Sentences with phrase «of public faith»

Adding to this disillusion, he continues, is a gradual erosion of public faith in politics, driven in part by the distorting impact of 24 - hour news and social media — «it does trivialise politics, and it has done a real amount of damage to the perception of politics» — a backlash against a political class that favours spin over frankness — «I detest spin, it is deceit and it is intended to be deceit» — and, ultimately, by the failure of mainstream parties to «reach out beyond the political sphere» and speak to people's real concerns.
FOR ONCE, a person of public faith who doesn't seek to prescribe to me or judge me, but instead turns her focus inward to find out exactly why she believes as she does, and then writes about the experience so I and others can weigh the merits and decide for ourselves.

Not exact matches

It will give public investors more faith in their investments, and it could take some air out of the tech bubble.
The events in Charlottesville have triggered a public and widespread crisis of faith in the president's ability and judgment.
It is also, in the end, about public faith in the decision - making processes of our most important institutions.
It's «naïve» to put too much faith in the intentions of acquisitors, says Michel Nadeau, executive director of the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations in Montreal.
«I do think that Republicans have found that trying to shut down the government or threatening the full faith and credit of the United States of America over Obamacare was something that the American public had very little patience for,» deputy press secretary Joshua Earnest told me at the White House press briefing on Thursday.
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VICTORIA — After more than a century of unlimited donations, corporate cronyism and declining public faith in institutions, Big Money was finally banished from B.C. provincial and municipal elections today as bills 3 and 15 officially became law.
I believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheme to combat black money and public corruption, while admirable, has only reinforced Indians» faith in the yellow metal as a store of value.
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To reverse the hollowing out of democracy, Canada must restore faith in the system and renew public engagement in the political process.
Myles Munroe was a Bahamian Christian evangelist, ordained a Pentecostal minister, public speaker, and author who was the founder of Bahamas Faith Ministries International.
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The media houses who exaggerated the situation with the articles, or just the public for their lack of faith?
It would also reinstate the faith of the general public at large to invest in real estate projects as they would be more confident of the quality and timely delivery of the product.
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I'm imagining that the turnover rate in «startup land» is high because unless there's a decent paycheck or public recognition, it's tough find the wherewithal to continue on that initial leap of faith for longer than 2.5 years.
If you believe at all that Christ was the son of God and came to save the world, you are a Christian, even if you don't pray a specifically worded and ho ll ow prayer that affirms publicly that you are «born - again» in Jesus» blood — which in itself is sad is tic and doesn't ensure that the person doing the public profession of faith actually believes or will suddenly become so changed that they will lead a better life.
Sorry, but making this sort of evangelism is not witnessing / testifying your faith, it IS, however, making a big show of your religion in public.
They feel Christianity isn't being given the same respect as other faiths, that the media, the way laws are interpreted, the general hesitancy of businesses and public bodies to constructively engage with them as Christians is pushing them to the edge of society.
The coalition then crafted questions to determine where the politicians stack up when it comes to, say, their stances on faith - based initiatives, public prayer and support of the word «God» in the Pledge of Allegiance.
All the good works done by religious organizations of all kinds (Christian and otherwise) might get a mention in a human interest story sometimes, but decades of this media treatment have skewed public perceptions of what faith is about.
At least people of faith like Rick Santorum point to the Natural Law as their basis to justify the relationship their faith has with moral public policy.
All public displays of all religious faith should be banned, period.
Why do they work so hard to force such good people down, attacking the open practice of faith at high school football games or in public offices?
These men, the ones who supposedly were followers of the same faith Jesus was, tested Him in public and berated Him, denouncing His reputation, but Jesus had none of it.
However, people of faith proclaiming it in the public sector (i.e. George W Bush) should not be demonized for it either.
Groups such as Catholics United and Faith in Public Life got off the ground during and just after the 2004 election when a Catholic Democratic presidential nominee - Sen. John Kerry - was hard - pressed to find Catholic support in the face of condemnations from some Catholic bishops over his support for abortion rights.
But Catholic teaching typically explains a hierarchy of public issues, prioritizing marriage and sanctity of life, for example, which are intrinsic to Christian faith, over important but less theologically binding issues of prudential judgment, such as federal entitlement programs or immigration.
Such an affirmation, though it might well elicit and sustain «saving faith» in any individual, might not be adequate for the church's public teaching of «the faith
As most people operate with broad, ugly ditches between faith and reason, nature and grace, and the realms of the public and private, that fact is often missed.
Not about the integrity of any individual's faith in God, but about the integrity of the church's public teaching.
There is no other prerequisite than faith for the fruitful reception of the sacrament, because the sacrament is itself the public act in which Christ bestows his grace on the ungodly.
It's wrong for the public restaurant installation to assert its religious belief particularly much favorable toward Chriatian faith diners; the mood should be like acceptace of all racial, religious backgrounds, and particularly for gay people not to feel discriminated and hurt!
David Barclay, the Faith and Public Life Officer at the Centre for Theology and Community, has led the Church of England's work promoting and creating credit unions and ensuring payday lenders do not exploit people who can not repay their loans.
It seems to be everywhere the suggestion that people should stop talking about faith and the founders of faith, in public.
It is part of America's animated contest of faith, freedom, free speech vs enslavement to the government and silence — exclusion of faith speech from the public arena.
This article is simply breath - taking in its dishonesty, as a blatant attempt to manipulate public perception of a man who, if he has any faith at all, it is Islam.
Communities of faith are not bereft of the Spirit, and therefore of the possibility of renewal through the efforts of men and women who dare to act in the hope that the Church can contribute more to our public life than merely another interest group.
But then, of course, the seminary's opponents would use similar reasoning to suggest that the church's public teaching must regard the Jonah story as a straightforward historical account, and soon no distinction at all would be possible between what the Bible records and what it teaches, what is central to the faith and what is not.
The secular humanist public schools are always on about persecution, hoping to entice kids into believing that if they leave their faith they will be part of the «majority» and therefore safer.
Faith - based charity Marriage Care has backed the proposals, speaking on Premier's News Hour, chief executive, Mark Molden said: «what this is about is saying, look; at a key moment where public services are in front of both expectant mother and expectant father let's give them some support at that crucial juncture to think about their relationship, think about how they might weather the inevitable storms that a new baby brings into a relation ship.
Don't get yourself in a twist, sounds like they are addressing those of Faith not the general public.
As you may know, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf will soon be on «a nationwide (USA) speaking tour next month to promote the project and encourage interfaith dialogue,» and at least one member of your faith chastised the Imam (in a public online forum) for not holding open meetings.
While these contentious issues have already generated a heightened interest in Pope Francis» words and the American bishops» public statements, they also call on young Catholics to reflect more deeply about the seriousness of their faith and Catholic identity.
Images of a «foreign» faith and its medieval accouterments continues to alarm the American public.
While there is good reason for this skepticism, it is ironic that a theology so geared to public issues should neglect the most public expression of Christian faith.
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