The introduction to Deuteronomy recalled how Yahweh had given the land to the Israelites but then withdrew the gift when Israel showed fear and only Joshua and Caleb had trusted in God.

A poll by Gallup showed that a " significant majority " of Muslim Indonesians define the term to mean " sacrificing one's life for the sake of Islam / God / a just cause " or " fighting against the opponents of Islam ".

At first the Eastern Roman Emperor Michael II showed himself tolerant towards the image-worshippers, and their great champion, Theodore the Studite, wrote to him to exhort him " to unite us Church of Constantinople to the head of the Churches of God, Rome, and through it with the three Patriarchs " and to refer any doubtful points to the decision of Old Rome in accordance with ancient custom.

* NASCAR was hosted at Dover International Speedway, most drivers have special paint jobs with America flags for honor of the September 11 attacks, in God Bless the USA which was composed by Lee Greenwood, showed the aftermath of the World Trade Center in New York City.

John Ray developed an influential natural theology of rational order ; in his taxonomy, species were static and fixed, their adaptation and complexity designed by God, and varieties showed minor differences caused by local conditions.

In addition to the Hebrew Bible verses, the tree of life is symbolically described in the Book of Revelation as having curing properties: " the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city.

Born into an aristocratic Bengali Kayastha family of Calcutta, Swami Vivekananda showed an inclination towards spirituality and God realisation.

On January 4, 2012, Robertson reported that God had spoke to him and he " thinks He showed me the next president " but wouldn't name who it is.

With God's protection taken from him, Balaam is later listed amongst the Midianites who were killed in revenge for the " matter of Peor ", which is where Balaam showed King Balak how to trap the Israelites so that God might destroy them.

:" showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God "

The move was initially done by Ed Snider as a way to defray national tensions at the time of the Vietnam War: Snider noticed that people would regularly leave their seats and walk around during the anthem, but showed more respect and often sang along to " God Bless America ".

As Cranach wrote from his house to the grand-master Albert of Brandenburg at Königsberg to tell him of John Frederick's capture, he showed his attachment by saying, I cannot conceal from your Grace that we have been robbed of our dear prince, who from his youth upwards has been a true prince to us, but God will help him out of prison, for the Kaiser is bold enough to revive the Papacy, which God will certainly not allow.

Abraham, guided by God, showed the King the falsehood of his argument, but he continued to disbelieve and refused to accept Abraham's message.

This clearly showed Abraham that his son was as devoted to God as he was.

An eyewitness to the execution stated that de Molay showed no sign of fear, and told those present that God would avenge their deaths.

“ I turned towards God with total concentration and in a state of contemplation and vigilance that was perfect: God then showed me all of my future states, both internal and external, right through to the end of my days.

The obverse showed a left-facing bust of the new king with no value indication behind his head, and the inscription — Charles II by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland.

So Philo being thus affronted, went out, and said to those Jews who were about him, that they should be of good courage, since Gaius's words indeed showed anger at them, but in reality had already set God against himself.

Sukarno on the other hand wanted to use the Japanese to free Indonesia: " The Lord be praised, God showed me the way ; in that valley of the Ngarai I said: Yes, Independent Indonesia can only be achieved with Dai Nippon ... For the first time in all my life, I saw myself in the mirror of Asia.

The obverse showed a fine right-facing bust of the king wearing a laurel wreath ( amended several times during the reign ), surrounded by the legend (" Charles II by the grace of God "), while the reverse showed four crowned cruciform shields bearing the arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, between which were four sceptres, and in the centre were four interlinked " C " s, surrounded by the inscription (" Of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King ").

He showed strong affinity for poetics and reasoning, composing hymns and singing them in praise of God.

During the decade that followed, the common man, as that piece put it, grew uncomfortable as the Voice of God and fled from behind Saint Woodrow ( Wilson ) only to learn from Science, to his shocked relief that after all there was no God he had to speak for and that he was just an animal anyhow -- that there was a chemical formula for him, and that too much couldn't be expected of him.

Ebby Thacher, Wilson's former drinking buddy and a Grouper who followed the evangelical bent and sought out other alcoholics, presented himself to Wilson telling him he had " got religion " and was sober, and that Wilson could do the same if he set aside objections to religion and formed, instead, a personal idea of God, " another power " or " higher power ".

At the hospital in a state of despair Wilson experienced a bright flash of light which he felt to be God revealing himself.

In this desire to seek to establish Biblical truth and test out orthodox Christian beliefs through independent scriptural study he was not alone and, amongst other churches, he also had links with Adventist movement and with Benjamin Wilson ( who later set up the Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith in the 1860s ).

John Francis Wilson thinks it possible to have been a pagan bronze statue whose true identity had been forgotten ; some have thought it to be Aesculapius, the God of healing, but the description of the standing figure and the woman kneeling in supplication is precisely that found on coins depicting the bearded emperor Hadrian reaching out to a female figure symbolizing a province kneeling before him.

With the universal success of " Good Vibrations ", Capitol Records had no choice but to back Wilson up for his next project, originally called Dumb Angel but soon re-titled SMiLE, which collaborator Van Dyke Parks would describe as a " teenage symphony to God ".

* Making God Smile: An Artists ' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson Various Artists, 2002 album

* Making God Smile: An Artists ' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson tribute album, 2002

* 2002 Making God Smile: An Artists ' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson a tribute to Brian Wilson

Wilson said he stood before God in heaven and had seen many of his ancestors engaged in their favorite pastimes.

Wilson said that God gave him powers over the weather and that he would be the deputy in charge of affairs in the western United States, leaving current President Harrison as God's deputy in the East.

Jack Wilson claimed to have left the presence of God convinced that if every Indian in the West danced the new dance to " hasten the event ", all evil in the world would be swept away, leaving a renewed Earth filled with food, love, and faith.

* 1988: Anthony Burgess, Little Wilson and Big God

Outside of Spector's own songs, the most recognizable example of the " Wall of Sound " is heard on many classic hits recorded by The Beach Boys ( e. g., " God Only Knows ", " Wouldn't It Be Nice " — and especially, the psychedelic " pocket symphony " of " Good Vibrations "), for which Brian Wilson used a similar recording technique, especially during the Pet Sounds and Smile eras of the band.

At that time the young Wilson vowed to somehow serve God as an adult in some ministry capacity.

The Church of the Blessed Hope held to the beliefs shared by Benjamin Wilson, and the Church of God General Conference expanded their belief system to embrace doctrines ( e. g. the existence of a personal devil ) previously not held by the group Wilson helped co-found.

The name " Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith ", suggested by Benjamin Wilson, was chosen.

Powell, H. Littek, E. Henry, Emerson Wilson, and H. Griffin, felt that they had received more light from God concerning the original eschatology of the movement.

Wilson performed lead vocals on a number of notable songs by The Beach Boys, including " Good Vibrations " and " God Only Knows ".

Addressing an idol, Abu Bakr said " O my God, I am in need of beautiful clothes ; bestow them on me ".

In Gothic architecture, light was considered the most beautiful revelation of God.

He opposes the wearing of garlands, because the picking of the flowers ultimately kills a beautiful creation of God, and the garland resembles the crown of thorns.

He goes on, in subsequent Critiques and other works, to demonstrate his model for the proper use of concepts like “ God ” “ the Good ,” and “ the beautiful ,” effecting the most radical re-evaluation of these ideas since Plato, and changing forever the course of western philosophy.

God suffers just as those who experience oppression and God seeks to actualize all positive and beautiful potentials.

The Qur ' an refers to the Names of God as God's " most beautiful Names " ( Arabic: ) ( see the following sura, Al-A ' raf, Al-Isra, Ta-Ha, Al-Hashr ).

The first proposal for a Brazilian national park aimed at providing a pristine environment to " future generations ", just as " it had been created by God " and endowed with " all possible preservation, from the beautiful to the sublime, from the picturesque to the awesome " and " an unmatched flora " located in the " magnificent Iguaçú waterfalls ".

Also known as " Queen of the stars ", she is said to be too beautiful for words ; within her face radiates the light of Ilúvatar ( God ).

As for his philosophical convictions, we have an interesting, probably authentic fragment of one of his writings ( On sacrifices ) where he expresses his view that God, who is the most beautiful being, cannot be influenced by prayers or sacrifices and has no wish to be worshipped by humans, but can be reached by a spiritual procedure involving nous ( intellect ), because he himself is pure nous and nous is also the greatest faculty of humankind.

He understood the ability of music to get behind people's gates, to draw them in with a beautiful melody and good words, to make people drop their defensive position to the gospel — even if for a short time — and allow God to speak to them in that moment .... Norman's songs sought to have a relevance to life on the street, establishing a rapport with the musical and social culture around him, and leading his listeners to look to Jesus for the answers in their search for meaning.

Yes, and as I look into the future of this great valley I can see temples — I can see beautiful temples erected to the name of the living God where holy labors may be carried on in his name through generations to come.

After the celebratory tone of Christ's reception into heaven, marked by the choir's D major acclamation " Let all the angels of God worship him ", the " Whitsun " section proceeds through a series of contrasting moods — serene and pastoral in " How beautiful are the feet ", theatrically operatic in " Why do the nations so furiously rage "— towards the Part II culmination of " Hallelujah ".

Beecher referred to him as "... the most beautiful thing I had ever seen ... a young Greek God ".

One day Rufus asked: " Which is the more beautiful — God ’ s work or man ’ s?

" Charles Kingsley called him " the most beautiful human soul whom God has ever allowed me to meet with.

They affirm that this revision de-emphasises the central Catholic doctrines that the Mass is a true sacrifice and that the bread and wine are changed through transubstantiation into the body and blood of Jesus Christ, that it has been stripped of important prayers, that it is centered on the congregation rather than on God, that it is less beautiful and spiritually edifying, and that it omits certain Bible readings that mention subjects such as hell, miracles, and sin.

He admired a beautiful woman as he admired every other beautiful thing God has given us ; and his delight over one was as keen, as boyish, as grateful over any others.

" And you shall take on the 1-st day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God 7 days!

For, in truth, when released from these corporeal chains ' we shall see God as He is ' ( 1 John 3. 2 ), we shall understand perfectly by how close and beautiful a bond divine mercy and justice are united ; but as long as we are on earth, weighed down by this mortal mass which blunts the soul, let us hold most firmly that, in accordance with Catholic teaching, there is " one God, one faith, one baptism " ( Eph.

It begins like this, " Once upon a time there was a man who as a child had heard that beautiful story of how God tempted Abraham and of how Abraham withstood the temptation, kept the faith, and, contrary to expectation, got a son a second time.

Thus, God inwardly encourages us to choose the good, the true and the beautiful — we are not agents of our own good decision making, but rather we choose that which God has already chosen for us.