In Bloomington, he gave a formal Buddhist teaching on "The Heart Sutra," but for the stadium crowd in Indianapolis he sat forward on a plush burgundy armchair with a tiny headset microphone protruding from under his left ear and deployed a reliable laugh line: "Some people may have the feeling that the Dalai Lama has some kind of miracle power.
But unless Lavrov, in his mission to Syria, pulls off a miracle, power is its own aphrodisiac and difficult to relinquish.
But he may have unwittingly promoted the pastors' cause by repeating, without comment, their claims of miracle-working powers.
Even if, by some miracle, Communist power were to vanish from our world, we still would need to conserve our culture, our faith in God, and our political institutions.
If it is unusual to find a rider of such slight physique, it is doubly rare to continue winning Olympic gold medals at 31, her speed a miracle of power-to-weight chemistry and sheer competitive will.
9 of them are: (1 Corinthians 12 8-11): Ability to give wise advice, Special knowledge, Special Faith, Power to heal the sick, Power to perform miracles, Ability to prophesy, Spiritual discernment, Ability to speak in unknown languages, Ability to interpret what is spoken.
We know from the scripture that Jesus called His disciples to Him and gave them authority to go and proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom with accompanying miracles and power.
The question rarely asked, though, is how exactly China will convert its vaunted economic miracle into geopolitical power.
It's set in the world of modern-day miracles, wonders, and powers — medical, cinematic, and political — and we're still awaiting its release on DVD.
