Sentences with phrase «about abstaining from»

The school's community covenant agreement includes a statement about abstaining from «sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman.»

At issue is the school's community covenant agreement that includes a statement about abstaining from «sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman.»

The school, of course, remains controversial given the various legal challenges related to its community covenant agreement that includes a statement about abstaining from «sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman.»

Mocking and bullying are also depicted, including a scene where Eddie, who is adamant about abstaining from alcohol, is coerced into getting drunk — a heartbreaking consequence follows.

In fact, talking to them about abstaining from drinking shouldn't be a «one and done» lecture at all.

Be sure to follow your doctor's advice about abstaining from sexual intercourse for a set amount of time and using pads rather than tampons during the initial bleeding.

Not exact matches

But I was a little surprised by what she had to say about being able to abstain from instant gratification.

April 23 (Bloomberg)-- Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, explains why he abstained from voting on Coca - Cola Co.'s plan to award employees with stock, how he feels about tech stocks and the U.S. housing recovery.

But my question is this, if being gay isn't about sex, then a «gay» couple would have no problem abstaining from any sexual act and just love the hell out of each other.

And as for your silly statement about the gay couple having no problem abstaining from sex... if you believe what you are trying to imply... then your relationship with your spouse or significant other (if you have one) is not about love but rather simply about sex.

But my question is this, if being straight isn't about sex, then a «straight» couple would have no problem abstaining from any sexual act and just love the hell out of each other.

I have to respect the people that DO believe in this, but until I find a church that is more spiritual and less about literal myths, I'm going to abstain from the whole process.

Pastors and mentors will of course feel compelled to offer guidance and prayer as young adults navigate the tricky terrain of sexuality, but they should not be deceived into thinking that the all the questions about faith, science, technology, religious pluralism, politics, justice, equality, and ethics emerging from the Millennial generation are related to sex and can be solved by abstaining from it.

As Christians, we can encourage women to abstain from premarital sex while also being realistic about the choices men and women will likely make.

But they also resulted in a phenomenon my friends and I called «Judgment Day Christians,» new believers who would spent about a week dutifully abstaining from sex and alcohol, but who would inevitably returned to their previous lifestyles, without much change in their behavior or outlook.

The Bay Area study which asked questions about personal meaning, for example, suggested that the content of different meaning systems was a good predictor of propensities to become involved in or to abstain from various social reform activities and alternative lifestyles.

What you are saying might have some truth in it if we evolved; But since we were created by a thrice holy God, that told us about marrying, who: (marry whom you will, only in the Lord), and how: (Thou shalt not lay with mankind as with womankind), then in order to please him: (Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life...) we have to abstain from this.

If you look superficially at what Paul said about women in the New Testament, women should be silent, remain at home, ask their husbands and abstain from teaching.

There was a positive sense of commitment about going to Mass on a Holyday of Obligation, abstaining from meat on a Friday, wearing a hat in church.

He raised concerns about the GOP candidate's remarks on women, immigrants, and minorities, and went on to say that «there is too much at stake before us» to abstain from voting altogether.

You know what orders we gave you, by the help of Jesus Christ: it is the will of God that you should be holy, that you should abstain from sexual immorality and learn, each of you, to keep his body in holiness and honor... not to overreach his fellow - Christian or to invade his rights... About family affection (within the Christian «family», the Church, he means) it is not necessary for me to write to you.

If I started a secular club, and offered all the attractions that are offered at any mega-church, only without the religious teaching and preaching, and I, as club leader, made sure the members knew that I expect them to pay at least 10 % of their income to the club, and I was getting very, very wealthy as a result, I bet the vast majority of Christians who abstain from thinking badly about Benny Hinn, Jerry Falwell, Joyce Meyer, etc, would have no problem at all criticizing me, just because I am not a servant of the Lord.

Seeing fans arguing about what they want wrong with the club, and seeing the language that they were using against each other was enough to make me abstain from social media for a good 4 hours.

I can tell some of your commenters don't know very many conservative Catholics, evangelicals, and Mormons, but I can assure you all the ones I've ever known (which is a LOT of them) are very happy about their decisions to remain virgins and even for some, unkissed, until marriage (as a Catholic I don't believe there it is morally superior to abstain from kissing prior to marriage, but I respect the right of others to choose to do so).

wine, or 2 beers, as well as abstain from breastfeeding for about 2 hours after drinking to further minimize any alcohol in breastmilk.

Commissioner Cindy Mitchell abstained from voting, saying she was worried about ruining the park's historic nature.

The first week signs of pregnancy should prompt you to get serious about your lifestyle and abstain from consuming addictive substances, as these might be harmful to you and your baby.

wine, or 2 beers, as well as abstain from breastfeeding for about 2 hours after drinking to further minimize any alcohol in breastmilk (4).

A meat tax would bring more fairness to the tax system, and the revenue gained could go towards funding educational programmes about the health and environmental benefits of abstaining from meat, eggs and dairy products.

Labour sources said that the party, which had announced earlier in the day that it would abstain on the Loughton amendment after overnight warnings from the government about the threat to bill, denied that Miliband had embarked on a double U-turn.

Sen. Dave Valesky issued the following statement to his hometown paper, the Syracuse Post-Standard, about why he was the lone member of the Democratic conference to abstain from voting to keep Sen. John Sampson on as leader for the next two years:

At PMQs today, David Cameron was asked about the decision by all Liberal Democrat MPs to collectively defy a three - line whip, and abstain from voting on a motion defending Cameron's EU treay veto.

«It said something about casinos and the ages of judges, but I had to abstain from those because I had a hard time reading.»

Not sure, if this is undetAnd, labour spent more than the Tories in 2005 75 % of labours spending in 1997 came from the private side, and recall 1979 when the closed shop meant everyone had to joina Union, that union had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're voting tory

«It is clear his behaviour last night in whipping up a rally of largely non-Labour members and his refusal to accept any blame for the referendum defeat turned off a number of colleagues from the left who were considering abstaining or voting for him,» said the politician, who also argued that there was deep anger about the perception that Corbyn had not tried hard enough to mobilise Labour voters during the referendum campaign.

Six months after quitting, only about one in four people still abstained from smoking — regardless of whether they used a nicotine patch, twice daily varenicline (a pill that cuts cravings) or a combo nicotine lozenge and patch to quit, researchers report in the Jan. 26 JAMA.

Here's a question I've raised before, only this time expressed in two new ways: * Whatever the errors of Crichton and Will, to what extent, if any, should nonscientist observers of human culture treat science uniquely — that is, in a way they treat no other aspect of culture — by abstaining from writing about it?

Not everyone is necessarily happier abstaining, but if you consistently find yourself having a terribly hard time backing away from whatever your weakness is, you might want to think about whether you'd be happier skipping it altogether.

What about those of us who abstain from onions and garlic?

On 12/20/11 I stopped taking statin and ate LCHF (< 50 grams carb per day mostly from green vegs and abstained carb - rich food, about 50 grams protein, lots of mon - unsaturated fat).

I believe that with some practice just about anyone can abstain from food for an extended period of time with little discomfort, but for a lot of people, the idea of going without food for a day and a half is a bleak proposition.

The key to making these cravings disappear is to completely abstain from them for about two weeks.

Although about 1 percent of the population suffers from celiac disease, vastly more have gluten sensitivity and must also abstain from eating wheat to avoid a variety of health conditions that typically involve inflammation, such as joint pain, brain - based disorders, skin problems, gut problems, and more.

For those who might not be in the know, a juice fast or juice detox, as this intervention is popularly known, entails abstaining from solid meals and subsisting on cold pressed juices (made from fruits and / or veggies) for an average of about 3 - 9 days.

associated with weight gain,» only that nut eaters gain might gain about 10 % less weight than those who abstain from nuts over time, and were 23 % less likely to be obese.

There is a lot of debate right now about whether the percentage of our diet which is carbs is healthy and there is a separate debate about whether wheat is healthy and what portion of the population can benefit from abstaining from it.

You need to abstain from being desperate about finding a millionaire.

You need to brand yourself as an asset and abstain from being more desperate about finding a millionaire.

on't write too much about yourself: Abstain from throwing in too much information that is indigestible.

Ciara has made no secret about how challenging it was to abstain from sex with Russell Wilson until marriage.