Word: gospels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, immoral persons, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted" (italics added). That...
...next passage refers to the Gospel. "The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I [Paul] am the foremost of sinners; but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life." Though one's sins can be washed away with belief in Christ, we are not given license to sin by this fact...
...Elmo." Yes, the furry red symbol of this past holiday season had, in the mind of the festival's copy writers, come beyond his "Sesame Street" roots to the point where he was something to contrast with his colleagues, like (as the description continues) "a jazz orchestra to a gospel choir...
...Other teams had to double- and triple-team Reggie," says Favre. "He also totally transformed the locker room." White's influence is not unlike that of Willie Stargell on the "We Are Fam-a-lee" Pittsburgh Pirates, except that the sounds in the clubhouse aren't disco but gospel. The other day, Favre took a ribbing from White after he asked if the gospel chorus some Packers were singing in the shower was Lighter Fluid. (It was Whiter Blood...
...punctuated the applause that followed as some 250,000 people withstood near-freezing temperatures on the Mall to witness this celebration of American self-government. Though this Inauguration was a smaller, less lavish affair than Clinton's Hollywood-style blowout in 1993, the crowd seemed jubilant, buoyed by the gospel choir, Jessye Norman's powerful rendition of "America the Beautiful," and the verse of Arkansas poet Miller Williams. During the day that is set aside every four years to celebrate Democracy's peaceful transition of power, tensions that have plagued Washington momentarily disappeared. Speaker Gingrich led a delegation...