... time,” says Ann Crittenden, “it probably was.” (2) It’s the oldest contention in society, “That’s not fair.” Remember Adam and Eve’s two boys, Cain and Abel. They brought their offerings to God. For some reason, God accepted Abel’s offering ... real plot of the movie begins. Eight soldiers who survived the invasion are sent to rescue an American paratrooper named Ryan who was dropped behind enemy lines. “They go through harrowing experiences to find him, and when they find him several men ...
... her little independent bookstore out of business. “It wasn’t personal,” Hank’s explains, “it was just business.” Ryan protests and proclaims, “That just means it wasn’t personal to YOU! Whatever anything is, at the very least, ... redemption, and love. God’s kiss, the kiss of love that all good parents bestow upon their children, took the form of the Last Adam, Jesus the Christ. Kiss and tell. Jesus, the kiss of God to this world, “told all.” He preached and prayed, healed and held, ...
... success of Love Story. Oh, I did not relish the personal characterizations in the movie. As a Harvard grad myself, I realized that Ryan O’Neal little resembled the average Crimson hockey player. And suffice it to say that Ali McGraw has little affinity with the Radcliffe ... afraid of the tenderness that goes with psychological and spiritual nakedness than sexual relationships and physical nakedness. Indeed, whereas Adam and Eve wore the fig leaf to cover their private parts, we may well have moved it to ...
... The root of all of our problems we see today goes back to the rebellion against God's authority in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve had only one word of authority; that word was from God, and that word said this: "Do not eat of the forbidden fruit ... in charge here?" you can answer "God, and whomever or whatever He has placed in authority over me." [1] Vincent Ryan Ruggiero, Warning: Nonsense is Destroying America, p. 205. [2]Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Sixteenth Edition, p. 588. [3] Irwin lutzer, ...
... Lisa Beardsley-Hardy, the denomination’s director of education, said, “It’s almost an embarrassment to be celebrating 150 years.” Michael Ryan, a vice-president, said, “In one kind of way it really is a sad event.” Paul expected the immediate return ... him; the Sadducees challenged his theology, the Pharisees queried his motives, and the people called for Barabbas. Adamant, immutable, relentless, Jesus continued on his appointed course “to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight ...