Sentences with phrase «founded upon a rock»

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And when a flood came, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and it could not shake it; for it was founded on a rock.

Most often, we struggle more with getting the huge rocks and boulders out of the way rather than finding a solid foundation upon which to build.

Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock

It is a curious delusion that the rock upon which our beliefs can be founded is a historical investigation.

«When we took a closer look, we found that patients with stronger spiritual well - being, more benign images of God (such as perceptions of a benevolent rather than an angry or distant God), or stronger beliefs (such as convictions that a personal God can be called upon for assistance) reported better social health,» said lead author Allen Sherman, PhD, of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

Upon further examination, Love and Tufts found a large fossilized vertebrae protruding from a rock.

Two major dating methods applied to artifacts and fossils are stratagraphic dating (based upon the particular layer of rock of sediment in which the object is found) or radiometric dating (which is based on the decay rates of certain radioactive isotopes).

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The movie will follow a young punk rock band who find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence, and must fight for their lives against a gang of white power skinheads intent on eliminating all witnesses.

A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.

Okay, I don't know what to make of this show, which is apparently an American adaptation of an Israeli series called «Danny Hollywood,» but they had me at the phrase «romantic time - travel musical,» and they kept me when they revealed that it was about a documentary filmmaker who somehow time - travels to the»90s, falls in love with the rock star she's been making a film about, and, upon being thrust back to the present, struggles to find a way to get back to the past and save the rock star's life.

As with Dr. Stanley Goodspeed in The Rock, Ben Gates is a scholar who suddenly finds himself being called upon to be an action hero.

Throughout your explorations, you'll find little things that build upon atmosphere of Dear Esther's scenery, like an armada of paper boats trapped in an underground river, or candles surrounding chemical diagrams and graffiti created with luminous paint on rocks and cave walls.

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