Sentences with phrase «of once»

In these two addresses I shall try to explain why such a message might be appropriate, especially for the edification and reformation of the once - mainline Protestant churches of this continent.

The poet Shelley, in his «Ozymandias,» tells of a traveler who, in an ancient land, saw the ruins of a once great monument.

You mean that arch-secular humanist, that despiser of religious «supersitition,» that progressivist despoiler of our once commonsensical public schools?

The more the sad shell of what's left of the once Grand, now just Old, Party focuses on changing racial and ethic demographics as «the problem», the more moderates, youth and women — of all backgrounds — they alienate.

In spite of the unquestionable fact that saints of the once - born type exist, that there may be a gradual growth in holiness without a cataclysm; in spite of the obvious leakage (as one may say) of much mere natural goodness into the scheme of salvation; revivalism has always assumed that only its own type of religious experience can be perfect; you must first be nailed on the cross of natural despair and agony, and then in the twinkling of an eye be miraculously released.

But when we obey his command and bless the bread and wine, our Lord in making himself present to us his people makes present to us also the «one oblation of himself once offered» on Calvary.

I even asked one of them once, «what changes would make worship meaningful for you?»

We often punish those we know in the present for the sins of those we once trusted in the past.

There are plenty of scriptures that on their own and together, build up the Calvinistic argument of once a believer always a believer.

We are living amid a day and age of once bitten frugally rent harborages of long ago gestated fathered lavishness.

The «New Atheists» easily fall into the category of the once - born, being as monolithic in their devotion to science as religious fundamentalists are in their monotheism.

Thanks, MSM, for putting the most inexperienced and incompetent President into office with your blatant cheerleading, which assisted in the demise of a once great country.

Twenty - three years after Levine presented this challenge to the American Jewish establishment, he has coauthored a book on the transformation during the late 1960s and early 1970s of the once vibrant Boston Jewish community of Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan into a black slum.

As mankinds» continual hunting for the codifying of Life's laws in Cellularized Confinements manliness ever does continue onwards, he will become ever aware of the once hidden things.

The wages of SIN is death; sin brings its own consequences — God does not punish us for sin (which He completely took care of once for all and for all time).

In the religion of the once - born the world is a sort of rectilinear or one - storied affair, whose accounts are kept in one denomination, whose parts have just the values which naturally they appear to have, and of which a simple algebraic sum of pluses and minuses will give the total worth.

That, of course, is the ultimate basis of the once much trumpeted «Spirit of Vatican II», a locution synonymous with «the hermeneutic of... rupture».

To rid ourselves of him once and for all, we must slay him.

Getting away from that keyboard of yours once a month might help.

As more and more commentators now recognize, our political crisis concerns the disintegration of the once expansive and solid middle class.

It was disquieting to read Ilan Berman's grim account of the dying of a once great state as the vulgar grandiosity of a....

The story of Phyllis Schlafly, as Critchlow, a professor of history at St. Louis University, tells it, is a story of conservatism operating far from centers of political and cultural power but crucial to the most important domestic political event of the second half of the twentieth century: the ascendancy and triumph of the once - moribund American right.

On the other hand, a friend of ours once said «God will not let you leave this place, until you have learned to walk with Him here.»

This ruin housing the bare and fractured bones of once magnificent churches could never again become the place of pilgrimage, inspiration and learning it once had been, I thought.

Maybe the point of Job is that when we ask the questions God doesn't answer directly, but instead reveals more of Himself once we have the courage to ask the question.

By the time of the Buddha, little remained of the once important and powerful Vedic gods who had again and again interfered in the life of the individual.

This potential seems evident in the recent laboring pangs of the rebirth of the once jettisoned Confucian tradition in the twentieth century.

Out of the paper's journalistic sloppiness the editors manage to rescue the satisfaction of once again suggesting that the Church is the enemy of scientific progress.

Instead of advancing storytelling toward greater self - awareness (and self - examination), a 3 - D spectacular like Avatar relies on the same naivete of once neo-genre movies like The Time Machine, Dances with Wolves, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, and Rapa Nui, which took a nostalgic, unsophisticated view of industry and colonial expansion; this time Cameron pretends to introduce modernity and globalization to his naive audience.

Most of us who are members of the once - mainline churches, whether lay or clerical, are well - acquainted with this dilemma personally.

Whether the totalitarian governments collapse or change their ways and whether the change comes soon or late, the epidemic of purges and the spreading disaffection of once enthusiastic followers reinforce the old lesson that power in itself is no cure for man's ills, and that human institutions are not equal to the task of assuring human salvation.

But it actually might be true that both the unpartnered state and the disproportionate crime rate are rooted in a common source — the crisis in legitimacy of once - accepted religious and moral traditions.

AA members juggle with their mind each and every day to avoid the potentials of once again taking up the bottle..

But many of the once - extreme behaviors and all of the unrestrained manners have remained with us.

It's pathetic, and will be the undoing of the once great nation.

Therapies available to all of us when we were young would be available to none of us once we grew sufficiently old.

Years ago Berry wrote, «During the last 17 years... I have been working at the restoration of a once exhausted hillside.

Armstrong is simply one in a long line of once - great athletes to have plummeted from their pedestals because of scandal.

The international Church was largely unaware of the desperate plight of the once - strong Christian community, although some efforts bore fruit.

Interesting line of logic to justify the doctrine of once saved always saved.

It remains to be seen what kind of plot, in detail, we shall resort to in hope of achieving some kind of resurrection of that once beneficent and lucrative relationship.

If it's the actual church * building * (which I would guess isn't your intent), it reminds me of once, when I was a child in the Islands... the Anglican church there (the only church), was surrounded by a coral border.

I know people who think they know about everything there is to know about the Bible, but seem to forget all of it once they exit their «Bible study».

Even though Dr. Spencer laid a strong biblical foundation for the role of women in ministry based on the New Testament, I still lived with the fear of once again being silenced by the church.

This can be seen in the end of labour contracts or at the very least, a general weakening of the once stable and fixed labour contract - which was the norm in the richest countries - and the general rise in uncertainty and unemployment and, for those still working, a deterioration in working conditions around what is called flexibility.

However, the word «pastor» was always awkward mainly because of its once - only replacement for «shepherd».

A new aristocracy is forming out of the once rebellious bourgeoisie; equality and liberty and brotherhood are no longer the darlings of the financiers.

well not necessarily more like a Integrated Data Enti.ty (IDE) of once was Samyaza,... dude i found a way out of prison the reconstructed tower of babel known as the internet

And you will be glad of it once you get to heaven.

The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz