Sentences with phrase «midst of violence»

I know that Jesus died so that we might live and in the midst of the violence that God suffers but I still can't grasp why God told his people to kill thousands of people and yet He is such a loving God.

Isaiah 64 gives us the language to cry out for God's forgiveness and beckon God's presence — in our homes, in our churches, on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, in the midst of the violence, materialism, injustice, and complacency that characterizes our present Empire.

We have become accustomed to understanding that the One coming in will do so quietly, in vulnerability, in the midst of violence, prepared for suffering.

God answered this vital question by sending His Son, Jesus, as the fulfillment of the most violent religious writings, to show us that He had nothing to do with the violence, but was instead dying along with us in the midst of the violence, taking our sin and suffering upon Himself, bearing our guilt and shame in His own being, all for the sake of those He loved.

The pastoral ministry in all its dimensions requires the recognition and the sensitivity to help people who feel isolated, without a purpose for living, but who still seek peace in the midst of violence; meaning in the midst of overwhelming personal emptiness; honest relationships; the joy of celebration; and life in a community of believers.

In 2004 Rutba hosted a conference that led to the publication of a book, School (s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism (Wipf and Stock), which includes essays on such topics as «Relocation to Abandoned Places of Empire,» «Sharing Economic Resources» and «Peacemaking in the Midst of Violence and Conflict Resolution.»

I guess, for me, if I were crying out to someone for help in the midst of violence and starvation, and their response was to send a vial of some dead guy's blood on a sightseeing tour... I'd suspect they were just cruelly mocking me.

I must confess that although I am currently up to my eyeballs in studying and thinking about all the violent passages in Scripture, it is quite another thing to see some of them on the screen, especially when, right in the midst of the violence, many of the people committing the violence scream something like «In the name of God!»

In the midst of the violence of this world, the beginning of Advent invites us to hope for a different world.

It reminds the developed world that the Congo has suffered, still suffers, and will continue to suffer if the rest of the world continues to leave it to decay in the midst of violence, poverty, diseases and exploitation.

«The prize helps to acknowledge that in the midst of violence, in the midst of political conflict, there is room for thought and room for producing art that is meaningful to all of us.»

But in the midst of the violence, Cruz Rico got an unexpected request.