Sentences with phrase «as much authority»

Few cars can claim the «iconic» epithet with quite as much authority as the Porsche 911.

We now have 90 schools who have implemented school governance councils, which are akin to governing boards — not quite as much authority, because this district still hires and fires all the employees, but those school governance [councils] set the strategic plans.

Against new knowledge, as men gain new wisdoms from science and new power in the universe, there is no Lordship of Christ over all the ages, unless His voice can speak with as much authority affirming and defining now, and a thousand years from now, as it did in the market towns of Galilee, in the Temple at Jerusalem, and along the shore of the Sea of Tiberias.

He will continue to be ordained by the institution and will, if he is faithful to it, have as much authority as the institution he represents has; spiritual authority is as necessary to him as to ministers of every other type; he is not less under the authority of Scriptures or less representative of it than the preacher; but his relation to all these authorities is different.

There are even a number of «Protestant» churches that are led by self - proclaimed apostles who are thought to speak with just as much authority as the Catholic Pope.

But with God out of the picture, every human becomes a «godlet»» with as much authority to set standards as any other godlet or combination of godlets.

Except Jesus was just a talking head who pretended to be divine, his word has about as much authority as the drycleaner down the street, except that the drycleaner is actually wise.

A link on a local news site won't pass nearly as much authority or see nearly as much traffic as a link on a national publisher's site — but the latter is, of course, far more difficult to earn.

Not exact matches

But the punishment of the much - despised soldier has been delayed, thanks to comments by President Donald Trump — comments that, due to his authority as commander - in - chief, could end up letting Bergdahl go free.

As much as this example shows misguided behavior (my dad won't be offended), the research supports the notion that people are influenced by others they believe are authoritieAs much as this example shows misguided behavior (my dad won't be offended), the research supports the notion that people are influenced by others they believe are authoritieas this example shows misguided behavior (my dad won't be offended), the research supports the notion that people are influenced by others they believe are authorities.

The British Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally nixed 21st Century Fox's $ 26 billion takeover of media company Sky, saying it may not be in the public interest as it would put too much power in Rupert Murdoch's hands.

For example, their respect for authority may inhibit them from showing much, if any, personality in an interview and this can mislead hiring managers who take this as a sign of lack of interest or wrong cultural fit.

«This can give you a feeling of greater control, too, as you tackle the day's agenda — much as speakers establish authority by standing before their audience.»

Instead, the ad tells a powerful story that feels as much like a recruitment effort as anything else, leveraging the topic to communicate Verizon's authority in innovation - related fields while showcasing the important role that women can have in shaping the future of the industry and, in turn, the company.

This is a consequence of local authority zonings as much as anything, which effectively banish neighbourhood restaurants from a residential setting.

Shares in Philips dropped as much as 4.8 percent on Jan. 24 after the Dutch medical equipment maker missed fourth - quarter sales forecasts and said it expected investigations by U.S. authorities to have a significant impact on its defibrillator business.

Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said it will «likely» assess whether the deal could reduce competition and choice for shoppers, but Sainsbury's shares jumped as much as 21 percent in London.

The Chinese economy is slowing (worryingly, opinion differs as to how much), maintaining downward pressure on commodity prices, while Chinese stock prices continued to tumble in August in spite of huge intervention by the authorities.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberals» much - needed review of the Fraser Health Authority is barely progressing as hospital overcrowding and hallway medicine compound a superbug outbreak at Royal Columbian Hospital,» say the New Democrats.

We're speaking on the Financial Repression Authority (FRA), nobody is being as much financially repressed as the German population and that has political notifications.

The Japanese authorities slowed the very heavy intervention they had been undertaking in earlier months and the yen appreciated by as much as 8 per cent to 108 against the US dollar between end August and late October — its highest level for nearly three years — before weakening a little.

How is it that groups so widely condemned as heretical by Islamic authorities receive so much tacit support from the mainstream Muslim world?

They would be on much better intellectual and moral ground if they just allowed for the fact that yes, the religious Jews had Jesus killed so that they could protect their authority, but that as much to do with modern Jewish people as the Romans killing the Maccabees has to do with modern Italians — it's utterly irrelevant.

Such authorities are pretty much regarded as irrelevant either way, and their views add little of value to the positions of secular authorities.

The picture of the Church that emerged was distorted by this apologetic context — too much emphasis was being given to points that were disputed (the authority of the pope, for example) and not enough given to other important points (such as the nature of the local churches).

He was also acclaimed as an authority on Soviet law and spent much time in Russia during and after the Soviet Union.

The Bible has the same authority or bearing as much as the story of Santa and Alice in Wonderland etc..

When, in the great movement of modern liberalism, we demythologized the state and rejected most of the metaphysical foundations of politics, we gained much» but we also lost something, and one of the things we lost is any coherent theory about the nation's continuing authority to enact such metaphysically fitting punishments as the death penalty.

Every great empire depends as much on its cultural influence as on its political authority and military might.

Hence I want to claim the biblical heritage as a source of authority against what has happened to the modern world, including academic theology and much of the life of the church.

Jeshua, if that were the case then religious authorities wouldn't spend so much time trying to control information, trying to pass off their beliefs as scientific, or attempting to misinform the public on genuine scientific explanations that happen to contradict those beliefs.

An alien, an outsider who incurred the hate and fear of both the masses and the authorities, Jesus was executed because of who he was as much as for what he did.

For in the Old Covenant such as it appeared in history there was much that was right and willed by God, but there were also a great many errors, wrong developments and depraved ideas, while there was no permanent infallible authority to separate the two.

Your the authority on who America needs, Your comment makes as much sense as me saying America does nt need you for whatever reason I choose to pull out of my A...

The scientist as much as anyone else is dependent on the tradition of the scientific community, on its especial authority, responsibility and methods of going about its scientific tasks.

Rules that establish expectations and implement accountability are just as much about protecting one's platform to lead with transparency and authority, as they are about protecting one's marriage and personal values.

Thus, as Christians, we understand power and authority differently from that of much of the Western world.

So it seems like hero worship, ancient authority and much more are tempting items people keep using even as their religion supposedly changes or disappears.

Perhaps the kinds of studies that have been made of the art of administration, of the relations of policy and administration, of organization and management in other: spheres will be carried forward into the sphere of the Church and may show how much the pastoral director of our time, as pastoral preacher, teacher, counselor and leader of worship has also become the democratic pastoral administrator, that is to say, a man charged with the responsibility and given the authority to hold in balance, to invigorate and to maintain communication among a host of activities and their responsible leaders, all directed toward a common end.

I say this because no matter how successful, in an obvious way, such preaching may be, its principal value is that «the old - time religion» (thus conceived and proclaimed) provides for insecure and uncertain men and women an authority to which they may bow and thus be delivered, as they think, from too much victimization by the «changes and chances of this mortal life».

Whether you want to admit it or not, Naturalism (that is, a belief that nature is the highest authority, or the divine per se) has become just as much of a dogmatic religion as the religions which Naturalists rail against.

so we can all stop judging eachother and start encouraging others starting with our own family, the word does say that you and your household will be saved, but thats to much like work its easier to play christian around your church you belong to and play follow the leader and go around telling people that God loves them tell them all about how they are sinners you know the bit, an thats it go home and freak out on your famliy members because their not save like you maybe they are and you cant even tell because they do nt measure up to your churches standards even though God says we have all fallen short and that our rightousness is filthy rags, we need to stop useing the word of God as though we think we know what were doing, do you really think that when God said I will give you all authority He ment you?

He said that it is probable «that the world will live, if it does not destroy itself, for a long time in a state of semi-anarchy in which certain centers of authority, power, and prestige will mitigate the anarchy much as anarchy was mitigated in nineteenth century Europe by the balance of power.»

As we turn in the next chapter to consider the evangelical church's role in society, we will see that matters of a correct theological understanding of social ethics - one resting in Biblical authority - do not hinge so much on the issue of Biblical hermeneutics as they do on the matter of conflicting loyalties to ecclesiological traditionAs we turn in the next chapter to consider the evangelical church's role in society, we will see that matters of a correct theological understanding of social ethics - one resting in Biblical authority - do not hinge so much on the issue of Biblical hermeneutics as they do on the matter of conflicting loyalties to ecclesiological traditionas they do on the matter of conflicting loyalties to ecclesiological traditions.

What Sheehan describes is not so much a loss as a reconstruction of biblical authority.

First, Aristotle has in mind, under the heading of «witnesses» (martures) not narrators of things seen so much as moral authorities appealed to by the orator.

Israel, unlike the early Christian community, was a political State, and during much of its history its leaders had civil as well as religious authority.

The point is that the much - maligned structures of authority in the Church are as necessary to transmitting our faith as herdsmen are necessary to providing lamb chops.

[17] His emphasis on the authority of the episcopate was linked in his mind with the power of excommunication which he saw as «more solemn, and its effect much greater than that of merely separating the guilty individual from the intercourse of his brethren.»

They can talk amongst themselves as much as any group of people, but they are clearly undermining the Authority of the Military Chain of Command and should be dealt with accordingly for what they are actually doing as individuals.