Word: exhortations
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...response to a follower asking who exactly Christ is referring to when he says “love thy neighbor,” Jesus presents the story of a Samaritan who aids an injured Jew. Jesus’ praise of the compassionate foreigner leaves little question that Christ would exhort his followers to help a man in need, regardless of citizenship.The immigration bill which passed the House of Representatives last December, and was introduced in the Senate by self-proclaimed Christian and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, criminalizes exactly what Jesus asks of his followers–aiding illegal immigrants...
...touchy subject of President Bush's democracy agenda during this trip. She says she is more convinced than ever that instability in the Middle East will only worsen if politics remain polarized between authoritarian governments and violent extremists, and she is determined to use her own bully pulpit to exhort the region's governments to make a space for non-violent mainstream opposition parties and candidates...
...hours of the day and night. Perhaps Sovereign thinks if it scares the people walking in front of the deserted bank at night, people will fear muggings and put more money in banks. More likely, some homeless Square dweller—angry these loquacious bourgeois continue to exhort him (ironically) to open a money market account—will again throw a brick through the screen, ending our collective suffering. For do-it-yourselfers, we would like to point out that there are several loose bricks by Adams G-entryway. (Our lawyers require us to state here that we would...
...that a flinty Condi Rice plans to be very assertive about the U.S. government's responsibility to act in the interests of its own security and its citizens in her reply to the EU request,expected early Monday before she takes off for Europe. Aides indicate that she will exhort European leaders to remind their own constituents that they, too, are targets of jihadists and that close cooperation with the US is essential to prevent more attacks like those suffered by Madrid and London...
...into a 110-woman collective housed in a new, two-story concrete building. The clatter of 60 gleaming sewing machines plays syncopated rhythm to the strains of Chinese music from the stereo and the gossipy talk of the workers. Liao Zhureng, 30, who manages the workshop, rarely needs to exhort the women since they are paid by the piece...