Sentences with phrase «very pious»

She is a conservative and very pious Muslima who didn't even know how babies were made before we became engaged and I realised this, and exlained the facts if life to her before we went any further towards marriage.
The saying sounds very pious until we realize; First that «grace» in John Bunyans» theology almost certainly does not mean God's kindness and forgiveness but God's inscrutable and arbitrary election.

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They are clearly very gentle and deeply pious people.
When a pious ruler emerges that means a very great intervention by God in history, infinite grace.
Very few criminals are likely to be either stupid enough or pious enough to confess their sins to a priest if they think there is any risk that the priest will report them.
However, it does seem that Francis had a very positive influence on the conduct of the Sultan, in that he behaved with considerable moderation in his future dealings with the Christians, and there is even a pious legend to the effect that he was converted on his deathbed to Christianity.
In life, they were very holy and pious people, so we revere them greatly.
They will not of course explicitly contest that even the pious Christian who holds fast unconditionally to the instructions of the Gospel and of the Church can still raise innumerable questions regarding public and private life, of very considerable importance, yet can not expect to get answers to them directly from the Church.
to «The Church as Mission,» they have come very close to gagging the lowbrows altogether from ever saying anything to anybody about Jesus Christ unless it is passive, pious, and programmed in advance.
God does not send manna from heaven for the mere wishing, not even when it is very fervent and pious wishing.
But there are enough tidbits to imply that he was a Social Gospel Christian, very much the product of his family's targeted philanthropy and devotion to liberal Protestantism.The grandson of America's first billionaire, Rockefeller was born into a pious Baptist home where liquor, smoking and profanity were prohibited, family prayers were a daily ritual, and the Sabbath always sacred.
Very nice, pious considerations that don't bother anyone, that is the way many would like the preaching to be.
I've read much of what you've written over the years, and this is the very best — thoughtful, provocative, and even (as one reviewer put it) pious.
There is the further psychological insight that the person who uses religious language very freely, and who appears completely dependent on pious feelings and sentiments, may be concealing a profound disbelief in the very doctrines he aggressively affirms.
«I think it is very sad that you believe it is acceptable to pretend to know things that you can not know — to think that is how you live your life is messed up to say the least — I hope you realize that to presume knowledge where one has only pious hope is a species of evil.»
Take two people, one very religious, lives a pious life because he / she wants to go to heaven and not burn in hell.
Schools belonging to conservative churches, on the other hand, are often very conscious of their Christian grounds, but they typically express this in terms of conservative mores, an emphasis on pious practices, and the teaching of Christian doctrine in the curriculum.
And the sermon — which we may hope will be no series of moral platitudes or pious phrases, but a real proclamation of the gospel of God in Christ — can be for us, as it is meant always to be, the very Word of God brought to bear upon our human lives.
It would surely have been very simple to arrange things in such a way that everything fitted properly if, after all, these prophecies, these words of God, these divine interventions in history, are all the religious interpretations of pious authors.
Christian Sam might not be that exciting of a name, but I like the idea of an Arizona State player being very outwardly pious.
Praasha Desire Praatika Image / Symbolic Pracheeta Origin / Starting point Pradyuta To begin to shine Pragnika Clever lady Praharsha Happy girl Prahasini Continues smiling girl Prajisha Morning Pramik Best / Fulfilling desires Pranal God Pranamya Offering obeisances Pranani Most beautiful Pranavee Goddess Parvati / The first sound of universe Aum (Alternate Spelling: Pranavi) Pranaya Leader Pranidhi Spy Pranika Goddess Parvati Pranisha Love to life Pranja Very cute Pranusha Prathama Usha — first rays of the morning Sun Pranvi Forgiveness / Goddess of life / Maa Parvati Pranvuta Praised Prasheila Ancient time Prashi Accomplishment / Fame Prashvita Parvati / Lord Shivas wife Prathulya Incomparable Prathusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prathysha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prathyumna Victory Prathyusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prati One who appreciates and loves music Pratichi West Pratika Image / Beautiful / Symbol / Symbolic Pratitha Well known Prattusha Beautiful / soft Prattysha Morning Pratusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Pratushya Morning Pratyaksha One who is real Pratyaya Perception / Thought / Intention Pratyusha Bright morning Pravara Eminent Prayukta Experimented Prayushi Pure Prayuta Mingled with Saadhvi Religious women / Courteous / Polite Saahana Raga Saarya Name of a pious woman Saatvika Goddess Durga / Calm (Alternate Spelling: Saatwika) Saavi Goddess Lakshmi / The Sun Saavini Pertaining to the month of Saavan / One who prepares Soma Sabrang Rainbow Sachita Consciousness Sadhvi Religious women / Courteous / Polite Saesha With great desire and wish / Truth of life Sagnika Fiery / Passionate / Married / With fire Sahuri War / Powerful / Victorious / The earth Sahya A mountain in india Saisha With great desire and wish / Truth of life (Alternate Spelling: Saiyeisha) Saketa Lord Krishna (Alternate Spelling: Saketha) Samanvi One who has all the best qualities Sambhwi Durga Samiha Generous Samika Peaceful Samiksha Analysis Samita Collected Samithra Good friend Sanchana Gathering of good habits Sanchaya Collection Sanha Skilful / Radiance / Elegance / Conciseness Sanheeta A compilation or a bunch of vedic hymns / Code (Alternate Spelling: Sanhitha) Sanmaya Equal / Removal of obstacles / Etc Sanmita Goddess Parvati / Prasanna Lakshmi Sanoja Eternal Sanrakta Red / Pleasant / Beautiful Sanwari Dusky Sanya Eminent / Distinguished / Born on saturday Sarasvi Water / Saraswathi Goddess Sarayu A holy river Sarisha Charming Sarit River Sarjena Creative Sarunati Nobleminded Sarvani Durga / Universal / Complete Sarvari Night
Sporting a full beard, the young graduate student looked very much the pious Muslim that many say he was, Nayeri says.
It's all very well coming up with pious words in a book that you're trying to flog.
Jurors who maintain these old prejudices will believe the very worst of the complainant and there is little that any pious pronouncements in a myth - busting brochure or appropriate form of words in a JSB crib sheet can effectively do about it.
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