Sentences with phrase «stand with conviction»

How long will you allow yourself to be persuaded until you stand with conviction on a particular side?

Daniel — «How long will you allow yourself to be persuaded until you stand with conviction on a particular side?»

I already stand with conviction on a particular side.

Not exact matches

The other thing that I would say is that we need to stand our ground, again with humility and compassion but conviction none the less.

On the other hand, if it takes some extra effort to show customers how you stand out from competitors, you should say yes with conviction.

If my convictions are not to talk to black people and I follow through with this am I then to be commended for standing up for my convictions?

This led Luther eventually to conclude that the Roman Church was irrevocably committed to the claim that the authority of the pope stood even above Holy Scripture and it was in this context that he came, over the next several years, to believe that the papacy was the prophesied Antichrist of the last days, a conviction he then held to his dying day with a literalistic fervor that his modern interpreters have rarely been willing to take as seriously as he did.

«To see someone who stands by her convictions and who remains with people in trouble even if it puts herself at risk, that really shows us the importance of standing up and taking courage today...»

That is an inward matter, and you sometimes feel that with regard to many contemporary moral attitudes and social customs you are a «yes man,» not an independent character standing up for your own convictions.

To a frightening extent, the modern arrogation of the title «theologian» to seminary professors with doctor's degrees, Latin styles, German specialisms, concealed inferiority complexes, and a conviction that they have been «elevated» from the ministry of the local church is now exacerbating the long - standing condition.

In Craven's words again, Lee «chose to yield deeply held convictions regarding immediate concrete issues in order to stand by those intangible, yet more profound values which had to do with honor, with self - respect, and with duty» (p. 115).

The prophets took their stand on the conviction that God has a hand in human affairs, and they therefore interpreted the events of their time with insight derived from their converse with the Eternal («hearing the word of the Lord.»

The results of an existentialist analysis would certainly be very different — or perhaps it would discover its own impossibility — if it set out with the conviction that not only does every man stand in a positive or negative relation to God, but his relation to God is constitutive of his Being.

This Louie Giglio moment, and the Chick - Fil - A moment that preceded it, and the Rick Warren moment which preceded that, raise the question: Where do people of faith with long - standing traditional religious / scriptural convictions go from here?

Richard would stand with me and stand by his convictions.

They passionately stand by their convictions, even though there are many — even in Christian circles — who may disagree with them.

Certainly, there is nothing wrong with being people of conviction — indeed, we are called to discern and stand for truth, most notably the truth of the Gospel.

But we equally believed that those who stood against us held just as sacred convictions that were the opposite of ours, and we respected them as every man with a heart must respect those who give all for their belief.

Franklin Graham has convictions a I stand with him on that.

Unless our stories have a cosmic dimension to them, I doubt whether they can move us deeply or provide the solid ground we need to stand on in order to live with conviction and hope.

If only people would start standing up to progressives, on camera, in the classroom, in print, and with conviction, and say, «What's with all the name - calling?

One takes historical stands (J is a woman; she is of the royal house and not a scribe of Rehoboam; she makes this or that wordplay) but then describes these as personal fictions and states with conviction, «I am not a biblical scholar.»

Revisionists are said to «think it particularly important to correlate Christian beliefs with concerns and experiences that all people share and to stand ready to defend Christian convictions according to «publicly acceptable» criteria of truth.»

It is not so easy a matter to perform this task aright; to stand in the presence of God and to speak in his name, with that plainness and simplicity, that seriousness and gravity, that zeal and concern, which the business requires; to accommodate ourselves to the capacity of the common people without disgusting our more knowing hearers by the insipid flatness of our discourse; to excite and awaken drowsy souls, without terrifying and disturbing more tender consciences; to bear home the convictions of sin, without the appearance of some personal reflection; in a word, to approve ourselves unto God as workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.21

But I stand by conviction that there is no such thing as a cheapie umbrella stroller that's easy to travel with!

«But I was elected to parliament to exercise my judgment on behalf of the people I represent... So whenever the election comes I will tell my constituents, with a clear conscience, that I stood up for my convictions, and what I believe to be their best interests.»

Lander's fellow Councilmember Levin noted that with the recent «crisis of confidence» in Albany, the Assembly needs «strong leaders with integrity who won't back down... with strong vision, who stand by their convictions.»

Pontypridd MP Owen Smith has previously said of his third reading vote in the Commons: «Whenever the election comes I will tell my constituents, with a clear conscience, that I stood up for my convictions, and what I believe to be their best interests.»

Silver, whose conviction was overturned on appeal based on that Supreme Court ruling, stands accused — for a second time — of selling his office in exchange for $ 4 million in kickbacks that he received through two law firms with which he was affiliated.

Obama added: «Here in America, many of us will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history — we can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will.

We just go with candidates that we think have a good idea or the courage to stand up for their convictions.»

Simon Festing, the executive director of the Research Defence Society, tells ScienceInsider that, combined with similar trials over the past few years, the total number of convictions of such activists now stands at 30.

«If you find you are making a strong moral conviction in way of the moral frameworks, take a stand with courage just don't have malice towards those that disagree with you,» he said.

He becomes a man obsessed with justice and the conviction that his life's work — or for that matter, anyone's work — be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit.

Wright and the screenwriter Anthony McCarten turn that ideological fight into a swooning parable of courage in one's convictions and the necessity of standing up to extremism rather than trying to meet it halfway — a seemingly simple message that's delivered with old - fashioned, stiff - upper - lip panache.

There is just nothing about the game's presentation that stands out and seems like it was worked on with any conviction.

I done paid my fare,» the 11 - year - old recites with all the conviction Rosa Parks unleashed in her now - famous stand for civil rights:

I can now say with conviction that not only did StarBlood Arena stand up admirably to long play sessions, it is one of the most comfortable VR games I have ever played.

In an atmosphere rife with promises to salve fear and anxiety, the artist takes a seemingly defiant stand against a rhetoric of certainty and conviction that is at worst dishonest and at best delusional.

The paintings stand in stark contrast to the acute and uncompromising look he takes as a writer and commentator, while nevertheless being made with the conviction that, as stated on Collings's website, «Art, as it used to be understood, has come to an end.»

I know this is slithering sideways on the slippery slope of ad hominem, but honestly, how does he or CAN he stand face - to - face with someone and in all conviction and seriousness, assert such baloneyous claptrap?

It is all too easy to be sucked into a state of complacency, and we need to stay awake and aware and stand by our convictions, and communicate them with others.

They were a team that stood up to a prosecutor who had engaged in what the court called egregious misconduct; a team that listened to him and exposed the junk science that helped lead to his conviction; a team that humanized him before a judge with the courage to correct a grave injustice.

At the other end of the range stands the addict who is charged for sharing a small amount of a Schedule I drug with a friend or spouse, and finds herself sentenced to a year in prison because of a single conviction for sharing marihuana in a social occasion nine years before.

With an experienced Chicago reckless driving lawyer in your corner, you stand a chance at refuting the prosecution's arguments and avoiding the consequences of a criminal conviction.

Short Answer «An obstruction conviction can not stand when it is based on speech protected by an individual's first amendment right to criticize on - duty police officers» Source: Amicus Brief to Supreme Court of the State of Washington in State of Washington v. E.J.J. I agree with @DaleM's answer.

The recent case of Rosie Fulton — a young women with foetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD) who was held in a Western Australian prison for 21 months with no conviction after a magistrate found her unfit to stand trial — showcased a terrible injustice that is particularly acute in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Blagg also warned that the recent case of Rosie Fulton — a young women with foetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD) who was held in a WA prison for 21 months with no conviction after a magistrate found her unfit to stand trial — was not unique.