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Afflicting the comfortable: Different philosophies of "prophetic ministry" 11.17.07
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Afflicting the comfortable: Different philosophies of "prophetic ministry" 11.17.07
Philocrites: Christine Robinson reports on Consultation on Growth. 2007
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Afflicting the comfortable is clearly the sacrificial side of things.
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“Afflicting as an interview must be in our present circumstances,” said he, I cannot bear the thought of quitting the world without seeing her once again; yet I know not how to ask her to encounter, for my sake, the misery of a parting scene.
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Afflicting, therefore, and much tormenting myself, I tried them all.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Afflicting all foes in battle, he will singly sweep the field, like Pinaka, -- bearing God himself in rage on the occasion of the universal dissolution.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Afflicting Arjuna with their shafts like hunters afflicting an elephant with burning brands, those heroes, with outstretched bow, seemed to dance, O Bharata, (on their cars).
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Afflicting each other with blazing shafts that constituted their rays, those terrifiers of the world stood like two planets both deviating from their orbits.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Afflicting the ranks of the enemy at the head of his own large force, he will consume the Panchalas like fire consuming
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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