Sentence examples for commanding us from inspiring English sources

These standards that we learn from reason apply also to God, so that we can use them to judge what God is and is not commanding us to do.

We sat there singing "La Nena soy yo" over and over: we were all her, and she was commanding us, and we were delighted.

There are all kinds of social imperatives commanding us not to — just as there are all kinds of social imperatives restricting the biological imperative to reproduce.

But the fascination of the evening is not about audience interaction; it's about what Spacey embodies alone, commanding us for the best part of two hours.

"Say you have a 'special child,' " the book begins, at once inviting us in folksy terms to suppose this to be the case and commanding us to summon the child into existence through the sheer act of saying so.

All this we will do," he was really commanding us, "All of this we must do!" Jack Nargundkar Germantown, Md., Jan . 20 , 2009 To the Editor: I was a strong supporter of John McCain.

Authentically Islamic traditions and much of the Quran commands us to use reason.

(English translation) "Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with Thy Commandments, and commanded us to affix the Mezuzah".

Blessed are You, O Lord Our God, Ruler of the Universe, Who has sanctified us with Your commandments and commanded us to kindle the lights of Hanukkah.

Blessed are you, Hashem our God, King of the Universe Who has sanctified us with His commandments, and has commanded us regarding the washing of the hands.

What she concludes is that there is no real "human right" under God's commandment because if God commands us to renounce human rights, then that is required.