Sentences with phrase «to win converts»

But moving to a simpler system didn't win any converts from those who make their living buying and selling homes.

In America they quickly found several places in which to settle, but they had little success in winning converts.

Christian efforts in the social arena did not win converts.

Our sugar - free mint dark chocolate flavor is notorious for winning converts over to the ChocoPerfection lifestyle.

Others, like the ancient Pharisees, prompted by equally noble motives, are making valiant efforts to keep the church structures buoyant and active by winning converts from the lost world as occasion offers.

Creating easy targets has become a very popular method of winning converts when it's not even needed.

Morphometrics may provide the answer, and it has already won some converts.

I looked up how to make marshmallows with real marshmallow root in hopes that I can win some converts over to natural healing.

He gradually won converts.

All that is left to do is to rally the troops, win converts wherever possible, and wage a war of attrition.

An argument never wins any converts.

james blunt wins another convert to his insufferably miserable pop dross!

But there were men out on the field winning converts.

Typically, churches attempt to effect change in their communities (charity, feeding the poor, winning converts etc).

In his strength, then, they are to go over the world winning converts, teaching these new followers even as he taught them, baptizing them in his name and in the name of God and the Holy Spirit, and promising them that he will be with them always to the end of the world.

In the four centuries between 950 and 1350 Christianity won converts in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

I hope this recipe wins some converts.

Although none of us were blown away by it, we think people would find this a nice step up from grocery store coffee, and it could certainly win some converts.

While BYU was winning its first national championship, future stars like Scott Peterson were scattered about the earth winning converts to Mormonism

A 2012 Time magazine cover of a picture of a mother breastfeeding a toddler fueled the controversy, as well as winning some converts.

I sincerely doubt we'll win any converts like that.

The theory that much of what we call intelligence is generated from the bottom up — that is, by the body — is now winning converts everywhere.

Dawson previously wrote that RIM's strategy seems to be focused on building the best devices for current BlackBerry users «rather than something that will necessarily win converts from other platforms.»

IBM SoftLayer's hybrid bare - metal / cloud infrastructure and free internal networking wins some converts, but it still has a long way to go in the AWS - obsessed world of startups.

One thing is certain: Smart locks and automated services offer conveniences that will quickly win converts.

Unless of course he is a (well, well, here is a thirteenth category) «Evangelistic Evangelical» who is particularly motivated by winning converts.

Jews have traditionally shown little interest in winning converts.

As these evangelists developed radio and TV ministries, they began to win converts among Christians in mainline denominations, who opted to remain with their own churches.

With adult attention spans maxing out anywhere from eight seconds to 20 minutes, presentations that fail to capture interest immediately and sustain it through the critical parts have a slim chance of winning converts.

Hybrid publishing — when an author chooses to publish some stories traditionally and other stories independently — has won converts from both sides, illustrating that there's no «one size fits all» for every project.

They made this simple preacher man into a god to win converts to their cause, the new Judaism.

Sheen was noted for, inter alia, the number of people he had helped bring into the Catholic Church, and our friend, too, was eager to win converts.

However, no one attempted to wrestle with the weaknesses of the program, which had, in effect, created a competition among divisions that ultimately placed pastors, especially those in developing countries, under great pressure to win converts.

The S.P.G. was active in New England, winning converts, establishing churches, and pleading for bishops.

If he [and others like him] think they will win converts or change people's minds with this hate, they are oh so wrong!

Build rapport if you want to win convert.

WRT the terrifying beliefs of Christianity, I believe that those are later additions that were intended to win converts by using fear when simply preaching the «good news» didn't work.

He had strong opposition to his preaching and, for a long time, won no converts to the cause.

If he had had more «tension capacity,» he would have realized that he could proceed along the lines of his intention, winning some converts and remaining in tension with others, but without jeopardy to his program.

Every year they sent hundreds of missionaries out to win converts, and they grew.

Out of our desire to win converts we've often tried to make Jesus more convenient.

What if I told you that Jesus didn't want us to win converts?

With a focus on being the hands and feet of Jesus, World Vision can even work in countries where Christianity is illegal, because the goal is not to win converts but to love as Jesus loved.