Sentences with phrase «by devout»

Virginia didn't adopt the Common Core standards in part because it was already happy with its Standards of Learning, written by devout Hirschites in the 1990s.

Sebastian and Julia are rebels — he's a «sodomite» who listens to jazz records, she bobs her hair and smokes cigarettes — but they're also committed Catholics, indoctrinated since childhood by their devout, gracious, but domineering mother, Lady Marchmain (Emma Thompson).

Lurching into a Christian charity shop managed by a devout middle - class woman, Hannah (Olivia Colman), he initially curses her for slumming in his impoverished neighborhood in the Northern city where they live.

Supported by a devout following, ChristianMingle is among the best Christian dating sites for singles of all orientations, denominations, and backgrounds.

The rigours undertaken by devout Muslims inspire respect for Islam among people of all faiths and this can bring hope of greater understanding for good will.

The fast during the month of Ramadan is only observed by devout people.

So the Recess spoke of a further German Diet at which a «Christian reformation by devout and peace loving men» would be discussed.

His starting point is his discovery of the manuscript of a brief early history of the Movement, entitled Revival of Primitive Doctrine and written in 1840 by a devout and intelligent lay disciple of Newman's called S.F.Wood (the text is published here in an appendix for the first time).

If the hospital could prove that it was ONLY staffed by devout Catholics, and that no one who ever had or ever would work there believed in or agreed with contraceptives, and you accepted 0 Government dollars in support, you were purely a church run facility, then you could ignore the law, and anyone who works there should know what they're getting into.

then were were adopted by devout muslims, would still be a evangelist or baptist?

The university is better served by an agnostic who wants the university to be Christian than by a devout believer who does not.

On 26 February 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed for the «FIRST» time, killing 6 and injuring 1,042 by DEVOUT MUSLIM FOLLOWERS of ISLAM!

On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed, killing 259 people on board and 11 on the ground by DEVOUT MUSLIM FOLLOWERS of ISLAM!

A myth he defined as a story wholly created by devout imagination on the basis of an original idea.

Barracks were blown up and destroyed, killing 241 Marines by DEVOUT MUSLIM FOLLOWERS of ISLAM!

On 4 November 1979, the US Embassy in Iran was taken over and 66 Hostages were held captive for 444 Days by DEVOUT MUSLIM FOLLOWERS of ISLAM!

On 12 October 2000, the U.S.S. Cole was blown up killing 17 US Sailors by DEVOUT MUSLIM FOLLOWERS of ISLAM!

The faith of Islam, and the consequences of that faith, are described in this book by devout Muslim scholars.

Much energy has been wasted in speculating whether the writer here conceives of an actual person associated with God before the world was and how such heresy could ever have been expressed by a devout Jew.

I'm not sure why the Muppet have a dog in this race - you hook your product up with a company run by devout blue - law Christians, and this is what you expect to get, right?

The interpretation of the meaning of concepts, acts, and behavior given by devout individuals or groups may or may not agree with the findings of the historian, psychologist, or sociologist.

The tomb where the disciples had laid the Lord's body found empty, along with the reports of His appearances after His burial, especially at His ascension, are eyewitness accounts and actual evidence for His resurrection given by His devout followers.

Funny, I heard a lecture by a devout Christian theologian who explained at length that God does not exist.

Raised by a devout Christian mother and a staunch atheist father, Jan followed in his father's footsteps, and spent his entire life looking down on organized religion.

Not exact matches

On a personal level, Pence and his wife, Karen, who are both devout evangelical Christians who have advocated for conservative «family values» for decades, were shocked and disturbed by the video.

Though he doesn't have tons of extra time, he's a huge music fan, Ironman athlete, devout father to three boys, amazing skier, small wave surfer, dog lover, philanthropic organizer, and fortunate to have a wonderful lady by his side every day.

He's a devout market historian, old school market technician and fundamental analyst who uncovers ripe trading and investment opportunities by zeroing in on securities in which all three disciplines lineup.

Hey history student drop outs, the season is and always was a pagan holiday until your most holy and devout Constantine tried to unify his empire by fusing Christ to a pagan holiday.

@truth If you live in one of the more devout bible belt states you would find many of the state laws are greatly influenced by the religious beliefs that are prevelant.

Bach is amazingly industrious, callously overworked, venerated by connoisseurs, desired as a teacher, devoted to his sons (there is almost nothing known about his relationship with his daughters), publicly hot - tempered, professionally ambitious, entrepreneurial, and religiously devout.

This has caused him to be reviled and chastised by members of his family which are devout Southern churchgoers at a time when he needs the most moral support, as he is trying to turn his luck around through smart, hard work and to do right by his wife and children.

I am a catholic but I wouldn't classify myself as «devout» by any means.

I'm sure a devout follower would gladly give support to his / her church without being asked, but by making it policy that you HAVE to?

Im a devout christian and if you are you should know by now that Christ said his followers would be disowned by the world

Sara Hurwitz, a learned and devout Orthodox Jewish woman was conferred the new title of MaHaRa'T, an acronym for Manhigah Hilkhatit, Ruhanit, Toranit (for a halakhic spiritual and Torah leader) by Rabbi Avi Weiss, senior rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale.

They were righteous, devout and profoundly shaped by a story that was yet to be completed.

In a statement released by the FCO, his family said: «We are all deeply saddened by the loss of Ian, a loving father, husband, and devout Christian, who dedicated much of his life in the service of others.

ICHurch has incorporated science, but science is small window of reality infact the first vaccine to fight plague and other diseases was by catholic priest lousi Pastuer, infact the whole scientific philosophy of science was postulated Rene Descartes another devout catholic.

and second, the approach to God by way of animal offerings had been so central in Judaism that, while the sacrifices were always accompanied by supplications, they had competed with personal prayer, had furnished for many people a public substitute for it, so that when the bloody altars were gone a devout rabbi could mingle his exaltation of private communion with the lament «We have nothing to bring but prayer.»

Lest it appear that this book proposes to substitute piety and devout words for action, let it be said at once that only by a great deal of determined action can even a minor dent be made on the evils just mentioned.

The disciples were devout Jews, trained not only in the ritual of their faith but in the more mystical fellowship that could say, «The nearness of God is my good,» (Psalm 73:28 as translated by J. M. Powis Smith in The Religion of the Psalms, p. 152) and

You'd be hard pressed to find a single bit of modern scientific knowledge that wasn't discovered, or heavily influenced by, the work of devout Christians.

«Indeed, by some conventional measures religiously affiliated Americans are, on average, even more devout than they were a few years ago.»

They will now be applauded by their peers as the most faithful, the most devout, the most righteous.

One of Mottahedeh's characters, a devout Muslim who had studied many years in the sacred city of Qom, thought to resolve the dilemma of Islam's minority status by proposing to himself that there were in fact many different «Muslim» systems of thought in the world.

In the Philippines, Bert Cacayan describes how his devout mother was «converted» to human rights activism by the church's teachings:

Poor Rush, he is a devout puritanical Old Testament Christian (Puritans believed how prosperous you were determined your standing with God) While the new Pope is teaching from New Testament principles spoken by Christ in Mathew, Mark, Luke and John.

He is still a devout Catholic, he says, who stands by his priestly vows.

But by that definition nobody has free will, not even the devout.

The dominant interpretation, derived from Franco - German scholarship of the nineteenth century, emphasized material aspects: political contest and domination in the Near East; the social structures of the Levantine crusader principalities viewed, especially by Francophone scholars, through the lens of modern colonialism; cultural confrontation and exchange through settlement and trade, a topos made familiar by eighteenth - century Enlightenment writers seeking to integrate the Crusades into a narrative of European progress; military adventurism that exposed the mentality of crusaders — heroic, passionate, devout, or misguided according to taste.