Sentences with phrase «founded on the conviction»
Our commitment to ring - fence the budget of the Department for International Development, and meet the target of spending 0.7 % of Gross National Income by 2013 on foreign aid, are founded on our conviction that the issues of development, security and trade are intertwined.
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«national debate... founded on the conviction that the best answer to disengagement from our democracy is to strengthen our democracy.»
ALBA School was founded on the conviction that bilingual students can reach their full potential academically, in English and Spanish, when challenged through; rigorous academic studies, the integration of fine arts and the development of critical thinking, problem solving and creative abilities.
Collaboration changes school culture from an assembly line model to one founded on the conviction that «it takes a whole village to raise a child.»
Not exact matches
At Primary, Ben and I are singularly focused on finding founders about whom we have incredible conviction.
Like all mainline Protestant denominations, United Methodism finds itself challenged on its traditional position on sexual morality by the emergence of the conscientious conviction that gay and lesbian relationships are a legitimate expression of God's good and diverse creation.
There is nothing left but to fall back on paradox — to seek God's will zealously with the conclusion foregone that God's will can not be found — to join the contemporary crusades for righteousness with the conviction that they will be one day proved, like the great Crusades, to have been ill advised and wrong!
I commend the pastor for his moral conviction but the majority of blacks are incapable of voting on any other issue but race... its genetic... Obama could say he is an ax murderer and they still will find a way to justify their vote for him... another words Obama sees the black vote as in the bag and he is right... most of them are incapable of critical thinkng
But some religiously orthodox wedding vendors are finding themselves compelled by the civil authorities to affirm an answer to that question that violates their religious convictions on the subject, and some religious institutions — from universities to social service agencies to private companies owned by orthodox believers — are finding themselves forced to take part in the enactment and enforcement of a moral code they are obliged to reject.
Otherwise they will be like indolent workmen who find no spur to action in a task to be achieved; or else, if a healthy human instinct overrides their hesitancies or the fallacies they derive from a misunderstanding of religion, they will still be a prey to a fundamental division and frustration within themselves, and it will be said that the sons of heaven can not, on the human level, compete with true conviction and therefore on equal terms with the children of this world.
If you have stepped out somewhere where you shouldn't have done then the conviction as a child of God will surely come but I tell you this, if Satan did not hold back on trying to kill the baby Jesus, and many children were slaughtered in that process, if he even thought he knew the scriptures so well he could try to deceive Jesus, and he did try then you can be sure that for every believer there is an adversary who would do anything to stop you from finding the forgiveness and grace of God that has the power to wash you clean of anything.
To be sure, if the reader shares at all the author's experience, he will find that clear light is shed on the mature convictions of Judaism and Christianity by such a study of their origins and growth.
When one finds Fred Hoyle announcing his conviction that evolution can not have taken place on this planet from scratch in the time available, but must instead have been brought in from outer space, the Bible believer obviously is under no pressure to get into line with the evolutionists whose house itself appears to be in considerable disrepair.
We both believe that it is pointless simply to shout Bible verses louder, or to base arguments on the private religious convictions of the Founding Fathers, or to huff and puff that we must be taken seriously because Christianity was important way back when.
This country was founded on tolerance for others» convictions.
Yes, we are called to grow and mature, and yes, our convictions and denominational affiliations will likely change, but I've found I'm a better writer — and a better person — when I'm more focused on outgrowing the old me than I am on outgrowing other people in my community.
Thus one finds on the website of the Washington session of the Institute the statement that the mission of the Institute «begins in the abiding conviction of its founder that love reveals the meaning of the person and, through the person, of all «flesh,» the whole of creation» (cf. Familiaris consortio, 11; Redemptor hominis, 10; Dominum et vivificantem, 50).
«(On) the other side is finding the right balance... concerns about religious beliefs and convictions.
For all their conviction of living in an age of miracle, the apostles found themselves living in a world which went on its course, outside the limits of the Christian community, much as it had always done.
In the writings on «Culture» we find Niebuhr stating his familiar convictions that faith in God entails the rejection of all ecclesiastical, political and economic absolutes, and that the idea of original sin supports the balancing and limitation of all powers.
I do not want to suggest that these concepts are ridiculous, but I do not myself find them meaningful and I do not think they throw any real light on what Christians believe, as a matter of conviction, about God.
There have been allegations based on repressedd memories that have resulted in lawsuits and even criminal convictions that have later been found to not be true.
Doesn't that mean that he trusts us to find someone for us on our own conviction?
The magazine that still calls itself the Christian Century was founded during that period on the conviction that the twentieth century would indeed be a «Christian century» where humankind would see significant new manifestations of peace and righteousness in the world.
In Christ God had performed a supremely important act for the world, so climactic that prophecy found there its culmination and so determinative that all man's future was conditioned on it — such is the Christian Scripture's dominant conviction.
The emphasis (to which we shall turn later) of process - thinkers on what Whitehead called the «consequent nature» of God — that is to say, on God's being affected by and actually enriched in his activity by that which occurs in his world — can provide some «secular» confirmation for the Christian's conviction that God not only «cares» for the creation but also finds satisfaction in his world.
Diagnoses were made on the basis of symptoms, and persons with a certain cluster of symptoms were given a label in the conviction that a particular cause might be found for that «disease.»
Murray once wrote, «The American Proposition rests on the... conviction that there are truths; that they can be known; that they must be held; for if they are not held, assented to, worked into the texture of institutions, there can be no hope of founding a true City.»
Our civilization's moral code was founded on Judaeo - Christian revelation, which in turn gave rise to a rational conviction that every human person is made in the image of God.
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.
And as for Jon Fox and myself being Pals?We have never met never spoken and never corresponded.We share a common hatred of Arsene Wenger.We also share a long time support of Arsenal Football Club.That is it.There are many many others who post their thoughts and feelings on this site who feel the same way about Wenger and the hierarchy of this club as we do.It would be very very easy to rip your comments to shreds but I simply refuse to waste time pointing out the obvious to you other than to say if your «posts» carried as much conviction and feeling as the ones posted by Jon Fox then you would find yourself gaining far more respect than what you are getting now.Study Ken1945 and how he writes his posts.
Thus one conviction which the SPORTING LOOK»S editors share is well founded in on - the - scene observation.
On passing sentence, District Judge Wendy Lloyd, told the Liverpool defender: «You are a relatively young man with no previous convictions and it is therefore sad that you find yourself here today due to your behaviour.
If they are to push on, they must find a way to bloody more noses, particularly at home; this, for example, was a lively enough performance, but never really offered the conviction that they would deal United another damaging setback.
Where systematic reviews or meta - analyses are available, allowing analysis of findings from a number of well - selected studies, these obviously provide a stronger evidence base on which it is possible to base arguments with greater conviction.
Ron Paul's appearance on Meet The Press last Sunday was immensely revealing for many reasons, not the least of which was his success (in the words of The Smirking Chimp) at «parrying each of Tim Russert's attempts to find a gotcha moment with honesty and conviction — two things Russert was obviously unpracticed in dealing with.»
Sheldon Silver, the former powerful Democratic speaker of the state Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges less than a year after his first conviction on the same charges was thrown out.
A sample of 250 Leandra's Law convictions in Suffolk from January 2010 to May 2015 found that in 12 cases, the county's probation office did not notify Suffolk prosecutors in a «timely fashion» of «negative activity» recorded on the interlock device, such as failed alcohol tests or attempts to tamper with the device.
The conviction was vacated on appeal, however, in part due to instructions given to the jury that were found to be incompatible with a Supreme Court ruling on the theft of honest services charges.
Ron Paul's appearance on Meet The Press last Sunday was immensely revealing for many reasons, not the least of which was his success (in the words of The Smirking Chimp) at «parrying each of Tim Russert's attempts to find a gotcha moment with honesty and conviction — two...
After 39 years in office, however, Silver fell far and fast following a conviction on corruption charges in 2015, when a jury found him guilty of colluding with both a physician and real estate interests to rake in millions from referral fees to his law firm in return for political favors.
Constitutional change was not peripheral to the Government's agenda; it was central to their programme — «founded on... conviction».
Buhari said, «When you elected us into office, you did so with the conviction that our dear nation needed to be put on a new pedestal for the dreams conceived by our founding fathers, dreams that we have adopted to be realized.
A 2009 conviction was vacated following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the theft of honest services charges Bruno was found guilty under.
10:28 - Murdoch says he did not receive a briefing on the trial and conviction of Goodman [royal editor first found guilty of phone hacking].
Werkheiser was accused of abusing a 6 - year - old child starting in 2003, her first conviction was thrown out on appeal, but she was found guilty... Continue reading →
The ex-speaker of the New York state Assembly Sheldon Silver was found guilty on Friday of selling his office for $ 4 million in kickbacks — affirming a 2015 conviction on...
The judge in his ruling based his conviction of the former Governor on section 58 (5) of the Public Procurement Acts, saying «the law hands of the laws are tied to convict any person found guilty of breach of procurement acts to be sentenced to less than five years imprisonment.
The panel is aimed at investigating wrongful conviction claims by defendants who claim innocence based on either a factual matter, newly found evidence or other information.
In the ruling, the court determined there was no legal basis for the $ 50,000 fine placed on Libous at the time of his conviction given the ruling, in effect, is the same as if Libous had not been found guilty.