Search Details

Word: gospels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...mean we're not permitted to talk about them. But our perspective must always be from the moral or ethical dimension. I reject out of hand that we have taken a leftward swing. What we are trying to do is focus on the teaching of the Gospel as we understand it, and to apply that teaching to the various social issues of the day. Our central theme is our respect for God's gift of life, our insistence that the human person has inherent value and dignity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bishops and the Bomb | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

Exegetes of the Bond canon can debate the weighty matter of which movie is gospel and which apocrypha. Octopussy is based on the title of an Ian Fleming novelette-like most Bond movies it makes only vagrant nods to the original plot-and is supervised by Albert ("Cubby") Broccoli, who has produced or co-produced all but one of the previous Bonds. Never Say Never Again, based on the original story for Thunderball, is produced by Jack Schwartzman, a lawyer and movie executive who acquired the rights after a complicated set of maneuvers. Schwartzman also managed to lure Connery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: James Bond Meets His Match | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

Which side are the voters inclined to believe? The answer, so far as it can be deduced from a Yankelovich, Skelly & White poll for TIME, is that troubled voters are skeptical about accepting either view as gospel, but on balance the results are worrisome for Republicans. While most voters still absolve Reagan of responsibility for the nation's economic distress, they are not so indulgent toward his party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing the Jobs Issue | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

...adhere to identical schedules and perform nearly identical activities. Six days a week they awaken at 4:30 a.m. and then spend three hours studying the Bible, proselytizing skills and the language of their mission country. From 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. they engage in teaching the gospel to anyone who is interested. Teaching continues until 9:00 p.m., when the missionaries eat dinner; by 10:30 p.m. they must be in bed, preferably asleep...

Author: By Deborah K. Holmes, | Title: Spreading the Faith | 10/1/1982 | See Source »

...explains, "If you're involved intimately in teaching people about your faith eight or ten hours a day, that is going to become an intensely spiritual experience." One letter he received from a missionary in the field expressed the conviction that it would be worthwhile to die for the gospel...

Author: By Deborah K. Holmes, | Title: Spreading the Faith | 10/1/1982 | See Source »

Previous | 268 | 269 | 270 | 271 | 272 | 273 | 274 | 275 | 276 | 277 | 278 | 279 | 280 | 281 | 282 | 283 | 284 | 285 | 286 | 287 | 288 | Next