Sentences with phrase «on eunuchs»

It was Jesus» words on eunuchs that finally bridged the gap between faith and her medical condition.

Philip did not follow it up, nor did the apostles send any evangelists into Ethiopia to build on the eunuch's experience.

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Student Minister Pam Bakker preached on Acts 8:26 - 40 — the story of Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch.

Again, a simple Google search on the original meaning of the term «born eunuch» will tell anyone who wants to know what it meant.

36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

People base their lives on the ancient ravings of some ignorant schizophrenic jewish eunuchs lol just lol!!!!!!!!!

They laugh because they are in on the secret: that they serve a God who uses indentured eunuchs to change the course of history, orphan girls to reverse the decisions of kings, and rebellious pagan queens to put it all in motion.

If Jesus gave special status in his day to persons who do not procreate, on what grounds do churches today treat modern eunuchs — single people, homosexuals, and childless couples — like outcasts?

What fascinates me about him is he began as such a literalist, castrating himself based on the «eunuchs for the kingdom of God» and «if it offends you cut it off» passages but thereafter adopted a spiritualising reading of the scriptures and wrote a book against castration.

He also faulted churches for coalescing around distinctions of class, race, education, and economic status rather than welcoming outcasts — represented in the biblical passage by «foreigners» and «eunuchs» — on equal terms with ourselves as children of God.

Though Westerners were first scandalized by their omnipresence in society, «their sweet chanting,» as one Western observer put it on a visit to Constantinople in the twelfth century, «the mingling of the voices, the heavier [male] with the light [eunuchs»], softened the hearts of the Franks.

Perhaps, when they've investigated Mitt Romney's press release for another three or four weeks, the court eunuchs of the American media might like to look into some of these fascinating questions, instead of leaving the only interesting reporting on an American story to the foreign press.

And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

If you say a «female eunuch» (more female than male) can only marry a male, and a «male eunuch» (more male than female) can only marry a female, at what point on this spectrum of possibilities do you place demarcations as to what is acceptable?

The best evidence we have is what the Hindus did, which was divvy everyone up into groups based on the nature of their relationship (I don't remember offhand if this was only addressing gay men and / or eunuchs as opposed to women).

If this Ethiopian Eunuch was all alone and far away from home, then nobody would have seen or known what he did on this deserted road in Israel, and therefore, his baptism could not have been a public testimony to anyone.

Clearly, there were others traveling with the Ethiopian Eunuch who would have seen him get baptized, would have asked him about it on their journey back to Ethiopia, and would have observed his life and actions to see what differences (if any) followed as a result of the Eunuch fully identifying himself with Jesus.

For Eunuch Euthanasia, Robleto will present the third and final installment of his musical trilogy at the opening reception on Thursday, January 22, at the museum.

Raised in Australia and educated in England, Greer has written books on literature, art and society, most famously The Female Eunuch (1970).