Not exact matches
It is Matthew's unique
testimony to the
risen Jesus as the Redeemer who now declares that God has
given him all authority necessary for the redemption of the earth.
Here, more than in any
testimony developed at the trial, was the mute evidence of the anguish caused by the rift in the church: «Green silk altar hangings
given by Miss Winifred Walker in memory of her sister, Ruby Walker... Private communion service
given by Mrs. Annie
Rose Robertson Sprague in memory of her mother and her sisters... A dogwood planted on the front lawn in memory of Marie Gatling Payne...»
There are places where he resorts to the imagery of myth and speaks of Christ as if he were living an unseen life with God in a heavenly realm above, from which he would descend to appear on the earth at the imminent end - time.38 At other times Paul could speak of the church as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the
risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own
testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and
gave himself up for me.»
«In the face of such orders and the ethical dilemmas to which they
give rise, medical professionals likely would decline to serve as expert witnesses in lethal injection cases in the first place, robbing the parties and the courts of appropriate expert
testimony that would assist them in accurately adjudicating the important constitutional issues this and similar cases present,» the authors write in the brief.
This case concerns a defendant's desire to testify in greater detail about the incidents
giving rise to the criminal charges, confronted by his attorney's belief that more
testimony was not a good idea.
In this case, the court determined that the expert witness
testimony presented by the insurance company
gave rise to a material issue as to whether the plaintiff's continued medical care was a result of the accident.
Were Justice Zuker's references to social science evidence in the context of assessing the complainant's
testimony the type that under public scrutiny would
give rise to a determination based on generalizations rather than specific demonstrations?