Sentences with phrase «who hold them to»

But it also looked at who's putting that knowledge into action, factoring in the percentage of state residents who held to good financial habits (like building an emergency fund), as well as bad ones (spending more than they earn or using payday loans).

«Our students are taught by the same Wharton faculty who hold them to the same standards of performance and intellectual rigor,» says Anjani Jain, Wharton's vice dean of MBA Program for Executives.

I can't be reasoned with around those beliefs and assumptions so why would I expect to be able to reason with others who hold to rigid beliefs?

Those who held to orthodox formulations were always in reaction, required to respond to the «progressives.»

Many on here may think that I take offense with anyone who holds to a traditional interpretation of scripture stating that * all * homosexual expression is sinful.

I do not feel accepted by those who hold to this viewpoint because they do not accept this vital part of my identity.

I also know people who hold to the same beliefs regarding homosexuals as fishon but who have gone out of their way to educate themselves on both sides of the debate... and even though they still think homosexuality is a sin, they don't resort to the language and comparasions that fishon does... because they know that homosexuality isn't anything comparable to pedophilia or alcoholism.

I've asked individuals who hold to the theory of Darwinian evolution many many times to point me to the «overwhelming» evidence that you speak of, but alas, they never do... sigh.

And for the majority of Christians, who hold to the traditional Christian view of hell, these matters really are about (eternal) life and death.

Webb sneaks up on a justification for a gospel of wealth; claims that the poor providentially provide an occasion for the wealthy to show charity; discounts pluralism (though with qualification); and fails to attend to the black experience in the American story or to consider the thought of Martin Luther King, who held to a view of providential American exceptionalism yet was critical of military adventurism.

«His teaching above that of others, the canonical writings alone excepted, enjoys such a precision of language, an order of matters, a truth of conclusions, that those who hold to it are never found swerving from the path of truth, and he who dare assail it will always be suspected of error.»

At least those of us do who hold to traditional Christian beliefs.

Thus, to claim the Reformers as heroes and at the same time deride those who hold to their beliefs on Christian discipleship is at best misleading.

This again produced a storm of indignation among the conservatives, who held to the dogma that the words of the Bible had been changed.

Therefore, a minister who holds to the temperance view would seem to be in a position of having to choose whether he will make this a major emphasis or whether he wishes to counsel alcoholics.

Leo finally quotes the testimony of Innocent VI who says «His teaching above that of others, the canons alone excepted, enjoys such an elegance of phraseology, a method of statement, a truth of proposition, thatthose who hold to it are never found swerving from the path of truth, and he who dare assail it will always be suspected of error.»

«The blame can not be laid at the door of those who are seeking to be faithful, who are saying «look we want to be an Episcopal Church, we believe in bishops, but we believe in biblical bishops who hold to sound doctrine and publically refute false doctrine and false behaviour.»

Among those who are Premillennial, and who hold to a seven year Tribulation period, there are three basic views on when Christ will rapture his church (Four actually if you count the Pre-Wrath, but I group that with Mid-Trib).

I value and respect the views of people like yourself, and numerous others, who hold to the various «Less than inerrant» views about Scripture.

Bill Nye would have us believe that all who hold to Creationism are ignorant.

They are all for discrimination against those who hold to the traditional view of marriage on which Western Civilisation has been based for the past 1,500 years.

My problem is the lies that «there are no true scientists» who hold to a young earth, that there's no evidence for it and that there's nothing published on the subject.

So you are telling me there are «scientists» who hold to the scientific method in everything EXCEPT when it comes to evolution... and I should trust them?

He went on to say he felt Tim Farron had been singled out, explaining: «It is fair to say that we don't see public figures who hold to other faiths, generally, being subjected to the same kind of scrutiny that Farron has been subjected to.

The «scholars» who hold to the inaccuracy of the Bible all disagree on this issue.

Elizabeth Nordquist, who has headed the southwest chapter of the Evangelical Women's Caucus, offered valuable suggestions, as did Mary Ellen Godfrey, who holds to a more traditional posture concerning women's roles.

Scholars who hold to the position of Pauline authenticity of the epistle include Wallace, [15] Knight [8], Fee [16], Witherington III [17], Johnson [18], Stott [9] and Towner [19].

Believers who find themselves at home with the wintry sort have been so voiceless that those who exclude God from their horizon are hardly aware of those who hold to faith.

How ought we to think about other persecuted groups who hold to a heretical understanding of the incarnation or the deity of Christ?

This protects you from the «attack» of the Other, you think... but if you ask me, it brings up enough negative energy in you to have a spiritual breakdown, like Job, and to side only with people, who hold to Scripture, blindly - in other words, to side with those who have not learned to trust that thinking for themselves, as individuals, is a good thing.

I am afraid that those who hold to the understanding of this parable I have just mentioned do not have ears to hear.

A statement written by a spokesperson for LifeWay said: «LifeWay only carries resources in our stores by authors who hold to the biblical view of marriage.

How do you respond when you interact with folks who hold to a different perspective?

Growing up in a rapture - centered church, I remember meeting a godly man who held to a post-tribulational view of the rapture.

I know most of you who hold to the idea of a heteronormative, monogamous sexual morality being instilled from the beginning of creation think I'm being ridiculous.

I don't agree with every aspect of Reformed theology, but there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that those who hold to it — including Piper and Driscoll and Taylor — are my brothers and sisters in Christ!

A blessed exception is the adult who holds to a conviction of faith, and to whom the young can look in hope and trust.

But those who hold to one of these alternate ways of reading Scripture don't necessarily believe the Bible has errors; they just have a different way of reading and understanding the text.

But those who hold to these alternate ways of reading Genesis 1 are often discredited by six - day creationists for believing that the Bible has errors.

At least that way every other person who held to his / her own beliefs yet didn't scream at others for believing differently could have some peace.

And its not enough for those of us who hold to the teaching of Jesus to expect others to be our martyrs.

The weight of evidence, then, seems to he on the side of those who hold to the view expressed by Carroll A. Wise, of Garrett Theological Seminary «The belief that the excessive use of alcohol is simply a matter of habit is no longer scientifically tenable.»

From what I can tell, those who hold to «Christ - esteem» instead of «self - esteem» make some valid points, but are still guilty of many of the things they accuse the «secular self - esteem» proponents to be guilty of.

As one who holds to historic Christian teaching on sex and marriage, I believe that Peterson is very wrong on homosexuality.

The fundamentalists, who hold to a literal interpretation of the Bible as the only way to think of it as inspired, take the Genesis account of creation as accurate history.

Then, during the Crusades, there is the widespread slaughter of the Albegensians, who held to a dualistic rejection of all things material in order to achieve spiritual purity, and John Calvin who burned Servetus at the stake for denying the Trinity, and Zwingli who had several Anabaptists drowned for their belief in getting rebaptized as adults.

Another problem: for Indians who hold to traditional ways; the secular does not exist; all of life and everything in it, including material goods, is sacred.

I never said you had to adopt my interpretation of the truth, I merely said someone who holds to Barth's view of interpretation relinquishes his / her right to critique someone else's interpretation (See naked pastor's comments on Barth on Nov. 26).

The marvelous new creativity which has sent the church in new directions must not lead us to a distrust those who hold to the old patterns, for many of our brothers and sisters in Christ have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.

If we define the religious right broadly — as orthodox religious people who hold to conservative positions on the right to life, the definition of marriage, the goodness of tradition, and the freedom to believe and practice one's faith — then the religious right is alive and well, despite the mythology of an ever - secularizing, omni - progressivizing Hegelian spirit - force.