Sentence examples for renounce evil from inspiring English sources
The rituals of Easter Week offered plenty of easy metaphors to guide the faithful through the crisis in the church: the foot-washing to act out the story of Jesus' humility at the Last Supper; the stripping of the altar that night signaling his death and burial before rising; the baptism of new members this evening, where they promise to renounce evil.
The badly named Gently Benevolent has apparently renounced evil and wants man hugs.
After many triumphs and reverses, he renounces evil and goes to live "a sober and penitent life" in a northern county.
Persons about to be baptized renounced evil and, as they made the declaration of faith, were dipped in water; they then received by anointing and by the laying on of hands (confirmation) the gift of the Holy Spirit and incorporation within the body of Christ.
Kylie managed to tremble to the church, but cracked somewhere around the renounce all evil part of the ceremony.
Now let us renounce the evil canard of "separate but equal" states of intimate union and declare same-sex marriage an inalienable right to be accorded to all consenting adult couples who seek it.
On the issue of slavery, Yale's director of public affairs, Helaine S. Klasky, said in a statement, "Today, we regret and renounce these evils and seek, through scholarship and communication, to better understand them, but we cannot undo them".
Rejecting sex as a musical tool was part of renouncing the evils of rock.
He adds an unhelpful opening funeral scene to give an Irish Catholic background and ensure that everyone knows it's important to renounce 'the glamour of evil'.
