Sentence examples for stringent faith from inspiring English sources

And then I realized that the entire church most likely thought I had invited him to Easter, that this was my boyfriend, and I was in a kind of torment, wanting to communicate to those around me that I had not invited this man — that I was not that kind of unbeliever — while communicating to him that I was no longer a part of this stringent faith.

In Bergman's work, the force of desire and the pursuit of pleasure are bound to the allure of pain; he depicts stringent Christian faith that's commensurate with the wanton impulses it's meant to control.

You hear Iris Murdoch at the back of this book somewhere, or at least Shields has ingrained Murdoch's faith in love, and pursues her stringent inquisition into hope.

There are newer churches, however, that don't have stringent requirements for becoming a pastor in their faith.

Laying a square metre of road costs the World Bank over 50% more in countries where firms report paying bribes above 2% of the value of contracts than in ones where such payments are reported to be lower even though its anti-fraud measures are equally stringent the world over.Another reason donors are prescriptive is lack of faith in local bureaucrats' competence.

We were the sons and daughters of parents who had been raised as Orthodox Jews, and though unable entirely to keep the faith themselves felt compelled to subject their children to a similarly stringent religious education.

This faith led her to make what are probably some of the most stringent, implicitly combative monochrome paintings in the history of art.

The bishops' stringent policy -- while still inadequate to many who were abused -- is challenging the faith of loyal Catholics like those here, who face the loss of a beloved pastor.

But until recently Microsoft has continued to put its faith in uninformative warning messages, which sometimes do not even appear, rather than employ more stringent measures that could protect users from their own ignorance and predators' wiles.

Rationing must be stringent.

Visa restrictions Very stringent.