Sentences with phrase «known among the nations»

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The message is no longer that God had elected one nation among nations, as Judaism believed, nor could a culture be elevated to a religion, as in paganism.

Recently, for example, planeloads of American fundamentalists have been travelling to Israel to view the site, Megiddo, where they believe the great clash among the nations will break out, and the battle of Armageddon will bring to an end the world as we know it.7 As this event is believed to herald the return of Jesus Christ, they have no fear for their own future, understanding from the words of Paul quoted above, that they will be «raptured» (lifted up into the sky and preserved from destruction) and that only non-believers will perish in the death of the old world.

It is important to know that in developing nations, where many women are living on less than $ 1 or $ 2 per day, the systemic challenges of extreme poverty create obstacles for good health, especially among women and children.

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations.

Coalition in government, peace among nations, and ecumenism among religions are all accounted for by the pragmatic manner in which the characteristics of God are known in social existence.

Still, and despite his heavy reliance on teleprompters for even brief talks, he quickly became known among supporters and sympathetic commentators as the nation's «orator - in - chief,» an office he filled by delivering lengthy and sometimes ponderous speeches at moments of apparent national crisis.

Do you also know that they are among the nations most violent cities along with Chicago?

«You know that the princes of the nations are those who lord it over them, and their great men rule them by force; but it is not to be so among you; rather he who will be great among you, let him be your servant, and he who will be the first among you, let him be the servant of all.»

Christocentrism could no longer cope with the challenge of religious pluralism; universalism did not grasp the depth of alienation among the poor and the marginalized; salvation history did not do justice to the plural histories of the world's many cultures and nations; the unity of the Church in Christ offered no power or guidance in overcoming sexism, racism and human exploitation.

In KJV Jer 1:5 Jeremiah find mission among nations: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, [and] I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

There is also no doubt that the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act were among the most important pieces of anti-discrimination legislation in the nation's history — and they do not happen without LBJ.

Still, the mayor knows he must confront arguments that poverty still abounds on the east and west sides, and that surveys continue to rank Buffalo as among the nation's poorest cities.

After a day - long conference in London on how to move forward the political process in Libya, other developments included: An admission the Coalition did not yet fully know who made up the opposition, which came after Nato said American intelligence had shown «flickers» of al Qaeda among the rebels; A suggestion the Coalition would be prepared to see Colonel Gaddafi go into exile if a country was willing to take him; A claim by the Italians that several nations were working on a deal involving a ceasefire, exile for Gaddafi and a talks framework between Libya's tribal leaders and opposition figures; Nick Clegg warning about the «danger of overreaching» during a speech in Mexico, but stressing liberal interventionism must be upheld.

Her article entitled, «What the Medicine Men Knew,» published in the summer 2004 issue of Winds of Change Magazine, reviews common medicinal practices among North American Indian nations.

«Although signs suggest that obstetric interventions are being used too readily in developed countries, the lower rates we saw among First Nations mothers are of concern when coupled with the known increased risk of adverse perinatal and infant outcomes,» writes Corinne Riddell, PhD candidate, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, with coauthors.

He says, «Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.»

Psalm 46:10 «Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.»

The cinematic output of Cyprus may rank among the lesser known of international efforts, however the nation boasts a commitment to the medium nonetheless.

Under the framework being proposed for the reform of the law, the administration would require that, unless a school is among the very worst in the nation, it would no longer be required to improve even if it continues to fail its black, Hispanic and other disadvantaged kids.

White knows that the challenges of running New Orleans's 70 Recovery District schools are great, despite Paul Vallas's amazing progress in rebuilding a system that most educators agreed was among the worst in the nation before Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 80 percent of its 127 schoolhouses (see «New Schools in New Orleans,» features, Spring 2011).

It is often said that New Jersey ranks among the top states in performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the «Nation's Report Card.»

We also know that the producer, Walden Media and Philip Anschutz, were behind the «Waiting for Superman» documentary whose one - sided and often misleading content created a great deal of controversy among those of us who strongly support our nation's teachers.

Since 2003, the state has ranked among the top in performance and in progress on what is known as «The Nation's Report Card,» considered among the most reliable long - term measures of achievement.

Earlier this month, Dropout Nation mentioned the dismay among the Civil Rights faction of the school reform movement over the Obama administration's effort to eviscerate the No Child Left Behind Act and its Adequate Yearly Progress accountability provisions.

However, if we broke out the private school students for each nation, their scores would be higher too and American private school kids would no longer be among the top 10 readers.

Seven years after Paul Vallas and the «education reformers» successfully destroyed the public education system in New Orleans and replaced it with charter schools, the average score for the standardized test known as ACT stands at 16.8, placing it among the very lowest cities in the nation.

Wisconsin's achievement gap between black and white students is the largest among all 50 states, according to the test known as the «Nation's Report Card.»

That's still down from graduation rates that have topped 90 percent in the past, and New Jersey no longer remains the nation's highest among the 40 - plus states that have moved to the new federally - mandated method for tracking graduates.

California has again scored among the worst in the U.S. for reading and math skills, but local and state educators say elements of the test known as the Nation's Report Card call into question the accuracy of the ranking.

It seemed to really hit a chord along - among a lot of parents and administrators, who said, you know, there is something wrong with the nation's schools.

On Monday, Valerie Strauss published among the most lucid explanations I have read of what's wrong, how the new law reproduces much of the same policy as the old No Child Left Behind, and what those of us who value our nation's system of public education ought to be saying as we respond to these policies.

Known as «The Nation's Report Card,» NAEP tests a representative sampling of students in core subjects every two years, and it's one of the few means of comparing student achievement among states.

MR. FRANK SESNOMore than three - quarters of the nation's public libraries lend books electronically, a fact not widely known among the reading public.

Now, one of the nation's oldest and best known monthly magazines has emerged with an ebook platform that will focus on the long - form journalism that has become so popular among e-reading fans.

What Youngsters Know About Money Financial Literacy Improves Among Nation's High School Students

There isn't a city or county in the nation where dogs don't need help — where they don't wind up on the street or neglected on chains in backyards, don't get dumped at municipal shelters out of ignorance or mere convenience, don't outlive their owners and find themselves among strangers who don't know what to do with them.

Among them are some of the nation's largest, oldest, and most well - known — and well - funded — animal rights organizations and humane societies.

Regular readers (among others) will know that California is the nation's clean energy leader.

And he has done so, repeatedly, demonstrating that he can flaunt the rule of law as well as Jinping and any other despot among the gaggle of tyrants and megalomaniacs that dominate the dictator's club known as the United Nations.

And so, climate change is a civilization challenging problem of distributive justice and no matter what ethical considerations are taken into account to define an arguably distributively just allocation of ghg emissions targets among nations, many national commitments utterly and obviously flunk any ethical test.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory places Jefferson County among the very worst in the nation for air releases of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects, and reproductive disorders.

But you may be surprised to know that Congress recently found that reports of serious physical, sexual and verbal abuse are «numerous» among the nation's nursing homes.

Some of its accolades are as under: The National Law Journal ranked Baker Hostetler No 51 among the nation's top 250 firms.

Among them the best known throughout the nation is AAA Life Insurance.

However, if you want to go with Blue Cross, know that the state's policies are among the nation's best!

«HomeSmart's latest move cements its status among the nation's leading brokerages, and is no doubt an exciting indicator of what's to come for the company, which ranked in the top 10 in our Power Broker Report this year.»

It was about more than just numbers now; it was about acceptance and inclusion by a nation that for so long treated the AAPI community as the «perpetual foreigner,» someone who never truly belongs to the group (a running joke among some in the community is asking, «No, where are you really from?»

The advertising, developed with the assistance of an outside consultant, confirmed what most New Yorkers and REALTORS ® already knew from first - hand experience: state property taxes are among the highest in the nation and have grown at twice the rate of inflation and salary growth.