Sentences with phrase «supernatural power from»

We can only speculate that the men of Sodom hoped to receive some sort of supernatural power from these unearthly visitors by raping them.

Also on the 24th we release Deathtopia, the latest gonzo thriller from Cage of Eden's Yoshinobu Yamada, about a young man who gains supernatural powers from an accident but then finds himself embroiled with a serial killer with a disturbing fondness for eyeballs and a band of intriguing beauties in hot pursuit.

Set in a forsaken future, you will take on the role of a group of hidden vampires, who have gained supernatural powers from drinking the blood of other individuals, and lost their memories in the process.

You play as Jodie Holmes, wonderfully acted by Ellen Page, as you follow her throughout various stages of her life, from a young child to adulthood, as she deals with possessing supernatural powers from being linked to an incorporeal entity named Aiden, who has been with her since birth, with Willem Dafoe co-starring as Nathan Dawkins, a researcher in the Department of Paranormal Activity and Jodie's surrogate - father - figure.

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There is not one non-Christian, credible, eyewitness account of Jesus's supernatural powers, or his alleged rising from the grave.

From Adam and eve in the garden, to jacob and the angels ladder to moses and the burning bush, to daniel and visions to elijah and power over elements to Jesus where it is written that he performed so many more miracles than were written down, to the experience pf the apostles time and time again supporting their message through supernatural events.......

C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings derive their power and appeal from the engagement of the supernatural.

Not knowing where something came from does not automatically point to supernatural powers.

So, from across the centuries, both Celsus and the Talmud confirms for us that Jesus was regarded by the Jews of his day as a real person who possessed supernatural powers.

At the same time, the film harks back to Disney's first - ever fairy - tale feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with its story of a princess in disguise living hidden in a forest; a villainess with access to supernatural powers; a supporting cast of lovable eccentrics; frolicking animal friends; and a handsome prince who awakens the heroine from a deathlike sleep with love's first kiss.

According to atheists, there is no supernatural Power or Being separate from the universe and responsible for its creation.

The only relevant question for the theologian is the basic assumption on which the adoption of a biological as of every other Weltanschauung rests, and that assumption is the view of the world which has been molded by modern science and the modern conception of human nature as a self - subsistent unity immune from the interference of supernatural powers.

If at this point in the central tragedy in our history there had occurred the demonstration of the power and glory of the God in whom he trusted; if Elijah had come; if he who saved others had been saved; if we know not what natural or supernatural event had taken place to deliver this soul of faith from death and further shame; then might not faith as universal loyalty and universal trust have been reconstructed among men?

Family Radio: You are NO prophets, you have NO supernatural «magic» powers from God, and you have NO ability to predict anything in the future no matter how much you study the Bible and you are NOT God's chosen... sorry, it's just plain old life and you're going to have to suck it up and live it like the rest of us.

At the one side he was the ordinary carpenter Jesus, Joseph's son, from Nazareth living in Capernaum at Lake Tiberias, on the other side supernatural power came from him, he was sacral.

The same supernatural power of God that raised Jesus from the dead now blows through our formerly timid, fearful personalities.

Leaders of these ministries sometimes state if other people write off supernatural healings, demonic exorcisms, and the gift of tongues as possibly coming from the devil, such people deny the power of the Holy Spirit and commit blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which supposedly is the unforgivable sin.

But if we are to find a religious system which can not be outdated or outgrown, from which the acids of modernity can only remove accretions and encrustations, a religion which properly practiced produces the highest forms of human behavior, and offers both supernatural pattern and spiritual power beyond human endeavor, then I believe we shall have to take a fresh look at Christianity.

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

They'd been asking for an upgrade in supernatural powers, at one point suggesting it sure would be nice to be able to call down fire from heaven every time someone turned them away from their home.

The power to control living things and objects from a distance is a popular supernatural talent in science fiction and fantasy: Witches fling spells at foes and X-Men send chairs and tables flying with telekinesis, for example.

Let's face it, if you've seen one superhero story, you've pretty much seen them all: alien / regular kid affected by supernatural powers / rich person with access to fantastic gadgets rises to meet regular threats from ne'erdowells, learning lessons about the costs of being a hero.

Roger Corman's movies would demonstrate the sheer trashy power of horror, and Hitchcock tapped into this B - picture aesthetic with his own low - budget masterpiece, Psycho, which popularised the psychological horror film, taking the genre away from its supernatural roots — although William Friedkin's masterpiece, The Exorcist, took it right back there again.

I think the films power comes from never giving a definitive answer whether anything supernatural was happening or not.

She is meant to be a KENYAN queen with supernatural powers blessed from her African Village but yet they give the role to an AMERICAN actor who is half - WHITE.

Production has already started on Warner Bros. and MGM's Tomb Raider reboot and the first photos from the set have debuted online from The Daily Mail, featuring Alicia Vikander in costume as Lara Croft, «the only daughter of an aristocratic family who ventures out into dangerous locations in search of ancient artifacts with supernatural powers.»

As the now - cybernetically enhanced Billie frees Daud from a mysterious ship, the assassin tells her their new target: the supernatural force of chaos The Outsider, the root of both Daud's powers and those of Dishonored protagonists Corvo Attano and Emily Kaldwin.

From «Carrie» to «Stranger Things,» young women with burgeoning supernatural powers are a formidable (and metaphor - laden) sci - fi sisterhood.

A road movie with a science fiction twist, Midnight Special follows Roy (Nicholas stalwart Michael Shannon) and Lucas (Joel Edgerton), estranged childhood friends reunited over the protection of Roy's son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), a boy who appears to have supernatural powers that manifest as a spectral white light that emanates from his eyes.

follows Roy (Nicholas stalwart Michael Shannon) and Lucas (Joel Edgerton), estranged childhood friends reunited over the protection of Roy's son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), a boy who appears to have supernatural powers that manifest as a spectral white light that emanates from his eyes.

David Lynch's films often dimly hint at the clandestine powers that control things: networks of organized crime, pornography rings, supernatural bureaucracies that hold sway from behind curtains or inside shadowy, Mabuse - like glass chambers and anterooms.

But when his baby boy reveals that he has the same supernatural powers of The Mask, Loki (Alan Cumming), the god of mischief, comes thundering down from the heavens in order to retrieve the ancient artifact, only to be forced into a battle against the shape - shifting baby in a CGI game of cat - and - mouse.

BEYOND (Freeform) Burkely Duffield stars as a man who wakes up from a coma with supernatural powers in Freeform's new drama premiering Monday, January 2.

I think that really what the demons are in this story is the principle of chaos and creativity — that's what they are alchemically and that's where new things come from — and I think it's way more exciting to be there than to have the weighty responsibility of supernatural and preternatural power.

It's safe to say that when in ownership of senses so keen and attuned to the environment around them, dogs don't really need to possess supernatural powers to know when to take shelter from a brewing storm.

levels have lots of verticality and are somehow designed to accommodate everything, from players who want to use Blink to take advantage of that verticality to those who want to stick to the ground to those who refuse the supernatural powers at the start of the game and want to play purely as a normal human with an aptitude for turning other human's into shish - kebabs.

With strong influences from stealth classics such the Tenchu Saga, or more modern stealth gems like Mark of the Ninja and Dishonored, players will need to use all their supernatural powers, wit and cunning to defeat their enemies.

There's a colorful cast of characters, including Jiro, a man with supernatural powers gained from a parasite, and Yagiko, his partner - in - crime specializing in the dark arts.

A daring escape and a visit from a mysterious cultish figure known as The Outsider provides Corvo with means to vengeance, supernatural powers, to help you bring down the hierarchy that runs the city's government.

During the course of a school year, he and other students awaken to their Persona powers, become masked vigilantes dubbed the «Phantom Thieves of Hearts», and explore a supernatural realm called «Palace» to steal ill intent from the hearts of adults.

All of Corvo's abilities, from his supernatural powers to his skill in combat are on full display.

From the ashes of the snow, the legendary Snow Queen rises and terrorizes nearby villages with her supernatural powers.

The supernatural powers of the artist as imitator, his control of strong, possibly dangerous powers, have functioned historically to set him off from others as a godlike creator, one who creates Being out of nothing.

«who ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.»

Modelled upon one of Marvel Comics» first black superheroes, Luke Cage was initially known as «Hero for Hire», but later became «Power Man»; devoid of any supernatural powers, his strength simply derived from an inexhaustible rage.

Inspired by Electric Earth, the single channel version of Doug Aitken's expansive video installation from 1999 available at EVR, this program of experimental and documentary short films explores the power of imagination, the potential of the supernatural that derives from the foundations of our highly technological world.

This was especially true in the case of shamans, whose power could not be entirely learned, but was said to emanate come from a mysterious connection with the supernatural.

Weber viewed charisma as a certain quality of an individual's personality, by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least exceptional powers or qualities.