Sentences with phrase «with heavy burdens»

They refuse to practice what they preach, and their influence and ideas actually tie up the souls of their listeners with heavy burdens.

Thus Israel's triumph, a triumph in which Benvenisti participated after the war years as a member of the pioneering youth movement, evokes a lament: «My father's map triumphed, and I, his dutiful son, was left with the heavy burden of the fruits of victory.

He demonstrated in many ways that the law (outer governance and control through fear of punishment) was no longer to be a rigid yoke with its heavy burden of cleansing and rituals and sacrifices and punishments, but instead was to be a kingdom of the heart, of mercy not sacrifice, because the sacrifice was Himself.

If the Governor and Legislative Leaders are going to talk the talk about tax reform they better walk the walk with results or taxpayers will make them walk the plank in the deep waters of the 2014 election with the heavy burden of failing to fulfill the promise of significant tax relief!»

Bisexual couples live with the heavy burden of social stigma, which can lead to depression and anxiety.

But Linty's legacy comes with a heavy burden.

While these owners rationalize their actions by saying there was nothing more they could do, these birds enter a very uncertain future with the heavy burden of years of emotional and behavioral baggage.

Good ideas come with a heavy burden.

Faced with this heavy burden, Mr. Campbell and Mr. Smith go through deficiencies in the investigation and the efforts they undertook to convince the Law Society not to commence the proceedings and, once commenced, to withdraw them.

Arguably in the case of a fast - track admission, the Braybrook considerations might serve as an appropriate test but with a heavier burden of proof on the defence to establish these factors; however, the effectiveness of any pre-action admission made before 6 April 2007 remains a matter of debate.

Not exact matches

With this free agency comes a heavy burden of responsibility; witness the crushing defeat in Professor Brand's vain struggle to enact the destiny he so desires for the human race.

American insurance giant MetLife has doubled down on its efforts to skirt the heavier regulatory burden that comes with being labeled a Systemically Important Financial Institution.

The simplicity criterion carries a heavy burden in Swinburne's argument, as it recommends theism's appeal to one being with simple (infinite) properties over materialism's appeal to many ultimate particles with complex properties.

They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.

They will not so much as touch with their fingers the heavy burdens they lay on the shoulders of others.

Tell us the truth when you get tired, when the yoke grows too heavy and the hill too steep to climb, and we will learn to carry one another's burdens because we started with yours.

Must be a heavy burden to be blessed with such talent wtihin such small, closed minds...

On the contrary, his most stinging words are directed toward those who «preach, but do not practice»; to those who «bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger»; to those who «devour widows» houses and for a pretense... make long prayers»; to those who are «blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel» (Matt.

He calls attention to (1) the degeneration in syncretism of the old Yahweh faith prior to the appearance of the eighth - century prophets; (2) a kind of «emancipation» from Yahweh in increasing dependence upon the maturing structure of the political state; and (3) the dissolution of the old tribal social order with the shift of economic power to the cities, the increasing inability of the farmer, because of the burdens of heavy taxation, to maintain himself as a free man, and the growing concentration of land in the hands of a few wealthy urbanites (cf. Isa.

We know that he had a heavy burden to share the Gospel with his fellow Israelites, because he wrote the Gospel of Matthew, which is specifically written to Jews to show them that Jesus is the promised Kingly Messiah.

If our theology causes us to bind heavy burdens on people's backs, while creating rules, restrictions, and regulations for how to live life with God and others, and we stifle people's joy, censor their love, and chide them for their grace, it is no wonder that people reject us and our theology, and maybe the God we claim to follow as well.

But quite to the contrary, God was there all along, suffering alongside them, helping them bear up under the crushing burden of pain and loss, and waiting with them until the heavy cost of justice had been poured out by the destroyer.

After all, Wesley notes, Genesis 2:18 says it is not good for man to be alone, the apostle Paul writes that it is better to be married than to burn with passion, and Jesus warned against religious leaders tying up «heavy burdens, hard to bear,» and laying them on people's shoulders (Matthew 11:30).

If you are dulled and dazed with the fever and the fret, or weary and worn — tottering under burdens too heavy to bear — go back to the old outdoor home.»

By impoverishing the Church's genuinely «Catholic «image, the colonial missions have left the young Churches of Asia, Africa, South and Central America with a heavy historical burden till the present.

They all give the distinct impression that whatever is wrong with the child is the parents» (especially mother's) fault, and that's such a heavy burden to bear.

Even E. O. Wilson, the «father of sociobiology,» once wrote that he favors a «scientific humanism» — one that «imposes the heavy burden of individual choice that goes with intellectual freedom.»

The sexism endemic to a patriarchal society ironically bore with its logic a heavier burden upon «deviants» of the «superior» gender.

It is far less difficult to simply observe the world for what is true rather than try and fit everything into one Christian world view that has with it a lot of baggage that involves shame, judgment, hell, and host of other heavy burdens it calls light.

Following this in Matthew is the saying, «Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,» with the promise of rest, an easy yoke, and a light burden.

If the last generation, beholding the first, and seeing it almost sink under its burden of awe and fear, were to find it in its heart to say: «It is impossible to understand why they should take it so hard, for the whole is not heavier than that one could easily take it up and run with it,» there will doubtless be someone to answer: «You are welcome to run with it if you like; but you ought at all events make sure that what you run with really is that of which we are speaking; for there is no disputing the fact that it is easy enough to run with the wind.»

The paper has stood up to every test I have thrown at it, with heavier stock taking the burden of structural support and the lighter weight allowing for decorative elements.

It's interesting to see the simple nutritional wisdom that was given, with no indication that an individual should lower fat intake; however, the cookbook says you can use hydrogenated vegetable oils, which we now know carries a heavy burden of trans - fat.

The idea (to put it crudely) was to make fathers as unattractive to employers as mothers; to mount a real challenge to work - heavy work - place cultures (found mainly in the private sector); and to encourage mothers (who, with fathers playing a larger part at home, would feel less burdened) to have more children and to spend more years in higher level jobs.

With heavy course loads and numerous extracurricular activities, the burden that students must bear in their backpacks can set them up for injuries.

(every other week... we've found this to be a great way to spend time with other kids without placing too heavy a burden on the moms)

«In aligning herself with the radical left wing in the Senate, Gillibrand has demonstrated clearly that she is out of touch with the needs of New Yorkers already buckling under the heaviest tax burden in the nation.»

«We want to do all that we can to ease their heavy burdens, and working with the Speaker, City Council and State Legislature, we will secure two property tax measures that provide a small measure of relief to those who need it most.»

As the state with the heaviest tax burden and the least economic freedom, New York ranks at the top in the export of jobs and productive citizens.

Recall that recently, the Debt Management Office's professional analysis showed that Oshiomhole's loan request which was based on using low interest World Bank loan to offset high interest commercial loans would have left Edo state with a heavy debt burden and the state would have found it very difficult to pay back.

Even with his slick video announcement there's no way to know whether Weiner can overcome the heavy burden of a sexting scandal.

While, some hailed the decision with the belief that it would ease the heavy debt burden on the country, critics maintained that declaring oneself poor, could pose credibility and image problems, especially for the private sector.

These are instructive examples of the care Labour would take, and the difference Labour could make, to ensure the heaviest burden of fiscal consolidation is borne by those with the broadest shoulders, not those already struggling to make ends meet.

The government has always maintained that the cuts will be «fair» and that those with the «broadest shoulders will carry the heaviest burden», but it doesn't take a forensic accountant to work out that a comprehensive raid on the welfare pot will mean the poorest will bear the brunt of the impact.

Among Parker's chief concerns with the agreement, however, is a hefty $ 32 million in county - funded capital projects, which she fears would put a heavy burden on taxpayers, but also what she characterizes as a concerning profit - sharing arrangement.

People who supported Mr Clegg's party in May are the least likely to agree that those with the broadest shoulders are bearing the heaviest burden of the cuts — 22 per cent, compared to 23 per cent of Labour voters and 39 per cent of Tory voters.

In particular, they questioned why NSF would want to take such steps, fretted that any new requirements would increase the already heavy burden on institutions to comply with federal rules, and wondered whether greater scrutiny might be an overreaction to a problem that they said affects only a tiny number of researchers.

When ocean storms bump into mountains, raindrops burdened with heavy isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen are the first to precipitate.

In recent weeks, researchers have argued for access to the drugs through international aid programmes to be rapidly expanded in countries with the heaviest HIV burdens, and for the focus to be on preventing spread of the virus rather than simply treating those who already have it.

Beyond the benefits to individual homeowners, rainwater harvesting can also be good for the local community, as it reduces the erosion, flooding and pollution runoff associated with heavy rainfall, and lessens reliance on public water supplies, alleviating some of the burden on utilities.