the truth is that it is a title certainly mediocre, but not
for this unworthy of attention.
In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult
for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried; and the suffrages of the people being more free, will be more likely to centre in men who possess the most attractive merit and the most diffusive and established characters.
Nygren believes it is only in the Reformers, and especially Luther, that the New Testament theme of love as God's freely outpoured mercy
for the unworthy is set free again.
But I highly doubt a bunch of GOP - centric Mormons (who can't be bothered to resolve the differences between GOP dogma and Christian doctrine) starving
themselves for an unworthy cause will bring Romney a single step closer to the White House.
The Waldenses were in the tradition of earlier twelfth - century leaders, such as Peter of Bruys and Arnold of Brescia, who led a life of poverty, denounced the clergy
for unworthy luxury and grasping for political power, and condemned many of the current customs of the Church.
Pope John Paul was emphatic in teaching that» [t] he use of the infertile periods for conjugal union can be an abuse if the couple,
for unworthy reasons, seeks in this way to avoid having children, thus lowering the number of births in their family below the morally correct level.This morally correct level must be established by taking into account not only the good of one's own family, and even the state of health and the means of the couple themselves, but also the good of the society to which they belong, of the Church, and even of the whole of mankind.
But where Nygren s view is limited is that the love which is poured out in forgiveness is not only sheer forgiveness
for the unworthy, it is God the Father's love for the Son.
Not exact matches
Not spam, necessarily, but useless to you and
unworthy of your attention even
for a moment.
In a tweet, Hamill called the FCC chief «profoundly
unworthy» of wielding a lightsaber, noting that «A Jedi acts selflessly
for the common man - NOT lie 2 enrich giant corporations.»
At least one financial services analyst questions whether Lending Club's latest move is a sound one, given the negative press that online lenders have gotten
for charging high rates and lending to
unworthy borrowers.
«Store thy treasures up in you bank account
for surely the poor are
unworthy» «Blessed are those who horde their wealth,
for surely the Porsche will be theirs»
Drunk and in stupors are the christiandumbs folds» in - undulations becoming sciatic pragmatisms
unworthy of even one toasting
for but rather against!
Don't take my word
for it, I'm an
unworthy non-believer but that's what The Book said the last time I checked.
Adventists have been slow to become involved with the victims of this disease,
for they have associated it with
unworthy people.
He then contrasts Fulk III with the Burgundian Stephen I of Neublans, who justified his decision to travel thus: «Considering how many are my sins and the love, clemency and mercy of Our Lord Jesus Christ, because when he was rich he became poor
for our sake, I have determined to repay him in some measure
for everything he has given me freely, although I am
unworthy.
That being the case, I would encourage you either to carry through with your defense by providing verifiable evidence of your claims which would serve to disprove Julie's evidence or to stop carrying water
for a man who's
unworthy of the effort.
And so we too, daily engaged in our own all too human journey, searching
for that which would have us be so much more than we are, and bearing our
unworthy gifts, kneel on the stable floor beside these royal ones, worshiping with them the child who is most royal.
Many theologians think that it is
unworthy of man to plead
for the goods he needs, to pray, to take the posture of a suppliant or a beggar (though the Beatitudes bid us do just that).
And once this recognition is at the heart of our ministry, our preaching will become effectual — not that we are ever more than
unworthy and «unprofitable» servants, but that God in Christ can and does use our unworthiness
for his own great ends and makes even our imperfections to serve him.
From the shame of the abuse, the shame of the depression (which was still largely a stigma
for me), the shame of the masturbation alone
for crying out loud, I would have buried myself and wrote «
unworthy» on the tombstone if I could have.
But I have a huge issue when religion is foisted upon me, it is used to make public policy, and used to inflict injury and death to people who are deemed «
unworthy» (like gays or blacks or people who won't go along
for the ride).
This was the view articulated by,
for example, noted legal scholar Karl Binding and psychiatrist Alfred Hoche in their treatise Permitting the Destruction of Life
Unworthy of Life, published in 1920.
For it is not true that only the most stupid, narrow - minded and clerical men rise to the highest ecclesiastical offices, so that a generous, holy and idealistic people would have a wholly
unworthy clergy.
In the light of God's action in Christ we can think truly of the love of God only as we see it as forgiveness poured out
for the sinner, the grace of God toward the
unworthy.
More was a man who stood by his principles in an issue
unworthy of martyrdom, while Bonhoeffer stood to the death
for a purpose worthy of giving one's life — to rid a country of tyranny.
Gregory makes a stunning point on the ambiguities of giving to those derelicts among the poor who are by consensus generally regarded as less worthy: One should give not just to the
unworthy poor, but also to the worthy poor, regardless of their moral condition, and
for a profound reason: because one «gives of his bread to an indigent sinner, not because he is a sinner, but because he is a man.
If everything you do is inadequate:...
unworthy rags
for God... have to wait upon The Spirit to arrive to make what should have been a under a millisecond decision... and be less a person than Jesus... the more pathetic the lookalike soundalikes the better... well, COME TO MOMMA!
I didn't say don't decide
for yourself what is right or wrong, I'm pretty sure I said walk the walk if you're going to say you're a Good Christian so you can make God proud and don't judge others and say they are
unworthy or unclean
for God because you have NO PLACE speaking
for Him.
All these efforts to assist and regulate the poor were governed by a crucial distinction between the «worthy» and «
unworthy» poor, between those who could not be blamed
for their dire straits and those who could, between those who were redeemable and those who were not, between public neighbors entitled to support and those subject to scorn.
To sum up: Modern young people need to be taught manners: not the code of the emancipated ego, nor the pattern of conformity to the will of the majority, but the action - language of democracy, with due respect
for worthy traditions from the past and determined criticism of
unworthy ones.
But if anyone were to be so polite as to assume that I have an opinion, and if he were to carry his gallantry to the extreme of adopting this opinion because he believed it to be mine, I should have to be sorry
for his politeness, in that it was bestowed upon so
unworthy an object, and
for his opinion, if he has no other opinion than mine.
Sometimes the picture of hell has been painted in lurid fashion, with ghastly punishment inflicted upon «lost» persons; more frequently, at least in recent theological writing, this aspect has been muted or denied, and stress has been put on such ideas as persistence after death apart from God's presence — or even in that presence, which
for the utterly
unworthy man or woman would be horrifying, as when an evil person is compelled to be with someone whom he or she deeply hates.
islam didnot come
for world domination or taking part of the world, but it comes
for people to warship their creator» allah», god not men, animals, or any
unworthy creatures.
God does not reward our virtue; he is gracious to sinners,
for we are
unworthy even when we have done our best (verse 10).
Indeed I often pray the Offertory prayer in my own private devotions before the Blessed Sacrament: (Suscipe Sancte Pater...) «Accept O Holy Father Almighty and Eternal God, this holy and unblemished victim which I thy
unworthy servant offered unto Thee, my living and true God
for my own innumerable sins, offences and negligence and
for all here present and
for all the faithful living and dead that it may profit me and them
for salvation to eternal life».
Discipline is enforced, and provisions
for the exclusion of the
unworthy are made.
life, viewpoints, and activities
for old
unworthy or dangerous or immoral or reckless actions that led to or involved drinking.
Selfishness, greed, judgementalism, hate, etc. are not the sort of qualities I would suggest you can defend on that day by explaining that those poor, needy people were deemed
unworthy by you & yours
for breaking the man - made idea that crossing an imaginary line on his Earth to seek a better life makes one of God's children
unworthy of compassion and help vis - a-vis the lesson of the Gospels.
This makes it apparent that we must have some standard
for interpreting the Bible, rejecting false renderings or
unworthy concepts as not being the voice of God and accepting true ones.
Drunk and in temperamental stupors are the emotionally fallen in christiandumbs folds becoming sciatic pragmatisms
unworthy of even one toasting
for, but rather against!»
But anyone who does not believe these words or doubts them is
unworthy and unprepared, bur the words «
for you» require all hearts to believe.»
I can't speak
for anyone else, but I do it because i realized i wasted decades of my life and tens of thousands of dollars of my money believing in God and supporting my church, getting in return the never - ending reminder that i was nothing but a sinful cretin
unworthy of God's benevolence.
Die one as naturally as is so needed and never take such
for undue clemencies as being an
unworthy sanctumn.
Now aesthetics requires silence of Agamemnon inasmuch as it would be
unworthy of the hero to seek comfort from any other man, and out of solicitude
for the women too he ought to conceal this from them as long as possible.
Others had only just fallen, and seemed rather sleeping than dead, but there they lay,
for none had time to bury them, brave fellows, every one, friend and foe alike, while I held in my
unworthy hands the God of Battles, their Creator and their Judge, and prayed to Him to give rest to their souls.
We hold in our own
unworthy grasp the treasure that humanity longs and searches
for.
In Purgatory there is that struggle between the burning desire
for God and the biting shame of being
unworthy, «To love and to be denied the object of one's love,» says Tauler.
We are «but dust and ashes», and we rightly proclaim with the centurion every time we come to Communion that we are
unworthy for the Lord to enter under our roof.
The quest
for fame and notoriety is just as
unworthy as the quest
for material things.
Mixed with this exaltation of the moral sensibilities there is also an ardor of sacrifice,
for the beloved deity's sake, of everything
unworthy of him.