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1. Jesse’s halfhearted response was unconvincing
2. A faint halfhearted challenge, “Halt! Who goes there?” confirmed that they had put distance
3. Without much hope for a response he told the animals to “Speak!” and after a bit of cajoling, Spider started a halfhearted howling
4. The Primagnon’s thoughts were interrupted by movement as Kirk made a halfhearted attempt to rise
5. "You think I was lying about that?" It sounded like a challenge, but a pretty halfhearted one, like she was asking it of herself
6. During one of these lucid intervals he had gone over to Bethsaida, where he heard the preaching of Jesus and the apostles, and at that time had become a halfhearted believer in the gospel of the kingdom
7. While this great miracle did nothing to further the gospel of the kingdom in the souls of material-minded and halfhearted believers, it did serve the purpose of bringing to a head the miracle-seeking and king-craving proclivities of Jesus' immediate family of apostles and close disciples
8. Still, after all the training you have had, was there any good reason why you should stumble at my words? Why is it that you are filled with fear and consternation when you see the kingdom being divested of these lukewarm multitudes and these halfhearted disciples? Why do you grieve when the new day is dawning for the shining forth in new glory of the spiritual teachings of the kingdom of heaven? If you find it difficult to endure this test, what, then, will you do when the Son of Man must return to the Father? When and how will you prepare yourselves for the time when I ascend to the place whence I came to this world?
9. From the beginning I knew that these halfhearted believers would fall out by the way
10. This world has never seriously tried to carry out the teachings of Jesus on a large scale, notwithstanding that halfhearted attempts have often been made to follow the doctrines of so-called Christianity
11. Tradition is a safe refuge and an easy path for those fearful and halfhearted souls who instinctively shun the spirit struggles and mental uncertainties associated with those faith voyages of daring adventure out upon the high seas of unexplored truth in search for the farther shores of spiritual realities as they may be discovered by the progressive human mind and experienced by the evolving human soul
12. 6 Philip, the brother of Herod, had become a halfhearted believer in Jesus and sent word that the Master was free to live and work in his domains
13. 2 It was about midafternoon when Nathaniel made his speech on "Supreme Desire" to about half a dozen of the apostles and as many disciples, the ending of which was: "What is wrong with most of us is that we are only halfhearted
14. 8 The Master never displayed the least interest in Pilate's well-meant but halfhearted efforts to effect his release
15. Giving a halfhearted smile in return, I walked away, slipping them back on, my head a complete mess
16. With a halfhearted strategy, companies usually get lackluster results
17. There was a general, though muted, response to that, in the shape of a few halfhearted murmurs and mumbles
18. halfhearted smile at Brad with the simple reply through clenched
19. The invasion of Britain was the obvious strategic direction for Germany to pursue, but the planning was halfhearted when compared to that for the German invasion of the Soviet Union
20. “More importantly,” said Azura, turning back with a halfhearted
21. In the Texas case, a school email to parents provided only a halfhearted acknowledgment that such mandatory religious indoctrination might not
22. She responded with a halfhearted smile—her own sister’s life still hung in the balance
23. “It was only a dream,” I said, but the protest sounded halfhearted even to me
24. They’d easily evaded the initial group of men who led halfhearted pursuit after them
25. � At its fullest extension, the dominator model doesn't simply want the halfhearted or resentful obedience and behavior we see in children and adults
26. Revival movements—and I love this movement, and I love this convention, and all these conventions—but they must beware, because it is not the Biblically illiterate, it is not the halfhearted or the spiritually lazy who struggle in this area; it is often the highly motivated that will do everything correctly and Biblically who often confine God to their understanding, and who often miss God when He reveals His arm! Don’t misunderstand what I’m saying: we need discernment more than ever in this day and age, but understand this—legalism is equally as dangerous as any false doctrine
27. The wall had stood up to multiple halfhearted sieges over the last century and it was still holding up well to the heavy assault it was under now, but like all man-made structures it couldn’t last indefinitely
28. halfhearted love toward ME
29. halfhearted interest in ME is abominable
30. Abdic’s welcome this morning seems a little halfhearted to me
31. The stage lights dimmed again and the closing turn entered to the MC’s halfhearted acclaim
32. “Hey, how did you do that?” I said, making a halfhearted grab for her QComm
33. Thing 2 yelped, Wash flailed into a halfhearted karate stance (still pantsless, I saw; they were tucked neatly under one arm; must have forgotten about them in all the excitement)
34. An invitation, but only a halfhearted one
35. A thankyou, but only a halfhearted one
36. “It was a mostly comic ritual, with the patrons giving a halfhearted effort and the dining room applauding their attempts