Sentences with phrase «of slavery to freedom»

From a desert bush, enveloped yet not consumed by fire, Moses heard a voice announcing that the cry of the Hebrews had been heard, and that he, Moses, was the one destined to lead them out of slavery to freedom.

Not exact matches

What it's about: Set adjacent to the story of Jesus, a Jewish prince named Judah is sent to slavery by a Roman friend, regains his freedom, and plots revenge.

I suspect he refers to the accounts of the failures of economies directed by state elites under the banner of «collective decision making» and «workers democracy», because all the literature on REAL workers» control shows it increases efficiency and, of course, freedom — it eliminates wage slavery.

Not at all like the Religious Extremeists that want to put wpmen back in slavery, taking away her freedoms, viewing gays as sub-human, that can't get past the separation of Church and State, and think that the US was founded on Freedom OF Religion, when, in fact, it was founded on Freedom FROM Religioof Church and State, and think that the US was founded on Freedom OF Religion, when, in fact, it was founded on Freedom FROM ReligioOF Religion, when, in fact, it was founded on Freedom FROM Religion.

Romans 8:20 - 22 — For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

It tells us that that the truth about human sexuality is something that ultimately offers genuine freedom to the homosexual person, helping him to escape the slavery to his passions that resulted from the misuse of his free will.

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery (Gal 5:1): Sin is a weakening of liberty, not an expression of human freedom.

The kind of action from social awareness that is demanded by perfect love is such as must admit the tragic reality that there are people who are genuinely intent upon using their freedom to destroy the freedom of others, and that, under certain circumstances, love itself may dictate that «It is better that many should die prematurely than that nearly all men should live in a permanent state of hostility or slavery» (MVG 173).

The essential government propaganda industries, Newspeak and Doublespeak, exist to make syntactical and logical sense out of three slogans that dominate the book and the world it describes: «WAR IS PEACE,» «FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,» «IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.»

O Dayspring from on high, who raised up your servant John Newton to enlighten your people with the message of amazing grace; grant us the courage to work for the freedom of all who live in unjust captivity and slavery and to scatter the darkness of those who live in self - condemnation and fear by the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Then, some day, they grow so utterly weary of this tame, negative, repressive goodness that they can tolerate it no longer, and they start out to be free in wild self - indulgence, only to find it the road, not to freedom, but to slavery, with habits that bind them and diseases that curse them and blasted reputations that ruin them.

But that freedom is just one of many that we enjoy in the United States — and religious tolerance is no more, or less, valuable than are rights to free speech, to bear arms, to be free from search and seizure, to be presumed innocent until proven otherwise, to be tried by our peers, to have our day in court, to not be imprisoned or fined without cause, to ensure State's rights, to be free from slavery and involuntary servitude, and on, and on, and on.

Convention of hindu's ignorant s, conserving not truth absolute enshrined in foundation of America principal of human equality but followers of hinduism, racism by faith, in human and un American, utter hindu's, idiots or hindu Magi's, criminal tricksters, selling hinduism, slavery for American on name of freedom in following of hindu Judaism, filthy secularism, but claiming to be following truth to hind, fool Americans.

The biblical and classical Christian perceptions of the slavery and freedom of the self in all their ambiguous interplay and of the social implications of such selfhood continue to be the most adequate I know, as articulated masterfully in the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr.

Paul wrote in Galatians 5:1, «It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.»

But it can not be forgotten that Christian ministers wrote nearly half of all defenses of slavery in the buildup to the Civil War, and that many segregationists cited religious freedom to justify their opposition to integrating private Christian schools.

But a gospel - saturated approach will seek to redeem and reconcile all the elements of that culture so that where they once pointed people to sin, slavery, and death, they now point people to love, freedom, and life.

Among them are life, liberty, security of person, freedom from slavery and from torture and inhumane treatment; equality before the law; the right to judicial remedies for wrongs; freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention; fair trials and due process of law, including the presumption of innocence; privacy; freedom of movement; equal rights in marriage; freedoms of speech, press, assembly and association; and free elections.

But when it comes to more basic values such as religous freedom and the abolition of slavery, Hutchens's argument isn't as cogent.

Here is a concrete response to Paul's admonition to the Christians in Galatia: «For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit to a yoke of slavery» (Galatians 5:1).

Our freedom is that though evil exists it does not have to have power over us any longer that is the message of the Gospel even though slaves became christians it did nt initially stop slavery not for many years but it helped the slaves to survive and gave them hope that one day God had something better for them and eventually because of christians activists slavery was abolished.Just like us our hope is not in the here and now but that one day we would be finally free from the corruption of this world but while we are in it we are not under its evil influence and i not meaning that bad things do not happen to christians but that in Christ we have been set free from its power over us.brentnz

They were given freedom from Egyptian law, and so no longer had to perform the works of slavery that they had been subjected to.

and in a Pauline metaphor he pictured Christ's work as redeeming men from the slavery of sin to the freedom of sonship.

It took two thousand years to achieve «the final inversion of sociological theory, from the presupposition of slavery to the presupposition of freedom».24

Being «in Chirst» does not mean having an absesce of sex money or power but an absence of worshipping these «gods» and a freedom from slavery to them.

In slavery there is at least a kind of security, while the call to freedom and the unknown future is full of risk.

Having rules and laws, even those that limit our personal freedom for the sake of the whole or others, is not equated to slavery.

iwant to forge ahead to real freedom, past my own self, past the land of slavery and the wilderness of transition... to be transformed rather than merely evolve... and yet the road is long and the journey difficult.

As they saw it, Israel's immediate destiny depended on a choice in which obedience would lead to freedom and disobedience to slavery, and this choice they set in the mouth of Moses.

There is a clear dominant note running through Israel's written witness, whether in narrative, prophecy or psalms, and that is that Israel owed her very origin and her continued existence to a dramatic event in history, in which she was led out of slavery in Egypt to the freedom of a new land flowing with milk and honey.

In her joyous cultic celebrations she rehearsed the fundamental theological scheme of Yahweh's initiating Word, Israel's response of faith, and the resultant redemption from slavery into freedom; but at the same time she knew (and found herself compelled to record) that the Word is fulfilled always with characteristic imprecision, and in tension and anguish.

Preservation from death, freedom from slavery, protection for the wilderness journey, and fulfilment of the Covenant made by God to Abraham and the Patriarchs are all that this great Jewish feast signified.

This presence of God is also a dynamic presence, not a static one, one which calls those who celebrate Passover to becaught up in the same movement, i.e. a leaving behind of the slavery of Egypt in order to journey to the promised land, a land flowing with milk and honey, there to enjoy the freedom and joy of being God's chosen people.

«For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery» (Gal 5:1)

IN PLURIMIS (On the Abolition of Slavery) Pope Leo XIII Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on 5 May 1888 The words of St. Gregory the Great are very applicable here: «Since our Redeemer, the Author of all life, deigned to take human flesh, that by the power of His Godhood the chains by which we were held in bondage being broken, He might restore us to our first state of liberty, it is most fitting that men by the concession of manumission should restore to the freedom in which they were born those whom nature sent free into the world, but who have been condemned to the yoke of slavery by the law of nations.Slavery) Pope Leo XIII Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on 5 May 1888 The words of St. Gregory the Great are very applicable here: «Since our Redeemer, the Author of all life, deigned to take human flesh, that by the power of His Godhood the chains by which we were held in bondage being broken, He might restore us to our first state of liberty, it is most fitting that men by the concession of manumission should restore to the freedom in which they were born those whom nature sent free into the world, but who have been condemned to the yoke of slavery by the law of nations.slavery by the law of nations.»

In the call of Abraham to leave the home of his ancestors, in Moses» leading his people away from acquiescence in Egyptian slavery, in the prophetic protests against any localizing or naturalizing domestication of Yahweh's presence, in the apocalyptic rebellions against the status quo, in Jesus» idealizing of homelessness, in the Evangelists» turning our attention toward the Risen Lord and in St. Paul's relentless call to freedom from the slavery of legalism, we have a constant chorus of discontent at the idea that we can find our fulfillment in what nature apart from history has given us.

A nurse saying «I'll be right here beside you» becomes the action of a man risking his life for a stranger because he knows in his bones that he just can't leave him, «I am the Lord your God, who brought you... out of the house of slavery» prompts us to live lives shaped by the freedom created by that God.

People who have lived in the context of nearly 400 years of slavery and suffering are not likely to express an eschatological freedom.

As Niagara Falls celebrates the opening of a new center celebrating its role in the Underground railroad movement, some of those behind the project say they were given a little extra incentive thanks to newspaper stories questioning the legitimacy of Niagara Falls» connection to the slavery freedom trail.

The various Articles of the Convention proclaim the following: the right to life (Article 2); the prohibition of torture (Article 3); the prohibition of slavery and forced labour (Article 4); the right to liberty and security (Article 5); the right to a fair trial (Article 6); the prohibition of extra-legal punishment (Article 7); the right to respect for private and family life (Article 8); freedom of thought, conscience and religion (Article 9); freedom of expression (Article 10); freedom of assembly and association (Article 11); the right to marry (Article 12); the prohibition of discrimination (Article 14).

As you probably know, he came up with the idea of Newspeak in this novel Nineteen Eighty - Four with the cult slogans «War is peace», «Freedom is slavery» and «Ignorance is strength» which were used in this fictional world to manipulate public opinion.

While most remember honest Abe for war and peace, and slavery and freedom, the time has come to remember him for setting our Nation on a course of scientifically enlightened governance, without which we all may perish from this Earth.

Based on the novel by Lawrence Hill, it follows the life of a West African woman named Aminata Diallo (Aunjanue Ellis), who was sold into slavery in South Carolina before the American Revolution leads her to freedom via Nova Scotia, Sierra Leone, and finally England.

Solomon is soon re-named Platt and his story of twelve years of slavery and bondage under many slave owners is told as he thinks of ways to regain his freedom.

This Week's DVD Releases by Kam Williams Top Ten DVD List for January 19, 2016 March to Freedom: A 400 Year History from Slavery to Freedom http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B017AJ0LLQ/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 I Believe in Unicorns http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B018V1WE26/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 The Diary of a Teenage Girl http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B017RR5VFW/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 Straight Outta Compton http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B013P0X16Q/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 -LSB-...]

A free black man in 1840's Saratoga, New York, Solomon is befriended by a pair of gentlemen who quickly turn around and sell him into slavery, a fate that consumes him quickly when he is unable to immediately produce any proof of his freedom.

«Docility is too much like slavery,» Emily's father says, an abolitionist sentiment that neatly distills the atmosphere of religious devotion and intellectual freedom that was allowed to flourish in the Dickinson household.

The movie tells the story of Northup, a free black man from New York, born in 1808, who was abducted and sold into slavery in 1841 and then, after 12 years of hopelessness, managed to send word to his friends up North, attaining his freedom once more, in 1853.

During his desperate attempt to escape slavery, Samuel Woodward (Cuba Gooding Jr.) discovers his path towards freedom and forgiveness mirrors that of his ancestors.

In June, I spoke at the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom conference, a passionate group of teachers, park rangers, and nonprofit educators who are giving students a deeper, more meaningful connection to the history of slavery in our nation.