Sentences with phrase «than the promised land»

America has been more like Babylon than the promised land of freedom and brotherhood.

His suitcase, admirably prepared for the journey north, reminded me that we had been no kinder to him than that promised land.

Not exact matches

I bet many young ministers preparing sermons on these texts are more embarrassed by the word about the kingdom of heaven than they are by those promising possession of the land.

STONER»S PRAYER Now I pass out into sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep Grant no other stoner take My weed and bong before I wake Keep me safely in thy sight And grant no crackhead's thrill tonight And in the morning let me awake Breathing scents of wake «n bake God protect me in my dreams and make this better than it seems Grant the time may siwftly fly When myself shall be so high In a green grass weed bed Where I long to rest my head Far away from all these scenes And the smell of bammer smoked by beans Take me back into the land Where the cops never take you out Where the weed won't burn my throat like sand; Where the scent of chronis blows Where the good Mary Jane grows; Take me back and I'll promise then Never to leave BC again... - Anonymous

It turns out that when we let ourselves surrender to the «Time of the Season,» we are less like the animals and flowers of the field than a) like actors playing parts in some two - bit melodrama about low - class Others, or, b) like the starry - eyed Icaruses of the first verse seeking to take one another «to the sun» and «to promised lands.»

One taste and you will see why it is called «paradise» -(well, it is also catchier than calling it Promised Land Haroses!)

Now we're here in that promised land, more than a few years ahead of schedule, where both teams are fighting for the AL West.

we have waited a long time for this club to truly step up, which is a difficult ask... to do so properly they will need to overextend themselves and get well outside the comfort zone they have become accustomed to... at the very least they owe their fans, most of whom supported this franchise for at least the first 8 years of this 10 year plan, one real shot at the «promised» land... remember phase one was build and save, phase two was the fire sale of all our top players, phase three was supposed to be our metamorphosis, when we were literally told how we could compete with any club in the world and phase four appears to be rinse and repeat, under the guise that we just can't seem to find any players that are better than our current lot (can you even imagine the state of world soccer if that were truly the case)... it's time for you Mr. Kroenke and Mr. Wenger to ask not what the fans can do for you, but what you two can do to make things right again for the fans... if you can't do this earnestly and honestly, simply move on before the only thing left in the cupboard are bitter memories and what could have beans?

And nobody epitomized that spirit more than Roy Keane, who dragged his side through a journey that ended, in Barcelona — otherwise the promised land.

Intro: Qualification for the promised land of Champions League football doesn't come much finer than on goal difference with two minutes of the entire season remaining, but thanks to Swedish holding midfielder Pontus Wernbloom's dramatic goal against Rostov, the Army Men just managed to pip Krasnodar to the second place available at Europe's top table.

He is a shrewd businessman and saw that we were in a healthy financial position with a good chance of reaching the promised land and in the process making him even richer than he already is if we could manage to stay there.

Supporters of West Brom won't be too pleased to see the back of 2010, after their team produced something extraordinary when clinching their biggest accumulation of points in the Championship en route to promotion back to the promised land, where they plan on making their stay more than just a brief visit.

He said Tuesday that he would work to restore trust between federal land managers and local communities, promising to be a «listener» rather than a «deaf adversary.»

«Promised Land» is more effective as an anti-fracking screed than as a drama.

It promises to be absolutely bonkers, but crucially, the excellent Lenny Abrahamson (the much - praised «What Richard Did,» the film that landed up - and - comer Jack Reynor the lead in «Transformers 4 «-RRB- is at the helm, so there should be more than going on than just madness.

But the photos do make the RRS look even more appealing than those from the window tinter, and if Land Rover have managed to deliver a new Sport that goes as well as it looks, the new Range Rover Sport should finally be the car it always promised to be.

Both promise stronger reliability than the Land Rover, but neither can match the Disco's sense of luxury, or its space in the third row of seats.

Most crossovers will promise seating for five to six passengers, but they also are lower in price than a truck - based SUV — the 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport, for example, has a starting MSRP of $ 37,455.

At a time when long - distance travel averaged little faster than a man could walk — railroads were appearing in the most advanced countries, and promised to revolutionize transport, but for now they were primarily local or regional affairs — California was about as far from the centers of Western civilization as a land could be.

Though it was supposed to be completed by Dec 2015 as promised earlier, Land owner isn't ready for registration of the property yet as he bought the land in 2013 (Less than 3 years until June 2016) and is trying to save on capital gLand owner isn't ready for registration of the property yet as he bought the land in 2013 (Less than 3 years until June 2016) and is trying to save on capital gland in 2013 (Less than 3 years until June 2016) and is trying to save on capital gain.

After all, you're purchasing more than just a structure or a plot of land: You're purchasing a promise.

Somehow even greener than the pictures promise, Ireland is a land of fairy tales and political revolutions, poetry and pubs, rainbows and, well, quite a bit of rain.

The Settlers Inn is a 1944 beautiful arts and crafts inn next to Bingham Park in Hawley in the scenic Pocono Mountains less than 14 miles from Promised Land State Park.

The adventure included lets you experience more than 30 hours of role - playing gameplay, complete with minigames, multiple endings, and secret pathsIn Riviera: The Promised Land, you'll follow two fierce warriors — each armed with godly weapons — in a mission to defeat demons once and for all.

Mario Odyssey promises to play host to a wider range of lands than ever seen before in a Mario game, with the New York - inspired New Donk City and a frozen Latin American village just two of the levels trailed prior to the game's release.

There's not much more to add than I've previously said over here, but, as promised, Terry Cavanagh's super vital space - disco arcade game Super Hexagon has officially landed on PC & Mac following its iPhone debut, and can now be found on Steam at a discounted price, with a special dual - pack option so you can instantly start a leaderboard rivalry with a friend.

The promise of algae is that the amount of land needed to grow it would be significantly smaller than for terrestrial biomass.

In exchange for false promises of job opportunities and services such as schools and clinics, they receive money worth far less than the value of their land.

Wind was by far the most promising, Jacobson said, owing to a better - than 99 percent reduction in carbon and air pollution emissions; the consumption of less than 3 square kilometers of land for the turbine footprints to run the entire U.S. vehicle fleet (given the fleet is composed of battery - electric vehicles); l the savings of about 15,000 lives per year from premature air - pollution - related deaths from vehicle exhaust in the United States; and virtually no water consumption.

This case, with its positively worded covenant that the lands «will be developed only for use as a golf course» is usefully compared to the negatively worded covenant in Aquadel with its promise «not to use the land for any purpose other than as a golf course».

YouTube, the land of promise where a dad with a camera posts a daily blog, and is viewed more times than the nightly news in Australia.

But more than that, Fossil will also be bridging the divide with a smart analog smartwatch promised to land sometime this Fall.

Pathfinders does not promise or make any warranties that you will land a new job or make a complete career change «during» the course of your program, although some people do and most get the ball rolling in a new direction much quicker with our methods than the industry average.

What better way to prepare for Thanksgiving than to remember the sacrifice of those who came to this land with nothing but a promise.