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Obedience is not a formula, nor is it a means to an end, usually assumed to be success.
The plausible promise, the definition of success, and the avoidance of disappointment 2009
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- Stanley Milgram, Yale social psychologist, in Obedience To Authority Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority.
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- Stanley Milgram, Yale social psychologist, in Obedience To Authority Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority.
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Obedience is not to the Church or to a superior but to the spirit of God, in response to the signs of the times in consultation with members of their communities.
Women of God 2002
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Obedience is not to the Church or to a superior but to the spirit of God, in response to the signs of the times in consultation with members of their communities.
Women of God 2002
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"Obedience is no more one of the lessons of this school than it is of life," she reminded them.
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Obedience is more unreasoning and implicit; submission is the willing subjection of an inferior in point of order to one who has a right to command. in the Lord -- Both parents and children being Christians "in the Lord," expresses the element in which the obedience is to take place, and the motive to obedience.
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Obedience is then acceptable when all is done with an eye to the will of God; and disobedience is to be condemned, in whatever instance it be, as it is a contempt of the authority of God; and, for that reason, if we offend in one point, we contemn the authority of him who gave the whole law, and so far are guilty of all.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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- Stanley Milgram, Yale social psychologist, in Obedience To Authority
Lets All Surrender Our Weapons -- You First! Ann Coulter's, interesting perspective link ... 2009
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- Stanley Milgram, Yale social psychologist, in Obedience To Authority
Lets All Surrender Our Weapons -- You First! Ann Coulter's, interesting perspective link ... 2009
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