Sentences with phrase «stand against authority»

At the end, even though he has been fired by the school, we are thrilled as his students find the ability to stand against authority, to think for themselves.

John is an adventurer who stands against authority and decides to leave, to explore, to know.

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Let us stand firm against any and all arbitrary authority that threatens the personal sovereignty of One or All.

Adnama Satan uses external circumstances to direct our steps he knows that if we walk according to the flesh we come under his authority for the flesh is weak and he manipulates by keeping christians in bondage to sin through lust or whatever sin the christian is weak in.He can also fire into our minds evil thoughts to make us feel condemned or guilty these are fiery darts they are not ours and we need to stand on the word to rebuke them by faith.If we have given our lives to Christ then we belong to Christ so if we walk in accordance to the spirit the enemy has not power to effect us either internally or externally that is not to say that he can not manipulate situations and circumstances to his advantage that is why we need to be alert and pray against the work that he does we are in a spiritual battle but we have overcome in Christ so fear not brentnz

In our review we have shown that the stand taken by it against the Law and against the civil authority is exactly the same as in colonial time, just as in 1810, 1822, 1833, 1836, and 1865; and that after the lengthy period enjoyed by it for recovery it has again adopted the same attitude in 1913, 1914, 1917, 1926, and 1934 «51 Portes - Gil exaggerates, however.

If the wartime Vatican had taken a moral stand against Nazism, the outcome might or might not have been different; the Church might have emerged from the war with the moral authority to stand against the secular tide that has swamped it.

As far as the Catholic Faith goes there have always been those in the Church who have done wrong, and more serious wrong than you are reading about here - namely the first Pope denying he even knew Jesus and all of the rest of the apostles abandoning God to that shameful horrifying death - when they could have stood by Him, defending Him against the authorities and even proving to them that He indeed was God - their Messiah before them!

He strove to keep all bishops under Papal authority and stood out against their investiture by lay princes.

In more voluminous and also widely read writings Lamennais presented a fresh apologetic for the Christian faith as against eighteenth - century rationalism, criticized Gallicanism (the traditional belittling of Papal authority in the French Church), and stood for the Papacy as a safeguard of the faith.

One of the 12 men is a recent university graduate; all of the rest are still students in an era in which young people are locking arms and marching against the war in Vietnam, against racism, against authority, standing up and sitting in for Truth and Justice.

Universitario had asked the Bolivan authorities for Saturday's domestic game against Bolivar to be rescheduled; they play Mineros de Guayana in the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday night knowing that they stand on the brink of reaching the knock - out rounds for just the second time in their history.

All borrowing by the county must be approved by the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, and some board members have taken a firm stand against allowing the county to borrow for operating costs.

«We stand ready, with four Conservative local authorities, including Theresa May's own council, to bring a judicial review against a green light for a third runway.»

Standing near a City Hall subway stop, Staten Island Assembly member and GOP mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis railed against Mayor Bill de Blasio's handling of the city's transit system and its state - controlled operator, the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

On it's own merits though, West Of Memphis is a well - assembled, well - argued doc that shows how our advocacy model of trial law can lead to the state spinning stories they know are probably untrue, and then using their authority to stand strong against any alternate theory, no matter how many millions of people believe it.

What keeps the movie from becoming nihilistic are its moments of kindness: Logan caring for an ill Xavier, a family standing up to shelter their guests from the authorities, Laura and her young mutant peers fighting back against their abusers and working together to turn a comic book fantasy into a real community.

To jump - start the authorities, Frances points out their ineptitude, both on those billboards and by stalking into the precinct house and facing off with good - ol» - boy cops played by Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell, who don't stand a chance against Frances, because her hard - nosed stare can see into their souls and snort with disappointment.

Larry Flanagan, EIS general secretary, said: «EIS members in West Dunbartonshire are determined to stand firm against the authority's plans to cut principal teacher posts in secondary schools.

The Agri - Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) have taken a stand against these dog attacks with their latest campaign to encourage considerate pet ownership.

The Agri - Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) have taken a stand against these dog attacks...

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In their findings, the appellate judges cited several authorities to determine that animals lack standing specifically under the Copyright Act to pursue claims against people like Slater.

According to Russian financial authorities, the Finance Ministry stands for allowing cryptocurrencies to be exchanged in rubles and foreign currency, while the Central Bank is against it.

If you manage to give hiring authorities what they want / expect to see, there is no question you will be standing out against the rest.