Sentences with phrase «saints of old»

The unwashed, half - starved celibate saint of old would be written off today as a candidate for a psychiatric ward.

It is said of the saints of old, «they were longing for a better country — a heavenly one.

What a privilege to set out into the wilderness from among the Spanish oaks and the Guadalupe river, what a gift to be equipped for the journey by the saints of an old German town and the prayers of the earnest at the big evangelical church and the friendship and love of a few good people who loved Jesus and loved you.

Its purpose is not to provide us an account of the lives of the saints of old.

But for Christians who think this consitutes «persecution», I might suggest you read more about the lives and deaths of the saints of old, or the plight of Christians in China and many countries even today.

Even though many of the old hymns for this day refer to the saints of old who shone in glory, most of us prefer saints closer to home.

Hence there was a sect of the Gnostics called the Ophites, who worshipped the serpent; and there were some who made Cain and Balaam and Korah the saints of Old Testament times (Jude 11).