Sentences with phrase «listened to the prophets of»

Listen to the prophets of old and connect their ancient poetry to the hopes and fears, injustice and grace of the present day.

The powers that be love effortless prosperity, and no one wants to listen to a prophet of doom when the Cabaret is open.

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If the prophets then say, «Come, let us worship the gods of foreign nations,» do not listen to them.

With so many «interpretations» of what God's prophets said long ago, maybe we should listen to what his prophet is saying today.

you guys have to understand, we as followers of christ (not christians) it is our job to tell you (society) that god exist and that he loves us and is willing to forgive us for the f @ # $ up things we do to each other daily, not prove he exist, b / c he sent prophets through out the ages to do that, some listen (hebrews, muslims) some didn't (pagans, atheis, new agers), then you have those who have had their souls violated (gays) who feel lost and confused.

But Abraham speaks over the head of the rich man, over the heads of the Pharisees, in what sounds like a direct address to us church types who claim faith in a certain Galilean raised from the dead, «If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.»

Do we honestly think that you and I would have done any better at recognizing and listening to Jesus (or any of the prophets) than did the vast majority of people in those days?

Again, and so soon, we are in the audience listening to one of the most remarkable characters in the Bible, John the desert prophet, the one called the Baptist.

The Holy Prophet (SAW), Also said to communicate to others even if you listen One Verse (Ayaah) & this one verse will stand on the Day of Judgment for intercession

They, the prophets of the sky wizard, have been telling you for thousands of years to feed the poor, but none of you listen.

I think God speaks clearly in these times because of his silence it means he has had enough of our ways we havent listened we have gone our own way we havent acted on what his prophets have spoken so he distances himself until such time that we will take him seriously.Thats how it was in the old testament he allowed his people to go into captivity or bondage when they refused to obey his word.We see this pattern repeated over and over for example In Egypt when they were in slavery it wasnt until the people acknowledged there sin and cried out to God to save them and he did by sending a savior moses.Because we have Christ we have grace he wont spurn us like he used to because Christ took away our reproach and he is free to love us despite our sinfulness.brentnz

(2) The final editor of Q took sayings of Jesus that were still circulating, including these small clusters, and edited them in two regards: On the one hand, he superimposed on the Q material the Deuteronomistic view of history found in the Old Testament, according to which God lets Jerusalem be destroyed not because God is unfaithful but because Israel is, having rejected God's prophets, indeed having killed them, rather than listening to them.

Jonathan Walton, an assistant professor of African American Religious Studies at Harvard University, said listening to Cone is like «listening to a Hebrew prophet.»

Maybe they ask us to listen to a voice that provides an opening to freedom by providing a perspective other than our own, enunciated by the voice of the one who creates this world at every moment and knows where it is going, who calls prophets to speak and knows the purpose of their words, who sows the seed of the word with joyful abandon, secure in the knowledge of the harvest.

When they would not listen to the warnings of the prophets, but worshiped all the host of heaven, served Baal, and made their sons and daughters pass through fire, «the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight; none was left but the tribe of Judah» (v. 18).

He listened to the voice of the prophet Amos, so he took up the Poor People's Campaign.

If we will trouble to listen, to bend an ear to this Sunday's readings, we hear from a prophet, a psalmist and the writer of an ancient epistle that no matter what befalls us, God is faithful, and God's promises are true.

In the presence of the Revealer Spirit the Prophet's inspired face was illumined, like a mirror; there was silence; conversation stopped as if in moments of absence of mind; his body relaxed as if in sleep and a mysterious buzz was heard around him — as in a telephone conversation where the one listening is the only one who can hear distinctly enough to understand.

The epistle writer gives us a primer, almost a little rule, for holding on to our faith in these or any times: be thankful, pray no matter what, listen for the spirit's prompting and do not spurn it when it comes, refuse to scorn with worldly wisdom the words of prophets.

The reason, I think, has nothing to do with the quality of our prophets, but is rather to the credit of those who listened to them.

We prayed through the Psalms, we listened to the challenges of the prophet Isaiah, we read the Gospels, we prayed and confessed our way corporately through a litany of repentance:

However, it has been noted that for Tertullian, «the women prophets are the vehicles of the Holy Spirit, to be listened to with respect, but are not given a role in the hierarchy of Tertullian's system.»

If I understand you right, then what you are talking about with prophets is listening to the creative order and it's serving of humanity to facilitate humanity obeying it rather than humanity expecting the created order to obey humanity.

So this Sunday, in the midst of our growing joy at the advent of God into our world, let us pause to listen to this harsh prophet standing knee - deep in cold Jordan water.

And the prophet of God wrote it just that way so the writer was commanding the people to listen attentively and reverently and understandingly because these were Gods very own words that he was about to speak.

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He would likely modify Jesus» parable of Lazarus and the rich man, concluding with the statement: «If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone's computer sees Maimonides or Billy Graham hidden in the biblical text.»

It's the ironic fate of prophets that if they're listened to, and disaster is averted as a result, they rarely get a pat on the back.

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Utilizing the visor, Prophet can tag ammo caches and other places of interest, as well as enemies to track their movements and listen in to conversations.

It's the ironic fate of prophets that if they're listened to, and disaster is averted as a result, they rarely get a pat on the back.

After all, if the world is not under imminent peril from climate change, who will listen to — and fund — the prophets of doom?