The wise man who delivered his city by his wisdom
when military might had failed: there was something that Ecclesiastes could and did respect.
The Anti-Defamation League says it's ludicrous to claim Germany's Jews could have stopped the Third Reich with personal firearms
when the military might of entire European countries could not.»
Not exact matches
However,
when Bitcoin suddenly shot up on Thursday, the online chatter was mostly about the White House's
military threats against Russia in Syria, its sanctions on Russia and its tariffs on China, with people speculating that Russians and Chinese
might be buying into Bitcoin to quietly get their money out of those countries.
Certainly not much is said about defending the land from God's enemies as the Hebrews, for all their
military might in killing women and children, always seem to get their asses handed to them
when a professional army of men invades.
I have suggested elsewhere that value - free technology, the
military - industrial complex, and narrow nationalism
might be modern examples of such principalities and powers.9 Hendrikus Berkhof suggests that human traditions, astrology, fixed religious rules, clans, public opinion, race, class, state, and Volk are among the powers.10 Walter Wink sees the powers as the inner aspects of institutions, their «spirituality,» the inner spirit or driving force that animates, legitimates, and regulates their outward manifestations.11 They are «the invisible forces that determine human existence «12
When such things dehumanize human life, thwart and distort the human spirit, block God's gift of shalom, the followers of Jesus are rallied for a new kind of holy war.
In February 1792, British Prime Minister Pitt justified the reduction of
military expenditures and held out hope for more reductions to come by declaring: «Unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country
when from the situation of Europe we
might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment.
Advocating for peace is requiring us to confront the seductive power of
military might at a time
when its allure becomes almost unbearable; dissent is seen as treason, discussion as a betrayal.
An Israelite, therefore,
might retain genuine loyalty to his tribal god, turning to him
when his needs were
military, and still make sacrifices to the local baal
when he wanted rain.
In a way, he's lucky his infidelity was discovered now and not
when he was still in the
military, where his affair
might have led to a court - martial, even though infidelity seems to be fairly common among our
military service members.
Field Marshall Mohamed Tantawi was in charge of
military operations on some of the days
when the shootings of civilians took place, so it does seem reasonable to suppose that he
might give evidence.
While agreeing that there was nothing wrong in setting targets for
military operations as was done by President Muhammadu Buhari
when he gave the directive, the executive Secretary noted «It must also be stated that this target date
might be unrealistic.
Fehrenbach, the son of Air Force veterans, was devastated
when he learned he
might not retire with full
military honors or his pension.
Trewin said Alan later claimed that his knowledge of
military history and technical details meant that
when he was Minister for Defence Procurement he knew more than his
military and civilian advisers - something they
might dispute.
Churchill spent months during war criss - crossing the Atlantic for meetings at the White House, and was reportedly overjoyed
when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour drew the
might of the US
military onto the Allies side.
If his job requires a lot of taking a trip like
when he is a
military guy, then this
might be a legitimate excuse for all of us understand how strict the environment in the
military is especially
when they are out on missions.
Appleby goes on to explain that
military pen pals may place greater emphasis on their role as pen pals than other people
might who were not doing such a job — because of the need to get news from home, as well as to relieve the occasional periods of boredom and homesickness no doubt experienced
when serving overseas.
They've had to sit by and allow the slave trade and colonialism to happen
when they
might have stopped either via a show of
military might or even a more active diplomatic role.
When you've got five or six full battalions organized and ready to deploy, one's sense of
military might tends to balloon to lofty heights.
Try as he
might, he can't change their preconceived ideas about extraterrestrials and so he is forced to hide
when the planet's
military commander, General Grawl (voice by Gary Oldman), and his army initiate a house - by - house search for the visitor.
When mere
military might can not squash the monster, the mystic man awakens the Holy Beasts of Yamato — King Ghidorah, Mothra and Baragon, sleeping giants that protected Japan in ancient times.
When much of American pop culture was infatuated with the swinging, psychedelic 1960s, John Frankenheimer was focused on the decade's darker side — the sour aftertaste of McCarthyism, the expanding
military - industrial complex, the growing sense that technology
might be controlling us instead of the other way around.
Over time, World War II movies have offered the public ways to remember the halcyon days of American and British moral and
military might —
when the good guys were always good and the bad guys were always bad — but they have also forced viewers to recognize the tremendous human loss of war.
If you've never been on a
military base, you
might be surprised, upon reading You Know
When the Men Are Gone, at just how extensive Fort Hood, Texas, is.
When you figure out how much more you can pay every month, that will determine the size of the loan for
military retirees you
might be able to secure.
It
might seem that getting a VA home loan with bad credit is easy
when a
military veteran wants to buy a new home.
When you need a loan, some
military servicemen and women
might worry about accruing interest during active duty.
It certainly
might when you learn that all of them are real - life heroes: firefighters, police officers and
military veterans.
You
might begin be forced to research more
military tech
when you really want to develop somewhere else.
And just
when you
might get sick of fighting the creatures, the game pulls out that familiar Alien plot twist of the
military exploiting the xenomorphs, leading you to fight off brigades of corrupt soldiers and their power - loaders.
You never know
when military training
might come in handy — but this place shows how.
Even
when it is acquired through a company dedicated to
military personnel, it
might be necessary to shop around for some specific types of coverage.
When you first depart from
military service, your career path
might be obvious to you based on skills and experience.
If you are separating or retiring from the
military, you
might wonder
when you should start applying for federal positions.