Sentences with phrase «from futility»

[17] The meaning of «salvation» here is not saving from sin but from futility.

Faith, on the other hand, saves reason from futility.

Every profound theory of the atonement has its existential aspect, that is, its way of expressing the concrete human situation and what redeems us from futility.

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The attempts at pre-payment are an exercise in futility from frustrated homeowners, another unintended consequence of the Fed's monetary mayhem.

Romans 8:20 - 22 — For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

Every time that he came near to reaching the summit, the gods would merely roll it back to the bottom so that he was never free from the work but never finished and he must always labour in the full knowledge of the futility of his work.

From a practical standpoint, to moralize with an alcoholic is the ultimate in counseling futility.

The quotation from Romans 8 on the project's homepage — «For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God» — really is central to the biblical picture of redemption and really has been neglected in both theory and practice.

Updike is nothing if not candid in confessing that his religion is a refuge from personal futility and cosmic loneliness.

They find passages concerning the futility of seeking too much religious knowledge (5:1 - 6), the absurdity of constant effort to push oneself to religious asceticism, the value of not taking religion too seriously or not praying too much, of not straining oneself for any earthly goal, and of not trying to save the world from all the cruelty and injustice in it (3:16 - 21).

It sets them free from fear, futility, discouragement, and sin — the great enslavers of men's souls.

Indeed, from Altizer's point of view, any effort to relate authentic theology to actual churches is doomed to futility.

Glennon Melton, of course, used her disarming humor and candor to invite readers to get real about everything from addiction, to perfectionism, to bullying, to the futility of trying desperately to «seize the day» amidst the fog of parenting young children.

Both are far from home and both wonder what happened to their lives; the chorus rings out a response, «We're all the same here, you and I.» In a «there - but - for - the - grace - of - God» song, Been attempts to stand in the shoes of the homeless, the prisoner and the unfortunate soldier caught up in the futility and absurdity of war.

The sense or conviction of the utter futility of the work we do must not prevent us from doing it.

A part of some ministers» quiet sense of futility stems from the fact that the search for a new, relevant ministerial identity is far from complete.

Taking the play that seems most to evidence Shakespeare's distance from the reconciling vision of the Christian gospel, Greer shows that King Lear is actually Shakespeare's most Christian play, and precisely because it is so redolent of Montaigne's worldview (one must not forget that Montaigne was a Christian and wrote as such): «It would be a mistake to interpret the futility of Lear's appeals to his gods as evidence of atheism on Shakespeare's part,» she writes.

To save us from our sins and futility by showing us the way of love and giving us through Christ the power to love, God gave his Son for our redemption.

For the Creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.»

It's a feeling of futility, of uselessness and lack of peace which is quite easily distinguishable from a genuine stage of acceptance.

This double movement delivers the creation from frustration and futility.

Now this i say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.20 But that is not the way you learned in Christ!

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness (Ephesians 4:17 - 19).

It also informs the critic that his or her primary task is not to offer solutions but to expose the futility of the present condition of things with the hopeful conviction that something new rises from the ashes.

During Jesus» boyhood, and not far from his home, there was a tragic demonstration of the futility of rebelling against Rome.

Borrowing from the new secular ethic of «compassionate death,» even the Catholic Health Association now publishes articles encouraging «futility policies» for hospital ethics committees that enable them to force the withdrawal of treatment from patients or families who do not make the «right» choice.

Media Statement 17 March, 2016 SOFT DRINK TAX: an exercise in futility Responding to the announcement from the UK government to introduce a soft drink tax, Australian Beverages Council CEO, Geoff Parker said; «This tax is yet another step in the wrong direction to end the global obesity epidemic.

For the greatest oomph of fresh pumpkin seed flavor, it's ideal to roast the innards scooped out of your Jack O Lantern - to - be, but if you can't wait until Halloween (and for the time being, sourcing a fresh pumpkin in your neck of the woods is an exercise in futility), pre-roasted seeds from the bulk supply section of a natural grocer will also work in a pinch.

A bleak thought, but perhaps a necessary one; from time to time, it does a body good to contemplate its own futility.

But then, a miracle seemed to deliver the Chiefs from two decades of playoff futility.

We are so aware of our being so deeply rooted in each other and that we can't stop time from the inevitable futility of the physical world.

Hot coffee at home is an exercise in futility, because as most stay - at - home moms know, children will do almost anything to prohibit you from having it.

From Brown's brain activity flat - lining futility of the 2.5 % VAT cut to the inexorable approach of societal apocalypse.

Taking economic development from under the thumb of the executive and shifting some oversight authority to the legislature strikes me as an exercise in futility.

Jesse Ventura stepped away from politics because of the pressure and the futility of having to go against the status quo.

APC said, «The impeachment plot based on President Buahri's approval for the withdrawal of $ 496 million from the Excess Crude Account for the purchase of 12 Super Tucano aircraft ordered from the United States aimed at rescuing the country from its present security crisis is to us an exercise in futility.

Entering the ERM for political reasons, thereby creating the longest and deepest recession since the war, and then being ignominiously ejected from the ERM showing the futility and folly of the whole exercise, was the main reason why the Tory Party fell from grace, and still has not fully recovered.

Not all offenses seemed to be met with equal futility from counterinsurgency and counterterrorism efforts.

With all its humor (and there is a ton), Wiener - Dog, following the journey of a dachshund as it is shuffled from owner to owner, is one of Solondz's sharpest visions of futility.

The film does kind of hint at the futility of revenge in a coens kind of way that is not too drawn out, a lot is concealed from us and we are only shown the grit and the action that gives the film its direction.

Unlike most of the movies that set records for box office futility, Mars did not get ice cold reviews, instead drawing a mixed bag critically, though most assessments spanned from unfavorable to muted approval.

From the opening section, which finds Harry fending off an attack by Dementors in a storm sewer near his neighborhood and running afoul of wizard rules prohibiting spell - casting in the presence of Muggles, through the installation of a chillingly polite authoritarian named Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) as Hogwarts» new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and future grand inquisitor, to the near - collapse of the wizard world's governing body, the increasingly ossified and timid Ministry of Magic, Phoenix is steeped in a mix of fear and futility confirmed by the movie's visuals, photographed by cinematographer Slawomir Idziak.

Continue reading The Son of No One — Police Corruption + Secrets from the Past = Exercise in Futility!

An existential story showing how life is made up of fleeting moments in time in one man's journey of survival, far from being something that conveys a futility in our existence, The Red Turtle shows how these moments through dream - like sequences of self - reflection are actually what shape our own lives.

Graphic puppet sex and an interesting concept save this one from total futility, and with a running time just under 90 minutes, the effort is breezy, brisk, and not too terribly taxing.

From the get - go, Harrelson turns the air blue, whether bothering kids on the bus or provoking a business man on the train, he manages to hilariously draw attention to the mundane futility of other people's lives.

Cassandra, my favorite character from Homer's Iliad, is missing from TROY, Wolfgang Peterson's timely meditation of the futility of war.

When fighting is shown, it is shot with impressionistic closeness — and the final battle at the gates of Jerusalem is filmed from above with a «God's - eye view» that serves to emphasise the futility of so much death.

If any message emerges from «Cartel Land,» it is one of futility.

But Kline couldn't incorporate such a provision without stoking claims of federal overreach from other movement conservatives; that the federal government couldn't mandate such a move even if either Kline or the Obama Administration wanted to also makes the entire effort an exercise in futility.