Sentences with phrase «of seeing justice done»

The protagonists of big thrillers have the need of seeing justice done vs saving themselves from being killed.

Not exact matches

I've never seen the Justice Department do this, other than with Hoffa,» he said, likening Holder to Robert F. Kennedy and suggesting that like the investigations of the infamous Teamsters boss, the bank may not be getting its due process.

Even though algorithms decide so much of a citizen's life — what ads a person sees, what political messages they hear, what kinds of loans they can get, how they fair in the criminal justice system — these things are all under the sway of algorithms, and most consumers don't feel empowered to push back because they don't know the math.

Although the Chief Justice acknowledged that this argument had some merit, the more determinative factor — and the key difference between the statutory immunity provisions relied upon by the ERCB and Alberta Environment — was that the immunity clause with respect to the former explicitly contemplated the regulator as an entity («the Board or a member of the Board...») whereas the immunity provisions under the Water Act and the EPEA did not (referring only to «persons» in various capacities; see paras 62 — 71).

«Our new museum now does justice to the abbey's whole story, showcasing its most important artefacts, many of which have never been seen before.»

I have to say, after reading George Weigel's surprisingly off - the - mark review shortly after the encyclical was released, I was eager to see someone in the realm of Catholic intellectuals do the encyclical (and Benedict) justice by seriously engaging it in its entirety.

I'm certain that had he lived to see a gay rights movement he would have been marching right alongside them as he did for minorities, the poor and oppressed, because it would have been a civil rights matter for him; a matter of justice for, as he said, ALL of God's people.

(14) So unto this (religion of Islâm alone and this Qur» ân) then invite (people)(O Muhammad SAW), and stand firm [on Islâmic Monotheism by performing all that is ordained by Allâh (good deeds), and by abstaining from all that is forbidden by Allâh (sins and evil deeds)-RSB-, as you are commanded, and follow not their desires but say: «I believe in whatsoever Allâh has sent down of the Book [all the holy Books, — this Qur» ân and the Books of the old from the Taurât (Torah), or the Injeel (Gospel) or the Pages of Ibrâhîm (Abraham)-RSB- and I am commanded to do justice among you.

The media hounded Tim Farron for his Christian views; they did not regard it as acceptable for him to hold views other than those of the political elite, or the majority, Similarly, our belief in the personhood of the unborn child and the sanctity of their lives enables us to see abortion as a sin crying to heaven for justice, not merely some privately held opinion; for us it is most definitely not «a woman's choice».

It's amazing and encouraging to see the advances made in getting our stories out there, and letting the truth of what happened shine light on abuse and call for justice and change so that what happened to us doesn't happen to others.

Although it is a byproduct of worship, which exists for its own sake, constant exposure to words, actions and roles within the worshiping community does more to reinforce a Christian's attitudes about justice than anything else the church does (see my articles «The Words of Worship: Beyond Liturgical Sexism,» Dec. 13, 1978, and «The Actions of Worship: Beyond Liturgical Sexism,» May 7, 1980).

They did not, however, see a need to absolutize anything in the Bible as a final standard of judgement, even what Sölle calls the gospel's «nonderivable promise and the demand for peace, freedom, and justice for all people».5 The test of our present judgements is not their conformation to any Christian absolute but rather whether they have developed responsibly through Christian history.

We saw in relation to the inclusion of the body, that it was not necessary to think of the person as a vast multiplicity of acts of being in order to do justice to the bodily character of personal being.

God arranges the encounter, «seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations shall be blessed in him,» and reveals for the first time His true interest in Abraham: «For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the ways of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice: to the end that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him» (18:17 — 19; emphasis added).

We don't see a pursuit for justice because we've been conditioned to pursue wealth and acclaim and not necessarily the flourishing of our neighbors.

There are no credible instruments of international force that can fulfill that duty or see that justice is done.

Jesus used it to help the community see that because they were not open to hear and accept the way of justice and righteousness brought by John, they did not repent and change.

He said: «I don't think we should stand around when we see serious miscarriages of justice and see people being killed because of failure of safeguards.

This also means that Mays fails to do justice to Whitehead's early remarks wherein the concept of God is seen as a principle of limitation beyond the realm of eternal objects (SMW, chapter 11).

Whitehead the pluralist saw the great monistic metaphysicians as endeavoring to exhibit the unity and solidarity which the universe undoubtedly has, while failing to do justice to the equally evident plurality of individual existents.

If there is any will or motivation to see that the laws are obeyed and that justice is done, it must come out of the hearts of the citizenry, from the will and ability of the people to act on behalf of the greater community.

The only «profit» I've seen in Catholicism is being made by lawyers so happy to sue the church on behalf of legitimate and questionable victims and claim they are doing it all in the name of justice... as long as they get to keep their tidy share of the spoils.

In doing this, we have also seen how one of the consequences of authentic preaching is a determination, established in the hearts and minds and wills of those who have assisted at worship, to give themselves more fully to the service of God — as «co-creators», in Whitehead's fine word, with God in the great work of «amorization», establishing in this world (so far as a finite order will permit it) a society marked by caring, justice, responsibility, interest in others, and relief from oppression, devoted to everything positive which promotes the fullest actualization of human possibility.

Of course, as our convictions persist and mature, we begin to see the ways in which we are complicit in global wealth disparity and injustice, and we begin to think more seriously about policy, about sustainability, about making more dramatic attitude and lifestyle changes, and about problems within some of our charities and justice groups that perpetuate a white savior complex, sometimes doing more harm than gooOf course, as our convictions persist and mature, we begin to see the ways in which we are complicit in global wealth disparity and injustice, and we begin to think more seriously about policy, about sustainability, about making more dramatic attitude and lifestyle changes, and about problems within some of our charities and justice groups that perpetuate a white savior complex, sometimes doing more harm than gooof our charities and justice groups that perpetuate a white savior complex, sometimes doing more harm than good.

And any claim or belief that we see more or more deeply is always rightly going to be tested in those encounters where we find ourselves working for a vision of human flourishing and justice in the company of those who do not start where we have started.

You can choose to be happy or unhappy, but it has nothing to do with the lack of justice you see around you.

Rev Mike Long invited those present to light candles to place on the steps of the church and said: «There are times when all the words we can say are not adequate and sometimes words fail us because no words can do justice to how we feel, or what we have seen or what has happened.

Thus the non-Christian religions, and even other world views such as Marxism, may be seen to be genuinely workings of God among humanity, since in them enough is granted to provide a sense of significance or value in human life and to learn to live in love, seek justice, do one's duty, and follow truth and goodness and beauty.

I find comfort that in Scripture, we don't see the typical Christian - bookstore version of redemption and justice with tidy bows and fairy tale endings.

Man chose satan as their god and have had the chance to show what they could do without their creator and his ideas, principles and laws but it has not been pretty and as Jesus taught that satan is «The ruler of this world», «the god of this system» etc.but for «a little while longer» and the Creator will take his wisdom, justice, power and love and take over to show what was intended from the beginning.for scriptures (see 1 John 5:19, Rev. 12:9 - 12, Luke 22:31, Matt.25: 41, 1 Pet.5: 8,9, John 8:44,45) and so many others for those who care.

We have seen that Jesus does not use the idea of reward in connection with divine justice.

Second, materialist physicalism's acceptance of causal determinism, along with the correlative acceptance of the idea that «science» provides precise predictive laws, 5 excludes the idea that a partially self - determining mind could affect the physical course of nature, It is these two metaphysically - based exclusions that, as we have seen, prevent materialist physicalism from doing justice to our inescapable presuppositions about the reality and efficacy of our mental life.

The Christian sees that the striving of law is for justice, but knows that the justice men achieve has no saving power; it does not justify them, for justification of man is alone in Jesus Christ.

I see the same dynamic in the justice sector: people always love to start a new non-profit instead of coming alongside of existing non-profits that have already done the hard work and put down roots, who have something to teach us all.

But we also saw that this analogy with reference to the princeps discourse, that of prophecy, did not do justice to the specific character of each of the other modes of discourse, above all narrative discourse where what is said or recounted, the generative historical event, came to language through the narration.

Malachi's indefinite extension of time for the postponed awards of God could not satisfy those who saw no justice done in their lifetime.

The Holiness of Yahweh does involve the divine demand for justice and righteousness; and Isaiah follows Amos in the categorical condemnation of Israel's social sins (see, e.g., 1:16 - 17, 21 - 23: 3:14 f. — «grinding the face of the poor»!

Rather, Jesus seems to have seen that «an eye for an eye» does not deliver the justice it seems to promise; like the command of Moses to allow divorce, it was given men «because of their hardness of heart.»

I wept because I had been made to see, for the first time, that all the justice that must be shown the black man, all the help given him, everything that should be done legally to give him his rights, will never do what a simple act of love can do: make him know that he is accepted, cared for, yes, really loved by those who do not just «do good to him» but who feel with passionate concern that he is a human brother.

Luther's distinction between law and gospel seems to express this view, as does the vision of the twentieth «century Polish mystic St. Faustina Kowalska, which portrays a wrathful God the Father holding back from the application of terrible justice only because He sees man through the wounds of His Son.

Why, one may wonder, did the Windsor minority justices not see that certiorari was granted in one of the other marriage cases they were asked to hear?

1 Such a view hardly does justice to the complex realities of the historical situation which saw the development of the American Revolution.

«While we are glad to see and commend the local authorities under international pressure acted swiftly and fairly to resolve the church's land with this right decision, we are still deeply concerned about the justice for this family of martyr which is still not done,» stated Bob Fu, China Aid's president.

And, to tell the truth, I, believing I thought as you did, saw no valid argument to answer you except a fierce love of justice which, after all, seemed to me as unreasonable as the most sudden passion...

Recently, when I saw a mini pyramid cake form for sale, I knew right away that I found a way to do justice to one of my favourite cakes, ginger and lemon.

I'd wait for the mathematics to do their justice, so give it two or three more games and then it would be really nice to see all the season ticket holders standing outside the stadium for the entirety of that home game protesting their hearts out.

in order for me to be happy, if they did kill someone, we'd see a real system of justice for the killers.

I am willing to bet we will be top at end of season and in the final of the Champs lg, then you will see the squad really do us all justice and win it.

He grows up with a Bible and he has the Ten Commandments and he believes in justice, but he doesn't see any of it except out there on Saturday afternoon.

He has been doing justice to his new role, and one may be on the verge of seeing a trademark powerhouse box - to - box performance from the African midfielder.