Sentences with phrase «acting upon this promise»

Abram hears these promises when he is still living in Haran, and so in verses 4 and following, He acts upon the promises and sets out.

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How such a spirit of sobriety expresses itself, not simply in literary or philosophic reading lists, but in platforms and party rhetoric that can resonate with 21st century Americans, I to a large degree leave to others (our Pete comes to mind), even if my turning here to the example of Solzhenitsyn reminds me that faith in God's promises will be necessary to sustain us in the quite possible event that even our grasping and steadfastly acting upon the «most precise» political prudence might yet fail to stop catastrophe.

The second important episode in the present arrangement of the narratives, following immediately upon the account of, Abraham's call, response and consequent journey to Canaan, shows the great Patriarch, who has just acted with exemplary faith, behaving as if the divine promise had never occurred at all.

Building his confidence before God upon his faith, repentance and other acts of obedience, he places them in Christ's stead as his grounds of right to the promise and so he demonstrates himself to be of the works of the law and so be under the curse (Colquhoun, A Treatise).

They have their creeds, their heresies, their acts of worship, their reliance upon powers beyond anything human, their prophets and messiahs, their demands for faithfulness unto death, and their promises of salvation.

When actors behave unexpectedly and question a prior consensus, their personalities, motivations and belief systems, rather than structural patters or logics of action, might be a better indicators for whether they will act upon their campaign promises.

Upon assuming office, Tsipras and his Syriza - Independent Greeks coalition government looked to act on campaign promises and initiated an uncoordinated, uninformed, and misguided attempt at not only renegotiating the Second Fiscal Adjustment Programme, but also «ending austerity throughout Europe.»

Valve's DOTA II promises a system for players to act like coaches — something that Metal Gear Online attempted once upon a time.

But if, instead, the world manages to act upon a global promise made in Paris in 2015, and to contain global warming to no more than an average rise of 2 °C, the number at risk would be measured only in millions.

Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, including but not limited to the use or employment of any deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation or the concealment, suppression or omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material fact,... in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has in fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby.

The claimants submitted, inter alia, that the orders: (i) had been made without any prior consultation as to the principle, relying upon the common law duty to act fairly and / or the doctrine of procedural legitimate expectation; and (ii) were irrational on the basis that the reasons which had been put forward by the defendants in justification of the decision were inconsistent and contradictoryDyson LJ: The fact that, when conferring on the lord chancellor the power to prescribe court fees, parliament had decided whom he should consult before doing so, militated strongly against the idea that there should co-exist a common law duty to consult more widely (in the absence of a clear promise by the lord chancellor that there would be wider consultation and in the absence of any clear established practice of wider consultation).

Parties should consider including an appropriately drafted non-reliance clause, but this may not protect a party from an argument based on misrepresentation or estoppel if there is clear evidence that one party gave a promise that was intended to be acted upon.

Acting without a license; cease and desist order; judicial review; effect of Code section on other remedies (a) Any person who, directly or indirectly, with the intention or upon the promise of receiving any valuable consideration, offers, attempts, or agrees to perform, or performs, any single act defined in paragraph (2) of Code Section 43 -40-1, whether as a part of a transaction or as an entire transaction, shall be deemed a licensee within the meaning of this chapter.