How To Use Faith In A Sentence

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi
BRODY: They had to deal with that, and so they're reticent to a certain degree to kind of delve into some of the faith issues as it relates to the political environment, if you will, because they know that he can get a lot of backlash. CNN Transcript May 6, 2009
While poor excommunicated Miss Tox, who, if she were a fawner and toad – eater, was at least an honest and a constant one, and had ever borne a faithful friendship towards her impeacher and had been truly absorbed and swallowed up in devotion to the magnificence of Mr Dombey and Son
Although Jameson is clear-eyed about the corrosive effects of modernity, his methodology nevertheless seemed to require his allegiance to secularization and to convergence theories of modernization; moreover, the acuity and insight of the readings produced by this methodology served to justify that faith a posteriori. Introduction
Faith in controlled nuclear fission is now being shown by the construction of atomic power stations.

For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality.
During the last year, two-thirds had remained faithful to a single partner.
This is the obedience of faith to which personal conviction leads.
In his relations with his commercial agent a principal must act dutifully and in good faith.
Church of Constantinople was still strong, as is shown by the great work of S. Theodore of the S.udium, famous as a hymn-writer, a liturgiologist, and a defender of the faith. The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003
Building anew on the old sacred texts, these innovations brought a spiritual renewal to every major faith.
The ebbing of his hope drained his faith.
I know by my family history that a forebear of mine turned on the gods of Mother India and professed faith to the One True God.
For his part Ken remained faithful to the evidence as he saw it, and to truth when it could be discerned.
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Love for others, concern for justice and the poor are not so much a question of social morals as the expression of a sacramental conception of Christian morality because, through priestly ministry, the spiritual sacrifice of all the faithful is accomplished, in union with the sacrifice of Christ, the only mediator. Pope on the Essential Elements of Priestly Ministry
Fr Benjamin blesses the faithful with the Most Holy Eucharist. Oxford Corpus Christi Procession 2009
He acted in good faith.
“Part of an adult faith, for example, is a commitment to the inviolability of human life from its first moment, radically opposing the principle of violence, precisely in the defense of the most defenseless of human creatures,” the pope said. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for. George Sand
These reforms are totally untested and will require a leap of faith on the part of teachers.
We are just a lone group of evangelists trying to restore faith and heartfelt belief in the world
The image is generally a thing of beauty with colours brightly and faithfully rendered.
The men's courage and faith is a lesson to us all.
We speak of faithful, and unfaithful portraits.
She had too little faith in mankind not to know that they were erring.
There she goes again with that faith, hope, charity, and creativity twaddle.
Donnelly's PNAC report -- a blueprint followed faithfully by the Bush Administration -- openly yearned for a "new Pearl Harbor" that would "catalyze" the American people into adopting PNAC's global militarist agenda wholesale. Undefined
It is easy to see religious motivations here in terms of imperatives to care for the unfortunate; 'almsgiving' is undoubtedly a strong theme in most faith traditions. New Perspectives on Faith and Development
First, I have great faith that any movie with Captain Mal (erm, Nathan Fillion) will be fantastic. honestly, I think the best book-to-movie translations are those where the moviemaker is not trying to recreate the book onscreen. They're (Not) Gonna Put Me In the Movies
Believing in the authenticity of such apparitions is not even a requirement of Catholic faith.
If you are intelligent and disciplined enough to read dense books, then why do you lack faith in your own abilities to show discipline with a television set?
He wanted to show that one could be an educated and intelligent believer without abandoning the apostolic rule of faith and life.
Nor were the escorts there to admonish me for asking a rude question of the partying faithful, or to protect the paying customers from the prying media.
By this standard, serious and committed people of faith will be less likely to be approved for judgeships.
I hope that my faithful advice will not be bewrayed to my prejudice? Kenilworth
They acted in bad faith by selling her a car that they knew to be faulty.
This is a faithful interpretation of Shakespeare's original text.
Any public expression of their faith was considered dangerous, and they had learned to dissimulate their specific Christian identity.
She grinned and pulled a triangle of white paper out of her pocket and put it in Faith's hand.
Why the thell is their an interfaith sefer, that is just gay. anyways, just my opinion. notice how i’m not saying anyone deserves to die. Yet another interfaith Seder… | Jewschool
One of his idiosyncrasies was a faith in coffee as a panacea; and I heard that while sickening he deluged himself with that beverage, to what profit let physicians say. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life
Baudelaire said of him that he was the only artist who ‘in our faithless generation conceived religious pictures’.
Holiness answers audience questions addressing the situation of Tibet, goal of bodhicitta, nature of enlightened mind, future of the Dalai Lama institution, compatibility of Buddhist practices with theistic faith, universal purpose of human life, practice of patience towards harm-doers, subtle energy and mind, and the Heart Sutra mantra. Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary
It requires more than faith, though, to write with vigor and perception about Mount Athos without having set foot on the place; and it is hard to see what new or unique perspective Ms. della Dora brings to her subject. A Fossil With Flesh
The process ends with faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ, spiritual rebirth and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Such of these principles as the Council found expedient at present to formularize, were set forth by it in "The Dogmatic Constitution of the Catholic Faith. History of the Conflict between Religion and Science
For him, the fiend that shook his faith was the ichneumon wasp, which lays its eggs inside the larvae of the horntail wasp.
The director hopes to excite the faithful and (cynically speaking), get religious bums in cinema seats.
While she brings experience and sagacity, such a slim volume on such large topic demands a few leaps of faith, notwithstanding the appended 56 pages of interesting notes and comments.
“When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law” is the first book to look unflinchingly at the tragic cases of children who have died because their parents place absolute faith in the power of prayer rather than in the efficacy of modern medicine. Christian Scientists pushing change in Wisconsin prayer law
By my faith," said the knight, "whatsoeer he be, he is unhappie; for, as I deeme, hee is of the fellowship of the Round Table, the which is entered into the quest of the Sancgreall. Marmion
In afflictions, relatives and opponents combine with the ease-loving heart itself in flatteries, which it needs strong faith to overcome. yourselves know -- We always candidly told you so (1Th 3: 4; Ac 14: 22). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Her response is to renegotiate the boundaries between spiritual faith and worldly economies.
He is ready and willing to yield to our importunate cries of faith.
let faith be your cynosure to walk by
The church has slid so far into consumerism it is nearly impossible to live out your faith without paying for it.
Mandeep attempted to explain that his patka was not a hat, but rather an article of faith that must remain on his head.
Commander of the Faithful, Abd al-Malik bin Marwan, who hath heard tell of the lord Solomon, son of David (on whom be peace!) and of that which the Most High bestowed upon him of supreme dominion; how he held sway over Jinn and beast and bird and was wont when he was wroth with one of the Marids, to shut him in a cucurbite of brass and, stopping its mouth on him with lead, whereon he impressed his seal ring, to cast him into the sea of Al – Karkar. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The court favored the Hindu claim because according to the faith and belief of the Hindus the place under the inner dome is the birthplace of Ram. No Property Rights, No Peace
Guardastagno (forgetting the lawes of respect and loyall friendship) became overfondly enamoured, expressing the same by such outward meanes, that the Lady her selfe tooke knowledge thereof, and not with any dislike, as it seemed, but rather lovingly entertained; yet she grew not so forgetfull of her honour and estimation, as the other did of faith to his friend. The Decameron
25% of males and 17% of females would cheat if their partner was unfaithful.
My faith, the very name begets a towering conceit wherever it goes," he answered, and he brought his stick down on the floor with such vehemence that the emerald and ruby rings rattled on his shrunken fingers. The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
"Reason number three right there, " Faith said with a triumphant smile.
It was organised by an interfaith discussion group who have been using the centre for ten years.
Wenger, however, prefers to invest in promise rather than experience, and at this juncture the consequence of a persistent collective callowness is that while his club may have a waiting list of 40,000 for their season tickets, the empty seats in the middle and upper tiers last night spoke of the dissatisfaction of those among their supporters who do not subscribe to the doctrine of keeping the faith through thick and thin. Arsenal fizzle out after early promise – just like last season | Richard Williams
That is why I use the term devotee because it brings a different connotation; someone who is dedicated to following a specific faith rather than simply acknowledging it because they were born into it. The Nation: Top Stories
In fact, the title notwithstanding, it's one of the most remarkably faithful sequels you'll ever see, in tone, setup, and execution. Alex Remington: Harold & Kumar 2: Best War on Terror Movie Ever (Though That's Not Saying Much)
Much of the King's Indian is based on White having faith in his queenside play over Black's kingside chances.
To conclude that the universe exists because it permits us to exist is an act of faith, not reason.
The company has not kept faith with its promise to invest in training.
a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Thus, each outlay of dutiful public "support" was eventually marred by some tactless remark or hint of encouragement to an outraged bitter-ender that, if only they kept faith, there might still be a way. Hillary Goes Out With a Whimper
Faith is your guide in the absence of knowledge. Toba Beta
The sorry repercussions of embracing superhumanism-a new absolutistic faith - are everywhere to be seen. He who says speciesism says fascism-
Peace and calm prevail on most weekday evenings - the best time to enter through the stone torii gate and join the faithful.
Some of them married Indonesian women, converted to Islam or other faiths and applied for Indonesian citizenship.
The patronage (largely pontifical, but also royal and aristocratic) of the great sculptor-architect is the chief subject of Franco Mormando's lovingly researched "Bernini: His Life and His Rome," which, for all its splendid erudition, freely resorts to American common speech to characterize the sheer viciousness of the Baroque papal oligarchs and Bernini's own egomania (most famously characterized by his ordering a servant to slash the face of his unfaithful mistress, Costanza Bonarelli). The Heirloom City
Your faithful servant chokes to death, and you do nothing!
There is knowing and there is faith, the knowable is provable to a certain extent, faith is not, thus perpetuating the latter's own need tautologically. TEXAS FAITH: What's the role of religion in public education? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
On the basis of our repentance and profession of faith in Christ, God regards us as acceptable and pleasing in His sight.
Part of all Christian faith is the claim that the church of Christ, in an encompassing sense, is indefectible.
That would be the option of theistic evolution, which to me is not a logical choice because it requires elements of faith that simply don't comport with science and logic.
But the Church wants to challenge that finding by meeting and debating with leading thinkers on faith and contemporary living.
It is a hymn to the unanticipated and the miraculous and to the sustaining potential of faith and hope in life itself.
But Dominic Iglesias made effort to comfort him, speaking not uncheerfully, determining even to fight the fatigue and weakness which, as he could not but own, daily increased on him, if only for the sake of this faithful and simple adherent. The Far Horizon
I have served him faithfully since I've been his subject and have helped him prosper.
All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light. James Joyce
Religious faith expresses itself in a variety of ways.
Roman Catholic Church. immune from fallacy or liability to error in expounding matters of faith or morals by virtue of the promise made by Christ to the Church. The "Infallible" Shoulder Shot
Having watched reasonably moderate candidates lose the last two presidential elections in heartbreaking fashion, and feeling further frustrated by the steady failure to win either house of Congress, Democrats have made it an article of faith that they lack the political and policy mechanisms to compete with their Republican counterparts. Take Two: Hillary's Choice
He said that the main purpose of the Baha'i Faith was to bring people together .
Thanks also to anyone else involved who may read this letter. Yours faithfully.
Steve's a really interesting guy and a convert to the Faith to boot!
With the help of his faithful spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures up a great storm causing a shipwreck on the shore nearby.
He was notoriously unfaithful, often falling prey to the charms of vampy female villains.
As they were talking, there came an eunuch from the Commander of the Faithful, in quest of Kut al-Kulub, for, when he knew that she was in the house of Ibn al-Kirnas, he could not endure the severance, but bade bring her forthwith. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
She was sustained by the strength of her religious faith.
You'd rather people die than give them health care, you'd rather people starve than give them food, and you'd rather cheat on your wife while stealing tax payers money to go to a foreign country to do it than remain faithful and stay at home doing your job. Obama: 'Act now' on health care
High in the Alps is a monument raised in honour of a faithful guide who perished while ascending a peak to rescue a stranded tourist.
Nothing ever shook her faith in God.
The San Francisco that you have slowly and faithfully trained me to know and adore cares nothing for sexual orientation.
I do agree with you in that "the Dogma of Faith that Christ has constituted the Catholic Church indefectible, by His Own Virtue". Modern world: a desert of God
Commander of the Faithful being a fearful boggler at a sum. The Haunted House
This was the syndrome throughout the Holy City, where the dialectic between science and belief, truth and faith, went blooey. The Lampshade
Do you have great faith: give it my all, in order to live more happy more beautiful.
Most recent incidents have been sparked by religious conversion and interfaith relationships. Times, Sunday Times
This book is an amazing testimony to the power of the intellect and of steadfast faith in very troubled times.
The questions and issues we place at the fore of our claims of faith are constantly being explored in today's multimedia.
I beautiful woman, sweet, faithful good and wise, relation of establish most importantly in interested inly. To?Please the message of reply. Thank.
Then, in my mid-20s, I underwent a crisis of faithlessness. An atheist at Christmas: Oh come all ye faithless
Distinctions in moral values are valid for God and for us: truth is to be valued over falsehood, faithfulness over infidelity, true worship over idolatry, and so on.
And Americans will keep signing up for satellite radio, regardle ss of investors 'lack of faith in Sirius XM Radio Inc. Tip Sheet John Hancock Fund Hunts for Dominance
He retains a faith in human goodness.
I lately had occasion to justify an action to a man," went on Clowes, "but, no, the scurvy fellow would put no faith in my words, insisting that the person I sought to clear was covinous and tricky, and wholly unworthy of trust. Janice Meredith
Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery. Anne Frank
Colors are faithfully rendered but a bit muted; this appears to be intentional.
From the dawning of Greek Classicism to well beyond the Italian Renaissance, artists learned to faithfully master contrapposto, linear perspective, and the like in order to achieve the great, mythic aspiration of beauty. Rebecca Taylor: All I Really Need To Know I Learned From Baldessari
Act dutifully and in good faith towards the Sole Distributor.
Â Twin brother Daniel, however, grew up in the faith, becoming the local houngan of their hometown, while Jericho went to the United States to become a psychologist and physician. Review: Doctor Voodoo #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
Had the Li family been double-crossed by a once faithful employee?
According to the new guidance, this mandatory curriculum will include "signposting" and links to abortion and other anti-life/anti-family services in schools, including faith schools. LifeSiteNews.com Headlines
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, it's called a Wiccan pentacle and starting this week veterans of that faith now have the option of having this controversial symbol associated with witchcraft placed on their headstones. CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2007
Just as the flies are unfaithful partners, some flowers are dishonest about signaling a nectar reward.
zany life + crazy faith: from the good "ollie" days **** From the good "ollie" days ****
The agonizing dispute between revelation and explanation required mutual concessions by both reason and faith.
Faith in a black, Democratic president to be marginally better than a fascist fuckwit is not the same thing as faith in YHWH, Jesus Christ or Allah, but what they share makes for a good base line. On Faith
There is no iron in the new faith because it lacks personal conviction.
You said this would purify the Faith and make it stronger.
One of several reasons this makes me a bit huffy is that it's not at all evident (far from it!) that what an Evangelical such as Colson believes about justification, faith, and charity is what Luther believed. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
Behaviour with which she treats me, her faithful Lover, shews, that it is the prudent, vertuous, chast Galesia. The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia
Wolf ended her life in her beloved Berlin, doubly exiled in her own country and shorn of her faith, left only with Was bleibt – what remains, the title of the account of being under surveillance by the Stasi that she wrote in 1979, and that aroused considerable controversy when published in 1990. Christa Wolf obituary
When he's not yammering ignorantly about the Catholic Faith and struggling to find new ways to square the circle, he's often quite good.
One hotly debated alternative proposes plowing the road from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful for mass-transit vehicles, and closing it to snowmobiles.
The natives so embraced the pageantry and the promise of the new faith; and centuries later, testament to that Christian hegemony is the ubiquity of an iconolatry, none as dispersed into the bowels of urban and rural religious life as the icon of the Santo Nino.
Alongside the land side Japanese defences, the Japanese high command put their faith in the kamikazes which it was believed would inflict such serious casualties on the Americans in Okinawa that they would retreat.
Tonight, as the body of Pope John Paul II lies in state, the world continues to mourn this remarkable man, a torch-bearer of peace and a bridge-builder between faiths, someone who inspired so many.
A communion table and other Christian artefacts have been removed from a hospital chapel to accommodate visitors of all faiths.
Faith can move mountains.
For Republicans it is almost an article of faith that this tax should be cut.
‘The argument then was that to allow this element would give offence to people of other faiths,’ wrote Torrance.
Celebrating his 75th birthday, bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi faithfully follows in the steps of his mentor and former colleague Astor Piazzolla. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
The ministry exists to help upbuild members in their faith so that they can evangelise, instruct others and fulfil their vocation of prayer.
The moral to be drawn from this story is that keeping faith is best.
I got up quickly when I realized, but Faith was, oddly enough, not within my sight.
Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love. Erich Fromm
In short, it can encourage faith in the professional negotiator rather than the revolutionary agitator.
Even in an arena as illogical and playful as football, my faith in modernity, science, and rationality remains unshaken.
Across the span of time, sons faithfully transmitted the literary heritage of the fathers.
How ever problems can arise when a couple gets married from different faiths or religions.
Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for. George Sand
Alone, Iago speaks of his hatred of Othello and a rumour that the Moor has cuckolded him, and hatches a plan to persuade Othello that his wife is unfaithful with Cassio.
Liddell believes the institutes were a watershed moment for nonreligious participation in the interfaith movement. Chris Stedman: Atheist Students Find Their Place in the Interfaith Movement
All the while unbelievers laugh; men of weak faith are shaken; faith is uncertain; souls are drenched in ignorance, because adulterators of the word imitate the truth. NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works
He believed that with his powers of reason and his faith he could master the world about him.
Church interfaith dialogues were determinant in the development of this policy.
When Daniel said he was not in the mood to party Joe urged him to keep the faith. THE ASSOCIATE
I have faith in democratically elected officials as I know I can always vote again if dissatisfied.
Scrounging time for faith nourishment can press a doubter into drivenness—so that in our wild attempts to make the most of every minute of our time, we may lose eternity. If I Really Believe, Why Do I Have These Doubts?
No Sin Left Behind yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'No Sin Left Behind'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Public interrogations of piety and faith, such as undergone by the Democratic candidates earlier this week, amount to a sort of religious litmus test for public office. No Sin Left Behind
From first to last , he has been a faithful public servant.
Believers also carry a knife - a kirpan - as one of five key emblems of their faith.
In respect of pilgrimage, however, he remained faithful to Arab and Meccan traditions.
Both her father and mother were pious Christians who regularly conducted home devotions and faithfully attended church.
Faith in collective bargaining could not take root.
Conflict will only arise if we practice prejudice against either wisdom or faith.
Before the musician made a name for himself, his friends had faith in his opus.
Like the other writers, Johnson did not always have a plan to write faith-based fiction.
In Levenson's approach, biblical particularism contains a universal horizon, but this universal horizon is not a new superior stage of religious faith.
They had implicit faith in his powers.
Chinese lady well known as a munificent patron of the faith, and I believe another at Nanking, but I do not know if it is complete or not [757]. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3
The UK has become increasingly reliant on imported food and its faith in the long-term surety of the global market is misplaced, according to research released by the Soil Association. FoodNavigator RSS
These beliefs existed within the interstices of official faith and ritual and churchmen did not necessarily see them as pagan, unchristian, heretical or erroneous.
You'll cope - I have great faith in you.
It is pretty clear that they were to some extent under the influence of pique and irritation when they noticed his deviations from the established faith, and applied to him the epithet of "babbler;" but Paul was not the man to be put down either by irony or insult; and at length it was found necessary to allow him a fair opportunity of explaining his principles. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
The public has grumbled to a point where it has lost faith in the Authority because of its failure to carry out its mandate.
Naked of religion, naked of reference to faith.
They have proved themselves untrustworthy, at least in so far as we can take it on faith that they know what they are doing.
Like a streetcorner serenade, it's got all the oooh's, aaah's, handclaps and snaps of classic doo-wop, and yet it somehow remains brilliantly, unwaveringly faithful to the original.
Faith ceases to be laudable when it is blind faith.
What happens when we kneel in faith and claim the power to stop yielding to sin?
Inspiration moves one from pessimism to optimism, from doubt to faith, from despair to hope, and from darkness to light! RVM
Icons were painted by faithful painters - usually monks - in monastic seclusion.
The company has not kept faith with its promise to invest in training.
Allowing Ken to be in charge of the project was a total act of faith.
The first half is pretty faithful to the book; the rest is much more rushed and condensed.
In contrast to the naive and unquestioning faith of yesteryear, everyone now realizes at least the possibility of collapse of the FDIC.
Living ‘by faith in’ suggests that faith is a profession to be asserted, a willed thing.
One thing is clear to me: If biblical studies is to survive in academia, it must move beyond its still religionist, Euroamerican, and bibliolatrous orientation and offer us a more convincing rationale for how it will benefit our broader world and not just faith communities.
A hemstitched bureau scarf that she had tucked in her trunk, in unquestioning faith in the bureau that was to be part of the ranch equipment, took the "raw edge," as it were, off the desk. Judith of the Plains
Some Christian services include glossolalia, spirit possession, and faith healing.
The alphabet network never seemed to have much faith in Cupid anyway (why did they greenlight it in the first place), and they seem content to let it fade away. 23 « April « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy
Only Gitalis remained, faithful, cranky, dissatisfied genius that he was. PAINT THE WIND
Since worship is the primary, often exclusive means of Christian catechesis, what will be the effect of language in which the doctrinally ill-equipped worshiper must impute the Nicene faith to the Eucharistic prayer?
There was one very dark night in the month o 'January, when I was little mair than seventeen, my faither and me were gaun to Morpeth, and we were wishing to get forward wi' the beasts as far as Whittingham; but just as we were about half a mile doun the loanin 'frae Glanton, it cam' awa ane o 'the dreadfu'est storms that e'er mortal was out in. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII
It resides in faithfulness to our great constitutional ideals. Balkinization
They were resilient people with strong faith and a firm belief in providence.
Archibald signed his warrant as a tidewaiter on 3 September 1794, his salary was 5 pounds a quarter paid at the end of the period to ensure his faithfulness to his employer.
Threatening to withhold sacraments to punish people for their political leanings is upsetting to people in many different faiths. Bishop Raymond Burke Crosses Political Line
Faith that justice would prevail impelled us forward.

How To Use Faith In A Sentence

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