Sentences with phrase «light of the world for»

Rather than trying to pander to the extremist right he needs to act like the salt and light of the world for ALL believers.

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It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

The M - KOPA Solar system is literally lighting up a cleaner, greener — and safer — future for one remote region of the world.

Switching on the Christmas lights in London's world famous Oxford Street is usually a jubilant time for U.K. retailers, but this year the holiday season is full of uncertainty.

But I think it's time for Canada to step out of the shadows and into the light on the world stage.

Since 2010, China has been the world's top purchaser of light vehicles manufactured by General Motors, and today it's an exploding market for aerospace and defense companies.

When I mention that Exxon Mobil (xom), the world's biggest publicly traded oil company, is known to have an impressive intelligence division (no doubt a decent training ground for U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, ex-CEO of Exxon), Gourley's eyes light up.

The World Bank contributed to the wave of good news last week, making encouraging projections for the U.S. economy in light of Trump's business - friendly policies.

Posted earlier as an opinion piece for CBC. See original post here (this post slightly modified from original) By Louis - Philippe Rochon Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon Much was at stake earlier this week when finance ministers from G20 countries met in Istanbul to discuss Greece and the state of the world economy in light of recent -LSB-...]

So let's see if that helps: the world's governments, companies and households are on the hook for 18 million tonnes of loonies, which would be roughly equivalent to the weight of the 9.4 million cars and light trucks sold in Canada between 2013 and 2017.

The world is changing at whirlwind pace for the securities services industry, forcing small and large providers alike to reassess their approaches in light of new regulations, disruptive technology, rising costs and thinning margins.

But when I took the opportunity to re-read these books in the light of my later findings about the depth of financial difficulty out there, it was obvious that — whilst from my own perspective those statements were true — for possibly the majority of ordinary individuals, my efforts to open up and explain the mysterious world of personal finance had failed.

He added that it's received attention in part for who it benefited, but added: «We did not need this incident to bring to light that in a fast evolving world of technological data collection, there are already many questionable practices going on.»

The current US recovery, which is now tied for the third - longest on record, has also been the weakest economic expansion since World War II, with an average annual growth rate of just 2 % over an 8 - year period.5 It may not take much to derail such tepid growth, particularly in light of continued high expectations.

The world owes him a lot for the understanding of difficult things that he has brought to light.

For instance, the ecumenical openness of an otherwise profoundly traditional church is of crucial importance, especially in light of conservative and traditionalist circles in the Greek and Slavic worlds.

Let's let the light of caring come through the window, tolerance, respect for each other, kindness, it would be a very nice world..

I would much rather live in a world where we are constantly growing and taking responsibility for our own actions than a world where we stop growing in the light of a belief that if we can't solve it a deity will do so for us.

She is a former foreign correspondent at Catholic News Service (CNS) in Rome and the editor of «John Paul II: A Light for the World,» «Benedict XVI: Essays and Reflections on his Papacy,» and «From Pope John Paul II to Benedict XVI.»

In any case, in the following paragraphs I will first analyze Whitehead's remarks in Process and Reality on societies as the necessary environment for the ongoing emergence of actual occasions and then show how this analysis throws unexpected light on Whitehead's further explanation of the hierarchy of societies within the current world order, in particular, the difference between inorganic and organic societies, and, among organic societies, those with a «soul» or «living person» and those without such a central organ of control.

Dear friendly peoples of world, hope the all mankind could kindly arise with joint effort to save this peace loving people from the wicked and severe tortures and baseless accusations.How mankind in this century of light can treat another human being simply heap false accusations and put in prison for so many years when they have done no wrongs.l.

Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, begins on November 13 and is celebrated for several days afterward by millions of Hindus across the world as one of the most important events on their spiritual calendar.

Some of them are just now swelling and splitting underground; others are breaking through the surface with a garish flash of green; others are meandering toward the sun, desperate for light or rain or some sort of trellis; others are growing slow and steady into tall shade tress with limbs like arms wide open to the world, welcoming the birds of the air to nest in their branches.

In addition we read two major christological pronouncements in the passage: «As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world» (v. 5), and «For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind» (v. 39).

«Theology of religions» is the generally accepted term for how we as Christians articulate our faith in the light of the religious plurality of the world.

Maybe this Christmas season, we can reflect not so much on whether or not Jesus was white and instead consider what it meant for him to be called the «light» of the world.

God wants humanity to understand that nothing and nobody is beyond the scope of His redemptive purposes, and so by sending Jesus as the fulfillment of the most violent of religious texts, God not only revealed Himself by way of a stark contrast to that violence, but also showed how to reinterpret and understand those violent events in light of the self - sacrificial God dying on the cross for the sins of the whole world.

It's important for our kids to see us engaging fully in the complex struggle of what it means to pursue being God's light in the world, which includes our home.

Rudolf Bultmann, the German New Testament scholar whose program for the «demythologization» of the Gospel provoked a storm of controversy in the years after World War II, wrote in his seminal essay: «It is impossible to use electric light and the wireless and to avail ourselves of....

The more serious we become about being salt and light in the world, the more devoted we will become to mission and justice, the more concerned for the least and the lost, the more stubborn about forgiving those who don't want our forgiveness, the more determined about exposing the works of darkness — and the more we will suffer.

This coming Sunday, Christians all around the world — in churches and in homes and in refugee camps and on the streets — will light the first candle, the Hope candle, to open Advent, the traditional season of preparation for the coming of the Christ - child as well as the reminder that Christ is coming again.

This member has not been named by the Chapter but is understood to be David Potter, a leading light of the campanology world, who was given an MBE for his services to bell - ringing and has never been convicted of any offences.

The author quotes scripture and closes with the following statement: «Maybe this Christmas season, we can reflect not so much on whether or not Jesus was white and instead consider what it meant for him to be called the «light» of the world.»

The significance of the master's commendation is expressed by the clause, «for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.»

He took the tree and made it stand for the fact that Christ never dies, and is the Light of the world.

Most of the world, however, just sits there, in the darkness, waiting either for death or light.

know that you have many that came to support you in spirit, messengers in all levels, under different races, skin color, nationality, simply allow, we are here to bring us ALL to Glorified Beingness, we have all once sinned and have been down and have lied, we all may return back home, as fallen as you shall be, the weight of your heart at the gates is to be weighted, Father loves us all, as Mother in spirit, devoted spiritual being will be passed on to realms of much lighteousness, work hard, get rid of old, prey, meditate, get on healthy plan since our bodies matter so much for us to be able to enjoy our natural of God's light HIGH Million Divine Kisses to all my people Enjoy my video, share with rest of the world, we are at HOMEEEEEE

This image, radical as it may seem (in light of the dominant metaphor of a king to his realm) for imagining the relationship between God and the world, is a very old one with roots in Stoicism and elliptically in the Hebrew Scriptures.

This self love is sin.God never forced chaos on us.we gave in to satan's lies about evil being an inherent necessity.Jesus said he was the way, the truth and life.He was the life (love) that everyone craves for, he is the truth which meant that his love was our only need and he exposed the lies of satan that we could attain bliss on subordinating people to our cravings.Sinning people don't accept a God who requires us to renounce ourselves because they are not convinced of God's love being enough for them and they are afraid to destroy their identity and live for the Glory of God.So, upon death, these souls realize that the physical world was just a shadow of God's love (the nature, food etc) and their own lies (violence, self love etc) and realize that love is their only need.They pursue it from other soul beings but are hurt that there's only hate and self love.They are afraid to approach the light because they don't want to renounce their identity as they have not recognized God's love before.

To those who follow Christ in this way, the fortunes of the institutional church are of limited interest What matters most is so to abide in Christ and for Christ to abide in the believer that the divine love may radiate the fellowship of believers and bring light to the world.

How can we think of God's care for the world in light of the millions of years of suffering and death that have been a feature of evolution in the natural world?

As I have come to see the world through the light of Jesus Christ, the crucified God, this crucivision lens has helped me understand life, Scripture, and theology more clearly, and it has helped me grow in love for others more deeply.

Prayer for the Week: Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever.

I am not ashamed because there are all these little mustards seeds scattered across our broken, shameful world, some of them just now swelling and splitting underneath the dark soil; others breaking through the surface with a garish flash of green; others meandering toward the sun, desperate for light or rain or some sort of trellis; others growing slow and steady into tall shade tress with limbs like arms wide open to the world, welcoming the birds of the air to nest in their branches.

«There could be single cases that can be justified, for instance when a prostitute uses a condom, and this can be a first step towards a moralization, a first assumption of responsibility, to develop again the awareness of the fact that not all is allowed and that one can not do everything one wants,» Benedict says in the book, «Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times.»

We forget that we are the light of the world and are suppose to set an example for other believers and for those we are trying to teach about Jesus.

The paintings which depict Radha and Krishna surrounded by darkness while they themselves are lit by a sullen glare from the sky, or portray the lovers enclosed in a triangle of night while the inhabitants of Vrindavan unconcernedly go about the day's tasks, are visual metaphors for a sensualism which is simultaneously hidden from the world and from the lovers» awareness.

The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise of the world that we are privileged, in this complex interval of light, to witness and experience.

In England we celebrate All Hallows and turn it into a festival of light where all the Saints (we are all Saints, that believe and follow Jesus) come together to thank Jesus for bringing The Light into the world as He did with his Dad and The Holy spirit on then firstlight where all the Saints (we are all Saints, that believe and follow Jesus) come together to thank Jesus for bringing The Light into the world as He did with his Dad and The Holy spirit on then firstLight into the world as He did with his Dad and The Holy spirit on then first day.

And that receding moment, once so vividly present and still so apparently alive (in part because of radio), is just like this moment, this Saturday afternoon, with its new show, coming to us live from Minnesota, where people right now are watching the red light in the World Theater in downtown St. Paul, waiting for the moment when it all begins again.