Sentences with phrase «also stand against»

To take a stand means that you also stand against something.

If the family does stand as a necessary check on the state, as Russell and I both think it should, it does so because it first has a place in an institution that also stands against the state — the church.

Not exact matches

Additionally, they noted that those who were more likely to push back against their superiors as children «also have higher levels of willingness to stand up for their own interests and aims, a characteristic that leads to more favorable individual outcomes — in our case, income.»

He's also stuck his neck out on LGBTQ issues, pushing fellow business leaders to take a stand against laws in the state of Indiana that critics say discriminate against gay and transgender people.

Koum also signaled years ago that he would take a stand against Facebook if the company's push to increase its profits demanded radical changes in the way WhatsApp operates.

Not only is this inexpensive laptop stand better for posture by raising your screen closer to eye level, it also fights against overheating and accidental spills.

Managed care could also stand to benefit from any change to drug pricing, making it a potentially attractive hedge against risks to biotech and pharmaceuticals.

Whether or not it will be able to stand up against the likes of Fifty Shades of Grey or Kingsman: The Secret Service in its second week is another question entirely, but also one that will have a much clearer answer in about seven days.

Cable ratings for Sunday have yet to be released, so it remains to be seen if HBO's massively popular series Game of Thrones was able to stand up against the NBA's season - ender, though it is also possible that last night's very poorly - timed outage for HBO Now — the premium cable channel's paid streaming service — could have sent at least some viewers over to ABC for the end of the Cavaliers - Warriors match - up.

Indeed, that attitude explains how, nearly seven years after their fateful game of catch, the former dorm mates — RAM not only stands for «Randy and Mike» but also is the nickname (Rams) of sports teams at Colorado State University, their alma mater — have built a $ 4.6 - million company that competes against the likes of Wilson, Spalding, and Nike.

But it didn't stand up to the Apple Watch in terms of what it could do; at $ 249.99 for the base model, it also came up against it in price.

One of the goals of the revival was to pray for justice issues but also take a stand against what the organizers see as an unbiblical rise in American nationalism among Christians, especially since the election of President Trump.

Wouldn't it have been wonderful if in the last two months we were constantly engaging with the Muslims of our community, clearly expressing our differences theologically, but also standing with them against injustice?

He also stands trial in several other cases, including charges of leaking secrets to Qatar, conspiring with the Palestinian militant group Hamas to destabilize Egypt, and organizing a jailbreak during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak...

He often echoes King's attitude that this generation not only must stand against the vitriolic words and violent actions of the bad people, but also must rebuke the appalling silence and indifference of the so - called good people who enable social stagnation.

He stood alone, not only against the state but against the people also.

Jesus also say in Matthew «And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.»

The infusion of historical relativity into the orders can also break their linkage to an ethical conservatism that finds it necessary to stand against every revolutionary development, thus denying the freedom of God to do any new thing in the world.

It is also time for us to stand hand in hand with the Muslim community against those who aim to destroy our religions.

Adnama Satan uses external circumstances to direct our steps he knows that if we walk according to the flesh we come under his authority for the flesh is weak and he manipulates by keeping christians in bondage to sin through lust or whatever sin the christian is weak in.He can also fire into our minds evil thoughts to make us feel condemned or guilty these are fiery darts they are not ours and we need to stand on the word to rebuke them by faith.If we have given our lives to Christ then we belong to Christ so if we walk in accordance to the spirit the enemy has not power to effect us either internally or externally that is not to say that he can not manipulate situations and circumstances to his advantage that is why we need to be alert and pray against the work that he does we are in a spiritual battle but we have overcome in Christ so fear not brentnz

I believe that we have established that there are definitely times when it is needed for us humans to take a stand against one another and our destructive suvivalists and hedonistic impulses; and it is also needed that we give each other grace and stand back to allow each other to believe and act as we wish.

THEY will also have to stand up against their bretheren and say STOP, this is NOT Islam.

Also, if you recall from your history course, since the crusades, christians have alway's stood firm against those that oppose their ways.

It also was very nice, but did not do what I asked him and so when the economy fell and the political flood rose, and the media winds blew and beat against his house, I stood back and watched is fall with a grin on my face.

But we also shouldn't let our faith become primarily defined by the things we stand against.

Also, even though they know who the abusers are, having seen what happens to those who risk standing up, speaking out and working against the wrong, they'd rather just clam up.

Martin not only is satan defeated but also that the Gates of hell shall not stand against Gods people that means that we can go into satans domain and take from him those he has taken captive that is a complete reversal of what he has done to us that is awesome brent

I would give my life for any homosexual man or women — I would gladly give my life in exchange for theirs if it come to the crunch but I still speak out against the sin of homosexuality... What you must understand is that it is a judgment of God when a nation turns away from God — The whole world is turning away from God and we need to stand against the teaching of the world... it is also a sign of the times as spoken of in timothy 1 and 2.

And while there's certainly a danger in being overly sensitive to differing opinions, there is also a risk in not being willing to stand up against the perpetrators of actual injustices.

lol, yes clay i am an atheist... i created the sun whorshipping thing to have argument against religion from a religious stand point... however, the sun makes more sense then something you can't see or feel — the sun also gives free energy... your god once did that for the jews, my gives it to the human race as well as everything else on the planet, fuk even the planet is nothing without the sun... but back to your point — yes it is very hypocritical of me, AND thats the point, every religious person i have ever met has and on a constant basis broken the tenets of there faith without regard for there souls — it seems to only be the person's conscience that dictates what is right and wrong... the belief in a god figure is just because its tradition to and plus every else believes so its always to be part of the group instead of an outsider — that is sadly human nature to be part of the group.

So like Elijah on the mountain the people of God need to stand against Rommey also.

They also stood as condemnation against all illusions and pretensions that it was possible to live the Christian life without constant forgiveness or to live it in full perfection.

Honest question # 2 — If many Christians will applaud a fellow Christian who stands up against or speaks out against what they view as the harmful actions and / or bad policies of their government or the company they work for...... why will they not also applaud their former fellow Christian who leaves Christianity and speaks out against what they view as the harmful actions and / or bad policies of the God they once worshiped?

He was also the first to take a stand against the anti-Semitic laws from April 1933 to 3 April.

And it was for a good cause, I just won a bet against that red guy standing over there with the pitchfork... I also just saved a lot of money on my car insurance.

In more voluminous and also widely read writings Lamennais presented a fresh apologetic for the Christian faith as against eighteenth - century rationalism, criticized Gallicanism (the traditional belittling of Papal authority in the French Church), and stood for the Papacy as a safeguard of the faith.

In 1994, the Court not only allowed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statutes to be applied against anti-abortion demonstrators, putting them in the same category with mobsters, but also allowed to stand a Florida law restricting the speech of pro-life, but not pro-choice, demonstrators in the vicinity of abortion clinics.

It can also be the basis of a powerful witness to all humanity for improving the lives of our fellow human beings and for standing against the immoralities and idolatries that harm and degrade us.

But it stands to reason that if God «so loves the world» in its rebellion against Him, that He might also love the leader of that rebellion.

As the elder Bartlett spoke out against the draft and against any form of universal military training, he also took a stand against Senator McCarthy and his anti-communist activities.

True justice would be Bryan accepting this beatdown from Owens and Zayn as part of a long - con to get Shane into the ring so that Bryan could lay hands on the guy who has made his job significantly harder for months and months, and the crowd realizing through Bryan's actions that yes, it is Shane O'Mac who is in the wrong and is the bad guy, and Bryan, Owens, and Zayn deserve to be cheered for standing up against the injustices of their patronizingly paternal corporate overlord, but I'm also not going to hold my breath on the Right Story being told here.

By adopting a hard attitude the club would be making a stand against player power and also ensure they would get good offers from abroad.

It has also emerged that Wenger instructed his charges to stand their ground against the Chelsea players and this they did well except for those two slips that proved so costly.

We need a tall rough strong mobile central defender some one to stand strong against the bullies that can repel long balls at set pieces we need also a striker that will turn every opportunity to goals galore right back and left back and wingers but essentially a good defender and a good striker

Against City to stand half a chance you need everything you have to be in place and ready to go and you also need some luck with referee decisions (and ricochets) to go your way.

While their league standing and recent form were obviously against him, he also endured a tense relationship with club President Silvio Berlusconi.

I also said that his ideal time to have stood down was after the FA cup win against Chelsea.

I am also against Gibbs same play creates nowt, you watch his game not once does he get in to tackle stands off so player gets in cross.

We showed that game that we have some grit to stand up against physical sides, but what also worked for us that day was Tott believing everything people were saying after Madrid.

But the atmosphere around a fight l'd say also determines how it stands against other great matches.