Sentences with phrase «immovable stones»

Our mothers and fathers, and the children when they got old enough, were involved on several fronts in order to make the social soil suitable for growth: the neighborhood, the white world that tried to put immovable stones in the soil, and the church that helped provide moral and spiritual (and often political) sustenance.

In Christian circles, people talk about «The Faith» as if it is something very much outside of you - like somehow, belief just descends on you and it resides in your heart like an immovable stone.

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Kowala's Yap Consensus, inspired by the Yapese people who use immovable Rai stones as currency, has revolutionized blockchains.

As some have pointed out, how can we possibly take such an immovable stand on the issue of homosexuality, but we allow women to speak in church, to go about with their heads uncovered, we no longer stone people caught in adultery, we don't crucify thieves... it's just astonishing to think people pick and choose verses and chapters from the Bible to cling to.

When his forearm is discovered to be lacking a branding, the future King Arthur must join the masses who are to systematically attempt to pull a seemingly immovable sword from a stone to fulfill a prophecy.

For Emin, her union with the stone — an immovable and solid form — becomes a metaphor for stability and enduring love.