Word: godly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jerry Falwell says God has a message for Caesar...
...newly arrived missionary sister in America at mid-century was warned by a friendly priest to "remain with God, the holy and just, as you are here in Sodom and Gomorrah." By 1902, however, Leo XIII was able to write to the American church in response to its fraternal greetings...
...past Dylan has gone out on a limb to make a point, but he has never done so with so little finesse. Granted, Dylan has a point to make, but never has he made it so painfully. We learn (1) "God doesn't make promises he don't keep," (2) "You've either got faith or unbelief and there ain't no neutral ground," and (3) "Jesus said be ready, for you know not the hour which I come." Dylan even stoops to a Barry Manilowesque "Babe, ask me how I feel and if my love is real" construction...
...Dylan is serious however, God may have humbled him. The man who didn't look back, who regretted nothing, the singer who was above us all, has been brought down from on high. Now he is a "little too blind to see." He tells us that God can reduce him to tears, that he can't make it by himself. But the funny thing is that however meek Dylan feels now, he still believes he's holier than we. In a very dogmatic cut, he asks, "When you going to wake up?" But he's not yelling at anyone specifically...
...long run the confluence of injustice and bloodshed could threaten the Marcos regime and lead to revolution. Jaime Cardinal Sin, the country's spiritual leader as Archbishop of Manila, has clearly indicated his fears for the future if democracy is not restored. "The greatest punishment that God could give any country is civil war." he said recently. "That's what I want to avoid-civil...