Sentences with phrase «only allegiance»

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Last time I check B&N was a business and their only allegiance is to profit not integrity.

Shane helped me to move past nationalism towards a Jesus - shaped spirituality that puts people before countries, that gives me first and only allegiance to the Kingdom of God, never The Empire.

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Not only does the federation have the support of the provincial government, but also the allegiance of the régie, Mercier says.

The only reason people are knotted up about this issue is because they have an allegiance to ancient fairytales that can't be reconciled with science and modern society.

the observance of this obligation; fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance, etc.: He was the only one who proved his faith during our recent troubles.

But the stuff of earth still competes for the allegiance I owe only to the giver of all good things.

Tarwater fights the call and comes to fulfill it only by way of the tortuous route of slowly realizing the shallowness of Rayber's rationalistic secularism and his own deep allegiance to and need for «the bread of life.»

Those for whom power and success are the only things that matter will count it vital to be among the Definers at whatever cost to earlier allegiances.

Advertisements for Bibles in various translations and with differing annotations, along with commentaries, software programs, reference works, devotionals, and paraphernalia, testify to Protestantism's continuing allegiance to Scripture as the only source of divine guidance.

The Apostle Paul wrote in his New Testament epistle (I Corinthians.12) that anyone who says that «Jesus is Lord», are not only professing their allegiance to Jesus, but they were also only able to do this by the spirit of God.

Only values that can reconcile the forces of egocentrism (individual or collective) by their power to attract allegiance are suitable ideals for a commonwealth for all mankind.

«Only the one for whom neither reason, nor principles, nor conscience, nor freedom, nor virtue is the final measure, but who offers all this, when called in faith and in sole allegiance to God to obedient and responsible action.»

In the ancient world there were gods in plenty who competed for the attention of men, but here was a man, a true man, who called for attention, and men found themselves giving him the attention and allegiance that they had previously given only to the gods.

Whether or not you share my admiration of the orthodox doctrine, we have to recognize that it represents an interpretation of God and Jesus which not only has had the allegiance of the vast majority of Christians in the history of the Church, but which also has a proven track record as a doctrine which can help people to lead faithful lives following the teaching and example of the Christ.

While this is only onc of cight images described by Dudley, I suspect that the other seven include some allegiance to the idea of a family church.

He simply declared Aton, originally only the sun's disc, but under his grandfather made one of the sun gods, to be not only the god of the sun but the universal divinity of the world, to whom men everywhere ought to give their allegiance.

During his reign, he began requiring Roman citizens to pay homage to him, not only through taxation, but also through pledging their allegiance with the phrase «Caesar is Lord.»

The state undermined competing allegiances by demanding primary allegiance to itself alone, and only secondarily and «voluntarily» to these preexisting institutions.

I mean according to the «real Christians» all non Evangelicals will perish with the earth and only those people that have professed their righteous allegiance to Jesus will have access to heaven.

Sometimes a prophet of the living Christ will have to stand over against the corporate judgment to recall the church to its primary allegiance and to reclaim it to its only Lord.

We have still to find the reason not only for the triumph of Christianity over its many rivals for the allegiance of the Roman Empire and of the Hellenistic world, but also for the birth and growth of the Church, for monasticism and its continuing vigor, for the existence and quality of the New Testament, and for the power that could bring about the mass conversions.

Only the man who sacrifices all in «exclusive allegiance to God.»

Since he is not the outcome of a cosmic tug - of - war, he owes ultimate allegiance only to the Creator.

But many close observers of the Communist movement, including FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, have concluded that it can be understood only as a faith that demands the total allegiance of its adherents.

Lipinski is flush with cash for future battles and owes no allegiance to the party that wanted him gone — only to a district that still refuses to bring out one the political pros insist should be dead.

There are neglected impulses toward Christian unity latent within the conservative, and even fundamentalist, sector of American evangelicalism: a passionate concern for theological truth - telling, an unflinching allegiance to the holy scriptures, an evangelistic and missionary impulse to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with all persons everywhere, an ecclesiological postulate of an invisible church known only to God.

The Anglican clergy were presented by the Revolutionary movement with a special case of conscience revolving around the prayers for the King in the Prayer Book — some continued with the full service unless or until forcibly restrained, others felt they could only perform occasional offices, and others with varying degrees of enthusiasm or regret accepted the transfer of allegiance and modified the services accordingly.

Sorry, McDonald's: The island's fast - food allegiance lies with Chefette, the local chain found only on Barbados.

Having represented France at numerous youth levels he decided to switch allegiances to the land of his parents birth and scored in his one and only call up so far in a 3 - 1 win over Benin.

That Mississippi Mud Pie is only No. 18 shows that despite your allegiance in the Cake - Pie War, pie has a pretty deep bench.

Arsenal is not the only team around, I am sure when we fans give up on a club falling apart, many plastic ones will just switch allegiance.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Indeed, the Beatles have largely refused to pin their allegiance to only one of the city's clubs — perhaps due to a desire to represent the city as a whole, and avoid alienating one potential fanbase.

It's only fair to admit that I despised, utterly despised, the notoriously defensive Chelsea team of 2012 and, tribal allegiances aside, the even more defensive treble - winning Inter of 2010.

As this game was only a friendly he is still able to switch allegiance to Jamaica, but it seems likely he will play for the country where he developed as a footballer.

The attacking midfielder only recently made his debut for Turkey after pledging his international allegiance to the county having played for Denmark at under - 19 level.

However the former Austria youth international, could yet switch allegiance to Nigeria as he has only played in a friendly game for Austria, way back 2015 in a game against Switzerland.

Wollaston famously backed Leave only to switch allegiances to Remain during the referendum, in no small part due to Brexiters» promise to spend an extra # 350m a week on the NHS.

And I feel you can only, finally, deny it by defining allegiance too tightly so as to dispossess large parts of the native, authentic England too.

It was only a matter of days between Nigel Farage winning the referendum to him resigning; a matter of hours between the results being announced and David Cameron resigning; and a matter of minutes between Boris Johnson being about to launch his campaign for the Conservative leadership as the presumptive frontrunner to falling victim to rapidly shifting allegiances in his party.

I am not well - versed in it, but it seems to me that by the letter, disregarding the undeclared allegiance to Russia and considering only the official statements and their actions, they can indeed be declared terrorists, unless I'm missing something.

You can only listen to a politician extolling the virtues of a political allegiance with Cheryl Cole for so long.

And the Republicans running to succeed him are only digging their own political graves by swearing allegiance to his Iraq policy.

Only 7 percent of those polled have no opinion, meaning Fiala would need to convince a fifth of likely Akshar voters to switch their allegiance.

Her loyalties were already under question due to her Austrian heritage, and this dress only confirmed her lack of French allegiance.

If only women who proclaim their absolute allegiance to their children knew how annoying men find this.

It gets bogged down in the soup of everyone's mixed allegiances and internal conflicts, coming to life only periodically to deliver on its potential.

«The replacement killers» are the gunmen (Til Schweiger and Danny Trejo, reduced to silent, phallic cameos, both — not unlike Brother Chow, come to think of it) brought in to do what John Lee couldn't stomach; Meg, realizing they're only halfway through the movie, suggests to John that he switch allegiances by offing his substitutes to protect the marked child.

An avowed Dodger's fan wearing a Brian Urlacher jersey, Tom's confused West Coast / Midwest sports allegiances are only the first of the film's scattershot staccato continuity errors — sharing time with the sort of broad slapstick pratfalls (foot and nose violence, mainly, though Kutcher does score with a fine impression of Chris Farley) that define the kind of film that lists «Kid in the Bathroom» in its cast credits.