Sentences with phrase «drew on convictions»

In many of these efforts we drew on convictions, loyalties and insights built up among the people of God over many generations.

Not exact matches

Even where the Church is still only on the way with its own doctrine, it draws its formulas each time out of its own enduring basic convictions, which always recognizably and unchangeably shine through the attitudes and concrete formulations, which at first sight by their merely literal tenor appear different or contradictory.

It can help a great deal if the therapist has a conviction, drawn from direct experience, that regardless of how wretched, confused or sick the individual may appear on the surface, there is this inner center of psychological health, of wisdom, of purpose, which is there to be evoked.

Because this conviction has an important bearing on the conclusion to be drawn from these reflections I now wish to explain why it seems to me to be correct.

’32 If Jewish tradition, as we have earlier seen, could reach the point of elevating Moses to a place in heaven even though the scriptures clearly referred to his death and burial, then the disciples had only to com, to the conviction that Jesus was at least on a par with Moses in order to draw the conclusion that the crucified Jesus too had been exalted to heaven.

When Harry Guggenheim is drawn out on his philosophies about racing, he speaks with the conviction of a hardheaded, not overly imaginative man who is delighted to find in this particular sport an element of life lacking in the day - to - day conduct of other businesses.

The draw on the outright market would appeal to me here and on the goal market I would lean to the under but wit no real conviction.

Despite the Gunners taking the lead midway through the first half, Bolton had the conviction to claw their way back into the game when Johan Elmander jumped highest to capitalise on a defensive mix - up at the back for Arsenal, drawing level just before the break.

The swaggering Mr. Bharara, who seems to have successfully indicted just about every single pol in Albany, has drawn fawning press and was on a remarkable winning streak until an appeals court overturned some of his insider trading convictions.

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But based on Gupta's standing in the world of finance, his trial could draw more attention — and a potential conviction could resonate farther.

Stepping over the lines imposed by rigid conviction, she draws on philosophy, theology, psychology, science, and more to explore, with curiosity and passion, the vital role of mystery in a deceptively information - rich world; to ask what we mean by the search for meaning; to invoke the humbling yet elating perspective of infinity; to challenge received ideas about death; and to reconsider what «the soul» might be.

Legal The Swedish Supreme Court has overturned the 2010 conviction of manga translator Simon Lundström on charges of possessing 39 drawings that violated the country's child - pornography laws.

She recovered by mustering the same conviction and drive necessary to transcend the segregation she grew up with, the steely readiness she had drawn on throughout her life.

The Appellant raises one ground with respect to his breach of trust conviction: that the trial judge erred in finding the only reasonable inference to be drawn from his running a Canadian Police Information Centre («CPIC») check on the licence plate of his accomplice and fellow police officer was that he made the search to evade detection and / or determine to what extent law enforcement was aware of their activities.

It may rest on the premise that naming the competition could be taken as a sign of weakness and a conviction that there are other effective ways to draw attention to this new guide's relative merits.