Sentences with phrase «not without conviction»

But real dialogue is the intent, although not without conviction on the part of the minister.

Not exact matches

Volatility is generated when investors without conviction can not hold their position as the trend begins to change.

They note past ages that have been equally warm or warmer without human influence, to say nothing of repeating patterns of climate change like ice ages (though I've met one of James Hansen's computer modelers who told me with sincere conviction that there would not be another ice age).

I think a lot of agnostic / atheist people would be perfectly content to live their lives without making their personal convictions a crusade if the other side didn't make a crusade out of their religious beliefs.

In the Middle Ages, the motivations for the Crusades were undoubtedly mixed, but without the deep conviction of conscientious Christians that they should rescue the Holy Land from the infidel, they would not have occurred.

The experience of the last decade has been sufficient to convince great numbers, if they were not convinced before, that civilized life can not prosper, or even survive, without the undergirding of strong ethical convictions.

I can not talk seriously to an independent partner who would make absolutely everything a matter of choice and discussion, without any settled fundamental conviction whatsoever.

You can not be a Christian without convictions, you can not be an antheist without convictions.

And it is sure to reinforce the growing, salutary conviction that Christians can not be children of their Father in heaven without their older brothers and sisters in the faith, the people of Israel to whom the living God revealed his proper name.

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.

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.

To such discussion he can contribute both his technical knowledge and his moral convictions, without claiming unwarranted authority in fields in which he is not an expert.

Or is it not double - mindedness to live without any conviction, or more rightly, to live in the constantly and continually changing fantasy that one has and that one has not a conviction!

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.

John Calvin was able to declare in 1555 without fear of contradiction: «There is no nation so barbarous, no race so brutish as not to be imbued with the conviction that there is a God.»

In our conception of that dream, in the strength of our conviction of the new world it can create, and in our willingness to make all sacrifices willingly and without reservation for the democratic ideal lie not only our hope of total victory but our only hope of personal satisfaction and happiness during this era....

And I don't think you can answer some of the key questions without bringing religious conviction into the picture.

Without question, religious people have a right to be involved in political activity and they can't be expected to leave their religious convictions behind when they enter the political arena.

This Marcan scheme obviously rests upon a theological idea; and it is not strange if later Gospels, resting upon quite other theological convictions, have done violence to Mark, often without realizing it.

Telling seekers that they are right with God without the evidence of conviction of sin (the work of the Holy Spirit) that results in the desire for a changed heart, life, lifestyle, mind and character, is like picking green fruit, and after a bite or two wondering why it doesn't taste like it should.

Later forms of Buddhism modified this conviction, spoke of a heaven of happiness and postponed indefinitely the entrance to nirvana, but they could not negate nirvana without being false to the teaching of the founder.

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.

The author of Hebrews says of faith that it is «the substance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen» (11:1), and declares concerning God that «without faith it is impossible to please him.

The belief is fervent, and a conviction without which he could not go on living and working.

«I would rather die myself than live without my child,» she says, with a conviction that does not entertain ambiguity.

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

I never considered the reality that someone may have a religious conviction and may not be able to consume that meal without jeopardizing their religious convictions.»

BUT all that being said, without Mustafi, we look like the Arsenal of four years ago — no conviction and as soon as City applied pressure we just couldn't keep it together.

As long as it doesn't result in a felony conviction, McGregor's odd aren't bad for being able to get a visa to the US, although obviously it would be much easier to do so without any kind of conviction record.

Curiously, given Granju's conviction that Badinter's personal ties make her writing on mothering worth dismissing without discussion, Granju does not disclose her own conflict of interest.

I truly hope you all understand how unethical it is to post a story like this without permission, regardless of how strongly you feel about home birthing or your convictions to prove whatever point (although this story can hardly be generalized to all home birthing just as hospital mistakes can't be generalized).

«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's not exactly the most reassuring state of affairs as the UK once again becomes a state where it can forcibly remove citizens away from their homes without even a criminal conviction.

«What happens is, it's as though there has never been an indictment or a conviction because the law feels very strongly that a person should not bare the cross and the stigma of a conviction without the opportunity to fully challenge all aspects of a criminal case,» DerOhannesian said.

You can't get into Cambridge, and get through a Cambridge law degree without self - conviction.

The poignant and candid Boys Don't Cry can be seen as a «Rebel Without a Cause» for these culturally diverse and complex times, with the two misfit girls enacting a version of the James Dean / Natalie Wood romance with utmost conviction.

This was not an easy role to play, and every single time we see her on screen, she's walking a razor's edge that any other actress without complete conviction would have failed utterly and completely.

The research community's conviction that giving teachers bonus pay for high student test scores does not work was solidified in the fall of 2013 when the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences added a RAND report to its What Works Clearinghouse and commented that the research met its high standards «without reservations».

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.

Without a national policy on fingerprinting, CRA's convictions were not always recorded in CPIC.

While presenting only a small fraction of the works Gund has given to MoMA, the presentation aims to prove that our collection would not be what it is today without her deeply held convictions and unparalleled generosity.

Mark Twain again provides insight to why bad science so easily goes viral having written, «In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second - hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second - hand from others.»

The conviction that climate model outputs are credible predictions for the future propagates beyond IPCC texts, often without mentioning their origin (for which we can not imagine anything else but climate models).

Mark Twain astutely recognized, «In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second - hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second - hand from other.»

``... people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second - hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second - hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.»

Someone who makes a blank accusation without much evidence won't really be enough to make a conviction, let alone give the police enough incentive to press charges and prosecute.

The stores having these collections letters mailed may generally be happy with the number of people who pay money on the letters, without going to the trouble of paying attorney fees for filing and pursuing a lawsuit, and proving the case (particularly if a conviction has not been obtained in the parallel criminal case) with witnesses and other evidence.

There is no provision for direct non-electoral removal of a president for such a conviction, but even without an actual conviction, Congress has the (sole) power to impeach and remove a president, and the rules are only refer to «high crimes and misdemeanors», which is not precisely defined.

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.»

So, if you were deported because you had a criminal conviction but then were pardoned and had that conviction wiped off your record, you still could not come back to Canada without being authorized — which might never happen.