The guy talked and drew for about five minutes, and then as he closed up, we were supposed to pull a Gospel tract out of our pocket and
hand it to a stranger nearby and ask what they thought about Jesus and the message they had just heard, and if they had any questions or wanted us to pray with them.
«I just wasn't going to
hand it to some stranger or toss it in the crowd.»
What else are you gonna do
hand them to a stranger?
Addressing a press conference, the Chief of Nkawie Panin, Nana Kusi Amankwah Marfo II, debunked assertions that the minerals of Nyinanhini was being
handed to strangers.
Pick up the puppy and
hand him to strangers who come in to visit.
If you do not like needles, getting blood drawn, peeing in a cup (and
handing it to a stranger), having your entire family history, medical history, driving history, credit rating, and other areas of your life questioned, then these policies will be an excellent fit for you.
Think about how it feels for a baby to be suddenly picked up without warning and put down somewhere else, or have a nappy change or be
handed to a stranger.
Not exact matches
If you speak English well and don't mind chatting with
strangers, you have all the qualifications you need
to try your
hand at online language teaching — but you can do even better if you're multi-lingual.
It was really tough as I basically had
to hand a
stranger the keys and the check books for the business.
I know it sounds
strange, but I like
to hand wash the dishes after the meal.
When a
stranger approached our caveman ancestors, the best way
to tell if the
stranger had good or bad intentions was
to look at their
hands.
The Middle East is no
stranger to political and economic uncertainty, but simmering religious and political tensions and stubbornly low oil prices have dealt the region a difficult
hand.
It may sound
strange, but consider that once a gold bar leaves a dealer and falls into your
hands, there's no way
to prove its authenticity.
Michael Serbinis is no
stranger to competing in business in markets around the world and knows first
hand from the success of Kobo,
to his current venture League, #HowWeCanWin.
These people offer themselves
to sit next
to, listen, and hold
strangers hands as they face perhaps the most difficult time in their lives.
I tell them about standing up with my husband's arms under my arms, a total
stranger kneeling at my feet
to make sure that the baby didn't hit the cement floor, and how I delivered that nearly 9 lbs baby boy into my own
hands.
41Then he will say also
to those on the left
hand, «Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; 42for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food
to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 43I was a
stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.»
On the one
hand, as a young white girl, I've never had
to worry that I wouldn't be helped by a
stranger at the subway.
Then I read everything I could get my
hands on
to try
to make sense of this
strange experience!
Since the Syriac fathers see the old order of sacrifices as having lost its former value, it is curious how firmly both Aphrahat and Ephrem held a tradition which is
strange to the New Testament, namely, that Christ as High Priest «according
to the order of Melchizedek», actually received the Aaronic priesthood by unbroken succession of imposition of
hands through John the Baptist, who was of priestly family; when the former priesthood was repudiated, the power continued in Christ and he passed it on
to the Apostles.
This situation is nowhere more clearly described in modern literature than in the novels of Franz Kafka: «His unexpressed, ever - present theme,» writes Buber, «is the remoteness of the judge, the remoteness of the lord of the castle, the hiddenness, the eclipse...» Kafka describes the human world as given over
to the meaningless government of a slovenly bureaucracy without possibility of appeal: «From the hopelessly
strange Being who gave this world into their impure
hands, no message of comfort or promise penetrates
to us.
You place yourself in the
hands of
strangers who ask you
to do foolhardy things, like walk backwards over a precipice with nothing but a rope around your waist or climb a sheer rock face with your fingers and toes.
Families are running for their lives abroad, climbing out of tiny boats or over fences
to hand their babies
to strangers offering help.
For example, the idea of «a person» is, on the one
hand,
strange to the Old Testament and, on the other
hand, often indistinguishable today from that of «a human being.»
So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called «the uncircumcision» by those who are called «the circumcision» — a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human
hands — remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Then shall the King say
to them on His right
hand, Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and you gave Me meat: I was thirsty, and you gave Me a drink: I was a
stranger, and you took Me in: Naked, and you clothed Me: I was sick, and you visited Me: I was in prison, and you came
to Me.
David NP: I find it a bit
strange, that on one
hand you put up a cartoon like this, knowing the response you will get and then when you get it, you want
to close these comments down.
Its easier
to worry about what all this will mean for our domestic politics and Mediterranean time shares, than
to enter into the abject, diabolical situations which force a mother
to commit her daughter into the
hands of an unscrupulous
stranger in the hope that she will be better off.
Roger Boesche is not among the top ten Tocqueville scholars in my opinion, but he probably deserves
to be in the top fifteen or at least twenty; he has at least three serious books on Tocqueville I can recall off -
hand, the most well known being The
Strange Liberalism of Alexis de Tocqueville, and....
Then the King will say
to those on His right
hand, «Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a
stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came
to Me.»
From my shoulder along my arm and through my
hand a current seemed
to pass from me
to him, while into my heart sprang a love for this
stranger that almost overwhelmed me.
At table she has them all join
hands for grace, and Frank, uneasily grabbing Wade's and Cade's, can't help thinking «what
strange good luck
to be reckoned among these people» rather than «cruising some mall for an Easter takeout... lost in the savage wilderness of life.»
Although their brashness may not be our style, the motive underlying their request is not
strange: «Grant us
to sit, one at your right
hand and one at your left, in your glory.»
You're told
to shake
hands with
strangers your parents meet, and if you refuse, you're probably going
to be spanked for being rude and disobedient.
It is important
to note that Jesus» blood, which ushers in the New Covenant, is what reconciles Gentiles
to God as they never had a relationship with Him: Ephesians 2:11 - 19 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called «Uncircumcision» by the so - called «Circumcision,» which is performed in the flesh by human
hands — remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
On the other
hand, it is important
to notice that Whitehead's theory, consciously developed as a cosmology, is helpful precisely toward establishing perspectives which until now have been
strange — as well as perspectives on supposedly familiar states of affairs which, however, are now
to be made newly «visible.»
Many of us have become embarrassed about that ancient script because of our awareness of the ideological failures that are present in it, We are too ready
to hand it over
to the waiting arms of the dominant ideology; we have given up on the hard work of hearing and speaking the alternative message in what Karl Barth termed «the
strange new world within the Bible.»
And about economic realities — should the USA be so sensible as
to re-direct the $ 10.2 million per day it
hands the State of Israel (its military)
to purchase more bombs, guns and weaponry
to keep the Palestinians at bay and locked in prisons, or chased out of Palestine / Israel
to so - called «safe havens», then I will readily agree
to talk with anyone about economics and affordability of welcoming more
strangers and people fleeing their land and homes.
But, if you think that is
strange, just look at the last verse of the book, and you will come
to the conclusion that God's priorities are really mixed up: «Should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right
hand from their left, and also much cattle?»
Instead of portraying an attempt
to understand each other better and grow into a more mature love, Ibsen's play ends with Nora abruptly leaving her husband, her children and her home, considering her marriage ended and her husband a
stranger and
handing back her ring, despite the fact that Torvald apologises for his anger and promises
to change.
I love winging recipes with what I have on
hand... lends
to some
strange combinations.
... and at the risk of sounding like a weird Internet person, if I were the
stranger sitting next
to you and you were
to hold my
hand during takeoff, I would totally understand.
But for the party I needed something capable of retaining frosting on top, not
to mention something pretty and stable enough so as
to not disappoint a crowd of
strangers, or fall apart in their
hands, resulting in a crowd of sad faces.
I say accidentally because it was supposed
to be with different ingredients like cashews and dried cherries, which I didn't have, so I subbed some toasted quinoa (which up until then I was a
stranger to, but I had some on
hand from a recent shopping trip
to my local Winco) and used sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, oats, raisins, peanut butter, honey and sea salt.
When we grew them we had such a huge glut that I'd fill shopping bags with the stuff and go
to the park
to hand to complete
strangers.
Francis Coquelin may now be the lynchpin of Arsenal brilliant recent run, but it seems
strange to think that just a few months ago he was playing in the Championship with Carlton, therefore he is the only Gunner with first -
hand experience against Reading this season.
But understand this, Halloween was last Friday, and I don't
hand out treats
to strangers for no reason except that one day of the year.
@ Brada I am with you bro, Free Arsenal from Wenger.It s a
strange world, Wenger is trying
to please The british federation by nurturing average britishs players in detriment of the benefit of Arsenal and is hated in answer, watch the referees.In the other
hand Mourhino does not give a poo about the english players and the referees give
to chelsea all the times the decisions.
Get him
to forget about the
strange feel of the sharp dry ball in his blistered
hands.
There is a
strange sleight of
hand here as a great achievement is now redefined as a minimum requirement for Arsene
to keep his job.