Sentences with phrase «to acknowledge authority»

I am declaring my loyalty and acknowledging his authority in my life.

Episcopalian Agnes Sanford, perhaps the most widely acknowledged authority on healing prayer, notes in the opening chapter of her 1947 classic The Healing Light:

Unlike the others, Judas does not acknowledge His authority as Lord.

People high on authoritarianism tend to have blind allegiance to conventional beliefs about right and wrong and have high respect for acknowledged authorities.

Citizens pass judgment on the most complex questions by acknowledging the authority of what qualified people know.

Some of the steps by which they came together can be dimly traced; but we can say with confidence no more than this, that the Church intuitively acknowledged the authority of these particular works.

This book demonstrates that by meaningfully involving students, educators can acknowledge the authority students have, and give credence to the contributions young people can make to school improvement.

By endorsing the IPCC reports, governments acknowledge the authority of their scientific content.

Most States acknowledge the authority of school districts to make rules governing school business, including the authority to adopt and enforce a student discipline code.

The deputy head of France's Anti-Corruption Authority acknowledged the authority's limited territorial reach but warned French companies that they can often still be pursued by the DOJ.

But I must acknowledge the authorities on which I rely in retelling it.

Jesus confronted these powers by not acknowledging their authority or power to judge.

As Levy has shown, reformers and their opponents both acknowledged the authority of Scripture within a traditional, ecclesial framework.

Anxiety about my unworthiness and presumption on my merits are alike failures to acknowledge the authority of God in His concrete saving presence.

When rebelling you acknowledge the authority against which you rebel.

The new doctrinal formulation must acknowledge the authority both of the Christian revelation and of women's experience or of Buddhist wisdom gained through Enlightenment.

At any rate by the date at which Paul was writing — say, some quarter of a century after the death of Jesus — there was already in circulation a body of accepted «sayings of the Lord» to which he could appeal in the confidence that his correspondents would acknowledge their authority.

It is written for Christians who love the Bible and acknowledge its authority for faith and life.

Declaring early in American history that the Constitution was «godless» because it failed to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ, the church up until a generation ago practiced «political dissent,» not allowing members to vote, hold public office, or take oaths of allegiance to the flag or the Constitution.

Congress decides the rates for income taxes; we citizens have some influence on the decision, but whether we like it or not, we acknowledge its authority.

Larry Dossey is a medical doctor who is also an acknowledged authority about spiritual healing.

She doesn't let go of the pup till he's acknowledged her authority (in dog language) by relaxing his body, laying his ears back and keeping still for a moment.

A native of New Orleans, Louisana, Schindler is an acknowledged authority on Mardi Gras history and has served as artistic director for numerous New Orleans Carnival organizations, known as krewes.

By taking part in the IPCC, all governments «acknowledge the authority» of the IPCC's conclusions.

The great Thomas Henry Huxley put it this way: «The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such.

Legal reputation (writing, speaking, acknowledged authority); 13.

An acknowledged authority on information and privacy law matters, David Hughes has taught a course on Privacy Law as well as co-taught a course in Information and Privacy Law at Thompson Rivers University with former Information and Privacy Commissioner, David Loukidelis, QC.

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Several provisions of this statute are of relevance to the medical assisting profession, especially the section that acknowledges the authority of physicians to delegate tasks to professionals other than registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.