Sentence examples for faith commitment from inspiring English sources

The Roman Catholic church has fought off successfully any suggestion that it should water down the faith commitment required to enter the schools it operates.

He knew of the faith commitment of John and Paul, and he tried to force them to offer sacrifices to pagan gods.

Catherine lived with integrity, deep Christian faith, commitment to life, and the soul of an artist, creating beauty and sharing it generously with all who knew and loved her.

One of the modern French words for an intellectual is clerc (a member of the clergy), and the positions held by intellectuals have been consistently defined through concepts such as faith, commitment, heresy and deliverance.

But a good faith commitment to rebuilding the infrastructure would show that the party has some idea of the scale of the effort that's needed to overcome the worst downturn since the Great Depression and, ultimately, to build an economy that offers the prospect of a decent living to the next couple of generations.

Their argument might be that "justice" is not being done if taxpayers' money is used to fund schools in partnership with faith groups that, when they become so popular that they have to apply some form of criteria to distinguish between applications, are able to select students on the basis of their family's faith commitment.

Meanwhile, my political praxis and faith commitments drew my empirical attention to grassroots forms of democratic engagement.

Moreover, these contributions are anchored in the intrinsic commitments of faith, commitments that extend over time, linking generations past and present.

"We're interested in being people who are defined by our faith and by our faith commitments and not by any sort of political agenda," according to Bill Boyce, who has led the campus group for decades.

"Rather, as a university -- and especially a Catholic one -- we are honoring our role as citizens who have the right to voice the concerns that arise out of our personal and faith commitments.' About 300 people are expected to attend the meeting, at which the governor will answer questions on a range of topics.

Courses that are designated as meeting the Ethics requirement introduce students in a comprehensive way to what it means to live as a Christian, and to how Christians have thought about the kind of people we ought to be and the kinds of actions we ought to perform and avoid, given Christian faith commitments.