Not exact matches
One of the things the FCC gained with its newfound
power was, in effect,
authority over ISPs» privacy policies.
The 43 - member Board of Governors is the seat of
power at AMPAS, with ultimate
authority over corporate management, control and general policies, including Oscar rules and the invitation of new members.
Unlike many central banks, Canada's monetary
authority has little regulatory
power over the banking system.
So the recent presidential term limit abolishment could be viewed as just another way to give the central
authorities greater
power and control
over the economy, business and markets.
Negotiations between creditors and government officials
over the $ 9 billion owed by the Puerto Rico Electric
Power Authority, known as Prepa, have been taking place for more than a year.
Just
over half (53 %) are of the view that the ultimate
authority rests with the federal government, while just under half (47 %) say provincial governments should have the
power to «veto» projects in their jurisdictions.
Or, in Traversian: «The trend line from Pierre Trudeau to Stephen Harper has been steady: Influence
over the amorphous, frustratingly horizontal federal machinery concentrates
power in the Prime Minister's Office where issues that matter are managed with command - and - control
authority.»
The
powers that be would have lost their moral
authority over people.
we as believers have a commission: Then Jesus called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them
power and
authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, And He sent them out to announce and preach the kingdom of God and to bring healing.
Notions of «
power over» dynamics, hierarchical thinking, authoritarianism, success meaning «winning»
over someone else who is a «loser», more money and more
power and more
authority is more successful... everything that causes so much trouble in a capitalist, patriarchal mindset.
This is why I spend my time critiquing
power and
authority, especially religious: because it compromises the most historic element of our story... that moment in time when we crossed
over from freely walking in the garden with God to working on hard ground with thorns and a curse.
Beware of «faithful» religious believers like Romney who seek positions of great political
power and
authority over military forces.
In I Corinthians 15, it is clear that it was the fact of Jesus» resurrection that enabled Paul to declare confidently that the risen Lord will, at his coming, complete the victory
over every rule and
authority and
power (I Cor.15: 24).
Religion is about control,
authority, and
power over others.
It came from early church leaders who wanted to exert their
power,
authority, and control
over other people.
After all, who wants to grant civil
authorities who can not bring themselves to recognize their responsibility for unborn babies
power over life and death?
Not because they are «evil»... but because they want and need to have some more
authority,
power, and safety
over their lives, their careers, and their family.
Fromm sees clearly that for many people Christianity is a thin veneer
over the idolatrous worship of
power, success, and the
authority of the marketplace; or it is a cover masking their idolatrous fixation on their clan, religious or ethnic group, or nation - state.
In a true democracy, a doctrine of pluralism may be a way of safeguarding the rights of minorities; in a hierarchy, however, where
authority proceeds from a Will not constituted by any part of the population, «pluralism» is often a code word for the project of giving political
power the ascendancy
over legitimate
authority.
-- that we need not fear the government because Jesus has «disarmed the
powers and
authorities» and «made a public spectacle of them, triumphing
over them by the cross.»
A man of noble birth, representing the
power of Rome, endowed with
authority over life and death, confronted by a barbarous colonial of no name or estate, a slave of the empire, beaten, robed in purple, crowned with thorns, insanely invoking an otherworldly kingdom and some esoteric truth, unaware of either his absurdity or his judge's eminence.
Undermining regional peace plans, therefore, was part of a broader
power struggle in which the United States sought to reassert its
authority over Latin America.
Authority over matters of life and death belongs to God, who has shared this authority with the governing powers (cf. Ro
Authority over matters of life and death belongs to God, who has shared this
authority with the governing powers (cf. Ro
authority with the governing
powers (cf. Romans 13).
The more
power and
authority a human has
over another person (or an animal) the more compassion they are required to show.
The
power that raised Christ from the dead, that seated Christ at the right hand of God, that gave Christ supremacy
over all rulers and
authorities,
over all
powers and dominions,
over ever title that can be given throughout all eternity, that placed all things under Christ and that appointed Christ as the head
over everything,... this
power, is for the church.
Men in posts of great
authority were called gods because they held
power of Life and death
over people, and administered justice.
I've heard these very things said by those who are on the other end of the people who use religion and politics to enrich themselves, give them
power and
authority over their fellow human beings and draw attention to themselves rather than to God.
He is the head
over every
power and
authority.
Statism is the worship of the
power and
authority of government
over the lives of men.
You have
authority in the spiritual realm
over all the
powers of darkness, in Jesus» Name, including fear, worry, anxiety, and dread!
Absolute, arbitrary, manipulative
authority —
power over others — is an evil thing; it belongs neither in the state nor in the family.
(J.W.C. Ward, A History of the early Church, p. 99) In this period the Church not only grew numerically, but also strengthened itself in its organization and
power by creating a monarchical bishop who had the sole
authority over the Church and who really became the emperor of the Church.
It suggests, I believe, that within the common tradition,
authority is understood as a way of making
power responsible to a standard that is shared both by one who has
authority and by those
over whom it is exercised.
How can it be true both that those with
authority have the right to expect compliance and the
power to invoke sanctions, and that those
over whom they exercise
authority continue to enjoy liberty even though they are under
authority?
It is office rather than
authority per se that gives access to
power over a diversity of people.
But is it less bizarre for these lawyers to suppose that «the people» in 1787 «transferred all of their governing
power»
over their own children to these artificial
authorities?
Furthermore what you've already quoted above
over and
over again is that Lenin and later Stalin were two such communists who enforced atheism to consolidate
power, the specific targeting of religious folks was so they can bring the proletariat to them rather than let the masses have a separate
authority figure.
Against new knowledge, as men gain new wisdoms from science and new
power in the universe, there is no Lordship of Christ
over all the ages, unless His voice can speak with as much
authority affirming and defining now, and a thousand years from now, as it did in the market towns of Galilee, in the Temple at Jerusalem, and along the shore of the Sea of Tiberias.
«WE HAVE THE VICTORY» For those struggling with thoughts of unforgiveness and attacks on the mind especially deceiving thoughts and doubts these are from satan in the word they are called fiery darts we are to quench those darts by faith so we need to read the word and believe that Gods word is true.We also have the victory
over these thoughts because when we accept Jesus the holy spirit dwells within us so satan does nt have
authority over us he can not rule what belongs to God he can only deceive.We can not defeat the enemy in our strength we need the holy spirit when we try and overcome him in our strength we struggle especially with our thoughs and in the area of sin.If you are having evil thoughts or doubts commit your way unto the Lord and let him fight your battle.Tell the enemy he has no
authority over you that you are under the covering of Jesus Christ and when you have doubts memorise verses on faith ie greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.The holy spirit is just like Jesus talk to him be friends with him he helps us to live like Christ and gives us the
power to do it.We are overcomers more than conquerers through Christ who strengthens us.brentnz
Evil is test of human choice, HE has
power over hindu Lucifer ism, filthy secular ism of every thing, but HE honors HIS promise to human of their
authority, HE will like human to defeat hinduism denial of truth absolute by himself.
Jesus has
authority and
power over unclean spirits.
The God of Israel is a being who has
powers and responsibilities and
authority over all the lands of Israel's neighbors.
And in 1 Corinthians 15:24 - 26 we read, «Then comes the end, when he hands
over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every mler and every
authority and
power.
Unfortunantly I think they do know what they are doing — they «being mainly men» want
power,
authority, money, land and people to lord it
over.
Then he [Jesus] called his twelve disciples together, and gave them
power and
authority over all devils, and to cure diseases (Luke 9:1).
And Jesus set out to show that he had
power and
authority over all sorts of things that hold people back and trip people up.
Since mainstream religions don't control language, their religious
authorities simply can't exercise the degree of
power over membership that cult leaders can when they make an active effort to reduce the critical capacities of their adherents.
The man who is made in the image of the gods is given
power and
authority over all living things.
God is: the supreme or ultimate reality, perfect in
power wisdom and goodness — Merriam Webster the creator and ruler of the universe, the source of all moral
authority, superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having
power over nature — Oxford Dictionary the one Supreme Being the creator and ruler of the universe — Dictionary.com
It's nothing but men self proclaimed special
authority by God himself to claim
power over others and it is just as bad as the Pope declaring he was appointed by God or followers of Mohamed for that matter.