Sentences with phrase «as challenges to authority»

It's hard to maintain unity when differences in theology are met with accusations of heresy, and challenges to certain interpretations of the Bible are dismissed as challenges to its authority.

When Cesare lands in northern Italy with a French army, Alexander is furious at what he sees as a challenge to his authority, but reluctantly accedes to Cesare's plan to destroy the Sforza dynasty.

Mistake # 6: Treat accidents as a challenge to your authority.

When Howe asked for his kids to be released to him, the deputy sheriff apparently took it as a challenge to his authority and, to make a long story short, handcuffed Howe and put him in the back of a law enforcement vehicle.

Look your interviewer in the eye, but don't engage in staring contests, which could be seen as a challenge to authority.

Many parents see a child's uncooperative behavior as a challenge to their authority.

Not exact matches

The BCC's revisions come as U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times reported a fresh legal challenge would be presented to Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday, calling into question whether the government has the requisite authority to leave the single market.

In this case, the «core» leader appellation «carries a warning not to question, let alone challenge, [Xi's] authority as the government navigates turbulent changes,» according to The Times.

In China, in particular, there was, «a perception of innovation as a challenge to the old order, a challenge to authority, and this might be seen to be in conflict with Chinese culture,» Hayes observed.

The Communist Party government has been traditionally sensitive to anything that could create unrest, such as strikes and other protests, and potentially lead to a challenge to its authority.

And it notes the European Central Bank's (ECB) report «Virtual Currency Schemes» (October 2012) worrying that «virtual currency schemes -LSB-...] could represent a challenge for public authorities, given the legal uncertainty surrounding these schemes, as they can be used by criminals, fraudsters and money launderers to perform their illegal activities.»

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- U.S. immigration authorities have detained a 23 - year - old Mexican man who was brought to the United States illegally as a child and given a work permit during the Obama administration, according to a lawsuit challenging the detention in Seattle federal court.

If you are not permitted to challenge the Bible, then you will have a very hard time challenging modern psych as well, for they both take on the very unquestionable personality of the same alleged authority.

As he grew older, he used the authority he had acquired to challenge those of his colleagues who believed that discussions of religion were beneath their dignity.

Whenever women challenge the spiritual authority of men, whether by claiming a new faith or interpreting the orthodoxies of establish faith, their views have been seen as a political challenge to male dominance.

, at its best, serves as a «showcase for scripture» in which «the authority of God places a direct challenge to the authority of the powers that be,» and in which the reading of scripture together in community is itself an act of worship.

But human authority always becomes inadequate as soon as people learn to challenge its pretensions.

All this indicates, of course, that respectful dissent should be viewed not as a disloyal challenge to authority but as a necessary valuable component of our growth in understanding.

just as we are willing to receive our message from an authority we do not challenge, so we should properly subordinate our methods.

The first challenge is to recover the moral element in the classic just war conception of sovereign authority: a conception of sovereignty as responsibility for the common good.

They may be challenged to reconsider their view of the authority of scripture as they learn how the biblical canon came into existence and the different literary genres it contains.

Traditionalists, like Harold Lindsell, have been quick to challenge such an approach, for it undercuts Biblical authority.14 But feminists as well, like Nancy Hardesty, are aware of the implications of this position and have sought alternate approaches:

The most that can be said for The Last Temptation is that Scorsese succeeds in giving us the gritty, sweaty feeling of a group of men following a gritty, sweaty leader as they band together to challenge authority.

The Faculty and Trustee Committee at Fuller Seminary, for example, which investigated Paul Jewett's book Man as Male and Female recognized Jewett's commitment to the full authority of Scripture, as well as his important contribution to a theology of women, even while it challenged his handling of the evidence.

«It matters to us as Christians as we look to our authorities particularly in these challenging times restrain evil.»

It is by holding out God's Word as the final authority that I have been able to challenge what I was taught about different things without feeling unstable in my faith.

Nevertheless, it seems to me as a Protestant outsider that, when one sets Newman in the context of his brothers, the conservative interpretation is surely strengthened: John, Charles, and Frank were all responding to the same challenges to authority; in juxtaposing them, it is clear that it was the paths of the other two brothers which represented that of private conscience and there seems no reasonable way to interpret Newman's move to Rome as anything other than a decisive rejection of such a move in all of its forms, even the moderately Christian.

Job 1 is to shoot with authority and challenge the keeper on as many chances as possible.

Difficult as this behavior may be to tolerate, it's actually a sign that he's learning to challenge authority and test the limits of his independence.

So instead of viewing their seemingly constant challenges as defiance or attempts to thwart authority, work to parent from a place of understanding that your strong - willed child is actually on a discovery mission and is doing endless «research» on you by testing and retesting and digging and chiseling to discover all of your quirks and foibles and ups and downs and strengths and weaknesses.

School food authorities, * or SFAs, are managing to serve healthier meals despite challenges, such as limitations in their existing kitchen equipment and infrastructure and in the knowledge and skills of food service staff.5 As of September 2013, USDA data confirm that 80 percent of schools reported meeting the standards.6 These changes are a huge step forward for child nutrition and, therefore, children's healtas limitations in their existing kitchen equipment and infrastructure and in the knowledge and skills of food service staff.5 As of September 2013, USDA data confirm that 80 percent of schools reported meeting the standards.6 These changes are a huge step forward for child nutrition and, therefore, children's healtAs of September 2013, USDA data confirm that 80 percent of schools reported meeting the standards.6 These changes are a huge step forward for child nutrition and, therefore, children's health.

The Kampala Capital City Authority has undertaken feasibility studies for a light rail system, cable cars and fly - overs as potential solutions to this challenge.

After all of the head - spinning votes, speeches, delays and challenges on the floor of the Erie County Legislature, lawmakers ultimately voted 10 - 1 to approve Democratic lawyer Mark Carney as the newest commissioner on the Erie County Water Authority.

Veronica Vanterpool, an authority board member who also leads the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy group, praised the proposed team as experienced and prepared to address the system's challenges.

However, Mr Bercow's first challenge will be to establish his authority over the House as disgruntled Tories have already begun making attacks.

They should now pause and reflect on how much money defending legal challenges in the High Court will cost, especially when, as academies, they will have no local authority to bail them out.»

You don't think the constitutionality of Federal Government's authority to repudiate could be challenged based on section 4 of the 14th Amendment (as Geithner suggested)?

«What would be a cause for concern is if this Bill was used by local authorities as a green light to intervene when they may not understand the challenges faced by a particular school, or may not have the capacity to offer the support needed.

President Mahama said he would also work with the university authorities to establish a chair, as an advisory body to government to know their challenges.

As of Monday, Chen told me (over breakfast in Soho) that he was prepared to drop his challenge — but only if Silver agreed to back his proposal for a «jury style lending authority.»

He has challenged the Professor to learn from Anas by presenting evidence to the relevant authorities such as the police.

After all of the head - spinning votes, speeches, delays and challenges on the floor of the Erie County Legislature, lawmakers ultimately voted 10 - 1 on Thursday to approve Democratic lawyer Mark Carney as the newest commissioner on the Erie County Water Authority.

Of course, heady positions such as those of Magu, Alli, Sagay and others who may want to question and challenge the authorities of the Senate promise to further divide the Senate and the Presidency.

«Government is working with various private sector authorities to tackle this major challenge with strategies that are intended to effect a change in our attitudes towards waste and filth as well as improve dramatically our methods of waste management.

As a signature initiative of the Buffalo Billion and a centerpiece of the New York Power Authority's workforce planning strategic initiative, the Workforce Training Center will help ensure a robust and diversified workforce of highly trained, skilled workers ready to meet the challenges of the 21st - century energy and advanced manufacturing industries.

I also do not believe it will be at all easy to change the leadership of Labour so soon after electing a new leader in such a short space of time - It shouldn't be discounted also that Corbyn could do very well as party leader in the next few years and stop dead in their tracks any attempts by his rivals within the party to challenge his authority.

In one example unique to the community around Purdue, fellows reported back on the challenges of engaging insular Amish communities in the event of a disease epidemic, noting that local authorities could reach Amish communities via institutions they already use, such as banks.

The workshop aimed to enable an exchange of experience on the opportunities and challenges that Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) poses in the daily operations of the Swedish health care, authorities involved in disease control, as -LSB-...]

December 5, 2017 • President Trump's authority to reduce two national land monuments in Utah now faces legal challenges, as his administration considers what to do with 25 other protected territories under review.

The DreamWorks comedy, based on Dav Pilkey's extremely popularized children's book series, marvelously boasts crisp and energizing CG animation to go along with a roguish tale of grade school pranksters as they challenge the patience of the bothersome authority figures that oversee their academic misery.