Sentences with phrase «sharp opposition»

While, at times, he talked as a Greek in setting flesh and spirit in sharp opposition, he always was thinking as a Jew; he was contrasting, not material flesh and immaterial spirit, but the natural man uninspired by the divine Spirit, on one side, and the spiritual man transformed by God's grace, on the other.

(Bloomberg)-- A key concession that helped clear Republican tax legislation for a Senate vote as early as Thursday is drawing sharp opposition from conservative groups and some lawmakers, signaling that GOP leaders still face challenges in achieving a major legislative victory before year's end.

The idea of arming some teachers has been controversial and has drawn sharp opposition from the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers lobby, among other groups.

Today we might be inclined to juxtapose this more individualistic exploration to the social gospel, but at the time I think it was generally felt more as a division of labor in the process of bringing Christianity relevantly into the twentieth century than as sharp opposition.

As the line crept up, we saw sharp opposition on the Giants at +3 +112.

He voiced sharp opposition to the re-naming of the Queensborough Bridge after former Mayor Ed Koch and fought last year for an animal shelter in the borough.

The Washington Supreme Court took this action despite sharp opposition from members of the bar (and a dissenting Justice).

He would seldom be aware that, in this regrouping, his judgment is in sharp opposition to the judgment of Jesus on the same subject.

In sharp opposition to the things which become, «being» connotes only the eternal, immutable, and self - same.

In either case there was a sharp opposition to the dominant American ethos of utilitarian instrumentalism oriented to personal success.

Given the sharp opposition of the doctrines of economism to those of traditional religions on many points, this quick acquiescence is surprising.

There is, indeed, a sharp opposition between the brutality and ruthlessness of the current Israeli government, Kratsmans» bold interventions into the seemingly stable status quo, and the decision to award him a with prize.