Sentences with phrase «marked by the sacrifice»

If the way of Christ is marked by sacrifice, should not we also be willing to make the necessary sacrifices to do good work, especially when we are creating something we explicitly intend to bear witness to the good news of Jesus Christ?

The way of Jesus is not only marked by sacrifice, but also by humility.

That is marked by the sacrifice of thousands of lambs by the Old Testament priesthood in the Temple.

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Marking the end of Canada's mission in Afghanistan by honouring the service of our men and women in uniform, including those who made the ultimate sacrifice combating the spread of terrorism;

Note: If you want to read more about this idea of the cross being a bad thing that has been redeemed by God for the good, I highly recommend Saved from Sacrifice by S. Mark Heim.

Richard III was the last English king to die in battle, and James II the last to mark Maundy Thursday by washing the feet of the poor; but the current Queen did in her day live out the monarchic ideals of service, vulnerability, and shared sacrifice.

He has experienced awe, the religious passion, during the dark vision between the sacrificial pieces; he has enacted the new covenant marked by (self --RRB- circumcision — a symbolic act of «partial sacrifice,» betokening dedication to God's ways; he has been God's partner in the judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah, and in his own heart has accepted responsibility for (what he thought was) the «death» of Lot; he has beheld the wondrous birth of Isaac and endured the banishment of Ishmael.

The moment of dominance, prayed for, worked for, sacrificed for, by generations of the noblest spirits, marks the turning point where the blessing passes into the curse.

Sexuality is designed to be properly ordered within marriage, a relationship marked by covenant faithfulness and profound self - giving and sacrifice.

In Jesus» case it was a combination of factors — such as the fervent longing of oppressed people, their religious preparation and ethical sensitivity, the remarkable personal power of Jesus, and the particular circumstances of his death — which produced among his followers a mental and emotional situation favorable to the attainment of a remarkable new intensity of life, marked by love, loyalty, courage and joy, all for the sake of the Master, who had sacrificed his life for them and for the larger good he saw through them.

Moreover, Samuel's dictum, «To obey is better than sacrifice» is also confirmed by Jesus because he made the same point in his own context (for instance, Mark 7:1 - 23, Matthew 5:21 - 24).

The way of Jesus is marked, above all, by sacrifice.

But was this before the Passover meal while lambs were being sacrificed in the Temple (the 14th of the Jewish month of Nisan) as described in John 13:1,18:28 and 19:14, or the day after (15th Nisan) as implied by Mark 14:12 - 16?

Their extensive weeping for his sacrifice and their prayers to obtain its atoning benefits have been compared to the rituals by which Christians mark Good Friday.

Examples of these human marks include the fact that the Bible was written in Hebrew and Greek, that the Old Testament world was a world of temples, priests and sacrifice, that Israel as well as the surrounding nations has prophets that mediated divine will to them, that Israel was ruled by kings, that Israel's legal system shares striking similarities with those of surrounding nations, that the creation narrative and the story of Noah resemble other ancient stories of the time, that the writers of Scripture operated within the paradigm of ancient cosmology, etc..

It's stated explicity in Mark 7:19, Romans 14:20, Colossians 2, and Acts 15:28 (with the proviso that they obstain from idolatry and thus anathema (food sacrificed to idols) and the meat of strangled and / or unbled animals — but compare that with Rom 14), and not only clearly implied but absolutely necessitated by the entire text of Galatians, Romans, and the Pastorals, and implicitly throughout the rest of Acts, the Pauline Corpus, and Hebrews.

At 11 a.m., the New York City Fire Museum marks anniversary of 9/11 with memorial service commemorating sacrifice by members of the New York City Fire Department, attendees include FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro, Department Chief James Leonard and Museum Director Sarah Strickland, 278 Spring St., Manhattan.

As a Hitchcock blonde, she would have been expected to at least sacrifice her individuality and strength at the altar of the questionable prize of domesticity, marking the world of the picture as Hitchcock's perhaps German Expressionist - inspired nightmare of automatons ruled by arbitrary rules and social systems.

Ex-BioWare devs Mark Wilson and David Gaider are joined by PlayerUnknown & Guerrilla Games to discuss balancing huge open worlds without sacrificing story.

To my satisfaction, the Times published my letter to the editor on this (responding to the «Eco-tecture» issue of the Magazine); to my dismay, they retained my criticism of one particularly egregious sentence (Mark Svenvold's «By installing a solar - hydrogen system, almost any house, it seems, could go seriously green — and without a whiff of the sacrifice or changes in lifestyle that sometimes come from the more puritanical quarters of the environmental movement») while removing my broader complaint about their coverage (which regularly implies that even a «whiff» of sacrifice is indeed puritanical, by definitionBy installing a solar - hydrogen system, almost any house, it seems, could go seriously green — and without a whiff of the sacrifice or changes in lifestyle that sometimes come from the more puritanical quarters of the environmental movement») while removing my broader complaint about their coverage (which regularly implies that even a «whiff» of sacrifice is indeed puritanical, by definitionby definition).

Acting Commissioner Colvin commented on the new process by stating that it marks a new milestone in how our nation's social services treat veterans who made the decision to serve and sacrifice for our country.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg changes Facebook's goal to help you have more meaningful social interactions by sacrificing public content, news outlets, total time spent and ads you see.