Sentences with phrase «role as a witness»

When witnesses to an event have given their testimony and been cross-examined — even repeatedly and in all courts of appeal — their role as witnesses is played out.

Those studies become less and less an occupation engaged in or intrinsic to his role as witness to the gospel and pastor to people, and become more and more frantic efforts to find biblical, or theological, generalities which will religiously dignify his promotional purposes.

Hutcheson plays a crucial role as a witness in the murder trial of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley.

Guild Hall opens its 2017 summer exhibition season with «Taryn Simon: The Innocents,» an exhibition that explores photograph's role as witness and tool in blurring the line between truth and fiction.

The exhibition highlights Susan Meiselas» unique personal as well as geopolitical approach, showing how she moves through time and conflict and how she constantly questions the photographic process and her role as witness.

In court documents related to an appeal of Holm's sentence, Holm's attorney Dean Stowers suggests that the «Hulk» email might have been related to Olson's potential role as a witness in an age discrimination suit brought by a former assistant U.S. attorney, as well as to a clash over sentencing in several cases.

The role as a witness is to help the decision maker come to a decision by answering questions.

Gain an understanding of the therapist's role as witness, container, and interpretor during a play therapy session.

Not exact matches

As many consumers and retailers witnessed last year, shipping can play a major role in determining the success of the holiday - shopping season.

And as all this was unfolding, Robert Mueller's investigators were quizzing witnesses on Cohen's role in the Trump Organization's overseas business deals.

We are witnessing an assault by the national security state and its liberal media on a President of the United States that is unprecedented... What we are witnessing is the determination of the national security state to keep their prized «Russian Threat» in its assigned role as the Number One Threat to the US.

Undue influence plays a role in many - if not most - cases of financial abuse, says Dr. Bennett Blum, a physician specializing in forensic and geriatric psychiatry who serves as an expert witness in elder abuse cases.

February 6th will see the SEC's Jay Clayton and CFTC's J. Christopher Giancarlo appear as witnesses before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, as part of a session dubbed Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

This book does not detract from the Bible or its doctrines, but rather clarifies and compliments them, and stands as a second witness of Christ and his role as our savior.

This unity in belief and witness is essential if Jesus» role of humanly forming and feeding us with Himself is to be continued.The Apostle Peter was the first to be given this role, as is shown in Holy Scripture.

Christianity has yet to bridge the gap between itself and God's word as attested by the gospel in order for the church to have a credible witness and play useful role in African renewal.

It examines the role of the teacher as not only an educator, although precisely what this term implies is discussed, but also as witness, parent, guide, minister and cosmologist!

While using a conceptuality largely framed by process philosophy, it addresses for the most part the historically contingent elements within the Christian tradition: the biblical witness to Israel and to Jesus, his role as the Christ, the meaning of his death and resurrection, and the implications of the Christian proclamation of the Trinity.

In our effort thus far to describe and illustrate the role of the imagination in preaching, we have considered two aspects of its power: the investiture of the Christian moral vision with such sensibility as sometimes enables it to enclose within the meaning of the Word of God the subtler perditions that stalk men's lives; and the power to behold, and in part reenact, the architectonic structure of grace that is the subliterary matrix out of which the witness emerges.

The six decades during which she has straddled the roles both of head of state and of Supreme Governor of the Church of England have witnessed such societal change that it is almost as if her detractors are waiting patiently for her to leave the stage, before redeveloping the constitution over which the Queen presides.

All Church communication converges within the framework of divine self - communication, thus the Church's role as sign or witness.

The website, which caters to married people looking for extramarital encounters and has been compromised by cyber-activists, is now relegated to the role of helpless witness as the names and sordid secrets of its clientele are being broadcast for everyone (including their devastated spouses and families) to see.

In trying to develop upon the emphasis of Our Faith Story the most that OTWTL can affirm of the Church's role is this: «conversion is essentially a response to an encounter with Christ as truth mediated in the community of witness, that is the Church... (such that) we are «re-narrated» as we take on an identity which is conferred by grace.

Lewis, a five - star linebacker who has been an anchor for Mississippi State's defense, has acted as a central witness in the NCAA's investigation into Ole Miss, a role that has landed him in a civil suit.

Witness the rise in names such as Banner (up 48 percent) of Hulk fame; Harley (up 35 percent), after DC Comics» Harley Quinn ™; Scarlett (up 20 percent), after Johansson's roles in The Avengers and Captain America; Tony (up 16 percent) from Iron Man; and Jessica (up 9 percent) of Marvel Comics» Jessica Jones ®.

As a consequence of this research the past two decades (1989 - 2009) have witnessed a) a renewed recognition of the importance of contact and touch for babies in the context of improving breastfeeding initiation and duration [17]; b) an increased awareness of the role that close parental proximity and monitoring of babies plays in reducing SIDS and neglect [18][19]; and c) the impact of early mother - infant separation on long - term mental health [20]-- all leading to a resurgence of interest in parent - infant contact, particularly sleep contact.

Doyin Okupe, the erstwhile Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, appeared as the third defence witness (DW3) for Olisa Metuh, the embattled national spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who is standing trial over his alleged role in the infamous $ 2.1 billion arms deal, involving the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

She recalled that INEC played an important role in 2015 to achieve a democratic transition that the world witnessed and «we were also happy, as EU and was part of the team working on the ground.»

MSF plays an important role in conflict situations by raising awareness of crisis situations and serving as a witness to speak out, either through public or private channels about the plight of individuals in area of political instability.

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Ford moved beyond popular acclaim with his role as a big - city police detective who finds himself masquerading as an Amish farmer to protect a young murder witness in Witness (1984), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work, as well as the praise of critics who had previously ignored his acting awitness in Witness (1984), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work, as well as the praise of critics who had previously ignored his acting aWitness (1984), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work, as well as the praise of critics who had previously ignored his acting ability.

The following decade witnessed Williams guesting in series programs including CSI, Joan of Arcadia, and NYPD Blue, appearing in recurring roles on shows such as Malcolm in the Middle, and tackling a small supporting part in the farce Undercover Brother (2002).

So authentic and believable in their roles that at times I thought I was watching a documentary, a National Geographic show witnessing humans in their domesticated environment — tension's rising as the female digs up the male's skeletons in the closet.

Ronan's disappearance into the flippancy of Lady Bird is so complete, it's almost easy to overlook, especially in the wake of Laurie Metcalf, who lands a career best role as an overbearing but kind - hearted mother, a woman whose economic worries are underlined in every exchange, her work scrubs the silent witness to her reality in almost every scene.

In an attempt to bring a more human face to the slaughter, Saroyan brings in a historian, an Armenian woman named Ani (Khanjian, Irma Vep), to serve as an advisor to the film, since she is an expert on the life of painter Arshile Gorky (Abkarian, When the Cat's Away), reported to have eye witnessed the events, and who is to be featured in a supporting role.

But everything changes when he witnesses the important role women (as sisters together; mothers of children) have for the future survival of humanity.

Let's face it, when you're spotted a trio of Oscar - nominees for the lead roles right off the bat, namely, Thomas Haden Church (for Sideways), Melissa Leo (for Frozen River) and Elisabeth Shue (for Leaving Las Vegas), plus have a couple of veteran character actors like Keith David and M. Emmet Walsh at your disposal as well, it's reasonable for your audience to expect to witness something special.

Lee himself has a small role as a bystander, putting him in the same space as his audience: dumbfounded, mesmerized witnesses to a crime.

,» the sequel to his 1987 cult classic «Wings of Desire» that found her in a supporting role as a trenchcoat - wearing angel bearing witness on the denizens of a newly - reunited Berlin — although the crackpot plotting would earn it mixed reviews, the eclectic cast (including the likes of Peter Falk, Willem Dafoe, Lou Reed and Mikhail Gorbachev) and the look of Berlin after the fall definitely make it worth reexamining.

Stewart is increasingly proving to be one of the more persuasively minimalist actors in today's cinema, adept at the evocation of thoughtful complexity — as witnessed by her anguished but laconic role in Olivier Assayas's upcoming Personal Shopper.

His most prominent television parts include Prime Suspect 3 (1993)(TV) and Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (2003)(TV) as Inspector Larry Hall, and starring roles in the BBC Two dramas «Our Friends in the North» (1996) and «The Long Firm» (2004), the latter of which netted Strong a BAFTA nomination.

«Yes, audiences are more disposed toward being inclusive in matters of race and sexuality in the 21st century than they were in the 20th — witness the (Oscar) win by A Fantastic Woman, starring a trans actor in the leading role, as Best Foreign Film of the year, and the other major mainstream film of the year, Get Out, Jordan Peele's social critique / horror film, which also dominated at the box office.

Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother's struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.

And, if they've seen it, do enough voters take Stallone seriously as an actor, believing he delivered something here that goes deeper than they've witnessed from him before in the role of Rocky Balboa?

But I really shouldn't bury the lede: if you are going to catch The Infiltrator (and here, your Cranston fandom and / or your interest in drug war films not starring Emily Blunt will surely factor in), you should know that you get to see Diane Kruger rock some serious fashion while nailing the tricky role of a smart and rookie undercover agent playing Bob's arm candy fiancée, you get to witness Olympia Dukakis chew scenery as Mazur's Aunt Vicki, who's not as clean - cut as her nephew, and you get to watch Amy Ryan... well, sadly not all the women could get choice roles here, now could they?

Still, taking the film for what it is, she does a terrific job in the role as a woman that has profoundly changed by witnessing the troubles of veterans, especially in the way the government and media tried to sweep them under the rug and forget about them.

As a former charter school business leader and now in my role at the Association, I've witnessed this crisis firsthand — fielding phone calls, exchanging emails and in meetings with school officials.

Initially, in the role as a «witness to history,» teachers were very interested in learning more about the context and realities confronted during my three years at Little Rock Central High School.

You may recall with a touch of nostalgia, the popular 1989 comedy drama movie starring Tom Hanks playing the role of Scott Turner as a clean - cut cop, and Hooch, a large and slobbery mastiff - like dog, who turns out being the closest thing to a witness in a murder case involving the death of his owner.

Witness the insight and power of Catherine McClements (Phedre) as she returns to Bell Shakespeare for one of the greatest roles ever written.