Sentences with phrase «merely called down»

If that is so, he can not possibly, on psychological grounds, treat the gospel as if some aspects of it merely called down vengeance on people.

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The US Senate recently voted down a measure that would merely have called for background checks for these purchasers.

I learned about equality even from Paul, who taught that with the resurrection, something radical had changed — not merely ontologically, but functionally — in the relationships between slaves and masters, Jews and Gentiles, men and women, rendering those whose identity was once rooted in hierarchy and division brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ instead; who put a radical gospel - spin on the Greco - Roman household codes, breaking down the hierarchies so that slaves and masters, wives and husbands were charged with submitting «one to another» with the humility of Jesus as their model; who taught that power was overrated and that service will be rewarded; who surrounded himself with women he called «co-workers.»

Sampson said he sees no reason why Espada should heed the calls for him to voluntarily step down, noting he is at this point merely facing civil charges.

While you follow this statement with the full truth, responsible reporting would call the $ 179.00 merely a down payment.

And I'm also glad that no - one called you a liar merely because you were an airline pilot; that no - one sent you death threats (I presume) because you were an airline pilot; that no - one subpoenaed your e-mails because you were an airline pilot; that no - one claimed that you as a pilot were attempting to tear down our culture and civilization at the behest of a shadowy cabal with incomprehensible (but evil) motives.

By the time he returned my calls half an hour later I'd calmed down enough to merely say: «You left it unlocked.»