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(Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners
his sermons were full of fire and brimstone
How To Use fire and brimstone In A Sentence
- Our curate is not a man to preach fire and brimstone or scold parishioners for their failings and sins. Huellas ...en la Parroquia
- We sometimes play with the idea of goofing off somewhere and not answering the phone, but it's like denying the voice of God and bringing down a whole bloody mountainside of fire and brimstone. Northlight
- This kind of fire and brimstone is usually reserved for authors who email attachments or mail CDs, things that show a lack of respect for the professional requirements of the magazine you’re submitting to. Rebel Tales «
- She was breathing fire and brimstone , ie was furiously angry.
- In his words, "the dark-suited preacher in rimless glasses spouting facts, fire and brimstone. David Walker, the prophet of deficit doom, and his sermon to save America
- A flip-down visor was useful if you encountered any of the really dire conditions Cravat sometimes vouchsafed — acid hail, flocks of kamikaze hat pin bugs, even moderate amounts of fire and brimstone in the solfatara lands. Perseus Spur
- But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- It's not going to pass by an overwhelming margin, and if you listen to CBC Radio, you'll hear the same kind of apoplectic and apocalyptic predictions of fire and brimstone from their collection of right-wing loons (not to be confused with the loonies, which are the one-dollar coins), but most Canadians are pretty mellow about issues that come under the category of live-and-let-live. June 2005
- According to Revelations 21: 8, adulterers and liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. Chris Kelly: God is My Doorman: Mark Sanford for Non-Christians
- Most famous of course is the classic heavy duty "fire and brimstone" text from Revelations: "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Old English gods and myths: Hell