Sentences with phrase «whose very power»

Maximus quickly becomes the greatest gladiator in the empire, and his popularity soon rivals that of emperor Commodus himself, whose very power comes from keeping the Roman people lulled with happiness, thus making it difficult to dispose of their new hero.

Not exact matches

And a few of us remember from the No Left Turns days that, while ultimately not agreeing, he admitted the power of a Christian and virtue - ethics «media - fasting» case made against all TV by the commenter «wm.» «Wm» is a very erudite and Catholic (and yet also rock - attuned) professor whose identity I'll reveal if I get permission, and here's a taste of what he said in that thread:

[Brightman's] notion of the Given as an intrinsic limitation of God's power, a passive element in his activity, analogous to sensation and emotion in us, can be defined and defended only in the context of an adequate analysis of what is or can be meant by «passivity,» «sensation,» etc.; and the exploration of such concepts taken in their most fundamental or general senses, as they here must be, can only amount to a metaphysical system whose defense is not merely empirical, since the very meaning of «experience,» «facts,» etc., will have to be grounded in this system.54

They are what the Church is for; they characterize its very existence as the Church; and they are believed — here we come to the highly significant matter — to be the will and work of the God who was disclosed and whose power of love was released in what took place in Palestine two thousand years ago.

A more reflective reading of the Gospels makes it very clear that it was not the Father God who demanded the death of Jesus; but the Religious and Political elites whose power was being challenged by the Gospel message that Jesus was preaching to the common people.

The editorial admired Martin Niemöller's Berlin congregation whose power to oppose Hitler came from the very act of worship with use of the creed, ««I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.»

Faith prayer has been abused by the very material minded power persons whose past lives have made the Family of God feared and killed millions in the name of God and Poor God had nothing to do with it - only evil men.

The Collect for the Day, by the very amplitude of the gift prayed for, makes clear that the deed of God's power in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is in a continuum of grace whose endless field of operation is nothing less than the restoration of human life to its Godly intention.

There is in short a way of appropriating oneness that very effectively rules out any kind of diversity, dialectic, or even dialogue, and lends itself, for that purpose, especially to those persons and forces within the community whose power is great enough to sustain their own particular version of Christian unity.

A people whose faith attributed their very peoplehood to the gracious, purposive power of their God, Yahweh, now suffered, no doubt with bitter incredulity, the destruction of this wonderfully created people of Israel; and, according to the same Yahweh - faith, the end was effected as the beginning, by Yahweh and the power of his Word.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

National student rowing events are very well attended and incredibly competitive, so it is great to see when our university clubs, whose season focus are understandably on their massive Varsity events, go and show their power on the national university stage!

At a panel discussion at GWU's School of New Media and Public Affairs on Monday, Rospars described in particular the vital role of online video content, whose power the campaign recognized from the beginning — very early in the race, Obama's team already included a videographer and screenwriter / producer squad to shoot footage both for internal / documentary purposes and (more importantly) for use in public as a persuasive tool.

But such change is unlikely, he added, because it requires approval from the very people whose power it is seeking to restrict.

He said there are people you use them to win power and those that are used to manage power, explaining that Kufuor knew Kwadwo Mpiani was a very good material but whose public relation and communication was not good so he was not involved in the campaign but was later used as Chief of Staff.

Their very purpose is built around keeping «the haves» protected (for example, outrageously expensive no - bid contracts for cronies of those in power) whereas Democrats constituency are those whose only power is in their right to vote.

The opening article of the 4th constitution of the first Republic is very clear and unambiguous about why we elect governments: «The Sovereignty of Ghana resides in the people of Ghana in whose name and for whose welfare the powers of government are to be exercised in the manner and within the limits laid down in this Constitution».

No fair asking the likes of Tommy Hilfiger (whose Zoolander impersonation haunts the backs of my eyelids), either, because of course people in the fashion industry are going to overestimate the staying power of their very own Caddyshack.

Deadpool 2 introduced Domino, whose mutant power is she's very lucky.

This is a very reasonable goal for people whose children are already participants in the culture of power and who have already internalized its codes.

And in a very embarrassing example of the power that racism still holds, Earl Holt, the president of the Conservative Citizens Council, whose website apparently helped to radicalize Dylann Roof until he pledged himself to starting a race war, has been a generous donor to Republican politicians — many of whom are now returning his money or donating it to charity.

For students, it's a journey into a captivating world in which they set out on a series of fun «quests» with their very own Curioso, a companion creature whose powers expand as they grow into ever - more confident readers.

In spite of such responses, within a year the story was included in Prize Stories of 1949 and 55 Short Stories from The New Yorker, acknowledging the power of Jackson's storytelling craft and introducing very widely a writer whose first novel, The Road Through the Wall (1948), had disappointing sales but cannily and hauntingly depicted the humorous, horrific and sometimes macabre irony of suburban life.

«Wii Street U powered by Google» was actually developed by a very compact team whose core members had never developed games for dedicated gaming machines.

Flaring with reflected color, they are iridescent beings whose very skin seems to be a source of psychic power.