Sentences with phrase «where selfishness»

But in a fallen world, tainted by sin, where selfishness, suffering and death deface the primordial goodness of the world, further signs are needed for man's sake.

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Wilde's children's story The Selfish Giant tells of a garden where children used to play, but because of the selfishness of the giant who lives there, it is always winter and never spring.

But he must accept this redemption with the turning of his whole being, for only thus can he extricate himself from the maze of selfishness where he has always set himself as his goal and find a way to God and to the fulfillment of the particular task for which he is intended.

society, where sin is viewed as little more than psychological maladjustment, or behavior arising out of corrupt economic structures, or as a failure of the educational system, baptism reminds us that, in spite of Gestalt and I'm OK, You're OK, what we do naturally is not the best we could do, that our inborn selfishness and pride are life - and - death matters, that Christians are made, not born.

In today's consumer - oriented, capitalistic culture, where people are used, abused and disposed of like nonreturnable soft - drink cans, where «liberation» has been invoked to justify selfishness, it may be that the time has come for the church to say again what it has always believed — that there is no way for individuals to «flourish» without the kind of communion and community and the permanent, deep, risky commitment that true Christian love demands — qualities that are perhaps best experienced in the yoking of a man and a woman in marriage.

Selfishness, intolerance, hatred are the driving force behind the acts of terror where the foundations of a belief systems are simply used as the cloak they choose to hide behind.

Where there is sin and selfishness there must also be a struggle for justice; and this justice is always partially an achievement of our love for the other and partially a result of our yielding to his demands and pressures.

From what I've heard from married folks marriage is itself a cross but not in the shame / self imposed repression Lewis so flippantly suggests but as a school where God teaches you to ditch your selfishness.

Oh sure... I suppose that if I wanted to, I could point to hundreds of choices in my life where I have chosen weakness over strength, humility over pride, and service over selfishness.

And in a country where incredible numbers of fathers walk away from their kids, you could argue that fatherhood seems to barely dent the culture's pervasive selfishness.

In a consumer society, where we've been drilled relentlessly in selfishness, it's a peril to take seriously.

Self - giving love is possible only where there is freedom for selfishness and self - righteousness.

Then there is the Judgement Seat of Christ, where Jesus will evaluate our lives post salvation, it is at this event rewards for repentance will be issued or lost, the main sin repented of in believers being selfishness and selfish living.

We're in an era where limits are pushed and boundaries are crossed; where walls are broken and judgment is blurred; when sexuality is trivialized, lying is a means to an end, and selfishness is a way of life.

i cant just understand why arsene, one person one employee would hold such a huge club as arsenal at ransom by his inaction or silence about his future, i find that the epitome of selfishness where its all about him and he cant just separate himself as an employee and arsenal as a separate entity a club, when will this nightmare end my friends??

However, much like an episode of the Simpsons where Monty Burns abates the safety inspector's concerns with ambiguity and charm, or where a banking crash is blamed on an individual's greed and selfishness rather than on inadequate regulation and recklessness from those at the top, Wenger will paper over the cracks from now until the end of the transfer window.

I haven't run into a ton of situations personally in Germany where children are not tolerated, but the article in the Stern certainly had some very pointed examples of the difficulties that people run into and I found the selfishness of the people involved in those situations to be astounding.

«Nobody is saying don't make money, make it good and clean; but not some of the ones I know; sickening, that kind of greed and selfishness, look at where it landed us.

He recently made a similar call during the 38th June 4th revolution anniversary, where he stated that, Ghanaians voted out the NDC because of sickening greed, selfishness and corruption.

People might be quick to reinterpret this and say that anarchism is a doctrine of selfishness, where the strong quickly take advantage of disorder and seize power for themselves; therefore, laws are inevitable as the holders of power regulate society.

I became conscious of Ben Shenkman noodling around with his hands as stage business, or Julianne Nicholson primly concentrating on her inner monologue, or Chris Messina striving for a kind of «yeah, whatever» blasé version of selfishness that has become an indie film cliché, or Josh Charles earnestly attacking a monologue to a series of girls where he gets to «have fun» with different facial hairs and outfits.

In returning to her childhood home, where sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) still resides, Margot brings back all of the criticism, cynicism, and selfishness that originally frustrated the siblings» relationship years ago.

To further consider JUPITER»S MOON, in which refugees are being chased and shot down by Hungarian police Holocaust - style, THE FLORIDA PROJECT, where hidden homelessness eats away the American dream for children born in impoverished households, and LOVELESS, a cautionary tale that sheds light on issues of abandonment and toxic selfishness seen in: no wonder everybody just wants to die in HAPPY END?

The most heartbreaking moment of selfishness comes in the other segment where the elderly Imma (Shirley Henderson) has herself flayed alive in a vain attempt to match her sister Dora's beauty, the latter being enchanted by a witch into a lovely maiden.

Anger radiates from the searing descriptions of a world brought down by selfishness and greed, where mindless brutality triumphs and priceless paintings are fuel for cooking fires.

A society where each individual acts as a little tyrant, pursuing his desires with total selfishness at the expense of everyone else becomes collectivist as the little tyrants turn to a series of big tyrants to get what they want no matter who gets hurt by it.

The prisoner's dilemma game introduces the constructs of a zero sum game in which one person winning causes the other person to lose (win - lose strategies; selfishness), and nonzero sum games where both players can win (win - win strategies; cooperation).

Kids certainly DO act out of selfishness and malice, and this is a normal part of the developmental stage where they are at.