That mighty Being, who heaped up these craggy rocks, and reared these stupendous mountains, and poured out these streams in all directions, and scattered immortal beings throughout these deserts - He is present, by the influence of his Holy Spirit, and accompanies the sound of the gospel with converting, sanctifying power.
Al Qaeda's vision of global jihad doesn't resonate in the rugged highlands and windswept deserts of southern Afghanistan. Instead, the major concern throughout much of the country is intensely local: personal safety.
The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.
The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren't able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.
From the depths of the Pacific to the deserts of Iraq, more than a million American soldiers, Airmen, midshipmen, and Marines have laid down their lives for their friends, their families and our nation.
I'm sure that there are places in the deserts in Australia that could be similar to where we might want to go on Mars.
It appears that the human genome does indeed contain deserts, or large, gene-poor regions.
The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.
