Sentences with phrase «faith in the power»

At the same time, many continue to espouse a vague kind of heal - the - world liberalism, leavened by an unshakable faith in the power of the private sector.

Civility is always in short supply and one can readily agree that «we need to keep in mind the common humanity that we share with those with whom we disagree,» and that «we should never lose faith in the power of reason,» and that the Church should never be used «as a partisan political tool.»

Aristotle, who had such faith in the power of reason that he could not imagine an individual knowing what is right and failing to do it, nevertheless invented a term to describe such people.

Whereas the Jansenism of old despaired that anyone could really be loved by God, be good enough to receive Holy Communion, or be saved, its newer version has so little faith in the power of God to change hearts that it presumes God does not care for something so insignificant as the human heart.

My faith in the power of God - with - us — our creative, liberating power with one another — is secure, and my hope for the world is being radicalized.

There is famous quote by the agnostic Dr. Jastrow «For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream.

And if you have and it didn't work for you, did you truly believe and have faith in the power of His word?

But at least for today - Egypt's first Independence Day - Islam has taken a back seat to a very different sort of religion: faith in the power of an oppressed people to grasp after freedom and feel it fresh in their own shaking hands.

So by faith in the power and the goodness of God as God has come to us in Christ, we can know that our world and our destiny are in God's hands and face the future with hope and anticipation.

That is nothing but capitulation to the world and loss of faith in the power of Christ to teach through the ages in his Church.

Both were noted for their legalistic bent and austere stubbornness in negotiation, and both placed great faith in the power of rhetoric.

You must not have very much faith in the power of God if you think the bible is his word.

Since it is only faith in the power of Christ that saves, the level of ethical conduct is secondary at best.

The «second coming» is a somewhat «mythical» or metaphorical concept used to indicate the New Testament faith in the power of God (manifested in the resurrection) to conquer the conditions that now define our earthly existence, particularly the condition of man's sinfulness.

We lack faith in the power of the gospel and the leadership of the Spirit, so we create our own mission, or ministry.

Robert Jastrow (self - proclaimed agnostic): «For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream.

If this «religion without revelation,» as Huxley calls it, can be said to have dogmas, the most important are its faith in the power of science to free Man from all the limitations that beset him, and the power of education to imbue him with high ideals, pure motivations, and self - discipline.

«The Class - Consciousness Raiser,» June 10, 2007 «It may be that the only people with abiding faith in the power of class divisions in America are the country's few remaining Marxists and Ruby Payne.»

Revealing their faith in the power of persuasion through advertising, ads targeting dieticians and nurses began with such openings as «Gerber advertises... so that mothers will cooperate with you.

They may well be strongly motivated by ideological commitment to libertarianism (the political philosophy which prioritises individuals excitingly pursuing their self - interest) and faith in the powers of new transformative technologies as well as in the few genius individual entrepreneurs who will lead us into a new kind of post-bureaucratic and post-state society.

But it does capture something important about Mrs Thatcher, which is her faith in the power of ideas.

In a provocative opening essay, Laws argued that the Liberal Democrats had neglected their party's pro-market economic liberal tradition, and had instead lapsed into a policy mindset little better than «soggy socialism»; they had placed too much faith in the power of the state to improve people's lives, and too little faith in the power of choice and competition.

Professional dating coach and matchmaker Elizabeth Cobey - Piper admires Susie's unbending optimism and shares her faith in the power of love.

The film's plot was contrived, its analysis of prejudice fatally unsophisticated; still, Haggis» faith in the power of human engagement granted his characters a sort of grace.

Outstanding performances from the female leads carry the film through its dizzying twists and turns, underlaid with a wicked streak of black comedy and an unexpected faith in the power of true love.

Before long, though, her sunny demeanour and faith in the power of intervention are progressively broken down by cynics like «Daily Complainer» editor Rick DeWolfe (Zach Woods, a dead ringer for Stillman stalwart Chris Eigeman) and by Frank's infidelity with her newest protégé, Priss (Caitlin Fitzgerald).

One of the many who reached out in response is Joel Rose, CEO of New Classrooms, who shared a pithy, thoughtful response that seemingly spoke for many who took Larry's point but were seeking ways to reconcile his cautions with their faith in the power of personalized learning.

And if you share my faith in the power of great schools, how can we help educators see their role as a point of pride, rather than something that feels like an accusation?

School of One has enough faith in the power of its standards and assessments that it will soon offer students the option to press a «prove it» button that allows them to demonstrate mastery at an upcoming task and, if successful, skip it.

That is where Johnson saw poverty up close and developed his faith in the power of education to eradicate it.

Since the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, public education has been dominated by what the historian Raymond Callahan (1962) described as a «cult of efficiency,» an almost religious faith in the power of rational, «scientific» management to tame the complexities of life in schools (also see Rose, 2016; Mehta, 2015).

We live in a culture so dominated by a commercial mentality and its tenacious faith in the power of the purse as the decisive motivator of human behavior that, even when the evidence shows that this conviction is wrong, many refuse to let go of it.

How do you follow a game that not only revitalized a franchise, but also restored many players» faith in the power of the platformer?

He first used the term «mass popular art» in the mid-1950s and used the term «Pop Art» in the 1960s to indicate that art has a basis in the popular culture of its day and takes from it a faith in the power of images.

Above all, they express a boundless faith in the power of painting to communicate complex psychological realities with eloquence and humor.

Vision and Justice speaks to Lewis's faith in the power of images to bridge the divide by speaking in a language that does not use words to reach our hearts and minds.

Above all, they express a boundless faith in the power of painting to communicate complex psychological realities with eloquence and humour.

Let us maintain our faith in the power of art to articulate and propose things that don't exist but really should — and, in turn, let us temper our faith in the power of faith: It isn't faith that moves mountains, after all, but people.

A diminished image of the A-bomb, Nietzsche's furrowed brow, a-maze-ing Jesus, orgone accumulators, omnipotent gods, Tibetan Buddhist prayer... all are used to discuss a sense of spiritual bankruptcy and a perceived usurpation of religious faith by faith in power, science, violence and state.

Drawing from the Indo - Persian tradition of miniatures, Shahzia Sikander makes paintings, installations, and animations that testify to the artist's deep faith in the power of transformation.

The Kiss, in particular, conveys a profound primitivism, but one that illustrates Brancusi's faith in the power of human emotion.

This is not a pipedream Tony... have faith in the power of human ingenuity.

Attendees at the workshop appeared to place great faith in the power of the Internet to lower commissions.

Not exact matches

You don't need to believe in miracles or magical healing powers of faith or be bound by established tenets.

The idea that these grand concepts can not be scaled up cheaply or quickly due to physics or other severe limitations of Nature is anathema to a faith in the unconquerable power of human ingenuity and open markets.

If the U.S. Power Elites had secured Chinese citizenship for their beloved children and purchased properties in Beijing, then that would be proof that the leadership of the Empire had lost faith in the Empire's durability and future.

Will governments, investors and green - minded consumers, who put their faith in the sun's power to help wean us off our fossil - fuel addiction, back away from another technology that promised too much — in jobs and profits as much as in renewable energy — and failed to deliver?

Justin Scott, a voter from Waterloo, asked the Catholic Republican presidential hopeful how his faith would impact his own belief in the absence of a higher power.

Even though most people are losing faith in the financial powers that be, they do not care enough to look at alternative ways of making payments or controlling their finances.

Complicating matters further is Osteen's association with the prosperity gospel movement, and the related «Word of Faith» movement popular in some evangelical circles, which teaches that believing Christians can harness the power of prayerful speech: to reap material and financial rewards in this life as well as the next.