| 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...unedifying confusion arises, which is often felt rather to disturb than to aid devotion. If there is " no distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped ?" Except the congregation " utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known... | |
| 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 742
...juxtaposition of bane and antidote in this number at greater length. I shall conclude with simply asking, "if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" and also, whether it would not be advisable, before he assumes to direct the views of the public on... | |
| J. C. Ryle - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 236
...five points whkh I propose to bring before you, and I shall speak of them plainly and without reserve. "If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" (1 Cor. xiv. 8.) I. First and foremost, the times require of us a bold and unflinching maintenance... | |
| John J. Pitney, Jr. - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 260
...contrast, a complex link between means and ends will leave supporters without direction. As St. Paul asked, "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?"17 In 1993, President Clinton eloquently described a clear aim — universal medical coverage... | |
| David Deborah, Sathayananda Ji - 2004 - عدد الصفحات: 250
...shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 7. And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe...sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8. For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9. So likewise... | |
| John R. Rice - 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 32
...prophesying, or by doctrine? [If I don't say something you can understand, he says, why talk?] And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe...sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?" A child may pound on a piano, but one should play a tune. Just so, when you go to talk, it ought to... | |
| Don Harris - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 505
...tongues was that it was as a "trumpet that gives an uncertain sound." Paul asks in 1 Corinthians 14:8, "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" He goes on to say that unless the message is clear it has to take a lesser place in the list of gifts.... | |
| John W Chalfant - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 266
...policy that have led to her critically weakened military strength. CHAPTER EIGHT MILITARY VULNERABILITY For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 1 Corinthians 14:8 Parti Spiritual Blindness and America's Military Disarmament What tumultuous event... | |
| Merrill F. Unger - 2002 - عدد الصفحات: 186
...manifest in the early church by the illustration of the sounding of the trumpet as the signal for battle. "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? Just so you, unless with your tongue you give forth intelligent [eusemon, 'plain' or 'perspicuous']... | |
| Peter Steinfels - 2004 - عدد الصفحات: 454
...celibacy, will draw outstanding young men — so goes the theory, sometimes invoking Paul's admonition "If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" (1 Corinthians 14:8). It is true that a completely amorphous priesthood is unlikely to attract many... | |
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