap's five - year run, the company drew fire from some critics for bringing in large U.S. touring shows that used non-union casts.