Sentences with phrase «by our convictions without»

Not exact matches

Most modern Church - goers give this weekly witness to their own inner conviction without the slightest sense of superiority, and more frequently than is sometimes supposed, it is given by young Christians despite ridicule, discouragement and even some persecution.

True, it goes without saying that if a man can not in conscience accept the doctrine of the Church as the norm of his faith, this must be respected by others, whether they think his view right or not; and the Church, too, must respect such a conviction and may not suppress it by social pressures or prevent its expression.

It was his conviction that only a Christian, informed and empowered by God's grace, could continue to struggle for a better world without illusions about human nature and the historic process.

From the moment Levin saw his beloved brother dying and for the first time looked at the problems of life and death in the light of what he called the new convictions that between the ages of twenty and thirty - four had imperceptibly taken the place of the beliefs of his childhood and youth, he was horrified not so much by death as by a life without the slightest knowledge of where it came from, what it was for, and why, and what it was.

Non-violent action can, of course, be undertaken without reference to love, but one characteristic of most of the non-violent ethical movements has been the conviction that this strategy is required by love and provides a way of giving love a direct expression in social conflict.

Now, we can look to this passage as comfort for all the times we've felt rejected — by our community, by our loved ones, by our church — but I can't get through this one without a deep, uncomfortable sense of conviction.

But, so far as I can see, the only claims that Paul makes about any distinctiveness or originality concern (1) his conviction that he was specially called by God to conduct a mission to gentiles, and (2) his view of the terms on which gentiles were to be received as full co-religionists with Jewish believers (baptism / faith in Jesus without taking on Jewish observance of Torah).

He thus gave the support of his office to the conviction that Mary had been born without original sin — a theological position on which Roman Catholic scholars had not been agreed — and by implication denounced views recently put forth by Strauss and held in many circles which denied the virgin birth of Jesus.

I find it immensely congenial to be able to face my fellow human beings of other faiths without being burdened by the conviction that I am embarked upon a «true path» that they have missed.»

Milton, who appears to have had full conviction of the truth of Christianity, and to have regarded the Holy Scriptures with the profoundest veneration, to have been untainted by an heretical peculiarity of opinion [Johnson of course wrote this before Milton's heretical manu scripts were discovered], and to have lived in a confirmed belief of the immediate and occasional agency of Providence, yet grew old without any visible worship.

It is not so easy a matter to perform this task aright; to stand in the presence of God and to speak in his name, with that plainness and simplicity, that seriousness and gravity, that zeal and concern, which the business requires; to accommodate ourselves to the capacity of the common people without disgusting our more knowing hearers by the insipid flatness of our discourse; to excite and awaken drowsy souls, without terrifying and disturbing more tender consciences; to bear home the convictions of sin, without the appearance of some personal reflection; in a word, to approve ourselves unto God as workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.21

April 1 — Already without the services of former England midfielder Adam Johnson, imprisoned for six years after his conviction on charges of sexual activity with a 15 - year - old girl, struggling English Premier League team Sunderland have now had to sack one - time Arsenal fullback Emmanuel Eboué, who has been banned from football for 12 months by FIFA because of an unpaid debt owed to his former representative.

«This is not the time for retreat, indifference or despair; but the time to rise up in defence of what we believe — calmly, patiently, winning the argument by the force of argument; but without fear and with the conviction we act in the true interests of Britain.»

It was a rejoinder to Statist policies of the day in which the State could effectively punish an accused without a conviction merely by delaying its own processes.

Many advocates for juvenile justice reform applauded a plan by Cuomo to offer pardons to thousands of people who were convicted of nonviolent felonies or misdemeanors when they were 16 or 17 and have spent at least 10 years since without any additional convictions.

It was used with devastating effect by the Conservatives in the 1987 and 1992 elections, and they even tried it, without much conviction, in 1997.

He added, without naming the specific examples, that information provided by Maina had helped in «solidifying (fraud) cases in terms of conviction» and recovering stolen funds.

He said: «Miss Constance Briscoe, a recorder and fee - paid tribunal judge of the first - tier health, education and social care chamber, has been removed from judicial office without further investigation by the lord chancellor and the lord chief justice following her conviction and sentence for perverting the course of justice.

At a press briefing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State said the United States is «deeply concerned» by Golge's conviction, which came «without credible evidence.»

The head of MI6 (played without much conviction by Connie Nielsen) knows Barovsky, since she led an effort to frame his as a double agent to the Russian government, leading to his supposed execution.

Changes at individual private institutions are harder to track, but New York University — where Michelle Jones enrolled this fall — is among those that have recently decided to conduct initial application reviews without knowledge of prior convictions, even while the information is still collected and considered by a specially trained team at a later point in the process.

At the same time, EdTrust's problems should serve as a lesson to all reformers: You can't support defining proficiency down — and setting lower expectations for schools and districts to do well by all of our children — without appearing to betray your convictions.

Also, how easily can convictions be changed slowly and innoculously by very subtle conditioning without our actually realizing what is happening.

A conviction under the CCC requires that two things must be proved: first that pain was inflicted and that second, it was inflicted cruelly, that is, without necessity, or in other words as cited by Case Law «without good reason.»

This is set to rise steadily higher — yet it is being imposed for only one reason: the widespread conviction, which is shared by politicians of all stripes and drilled into children at primary schools, that, without drastic action to reduce carbon - dioxide emissions, global warming is certain soon to accelerate, with truly catastrophic consequences by the end of the century — when temperatures could be up to five degrees higher.

The probability of wrongful convictions is increased by increasing numbers of defendants in the courts without lawyers, which is due to: (a) very poor government funding of legal aid programs; and, (b) law societies» failure to attempt to solve the unaffordable legal services problem — the one aggravates the damage done by the other.

On appeal from the conviction entered on June 14, 2010 and the sentence imposed on July 28, 2010 by Justice Brian Muir Scully of the Ontario Court of Justice (Youth Court), sitting without a jury.

The clear problem with the requirement of imprisonment, as is found by the Court (paras 59 and 60), is that the narrative of past and future persecution in many countries such as Zimbabwe and Uzbekistan, [13] is that in these and many other countries the law enforcement authorities use the criminal law to extort, blackmail, detain and torture, without recourse of due process of law which would require a trial, conviction and sentencing, in accordance with the national law of the country of origin.

AIDWYC contends that Canadian cases of alleged wrongful convictions should «not [be] examined from the adversarial perspective of trying to show that the convicted person was rightfully treated by the court system» as occurs at present through the Minister of Justice's current practice under section 696.1147 Rather, AIDWYC argues that an independent review board like CCRC should «undertake a fresh review without bias.»

An expungement could be accorded by the court as requested by the defense lawyer if: • The offender has completed the probation successfully without incident • A year has passed since the court conviction with the punishment enforced • All fines and restitutions, as well as reimbursements, have been settled • The offender is not convicted of another offense • The offender is not on probation for another offense

Currently, it is an offence punishable by a fine of up to # 5,000 on summary conviction or unlimited on conviction on indictment, under s 55 of the Act for anyone «to sell or offer to sell personal data which has been (or is subsequently) obtained / procured knowingly or recklessly without the consent of the data controller».

In all cases of criminal contempt arising under the provisions of this act, the accused, upon conviction, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both; Provided however, that in case the accused is a natural person the fine to be paid shall not exceed the sum of $ 1,000, nor shall impriSonment exceed the term of six months; Provided further, That in any such proceeding for criminal contempt, at the discretion of the judge, the accused may be tried with or without a jury; Provided further, however, That in the event such proceeding for criminal contempt be tried before a judge without a jury and the sentence of the court on conviction is a fine in excess of the sum of $ 300 or imprisonment in excess of forty five days, the accused in said proceeding upon demand therefor, shall be entitled to a trial de novo before a jury, which shall conform as near as may be to the practice in other criminal cases.

Section 2 of the CHRA provides that the purpose of the CHRA is to «extend the laws in Canada to give effect... to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.»

These cases are often handled by our lawyer without an accused ever receiving a criminal conviction or a criminal record.

Where a proceedings progresses to its conclusion without the Crown having made an election on a hybrid offence and the laying of the charge was within 6 months of the incident, the Crown is deemed to have elected to proceed by «summary conviction».

This appeal presents the validity of a conviction of appellant for conducting religious services in a public park of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, without a required license, when proper application for the license had been arbitrarily and unreasonably refused by the City Council.

454 (1) If a court convicts a person for a contravention of a by - law of the City or of a local board of the City without proof of the by - law, another court hearing a motion to quash the conviction may dispense with such proof or may permit the by - law to be proved by affidavit or in such other manner as it considers appropriate.

United States First Circuit, 10/11/2010 US v. Brown Defendant's conviction for possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute is affirmed where: 1) although the district court's factual findings and the inferences made from those findings, which formed the basis of its conclusion that reasonable suspicion existed to stop a car, are not compelled by the record or by the facts, both are nonetheless reasonable and therefore pass constitutional muster; 2) the affirmance of the district court's finding that the officers had reasonable suspicion to stop the car forecloses the need to address defendant's challenge to the district court's alternate conclusion that the car was not seized when the officers first approached; and 3) there was no abuse of discretion in the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence without an evidentiary hearing.

Article I, Section 6 of the United States Constitution provides that «for any Speech or Debate in either House, [a Senator or Representative] shall not be questioned in any other Place», thus the Senator could not be prosecuted for anything said on the Senate floor, and, by extension, for anything entered to the Congressional Record, allowing the Papers to be publicly read without threat of a treason trial and conviction.

A driver caught driving without insurance for the vehicle he / she is in charge of for the purposes of driving, is liable to be prosecuted by the police and, upon conviction, will receive either a fixed penalty or magistrate's courts penalty.

An SR - 22 is a certificate mandated by a court or local DMV for certain vehicle - related infractions before your driving privileges are reinstated following an arrest and conviction for a DUI, reckless driving, driving without insurance, or other related offenses.

If you are convicted by an Indiana court for operating a vehicle without insurance, or by a court that is out - of - state, you must contact the court to determine if you can provide proof of insurance to them to remove the conviction from your driving record.