Sentences with phrase «not far»

Only if the Christian Movement is able to demonstrate, concretely in deed and word, how Jesus Christ reveals the radical world - commitment of a God who is (as Paul reputedly said on Mars Hill) «not far from every one of us,» will it manifest biblical faithfulness in the multi-religious and multi-threatened world that is and is coming to be.

We met in his office not far from the burial place of Bishop Frederick Baraga, a 19th - century missionary to the Ojibwa known as the «snowshoe priest» — a beloved figure among Indian people and the creator of the first Ojibwa dictionary.

This is not far from the voice Keillor uses in the liner notes to his record, A Prairie Home Companion Anniversary Album, where he compares his show to his memory:

The beliefs are not far out.

Churches often use the language of sacrament and covenant to bless and sanctify extremely narrow views of love that are not far from what Coontz describes.

You and I are not far apart, I totally get the amazing act of grace.

In retrospect, one can see the troubles in Beit Shemesh started years ago, when a group from the Edah Haredit stopped the construction of a shopping mall not far from my house.

Since a high - profile visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories nearly a year - and - a-half ago, he's gone only to a handful of small countries not far from Rome - racking up nothing like the number of air miles logged by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II.

First, thats the religion of ignorance, not far removed from early man relating every natural phenomenon to a god because they had no clue.

Not far away Israeli settlers speed to their jobs on highways cut through Palestinian land.

The United States is not far behind.

And if it is an experience of God, it is god with a small «g,» an idolatrous experience, self - aggrandizing, titillating, not far removed from the sensuousness of Baalism, over against which Elijah stands.

Just remember, however, that He is not far away.

On a late November evening in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War, Celestia Ferris, chief washer - woman at the Bureau of Engraving, organized a prayer meeting not far from the U. S. Capitol.

Your take on «religious people» is not far off.

Our nationalistic or consumeristic religions preach that to keep the rest of the world scared or guessing while satisfying our seemingly endless material desires is to be not far from the Kingdom of heaven.

Some young people who travelled to see have formed a group and taking their anointing around the UK, a number of us from our Church are going to see and hear at a Church not far from this group on Saturday night.

So you also should know that your dying is not far from you...

The messy climax is not far off in this erection campaign and you can learn about it here http://santorum.com

Above today's port of Santo Domingo, not far from where Montesino preached, stands a massive memorial to the iconic event.

(Daniel, chap 5) Daniel, however, even though pictured in exile, far from the ruined site of Jerusalem and its desolated altars, was not far from his God.

The project promises to transform a stretch of downtown not far from the attention - grabbing Arts District.

Not far from Siena, in the Tuscan hill town of Montalcino, is the Abbey of Sant «Antimo.

Those who think that today's Catholic Church has problems reining in its errant clergy should read Craig Harline and Eddy Put's summary of the new code of conduct that Mathias Hovius, Archbishop of Mechelin (not far from Brussels in today's Belgium) from 1596 to 1620, laid down for every priest in his diocese:

The body part praised as a rounded crater (mixing bowl) never to lack mix (7:2) is hardly the navel but a receptacle not far below.

I spent the hours following the birth with her, watching her struggle between rejoicing over her new, perfect baby and acknowledging her worst nightmare unfolding with her firstborn in a hospital not far away.

It was driven home to me again on a tourist trip to Coconut Island, not far from Honolulu.

The evangelists agree that the place was on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee and not far from the shore.

We would not seem to be far apart in terms of our fundamental allegiance to either Freud or Nietzsche, and perhaps we are not far apart in terms of our dependence upon either Kabbalism or Madhyamika Buddhism.

Further, there should be an in - depth series immediately on Acts 17:26 - 28 which reads, «And He has made from one blood [a] every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, «For we are also His offspring.»

Does his life depend on hanging onto the boat, even though there are dangerous rocks and rapids not far downstream?

Therefore it is not far - fetched to deduce that God had to kill an animal to get the skins.

This was a pagan city not far from Mount Hermon at the headwater of the Jordan River.

Acts 17:24 - 28 «24 The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, «For we also are His children.»»

Notice: Jesus is troubled and weeping; the tomb is not far from Jerusalem; the tomb is a cave with a large stone covering the opening; the stone is rolled away; Jesus cries with a loud voice; the grave cloth is left at the tomb.

Music styles might possibly be in first place, but if so, the issue of eternal security is not far behind.

Not far from where I live is a geological oddity.

I'm sure it will go too far many of you, and not far enough for others.

The Waldensians took up residence in Italy, not far from the border of France.

But the bottom line is that I'm nervous about saying that mutual edification is the purpose for the gathering of the church because this is not a far step away from saying that mutual edification is the purpose of the church, which it most definitely is not.

Thank God... The next sign is not far behind...

Fresh language and metaphors, in a style not far removed from living speech.

Confession can be an acknowledgement of guilt or an exercise in self - justification, the difference being that the latter usually results in a compulsive need to repeat the story over and over in a kind of morose delectation not far removed from today's «tell - all» talk shows.

But he will listen to sincere individuals who want to know him, for the apostle Paul said to the Athenians, that ones should «seek God, if they might grope for him and really find him, although, in fact, he is not far off from each one of us.»

Armijo is a nun in the Benedictine Order at the Abbey of St. Walburga in Colorado, not far from the Wyoming border.

At this point, we need to make a serious review of what role Pakistan played in keeping OBL safe in his mansion, not far from their equivalent of West Point.

I try to stay away from conspiracy theory, but sometimes my inner creativity gets a hold and... for instance, I think you all said this Doug was not far in relation from a?

we would self sustain ourselves... they have been the prime reason fr th recession due to higher oil prices to indirectly stage war against america and the rest of the world... cowards... if ther was no oil... the time has come for the next era... we are not far away from that day... the world is changing... science is developing in exponential way... new species are still being found... ther is always a progress... and these extremists are travelling to the end of the road... which will form the next journey fr the major part of the other world... no oil... no islamist would be heeded anymore... those people ll crumble very soon

But according to Joseph Smith, Jesus visited the USA, not far from Branson, Missouri.

I understand your point, Michael, and it's probably not far from the truth.