Sentences with phrase «from the alien power»

because the Christian lives in the fully incarnate body of Christ, he acknowledges the totality of our experience as the consummation of the kenotic passion of the Word, and by giving himself to the Christ who is present to us he is liberated from the alien power of an emptied and darkened transcendence.

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Anxiety is a desire for what one fears, a sympathetic antipathy; anxiety is an alien power which grips the individual, and yet one can not tear himself free from it and does not want to, for one fears, but what he fears he desires.

«6 Such a God is the author, or the excuse for «the alien power of the moral imperative» which is «addressed to man from a beyond» and imprisons him «by an obedience to an external will or authority.

He argued that God has graciously freed us from the restraining authority of a transcendent judge; we no longer need to live in fear and servility to an alien power that rewards and punishes.

Gnosticism is here understood as that movement of the later Hellenistic world which sought salvation from the whole cosmos regarded as, in principle, an alien and evil power.

This freedom from being tied to powers who alien - ate a man from himself is increasingly limited to an interiority within which a man can be himself.

Now, however, we learn that this is not the case — that, for example, when he suggests that a God who would be «Calvinistic in power but Whiteheadian in goodness» would be preferable to a God who permits his creatures genuine freedom, «no conclusions about my [Griffin's] own position can be drawn from this internal argument within an alien framework.»

Christians were persecuted and were practically exterminated from China by the end of the fourteenth century, not only because they were not in the mainstream of Chinese culture, but mainly because the Christians were supported by an alien political power and they in turn supported that political power.

We know because this actually happened: Arizona passed a state law making it a state crime to be in violation of federal alien registration laws (which automatically includes illegal immigrants) and giving state and local law enforcement the power to arrest people if they had probable cause to believe the person had committed some crime making them removable from the US.

Aliens might want resources from our solar system (Earth's oceans, perhaps, full of hydrogen for refilling a fusion - powered spacecraft) and swat us aside if we get in the way, as we might dismiss mosquitoes or beetles stirred up by the logging of a rain forest.

Let's face it, if you've seen one superhero story, you've pretty much seen them all: alien / regular kid affected by supernatural powers / rich person with access to fantastic gadgets rises to meet regular threats from ne'erdowells, learning lessons about the costs of being a hero.

Not to quibble about issues of plausibility in a story about a boy with superhuman powers who arrives on Earth on a spaceship from an alien planet, but the star of Smallville is just too beautiful to be believed.

When a freak lightning storm knocks out the power and opens up a crater in the middle of Main Street, Ray witnesses the arrival of an alien machine — the tripod — birthing its way up from beneath his very feet.

Hidden from the outside world, Wakanda is a technological wonder powered by the alien mineral vibranium - the same miraculous metal that Cap's shield is made of.

The plot — initially incomprehensible, but easier to figure out once it gets rolling — posits that only an alien known as Leeloo (Milla Jovovich in the film's most affecting performance) has the power to save our world from being destroyed by an approaching fireball of pure evil.

The Alliance Alive begins with a world controlled by Daemons, an alien race that invaded the world to stop them from discovering a raw source of power.

Cecil Kellaway, The Luck of the Irish — a leprechaun Jeff Bridges, Star Man — an alien Wiliem Dafoe, Shadow of a Vampire — vampire Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Maiar of race & Istari (wizard) Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street — arguably, Santa Claus Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — ages backwards Sissy Spacek, Carrie — psychic powers Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins — witch nanny Frederic March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — creepy monster man Mr. Hyde Walter Huston, The Devil and Daniel Webster — the devil Cliff Robertson, Charley — psychic powers Linda Blair, The Exorcist — the demon Pazuzu Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait — an angel and / or ghost Robert Montgomery, Here Comes Mr. Jordan — an angel and / or ghost Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense — sees dead people Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green Mile — heals people and nice Alec Guinness, Star Wars — technically, an alien, since Obi - Wan was not born on Earth; also, Jedi, moving things with his mind, speaking from beyond the grave, etc..

And, inevitably, the aliens» powers change dramatically from scene to scene as the plot requires.

Roy, formerly a member of an extremist religious sect called The Ranch — leader «Brother Calvin» is played by Sam Shepard, imposing in his brace of scenes — is a «believer» from beginning to end, his faith in his son's powers (perhaps alien, perhaps messianic) never once wavering.

By adding a Power Disc to the play set, the players» version of Sulley from Pixar's Monsters, Inc. can equip a pair of wings, or ride a surfboard alongside space alien Stitch.

In Justice League, Batman realises he needs a bigger team of metahumans to fight the greater battle against a newly awakened threat from an alien creature that has the power to destroy the planet.

Hal figures out how to charge the ring with energy from a lantern the dying alien also gave him (a process not dissimilar from syncing your iPhone), and in no time he's traveling to the planet of Oa, a sort of Camp Pendleton for Lantern recruits, where he's given a crash course in the use of his new powers.

«The Tommyknockers» (1993) It's not all that creepy, but it's almost a perfect culmination of King tropes: from secret aliens, to psychic powers, to small town life gone awry.

Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure.»

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth, nebbish loser - scientist Hector Hammond (Peter Saarsgard doing that mega-creep thing he does so well) begins to run mildly amok after being infected by a vestige of power from the being that killed Jordan's predecessor, an alien force called Parallax (voiced by Clancy Brown) who feeds on fear, devours entire planets, and has its sights set on both Earth and Oa (in that order).

Who doesn't want to be her when she appears in that armor / power loader in «Aliens» to save Newt and says: «Get away from her, you bitch!»

Best described as «Red Dawn» meets «Independence Day» and featuring a cast of young up - and - comers, what makes the film so unique from every other alien invasion movie are the aggressors themselves: seemingly invisible entities powered by electricity that can incinerate anything with a single touch.

For non-comic book fans, The Mandarin a classic villain from the Iron Man comics who used ten alien - forged rings of power as weapons against his foes.

The movie is Absolutely Anything, and it stars Simon Pegg as a guy who gets godlike powers from aliens so they can determine if the Earth is worth saving, but he just ends up using them in silly ways like making...

Absolutely Anything follows a disillusioned school teacher (Pegg) who suddenly finds he has the ability to do anything he wishes, a challenge bestowed upon him by a group of power - crazed aliens (voiced by Cleese, Gilliam, Jones, Palin & Idle), watching him from space.

Using the Joy - Con ™ with HD Rumble power, you'll swing, volley and hit to the beat to defeat the fun - loving aliens from the Muzicalian galaxy.

Cosmos Defenders is a 2D fast - paced revolving shooter about a group of unconventional heroes using the power of nature to stop chaotic aliens from taking over the universe.

Not too say that this game doesn't deliver, because you get everything you've come to expect from the genre; a ton of power ups, bosses and mini bosses everywhere, and a plethora of aliens and robots to destroy.

Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure.

Code Name STEAM (3DS / New 3DS): Launch S.T.E.A.M., an elite team of steam - powered special - forces soldiers, to save the world from an alien menace.

Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary sumpreme culture.

In Mass Effect Andromeda, I had no issues making out the flurry of bullets, special powers and explosions that surrounded me as I defended an outpost from aliens.

These radio bursts could be potentially powering alien spaceships according to a new theory from Harvard researchers.

Gameplay: In Castle Crashers, you start out with four playable characters (or five if you have alien hominid, in which case, he will be playable from the beginning as well) each have their own special power, and who you choose may easily change the outcome of how you fight, tho in general, you will be going left to right, killing waves of enemies that come at you, and a boss at the end.

Samus must hunt down Ridley and the baby metroid in order to keep the power - draining alien from escaping and repopulating, creating a universal threat once again.

All three games come from the TurboGrafx - 16 console, so be sure to enjoy an adventure, rescuing children or power up your spacecraft to take down aliens.

In Defense Grid 2 you're defending cores, a power source, from oncoming alien hordes hell - bent on stealing every last one of them.

From Superthermal to Psychoshock and beyond, these powers will make all the difference in your mission to fight the aliens and save the world.

Defending power cores from the ruthless aliens is simple enough, as summoning towers is just a matter of moving a cursor over a useable area and selecting which tower you want to use, but as typical of the genre, limited resources play a vital role in determining how many players can summon at any given time.

Aided by strange alien - based powers, Morgan must survive the incursion, uncover the mysteries surrounding the Typhon and save humanity from the impending danger aboard the station.

Strategically place your towers on the map to prevent alien enemies from stealing your power cores

But the new trailer shows off the use of Mimic Matter, a power you'll get from one of the many aliens in Bethesda and Arkane»...

Become a member of A.N.T.I. — a squad of super-human soldiers powered by alien technology — and fight to reclaim Earth from the alien invasion known as E.B.E!

Players will yet again take on the role of the Commander who is rescued from alien captivity just in time to launch an attack on an alien convoy to steal its power core.

EXALT is a shadowy cabal of terrorists that are working to bring down XCOM in order to gain power from the alien invasion.