Sentence examples for examples of god from inspiring English sources

The Bible contains several examples of God and Jesus appearing to sanction what seems arbitrary or cruel conduct: the command that Abraham kill his son, the tormenting of Job (a game instigated by Satan, who seems quite chummy with the Lord), Jesus' casual slaughter of the Gadarene pigs.

Mummer, the overbearing matriarch, attributes the landscape's fury as evidence of God, a link Hurley is fascinated by: "She believes these elemental forces are examples of God at work, that it is something quantifiable or benevolent even when it is wild.

Miracles would be examples of God acting against the natural order.

Bees were of particular importance to natural theologians as examples of God's design in nature.

When in a homosexual relationship you learn not to judge what you are presented with and just chow down on it, for are we not all beautiful examples of God's creatures?

See examples of God answering our prayers.

In one of many examples of gods falling out of favor, Seth, who was once worshiped, was vilified after the unification of Egypt, and the figure was stripped of its characteristic pointed ears and fitted with ram's horns to invoke the preferred deity Amun.

Those scientists would discover that one direction in their universe was particularly special; perhaps that discovery would be celebrated by their theologians as an example of God's love.

This is not merely coincidence, or chance, for Locke, but yet another example of God's divine design.

It is through the example of God's goodness that Seneca aims to explain why giving should really not be done with a view to one's own advantage: there is no advantage that God could possibly gain from us, and yet God benefits all of us (4.3.3).

Each day, I seek to be an example of God's light and love.