Sentences with phrase «without earthly things»

She thought she could not live without earthly things, nor without loving the creatures, nor without loving herself.

Not exact matches

So just as it would seem to be impossible for any earthly government to exist without a standing military, without violence toward enemies, and without governing rules for order and peace which include death to traitors and some form of capital punishment, so also God had to include such things in the earthly government which He set up in Israel.

But the words, and the moral categories they represent, bequeathed to us by our ancestors through Bible, prayer book, and hymn are like most earthly things: they won't last long without attentive care.

When you talk to others, do you only talk about earthly things such as your job, your recreational activities, and the local news without ever turning to spiritual matters?

So, «set your mind on things above, not on earthly things,» for example, is a command that comes to pass since he spoke it to my heart which was once darkness without him.