Sentence examples for force of sin from inspiring English sources

Moreover, in Augustine there are still the aftereffects of Manichaeism, which ultimately viewed the main motive force of sin in "concupiscence"—i.e., the sex drive.

When the time was right, God would send Christ back to save the cosmos by defeating all the remaining forces of sin and to liberate all of creation.

Cotton Mather's "Magnalia Christi Americana," often sounding more like Plutarch than "The Little Flowers of St. Francis," duly records the lives of pious ministers and patrician, Moses-like figures -- John Winthrop, for example -- struggling against the forces of sin.

Now it might be morally useful to talk about the forces of Sin and Death as if they were actual moral agents, but it makes no sense within the mimetic narrative that Milton has created for us here in this realistic poem.

Lesley Brill writes, "The inexorable forces of past sins and mistakes crush hopes for regeneration and present happiness".

After fathering two children, he deserts her; she is forced into a life of sin, but remorse eventually drives her back to the convent where she discovers that she was not missed because the Virgin Mary had taken her place.

In these chapters Crescas tries to answer the question of whether there is a difference between people that sin happily and those who are forced to sin and feel sad about doing their evil actions.

The leaking of confidential documents forces a "confession of sins" by elected leaders.

The document explores a variety of frequently offered explanations, from a loss of a sense of sin to cultural forces like growing individualism and pluralism.

There's also Doreen, a force of nature, dressing gown "the colour of sin", knowing everything, mocking everyone.

By forcing her to convert to Islam, you're helping her leave behind a lifetime of sin and disbelief".