Sentences with phrase «powerful passages of»

West's methodical austerity yields in this film the most powerful passages of his career, particularly between Paul and his dog.

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When a second group of participants listened to the recorded negotiation passages, and asked questions about how powerful they perceived the speakers to be, they were able to identify who was high - versus low - rank.

For the sake of argumentative consistency and focus, Maimonides dismisses many powerful emotional passages as philosophically irrelevant digressions.

But as important as it is to keep the original culture and audience of the epistles in mind, these passages can still speak to us today in powerful, life - changing ways.

The powerful import of the passage, executed in devastating rebuke and at the expense of Shemaiah, is precisely to stress the polarity between «prophesying» prophets and the prophet, between madness and «the Word of Yahweh.»

But along with the praise, Wilson offers insights about the reasons these books are powerful: Lewis's generosity toward the authors he discusses, the way he finds passages that make them seem interesting; his sense of «wonder and enjoyment» in all he reads; his willingness to take up the great themes that engaged his authors, to put to work in criticism his «creative intelligence.»

Chuck Colson, too, just months before his own passage to God in 2012, was insistent that ECT was one of the most powerful initiatives in the United States for communicating the truth of the gospel.

In our passage Jesus uses this common folk tale motif to drive home the same point that is expressed in his most powerful parable: «Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these, you have done it to me» (Matt.

He tells us in a powerful passage just how odd a world the doctrine of primary and secondary qualities which was developed during the scientific revolution gives us:

When the two despondent disciples on the road to Emmaus expressed to the stranger their bewilderment that such a powerful prophet as Jesus should have been condemned to death and be crucified, we are told that the risen Christ «began with Moses and all the prophets, and explained to them the passages which referred to himself in every part of the scriptures».6 The story implies that the Scriptures, when properly interpreted, made it clear that the Messiah was «bound to suffer thus before entering upon his glory» 7 When finally they recognized the identity of this stranger as they shared the evening meal before he vanished from their sight, they said to each other, «Did we not feel our hearts on fire as he talked with us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?»

Foster quotes two passages from the writings of Francis Bacon, which show how the idea of an all - powerful God allowed a transition from a concept of imperfectly realised forms, to one of forms which are open to scientific description and effectively given in nature (ibid.

The development of more adequate treatment facilities received a powerful boost in 1963 with the passage of federal legislation providing for the development of a pilot community mental health center in each state.

[Chicago: Willett, Clark & Co., 1940], lays a powerful emphasis upon the concrete character of revelation and contains any number of passages in which that idea is presented with extraordinary brilliancy of conception and style.

Plato, in one of the most powerful passages in Western philosophy, describes the decline of the unjust man into the tyrant, the most unhappy of all men.

This passage is perhaps one of the most powerful biblical illustrations of how often it is those who walk closest to Jesus prevent children from approaching Him.

This year, ABC is broadcasting one of the Bible's most powerful passages into millions of homes across America.

Schumer, who is now the state's senior senator and one of the most powerful and influential Democrats in the country, showed up to his old stomping grounds to support the Assembly's passage of the Iran Divestment Act to bar companies that invest in Iran's energy industry from doing business with the state.

«Their powerful support for our children and families — combined with Speaker Silver and the state assembly's passage of a resolution last night that includes a funding stream in the form of a tax on the city's highest earners — represents a new consensus sweeping across this state.»

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The National Rifle Association says the secret negotiations and lightning - fast passage of New York's tough new gun control laws squelched the powerful gun lobby's ability to mount opposition.

But he said passage of the millionaires tax or congestion pricing should not stop efforts to make subways more affordable — a move he said could make congestion pricing a «powerful political argument.»

The many stages we experience practically mimic that of a metamorphosis, a distinct passage through profound maturation, representing the powerful resilience and wisdom of our nature.

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I began looking for resources that would fully engage my whole changing being; engage in my most powerful rites - of - passage — the rite of mamabirthing.

In the film, the passage of the amendment is guided by William Seward (David Strathairn), his secretary of state, and by Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), the most powerful abolitionist in the House.

Uprising is a very different kettle of fish from Sunshine or I Dreamed of Africa - Jarre has crafted a very sombre, yet melodic, and powerful work centred around an outstanding main theme but featuring numerous affecting and memorable passages.

A passage where Morgen blankets the sad turns of Cobain's boyhood to «Something In The Way» is as powerful as anything I saw at the festival, a piercing «child is the father of the man» moment.

«As a rite of passage, college admissions plays a powerful role in shaping student attitudes and behaviors.

«The passage of SB 455 to Gov. Malloy's desk represents a powerful point of proof that we can move mountains together when lawmakers and community members rally behind common - sense policies that put kids and educators first,» said Marc Porter Magee, interim executive director of ConnCAN, an education advocacy nonprofit.

They were two of the most powerful individuals in the passage of the recent state budget that hit the schools in Madison and around the state so hard.

A Huffington Post Book Club Suggestion An O: The Oprah Magazine Fall Pick A LitHub Book You Should Read This September One of The Millions» «Most Anticipated» for 2016 «Marisa Silver's beguiling new novel Little Nothing is a powerful exploration of the relationship between our changeable bodies and our just as malleable identities... Silver's storytelling skills are finely matched to her themes... meditative passages bloom with life.»

This unforgettable portrait of alienation and regret, told in short passages as rich as koans, delivers a powerful meditation on living life and facing its end.

But many of the passages and monologues in his earlier, groundbreaking work, such as «The Electric Kool - Aid Acid Test» and «Radical Chic & Mau - Mauing the Flak Catchers,» are much more poetic in content and vision and much more powerful as poetry than as narrative.

To achieve this goal, we are partnering with animal lovers across the country to help ensure the passage of these laws against powerful, kill shelter lobbying organizations such as HSUS, the ASPCA and PETA, and we have put together the tools to help others do precisely that.

Following the passage of Hurricane Irma, it's important to show that Antigua is well and truly open for business and social media is a powerful medium in which to share this message.»

Become a neophyte sorcerer, and get ready for your rite of passage: Enter the labyrinth and face dangerous challenges to prove your worth and become a powerful wizard!

But, Bischoff's vibrant and powerful brush strokes and the mysterious background composed of bravado expressionist passages of dark paint provokes a long, second look.

Viewed together these images by fifteen painterly explorers present powerful, silent and stubborn real - world icons capable of evoking memory, pleasure, isolation, longing, regret, loss, acceptance and the imminent passage of time.

The Holzer installation includes poems by Mexico's Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz, verses from contemporary Mexican female poets, and a selection of powerful passages from Frida Kahlo's own diary.

Behind this powerful visual passage is another, a hastily painted group of three sentinels in a makeshift tower, shimmering like a heat mirage.

Increasingly popular among the working class in Kingston, Jamaica, the rites of passage are «powerful declarations of individuality: You may not have noticed me when I was alive, but you will damn well see me as I leave.»

As both remnants of and portals into the past, ruins are powerful purveyors of nostalgia, concrete reminders of the passage of time, and warnings of the inevitability of change and death.

It comes down to this passage from an October 2000 ABA Journal article written by Terry Carter about the murder prosecution of a Philadelphia policeman for the shooting of a Black man: «The political stakes were raised in May when the DA accepted outside help in the case from her former boss, Richard Sprague, perhaps the most powerful lawyer - cum - fixer in the state.

Therapy works to address communication skills, conflict resolution, and self - awareness — all with the hope of improving a girl's ability to cope with the challenges that come with this powerful rite of passage.

The focus of this therapeutic practice is on successfully navigating these powerful yet challenging rites of passage.