Sentences with phrase «resisting evil as»

They see their role in resisting evil as little more than a speed bump.

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He said «You have heard it said by them of old time... (referring to the old testament), but I say unto you...» Such as «resist no evil,» «turn the other cheek.»

But in the absence of such means, the tradition of just war views armed conflict as an appropriate way to resist evil, protect innocent lives and restore just social relationships.

yet they themselves «sinned» before they knew the difference between Good and Evil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment on good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resEvil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment on good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resevil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resist.

yet they themselves «sinned» before they knew the difference between Good and Evil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment of good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resEvil... Or as you are trying to twist it — judgment of good and evil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resevil God must be immoral, if it punishes innocent people for sins they do not understand and could not resist.

He resisted also the temptation to depict opponents as wholly evil while casting oneself and one's allies as the «children of light.»

In one sense, Jesus» ethic was so demanding as to break the hearts of all who would follow him: Sell all you have and give to the poor, resist not one who is evil, love your enemy, take no heed for the morrow.

But the evils of this world, so far as it is given us to discern them, are to be resisted, not merely endured.

When the Church falls the final judgment is at hand as there is nothing left to resist the Evil One.

Some of the most widely quoted sayings in the Sermon on the Mount, and the ones most consistently violated, are the commands (Mt 5:38 - 42) to turn the other cheek, to give the cloak when deprived of the coat, to go two miles when compelled to go one, to refuse no request for a gift or a loan, to offer no resistance to an evil man, as recent translations read where the KJV says «resist not evil.»

As stated the evil day is coming, resist it not I will protect you from it

If they forget the source of their power, if they rebel against God, if they no longer act as God's deputies, if instead of rewarding good conduct and punishing evil conduct they do the reverse, they must be resisted.

She could be serious as well as humorous, and frequently expressed her hopes and ideals, as a way of resisting the evil she knew was rising outside the annex: «I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.»

As nonviolent ways of resisting evil spread and as non-oppressive ways of governing increase, we can «stand up and raise our heads, because our redemption is drawing near.&raquAs nonviolent ways of resisting evil spread and as non-oppressive ways of governing increase, we can «stand up and raise our heads, because our redemption is drawing near.&raquas non-oppressive ways of governing increase, we can «stand up and raise our heads, because our redemption is drawing near.»

Take no heed for the morrow, resist not the evil person, never divorce, give to anyone who asks, don't defend oneself in court — such an ethic strikes moderns as so other - worldly as to be absurd.

Describing himself «as one who lived and suffered through the dark days of the Nazi regime in Germany,» the German - born pontiff said it was «deeply moving... to recall how many of your fellow citizens sacrificed their lives, courageously resisting the forces of that evil ideology.»

To put it somewhat differently, the biblical and patriotic gestures of his Letter and famous speeches allow him to conjure an atmosphere of love and loyalty — love of God, love of neighbor, loyalty to country, loyalty to place — even as he spoke forcefully about the need to resist evil.

He was subsequently sent to South Africa, as a missionary, where he spent seven challenging years, resisting the «evil and iniquitous system of apartheid,» many years before its eventual fall.

Since the Christian faith is more genuinely bound up with resisting these evils than with responding to scholarly German critics, this theology can not be viewed as in any way inclusively normative for Christians.

Witches, a third - person adventure with a focus on cooperative play, sees the player control a team of Witches described as: «sultry warriors that still resist the dark will of the Evil Lord and his horde of awful creatures.»

Turrican 2 1995 Turrican II: The Final Fight is a platformer / shooter as typically seen on consoles, but designed for home computers from the ground up.Its plot is - naturally - very simple: an evil mega-robot called The Machine attacks the United Planets Ship Avalon 1, slaughtering all who resist.

Now, I understand why the state is necessary, but as a libertarian, I see it as a necessary EVIL, whose ever grasping powers must be resisted.