States have a valid role preserving culture and not undermining our heritage, but marriage reflects a sacred covenant before God.
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In fairness, most people inside the Church agree, seeing inclusion and equality before God as central values of the Christian gospel.
To be a bit cynical, when it comes to the pocket-book, sometimes the SEC and the IRS can get to it before God does.
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Slavers could count on the Archbishop of Canterbury to defend them before God, and on politicians, like the young William Gladstone, himself the son of a plantation-owner, to plead their case in Parliament.
After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine Ministry, " he added.
And fall on your face before God.
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"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry, " he told the cardinals.
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine Ministry, " the pope said in a declaration in Latin to a gathering of cardinals on Monday.
Classical economics was well into its second century before leaving God behind.
He then commended his soul to God before the procession to the cathedral crypt where Cardinal Winning was laid to rest.
We remind ourselves that no matter who we are, or how much we achieve, we each stand humbled before an almighty God.
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While sports has its God Squads, in general they have never been 100 percent kind to anyone who wanted to put another god before it.
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Native Californians cling to the pageantry of the Rose Bowl--the parade, the silliness, the old stadium (still awaiting a big "pro" renovation if only the taxpayers will lay themselves down before the NFL god) and the often-unpredictable contest itself.
John, finding himself before the Throne of God, sees a lamb, an image of Christ, who receives a scroll sealed by seven seals.
And, by god, before the first private charter school company steps into the buildings of the taken over Indianapolis schools, the district itself is improving its other schools.
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"If no leader emerged, we would wait on God's timing before beginning a ministry, " says Warren.
The memoir will also reveal how Yuvraj made a "deal with God" the night before the World Cup.
He loves him in the same self-angering way that Cassius, I imagine, used to worship Caesar, before the latter swelled into a god.
"We hadn't beaten England at Twickenham for God knows how long before this year and I've always said that what's happened in the past has no bearing on what happens next Saturday, " Jones added.
And that he was giving you the on his honest to God recollection when he testified before the grand jury and the FBI, and the fact that he forgot a bunch of things he may have been told by other people doesn't mean that he wasn't telling the truth.
When one of God's children dies before his or her purpose is fulfilled we all grieve the loss, either immediately like we see with parents or loved ones or later when there is a piece of our individual selves that is missing due to that baby not being in the world.
For believers, for us Christians, like Abraham, like Saint Joseph, the hope that we bring is set against the horizon of God, which has opened up before us in Christ.
Reza Aslan, the best-selling Iranian-American author of "No God But God, " was also a doubter before the speech.
And I make a very good salary, but just going through caring for my mother the last year and a half, and before that, my father, who, thank God, lived to ripe old ages -- it was -- it's not easy.
He went on to ask the crowd to "pray to God so that he can bless me", before calling on the world to set off on a path of love and fraternity.
Yaakov, the Chasid, told me that God had saved his family because grandmother Etel had said Psalms before boarding the bus.
In any event, I hope God finds a way to persuade CBS to let Jones out of his contract before Satan makes him do publicity for February sweeps.
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Just before the march set off, the marchers were led in prayer by their chaplain, who asked God to intervene on their side and restore what he called their civil liberties.
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