Sentences with phrase «than a spirited take»

Indeed, relaying the tale with a standard narrative approach would have relegated the film to the realms of yet another superhero movie, rather than a spirited take on the tried and tested genre.

Not exact matches

This year, South By Southwest is embracing the gamer spirit with the SXSW Gaming Expo, a three - day affair taking place from March 8 through 10 at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas, with more than 50 exhibitors.

«The question is going to be, with the animal spirits having sort of disappeared here and the classic risk taking mode, whether we're going to continue to see this gapping around, which I think will look more like recent sequential quarters than it would like the healthy first quarter we saw last year,» he said.

«The Spirit reveals, unfolds, takes of the things of Christ and shows them to us, and prepares us to be more than a match for Satanic forces.»

It's for those who are interested in a totally different take on the baptism of the Spirit and spiritual gifts than the Pentecostal view and the cessationist view.

The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

Or, maybe we are taking this too far... — More importantly, the power in us collectively, the resurrection power of God, the Holy Spirit, the full Word of God, is much more powerful than words confined by the human constraints of ink and paper.

Ok but can god take away a person from hell and put him in heaven and if god loves us so much then why he doesn't destroy satun or put him in prison forever and why doesn't he tells the holy spirit to forgive whatever any person says just like him and Jesus i want to know thst but i noticed in all your replies except one that you were telling me everything i was asking except this in short if i say «he allows us to hate him» and i also want to know that if a person is sent in hell for his sins then will he go back to heaven after completing his punishment or stay there forever and also will any person who have commited the unforgivable sin one day be freed and allowed to go to heven or be reborn on Earth and if god has infinite love for us why don't he force us to belive in Jesus just before dying and then as he goes to heven show Jesus to him and then give him a rebirth as soon as his turn comes and then countinue this becaude going to heaven would be better much more than going to hell especialy for those who have commited the unforgivable sin

If he can so lose himself in the service of the spirit that it never occurs to him to take care for meat and drink; if he is certain that want will not distract him, and that distress will not confound for him the structure of his life, and teach him to rue that he did not first master the simple things before he presumed to understand more — then he may indeed venture, and his greatness will be more glorious than the serene security of the lilies of the field.

They are at best analogies that can help the modern mind to take such Christian concepts as «revelation,» «grace,» and «spirit» more seriously than is possible within the monolithic discourse which our contemporary disciplines provide.

I take comfort in knowing that there is indeed an afterlife and there is more than just this... 20 minutes after my brother died in a car accident 1500 miles away, my 2.5 year old asked me who was standing next to me in our kitchen — it was just my son and me so I thought — believe what you will but I know my son saw my brother's spirit in our kitchen that day.

If people are actually healed and he is listening to the Holy Spirit to do something, though, we'd have to look at the fruit rather than the action taken.

It takes far more brotherly spirit to run a League of Nations than to run a village; it takes far more personal unselfishness and reliability to make industrial democracy a success than it does to conduct the present order; and if the extensive Christian plans now afoot are to achieve their aims, the Christian faith in God must grow accordingly.

Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess of things.I sense you are at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set free by the power of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz

Rick the more i think about it we are to live as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my life i never fell back into old sinful patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our lives one area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have areas of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just as he would want you to be.As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz

In my opinion it takes more faith to live with the mystery, struggle to hold together all the opposites and seek to listen to the Holy Spirit for your own unique life's circumstances than it does to simply quote chapter and text as if the Christian walk is a predictable black & white / cause & effect existence.

In The Case Against Perfection, Michael Sandel writes, in (despite himself) a kind of Rawlsian spirit, that «if our genetic endowments are gifts, rather than accomplishments for which we can take credit, it is a mistake and a conceit to assume that we are entitled to the full measure of the bounty they reap in a market economy.»

Teresa responded to what the spirit was doing in our lives much quicker than I did, it took two dreams and a word from somebody in our congregation before I said, «Ok.»

«He who rules his own spirit is greater than he who takes a city» (Proverbs 16:32).

The failure of traditionalism, moreover, is less in its lack of adjustment to changing conditions than in the confusion of the spirit with the letter and in blindness to the actual shift of attention from meaning to symbol that has taken place within the church.

It is so much easier to condemn the sick and wounded (of body and spirit), than it is to take them in and proclaim their freedom from the oppression that is foisted upon them by people like you (as you did me in your post).

Consequently, it takes much more than the Spirit's assistance to bring a sinner to Christ.

Without this man is less than human, and without this no ethic can light the way which the spirit of love should take.

Anyhow rather take this short journey to death thinking I know the big man than to die and be nothing but dust (my spirit not the body, it will be dust) It gives life meaning if you die and you become nothing then it don't matter anyway.

The Lutheran Protestantism which was dominant on the Continent of Europe by long tradition accorded more power to the state than did much of Anglo - Saxon Protestantism and limited the areas in which the Christian spirit might impel individuals, as Christians, to take the initiative.

Now a congregation of devotees of Spirit, rather than the natural family, is the setting in which nurture for spiritual maturing takes place.

For most of us that will take much greater sensitivity to the prompting of the Spirit than we now possess.

Thus in 1829 John Henry Newman — still at that stage an Anglican — affirmed that Christians become entitled to the gift of the Holy Spirit «by belonging to the body of his Church; and we belong to his Church by being baptised into it».24 And more than a century later, Michael Ramsay, Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1960s — whose meeting with Paul VI in the 1960s was a central moment in the ecumenical movement of that era — took a generally Catholic approach to baptism, if expressed in a somewhat vague, «Anglican» way: «The life of a Christian is a continual response to the fact of his baptism; he continually learns that he has died and risen with Christ, and that his life is a part of the life of the one family.»

It seems that it took persecution rather than the impetus of the Spirit to shake the Christians loose from their base in Jerusalem and make them carry the gospel to other places and peoples.

Jesus, whose love is more extravagant than we can measure, came to sacrificially die for us so that we might gain through His grace what the Bible defines as eternal life through His death and resurrection: to know the only true God and take hold of this present life by the direction and abundant strength afforded to us by through the Spirit.

It really doesn't take much more than a little fame, and maybe a little bit of money, and you too can have your very own wine or spirit.

The holiday spirit comes alive after Thanksgiving as the hotel's decor takes on the seasonal splendor, complete with the lobby centerpiece — a 19 1/2 - foot Christmas tree boasting more than 25,000 mini white lights, a classic toy train encircling the base and over 1,500 feet of gold magnolia garland.

This year's Spirit of Innovation Award — Foodservice winner took the bull by the horns to craft a line of deli meats that is both natural and has less sodium than its regular sliced meats.

More people will take classes offered by the Wine and Spirit Education Trust this year in China than in the UK, where the trust was founded, according to Edward Ragg, co-founder of Beijing - based Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting.

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Secondly, It would take more than the Christmas spirits from the past, present and future to give Mr Ebenezer Scrooge a wake up call, to sign all those players that you mentioned.

Without Sanchez, it will take a lot to lift the spirit of the team because no one currently is close enough to his quality and style and the difficulty to win matches will amplify more than it does for those other teams without their star men at the moment.

Bournemouth play with a lot of spirit yet they lose more than they win, spirit doesn't win football games and titles, it takes good management and quality on the pitch to win

In less than one hour, in the spirit of «how many dem de», thousands of Grassroots Development Initiative supporters took to the street to demand the sack and prosecution of Rivers SARs Commander.

It takes more than a little downpour to dampen Tory spirits these days, however.

Since Governor Cuomo took office in 2011, both the number of farm based businesses manufacturing wine, beer, spirits and cider using ingredients grown in New York and the total number of manufacturers producing alcoholic beverages have more than doubled, spurred by state actions that support the alcohol beverage industry.

Fortunately, the spirited mood among the more than 1,500 fruit fly geneticists gathered in Chicago in March for the 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference suggests the community is prepared to take up the challenge of explaining the value of Drosophila research.

Continue to take personal inventory, and when getting sucked in by distractions and to do lists, more work than I can handle, promptly admitted it and allowed Spirit to support managing the balance of work and my life.

We will take everything into account (mind, body, spirit, lifestyle...) rather than just treating your symptoms.

Although it takes less than five minutes, this meditation goes deep, re-balancing your body, energy, emotions, intellect, and spirit.

The real work horse items that you couldn't live without: your most comfortable pair of jeans; the dress that takes you from a wedding to a funeral; the top that lifts your spirits; the bargain bag that makes your outfit look more expensive than it is.

I guess that's why it's taking us longer than usual to get in the spirit and start decorating... usually I live for tree shopping and turning my house into a winter wonderland.

In the spirit of the expression «It is better to give than to receive», let's take a look at some of the 5 best gift ideas you can provide to your sugar baby!

It takes more than just the right clothes and soundtrack to imbue a flick with genuine Eighties spirit: though the leads click charmingly, this feels exactly like a Noughties teen comedy in yuppie drag.

Though the directing duo behind the «Crank» films seemed like a natural fit to take on such a bizarre character, «Spirit of Vengeance» is only slightly better than the first movie.