Sentences with phrase «now than i»

I'm better off now than I've ever been!

How is our common sense different now than in the days when the Bible was written and our doctrine was formulated?

My guess is that the number of true atheists is no higher now than it's ever been before.

Besides being «less worthy,» we are fewer in number now than we were in 1939.

On some of the issues that matter most to us, are we better off now than we were at this time last year?

What do I mean when I say that our common sense is different now than it was in (for instance) first century Palestine or the fourth century Roman Empire?

Rutherford County was growing significantly over the past decades, but recently that growth has become dramatic, with more than 20 percent more people living here now than in 2000.

Though I think I am doing better now than at times in the past, I am looking forward to reading what the other contributors have to say.

If we can do this better now than some time ago, it is we, not the exegetes of the nineteenth century, who understand the text «more literally».

Thus we are not dealing with a new source which has arisen during the last generation, outdating the current position that the quest is impossible, but rather with an old source used by the original quest; and, although one may speak of a quantitative increase of accumulated research, the source itself is less intact now than when the quest came to an end.

Because the Pew Forum couldn't find any indication that such a survey has ever been done before, it can't say if Americans today know more or less about religion now than they did in the past.

I firmly believe that the character of our country is stronger now than it was in our nation's early formative years.

Ernst is more poised than either of those candidates, and President Obama is less popular now than in 2010.

She claims she lives a «much more honest life now than I've ever done.»

If twits like Pamela think that the economy is in worse shape now than it was when Obama took office, they're in a coma.

(Indeed, could anything be more countercultural right now than Jonathan Edwards» radical theocentrism, with all its attendant scandals for our modern sensibilities?)

Douglas adds, with respect to the equally common assumption that people of past ages were spiritually and (hence) generally fulfilled, that she can see «no evidence that there is more unhappiness and mental disturbance now than in those famous ages of faith.

Similarly, students in master of divinity and other professional programs are usually asked about vocational goals; strong interest in ordained ministry is, of course, welcome, but fewer institutions now than in the past require that all students in ministry programs be sponsored or approved by ordaining bodies.

For example it is more probable that an invisible Stegosaurus is orbiting Pluto right now than there are Gods.

Prime - age white working - class males have increasingly dropped out of the full - time work force, and the same males are dramatically more likely to be in prison now than in 1960.

Anyways, it is better to be a good person now than it is to try to fix yourself later, because later might be too late.

Could it be that greenness is a sexier commodity right now than justice or peaceableness?

He was simply stating that we understand science much better now than we did in the Colonial times, and thus understand the causes behind hurricanes and other natural disasters.

But I'm less confident now than I was a decade ago, which is why I'm interested to hear what people like Michael Hanby, Patrick Deneen, and Adrian Vermeule have to say.

Not convincing» which is funny circular argument because you state that everyone of that age «average education level of individuals is higher now than in the dark ages» so by your standard nothing of that age can be verified?

Those of us in the Neighborhood hear Berry's words differently now than we did 12 years ago.

But I grasp what it means to realize His Freedom, and more importantly, what Living from that Freedom looks like, far better now than before this process started.

In the same vein, it seems to me that we are doing far better at apologetics right now than at catechesis.

I have wrestled, and I love the Bible more now than I have ever loved it before.

Yet in a number of ways American higher education is in greater difficulty now than it was when students were in foment.

This reason for leaving Jesus seems to me less persuasive now than it once did.

Is that what Nebuchadnezzar knew as he sat slowly down to the banquet food, more palatable now than his future which had turned in his belly?

I look at the fruit of people's lives way more now than I do at their signed doctrinal statements.

But I think I am more able now than before to be able to figure out when that is happening and doing something about it.

I think I may be more able to understand what you're saying now than I was on Tuesday.

The needs of the world, and even of our own nation are even more acute now than they were in Wesley's day.

Mark and Tony are both in those positions (the fact that Mark has a bigger network right now than Tony doesn't erase the fact that they share an office into which most of us implicitly push them).

Even though EV has considerably less influence now than Mars Hill, the fact that the system continues with the same leaders in place using the same patterns means that others are being abused spiritually at the very least.

In fact we need the witness of priestly celibacy more now than ever.»

The U.S. poverty rate is far lower now than it was in the 1950s and early 1960s, and the GDP per capita is far higher.

«The only thing I know is that I know a lot less now than I used to think I knew.»

In fact, the division between the parties is sharper now than it has been since the 1920's.

«My personal feeling is the teachings of Christ are more relevant now than they've ever been.»

The rich have always been different from you and me, but they are far more different now than they were not long ago - indeed, they are as different now as they were when F. Scott Fitzgerald made his famous remark.

More children are in care now than there were at the height of the residential school system.

American Muslims are far more likely to believe that the United States is sincere in its efforts to fight terrorism now than they were four years ago, the study says.

There seem to be more church leaders on our screens now than ever before.

Many American Muslims feel singled out by government anti-terror policies; significant minorities have been called names or had their mosques attacked; and most say it's harder to be a Muslim in the United States now than it was before September 11, 2001.

I converted away from Christianity in 1998 and I love Christ more now than I ever did before.

In many ways fathers are better now than in the rest of history, but it's only recently that fathers have begun to behave in the ways you talk about.