Sentences with phrase «very close»

The story is a form very close indeed to our primary form, the parable, and its importance for Christianity can scarcely be overstated, as Amos Wilder eloquently insists.

We attended a church a few years ago where we formed what I thought were very close relationships.

I would like to say that in France, as in numerous other countries, this association enjoys very close links with other associations present here, in particular the collective against the MAI.

This is shocking language, and it's something anyone with money should pay very close attention to, which brings us to another point: Wealth is a relative thing.

The first men, being very close to their animal origins, were quite irrational, inhuman, savage.

A very close corollary has to do with how the attribute of perfection can be applied to divine reality.

Whether she comes back or leaves you you are going to need God very close.

The young Coretta lived very close to economic realities.

(I apologize to those that dislike metaphors, but I almost can't communicate if I don't get to use them, and as insufficient as they at times are, they are very close to the language of what I believe, because you can't really explain or define someone into believing... you can only live out your beliefs in a way that you share with others, and when given the opportunity shine a light, or point a direction, or walk along with someone for a bit).

All of this is to say that to see the story as conveying an experience of believing or «belief in action» is to see it as very close indeed to the parable form, for, as we noted in our comments on the parable of the Wedding Feast, the implied question was, On what logic — that of merit or of grace — do you actually live your life?

I came out of an abusive church situation, and very close after the realization that I'd been spiritually abused came the realization that as a leader in that system, I too had been a spiritual abuser, repeating the pattern that had been taught to me.

A very close second is dealing with all the nasty, name - calling religious zealots who have nothing better to do with their time than to attack those who do blog.

«Remember that Hispanic families are very close and tend to live in clusters to support each other; now Maria is disrupting this way of life.»

When someone very close to me died a few years ago, I remember my dad telling me that it's important to allow people to grieve in ways that don't necessarily make sense to me.

I say, «Well, I know you were very close to him.

These two intelligent and able assistants were very close to and completely trusted by Lincoln throughout the Civil War, and they were aware early on of Lincoln's greatness.

Finally, I saved this one to last because I have read this claim, or something very close to it, on the pages of your magazine:

Mr Deighan will have read in these pages «something very close» to the idea that Thomistic epistemology tends to emphasise «immutable essences» and static forms, and that this emphasis has been powerfully challenged by the success of modern science (for example Jaeger's article in our last issue and in our September 2006 issue the editorial and the quotes from Ronald Knox's God and the Atom).

In her, God's goodness came very close to us.10

(John 6:51), words in Greek very close to the words of consecration in the other Gospels.

I am not qualified to offer much of a philosophical treatment of it, but personally, it feels almost perfect and very close to the «truth», as dimly as we can hope to glimpse it; it just clicks with my intuition.

This article is a great introduction, and it is very close to the way it was released into the popular mainstream back in the late 1980s / early 1990s (Jurassic park lead aside).

They come very close to admitting God doesn't answer prayer when they explain that if God answered too many prayers it would be evidence of his existence and then people wouldn't need to develop faith.

He then went on to attempt (and came very close) to completely dismantling the Protestant Church, attempted to murder the Pope with an eye to destroying the Catholic Church, and murdered 2 million Christians among the 13 million he ultimately killed.

I had talked to people very close in politics, people I've met over the years primarily doing television stuff and MTV news.

The term «consenting adults» is very close to «anything goes».

I'm 30 years old now and have paid very close attention to this group since I almost slipped into the chruch.

I myself have very close friends, and we discuss religion, but I would not presume to guess if they have unspoken religious beliefs.

On moral and social doctrine, however, it seems the LCMS has achieved something very close to unanimity.

Or to put that in terms more in tune with what I have been arguing, it is a great accomplishment in a poem to take content that is very close to a common emotional experience that can easily be sentimentalized but render it with a depth of feeling and attention to the particular that is entirely unsentimental.

It actualy is very close to the origional version used in the United States after Vatican II, before they simplified it a few years later.

But remember it's a very close election — Romney will probably lose FL and CO..

I realize your point, but until you have someone very close to u, and they are near death, or facing death imminantly, u can't understand it.

I have lost many very close loved ones who were very faithful to God, and when they were in the last hours, there was no need to ask them about God, Faith, Religion, Salvation; they already had that.

There are two very good books about what it is like to come very close to death and yet not die.

Canon Anna Norman - Walker, from Exeter Cathedral, told Premier: «It's a beautiful ancient building and we've got a very close relationship with it.

Origen is from the early church, a time very close to the life of Jesus», and he interpreted the same scriptures we are now debating.

Anyone else notice how very close this article is to basic Buddhist teachings and beliefs?

Experiencing the universe as an organic and rhythmically moving cosmos, the Hindus were able to develop evolutionary cosmologies which come very close to our modern scientific models.

Yes, the day is very, very close when you will be able to charge your credit card simply by saying your name out loud.

I, for one, will follow this one very close.

It is very close to our classroom.

When you spread your arms and say «look how beautiful everything is, it MUST be the work of GOD», just remember that your outspread arms are also including all the people who are being victimized (including little children) that very second in the world, some within a very close distance of you probably.

req'd) that breaks down the deal and its impact argues that Comcast's quest to become an entertainment behemoth is going to earn the deal very close scrutiny in Washington.

I agree with Peter Lawler that the election is shaping up to be very close if one projects from present circumstances (with only modest changes up or down to unemployment and job creation numbers.)

My wife and I just had a very close friend murdered by her youth pastor son.

I was sitting with two Saudi men, one of whom is a very close personal friend.

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Costs are falling exponentially, and the days of competitive renewable energy are, according to the industry, very close.

Because you can call the AP and have them do the trade for you, effectively accessing the creation / redemption window, and getting a negotiated price very close to NAV.