Sentences with phrase «hopes for passage»

(Fox is yet to film two drama pilots ordered this season, The Passage and The Beast, and the network is said to have high hopes for The Passage as a potential midseason entry.)

ALBANY — Good - government advocates are pinning their hopes for passage of substantial ethics and campaign finance reforms on very public examinations of alleged corruption set to take place over the next six months.

His proposal was immediately panned as having little hope for passage in Albany and as lacking immediacy.

Not exact matches

Proponents of the bill were hoping a passage by the legislature would have been a call to action for other states, as more than 20 others have considered passing their own Internet privacy bills.

The popular opposition gives Barkan hope that the law's passage will be a galvanizing factor for voters in 2018.

She told Premier: «We should make sure we don't avoid the tricky passage in the Bible... there's a lot of hope for people who feel suicidal in the Bible.

For the sake of survival and safe passage to the new land, we hold fast... to hope.

I think the approach by Gordon Johnston is healthy and sound: he points out that while the texts and passages that are typically used to refer prophetically to Jesus Christ were not exclusively and directly prophet for the original Jewish audience, the promises and hope that are contained within these texts were never ultimately or completely fulfilled in any human king or historical era, and so always left open the expectation for something (or Someone) more.

This is not an apologetic for either side; it is hoped that this post will contribute to the vital discussion of this difficult passage.

The one conclusion that we can safely draw is that God's Word in this Isaiah passage will be a word of hope and comfort, for its deepest intimations are fulfilled in the coming of Jesus Christ who personifies and embodies the light that shines in the darkness (John 1:5).

Do the phrases «after two days» and «on the third day» have any such association in this passage from Hosea, where, to describe the hoped for restoration of Israel, they are used in conjunction with the three verbs, «restore to life», «raise to life», and «live» which form the basic vocabulary of resurrection?

In recent years, however, I've found my enthusiasm for Rapture theology dwindling, and in Chapter 8 of «Surprised by Hope,» (our book club selection for the month of June), Wright does an excellent job of exploring the passages often used to support it.

Defending Balthasar against Scanlon, he cited the passages from the Pope's Crossing the Threshold of Hope mentioned above and referred also to his own book, Death on a Friday Afternoon, in which he had argued from several New Testament texts that although we can not be certain, we may indeed hope and pray for the salvation of Hope mentioned above and referred also to his own book, Death on a Friday Afternoon, in which he had argued from several New Testament texts that although we can not be certain, we may indeed hope and pray for the salvation of hope and pray for the salvation of all.

Scores of passages come to our minds: «Joy unspeakable and full of glory»; «Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people»; «Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory»; «Mine eyes have seen thy salvation»; «We are more than conquerors»; «We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God»; «Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift»; «Thanks be to God who causeth us to triumph in Christ»; «God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts.»

To be sure, in one passage the penalties of God are said to be graded to the degree of guilt; (Luke 12:47 - 48) from another passage one may infer that after the «last farthing» of penalty is paid the sinner may hope for escape; (Matthew 5:25 - 26) from another passage one may argue that since only one sin can never be forgiven, «neither in this world, nor in that which is to come,» (Matthew 12:32) there is the possibility of pardon for all other sins.

In a number of passages, Hook reports passing judgment on himself as if from God's perspective, having hope of a sort stronger than he could quite account for and experiencing within himself a surge of creativity of the sort a believer might point to.

At this point he went further than the passage in Isaiah 26:19, for he held out the hope that not only the faithful martyrs would be raised to everlasting blessedness, but the unfaithful apostates would be raised to receive their eternal punishment.

In church the gospel passages gave hope and reassurance: «Come to me all you who are burdened and I will give you rest... My yoke is light»; «I was thirsty and you gave me drink... In so far as you did this to one of the least of these my brothers you did it to me... Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.»

For reasons of space I can not quote extensively from the Scriptures in this book, but the reader is encouraged to read and dwell within the countless similar passages where the impossible breaks into and renews history, always by being received in hope.

There are several passages which voice the hope for the future that Israel should then be cleansed of its propensity to sin and transformed into a righteous nation.

The France international added that he's happy Arsenal were able to seal their passage through to the semi-finals of the Europa League and give themselves genuine hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

When Herman Melville was writing Moby Dick more than a hundred years ago, he could not resist putting in a passage that might serve as a model for a Bob Hope monologue.

I hope to see strong support for the passage of Senate Bill 1994; I will certainly do my part by reaching out to legislators in my state.

According to a report in today's City Hall News, the same consulting firm that handled the ads for the «NYC Not for Sale» campaign last year — the Advance Group — is handling a $ 200,000 labor - funded ad buy to help three Democratic incumbent senators — Foley, Aubertine and Valesky — in hopes of ultimately seeing passage of the Taxpayer Protection Act.

In hopes of breaking the logjam, Cuomo tied the tax credit to passage of a state DREAM Act that would allow for state tuition assistance money to go to the college kids of undocumented immigrants.

County Legislator Lynne Dixon, County Legislators, the Erie County Council for the Prevention of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Hamburg Police Department and community supporters announce the passage of a local law that makes adults responsible for allowing minors to consume alcohol on their property in hopes of curbing the careless approach many adults take concerning underage drinking.

As Capital New York notes, the Israeli tour is a rite of passage for New York gubernatorial candidates hoping to gain support for reelection.

Senate IDC Leader Jeff Klein is proposing a compromise that he hopes will spur the passage of the Child Victims Act, a measure designed to make it easier for the survivors of sexual abuse to file lawsuits.

The vote — which came hours after the Senate narrowly approved a motion to begin debate on the legislation — is a setback for Republicans hoping to mark passage of a final repeal bill this week.

Sen. Tom O'Mara is carrying a farmland conservation bill that supporters hope will pass in 2012, and Assemblyman Steve Englebright is pushing for the Solar Industry Development and Jobs Act, which advanced this session and also has a good shot at passage next year.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says she hopes the governor fights for actual passage of the measures.

Saima Anjam, environmental health director at Environmental Advocates of New York, says activists are hoping for fast - track passage of Local Law L. «Unfortunately we haven't seen any action on the statewide level.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, said she hopes the governor fights for actual passage of the measures.

«Our hope is that the democratic process will proceed to move these bills towards passage, just like any other legislation with such significant support,» said Nahal Zamani, Advocacy Program Manager with the Center for Constitutional Rights.

«Hope springs eternal (but)... I wouldn't say I see an especially easy glide path to passage for this bill,» he said.

NY Governor David Paterson says Giuliani «a generation behind» on same - sex marriage, expresses hope for bill's passage: «I don't think the votes are there yet.

He says he hopes to use eDNA to hunt for evidence of their passage.

«We have every hope and expectation that the Senate will approve the bill quickly,» says David Isaacs, vice president for government affairs at the Semiconductor Industry Association in Washington, D.C., one of several research and industry groups that have lobbied for its passage.

Corzine spokeswoman Lilo Stainton said Tuesday that he is donating the money to New Jersey for Hope, a political action committee designed to secure passage of the ballot proposition.

He had hoped to restore the wood finish but given the passage of time he was more than pleased for me to take up the challenge.

The passage of time can make it so easy to become complacent again... I'm hoping along with you for a more peaceful 2016.

Once again, Crosby spends his ready money to spring Lamour from her captured - by - slavers con game, obliging Hope, Crosby, Lamour and Merkel to try to earn passage money home by staging a «sawing the lady in half» routine for the locals.

The «mole» focuses on the men stranded on the beach trying to avoid German bombs and gunfire while hoping for safe passage on a ship.

In a passage no doubt left untouched for irony's sake (remembering that Bissinger is a sports columnist by trade), the two decide that the Red Sox haven't a hope in Hell of winning the 2004 World Series.

In fact, First Reformed plays so much like old - school Schrader, you might confuse it for the work of a dutiful grad student: Once again, we get a tortured Travis Bickle voiceover (Hawke's Ernst Toller keeps a journal from which, in between hitting the sauce, he reads passages like «I know there is no hope»); here, too, is a troubled woman who needs saving (Amanda Seyfried, playing a character named Mary), and Toller's own memories of his soldier son, killed in Iraq.

Julian needs an urgent favour: transit papers for a «fugee» called Kee (Claire - Hope Ashitey), who must be granted safe passage through the various checkpoints to the coast.

College admissions is an important rite of passage in America — a time for parents to engage their kids in deep conversations about their hopes and dreams, their values, and what kind of adults they imagine they'll be.

Let's hope supporters of the new legislation, which won passage in the House on Wednesday, are right that new safeguards will prevent a repeat of those dismal years when students who could afford it least paid the price for weak education policies.

If Bonilla's revised - again bill, which has been stripped of its probation provision, comes up for a re-vote, she says she really hopes there will be «three courageous legislators» who will vote for its passage.

With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a majority of states are in the process of developing, refining, and submitting consolidated state plans that communicate their aspirations for their students and how they hope to reach them.