Sentences with phrase «became witnesses against»

Rather than providing a distinctive Christian voice within a pluralistic democracy, Hauerwas and the new traditionalists became witnesses against it.

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He created a world that bears witness to His glory (Psalm 19:1 - 6), and when humanity sinfully rebelled against His purpose, He chose Israel to be instructed by word and deed in the ways of covenant fidelity in order to become a light to all the nations (Genesis 12:1 - 3; Deuteronomy 4:1 - 8).

«The first community, in order to affirm that Jesus was more than one of the prophets — that his authority had a certain finality or absoluteness about it not found in others — had few options left to it but to tell the story of Jesus in such a way that his authority would become apparent and would confront other hearers, as it had confronted those who had witnessed it, with the necessity to make up their minds — to declare themselves for or against Jesus.»

Soren Kierkegaard's critical witness against «Christendom» in mid-nineteenth century Europe was coterminous with what Sydney Mead identified as the point at which Christianity and Americanism became merged into a unified sort of spirituality.

Witness, for example, what becomes of the Golden Rule when Matthew Hale, leader of the World Church of the Creator, says that whatever is for the white race is good and whatever is against the white race is evil, is sin.

More recently we've witnessed relegated Wigan Athletic beating mega-wealthy Manchester City against all the odds in the 2013 final, League One outfit Bradford City recovering from a 2 - 0 deficit to defeat Premier League leaders Chelsea 4 - 2 at Stamford Bridge in 2015 and just last February Lincoln City shocking Premier League Burnley to become the first non-league club since 1914 to reach the cup quarter - finals.

Dozens of witnesses testified for and against a same - sex marriage bill before a committee of the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis on Friday as the bill's sponsors cautioned supporters not to become complacent.

The alleged arrangement, which has become the heart of the corruption case against Mr. Silver, came into focus at his trial on Wednesday, as Dr. Robert N. Taub of Columbia University testified in federal court in Manhattan as a government witness.

No one from Glenwood has been charged with any wrongdoing and the complaint against Skelos indicated the top executive has since become a cooperating witness who is helping the federal investigation.

The Fifth Amendment says that nobody may be «compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,» which has become known as the right to avoid self - incrimination.

This, in turn, becomes a hostage situation as they're locked in a green room, and with the help of insider Amber (Imogen Poots), they try and protect themselves against a group of white supremacists, led by a man named Darcy (Patrick Stewart), who want to kill them to wipe away any witnesses to their crime.

Spooky CIA Conspiracy Art Is Actually True — Anyone dubious about Garrett Pruter's installation at Armory Week's Spring Break outlining the CIA's alleged 1953 murder of Frank Olson, a scientist who became unsettled by the government's secret biological - warfare atrocities he witnessed in Project Artichoke, should check out this article about a new lawsuit that Olson's family has filed against the CIA.

Represented South Africa at the Venice Biennale 1959 Solo exhibition of woodcuts at Wittenborn Gallery, New York Represented SA Touring exhibition, South and North America Painting and Sculpture, National Arts Club, New York Represented South Africa at Sao Paulo Biennale Represented on The National Arts Club International Exhibition of painting and sculpture, New York 1960 Represented South Africa at Ljubljana, Yugoslavia International graphic exhibition Exhibition of incised woodblock paintings at the Egon Guenther Gallery, Johannesburg 1961 Large mural, the Apocalypse, in Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church Motsethabong, Welkom, Orange Free State Represented South Africa at Sao Paulo Biennale Made Stations of the Cross for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Rivonia, Sandton 1962 Guest Artist of the year at the Transvaal Academy Exhibition of Rock Faces, Egon Guenther Gallery, Johannesburg Designed tapestry St. Anne, woven by Marguerite Stephens, and carved the Stations of the Cross for St. Anne's Anglican Church, Piggs Peak, Swaziland 1963 Appointed President of South African Council of Artists in succession to Walter Battiss Principal witness against State at the Harold Ruben blasphemy trial Represented South Africa at International Conference of Plastic Arts at UNESCO, New York Became founder member of the Amadlozi Group consisting of Eduardo Villa, Sydney Kumalo, Cecily Sash and Guiseppo Cattaneo.

I suppose that you would refuse to witness against Mann, if the issue becomes whether he stonewalled the inquiries, or about the other specifics of Climategate.

Three witnesses, who identified the defendant as the gunman, claimed to be in fear for their lives if it became known that they had given evidence against the defendant.

When Maureen Armstrong became general counsel at York University in July 2014, one of her first challenges was a $ 20.5 - million lawsuit brought against York by eight students — two who were accidentally shot in the university food court in March 2014 and six others who witnessed the incident.

Three witnesses (the only witnesses in the case who had identified the appellant as the gunman) claimed that they were in fear for their lives if it became known that they had given evidence against Davis.

These findings are also in line with other studies that have shown that chronic caregiver stress in the postpartum and early childhood period has been associated with persistent wheeze in early childhood4 as well as factors that may initiate or potentiate inflammation in the lung (eg, IgE expression, enhanced nonspecific and allergen - specific lymphocyte proliferation, differential cytokine expression).5, 7 Both persistent wheeze and atopy have been linked to reduced lung function in childhood.49 This cumulative stress model is particularly relevant given that maternal IPV may become a more direct stressor for toddlers who are witnessing violence against their mothers.50

it is only appropriate that it become the first metric against which to judge the expert witnessing of scientists and professionals.»