Sentences with phrase «political party allegiance»

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We want churches that emphasize an allegiance to the kingdom of God over an allegiance to a single political party or a single nation.

If our allegiance is to the Kingdom of God first, our passions are not subject to the rise and fall of our preferred political party.

I think those who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ and His teaching need to pledge our allegiance first to Christ and His kingdom and not to a political party — maybe more clarity will come if we all prayerfully seek the will of the Lord and allow that to influence our political leanings — rather than the other way around.

Thus a young instructor applying for a job in an elite university is well advised to hide «unsound» views such as political allegiance to the right wing of the Republican party (perhaps even to the left wing), opposition to abortion or to other causes of the feminist movement, or a strong commitment to the virtues of the corporation.

As Christians, we are reminded today that our ultimate allegiance belongs not to a political party or even a country, but to the Kingdom of God, where the first is last and the last is first, where the peacemakers and the poor are blessed, where enemies are forgiven and slaves are set free, where our King washes feet, where abundant life grows from a tiny seed into a tree — not by power or might but by the Spirit.

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.

Sadly, evangelicalism has ceased to represent the Kingdom of God, which transcends all political parties and national allegiances, and has come to represent kingdoms of this world.

If we start preaching the gospel again, we will have to get used to ethnic, theological, and political diversity because we will share our lives with people whose ultimate allegiance lies with something greater than a political party, greater than a ballot measure, greater even than the highest office in the world.

Felder, who has been jokingly referred to as the kingmaker by political observers, says his allegiance is with his constituents, not a party.

This is best achieved by bringing together experienced politicians put forward by their parties with politically independent but experienced individuals to work together to form a judgment on all matters brought to them by the lower chamber, without undue pressures of formal party political allegiance.

Okechukwu said that politicians in the area were so focused that even without a political party they could decide where their allegiance stood and would not waiver.

The online application form simply asked a few fairly obvious questions, including political allegiance and party membership.

Alcantara said in an email that she does not believe that her party, the IDC, has any strict political allegiance.

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As a member of the narrow Democratic majority, Mr. Monserrate used the threat that he would switch political allegiances to gain considerable leverage within his party.

Party allegiance is the new litmus test not just for political philosophy, but for personal belief and social inclusion.

Nothing is more inherently political than our shared physical environment, and nothing is more ill served by allegiance to a single political party.

Whether the maintenance of this loophole is deemed to be the result of bureaucratic incompetence, political in - fighting or a «commons conspiracy» probably depends upon your politics: However, the consequence of this regulatory gap is plain to see regardless of political allegiances: for while the consumer is protected against the misleading claims of toothpaste and other product advertisers, the voter remains exposed to the unchecked claims of all political parties.

We need judges who do not owe their allegiance to a political party or political causes, judges who will apply the law and the Constitution fairly even if it may subject them to criticism.

I wanted to find out how many votes someone like me would garner by doing nothing except to state that I was not a political party person, that party candidates sought votes so that they could represent voters first and foremost, but that once elected, their allegiance switched to their parties first, thence to themselves, and thence, finally, to their voters (due to the party whip member control system).