Sentences with phrase «acts of acceptance»

These small, simple acts of acceptance can help you get more comfortable receiving.

I should wish, on the contrary, to say that the objective efficacy of the death of Christ lies in it being an act of God Incarnate directed towards man, placing him in a new relation to himself by a decisive act of acceptance.

This act of acceptance was the decisive turning - point for Zacchaeus.

The bystanders murmur their disapproval verse 7; Zacchacus makes a response to Jesus» act of acceptance and Jesus» words in verse 9 are apparently his answer to the crowd's criticism.

The act of acceptance — making the sign of the cross or blinking one's eyelids — was surely not the same as repentance, and administering the sacrament after death, of course, asked for no act of will at all, and was scarcely defendable even if one made the curious concession to time that the body must not be cold.

For example, when I say to Tim now something like «an agreement to agree» is not the same thing as «agreeing to an agreement», some of you probably think I'm talking jitterish and am nuts, while others of us have the reasoning skills to understand the fundamental difference between those two statements (one is a nullity, and the other the act of acceptance).

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

Under such circumstances, the Sponsor, acting on behalf of the Shareholders, may remove the Trustee by written notice delivered to the Trustee and such removal shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor trustee and its acceptance of such appointment.

But then again, maybe it was an act of rebellion in response to the non acceptance of his chosen «alternative» lifestyle.

All this, which is only a part of what ought to be said about the Atonement, is not irrelevant to our discussion; for like Professor MacKinnon, though in a rather different way, I want to lay the greatest emphasis on the decisiveness and uniqueness of the Cross and the Resurrection In both these acts of God, however, I find no inconsistency between their decisiveness and «objectivity» and the fact that they are directed towards men: the former as conveying to them the divine acceptance which is also judgement, the latter by bringing to them, in the Easter experiences, the active presence of the living Lord.

In fact religion is commonly understood as consisting precisely (from our viewpoint) in such relatively trivial and non-essential elements — as for example, the precise acceptance of particular historic doctrines, the reverencing of sacred books, or the performance of specific ritual acts.

Faith is not an act of blind credulity or the acceptance of irrational and absurd ideas.

If I am morally required or permitted to act in a certain manner, and if that action has effects on you, then the moral validity of the prescription on which I act means that your acceptance of those effects is required by reason — and, in that sense, the prescription implies a common decision.

The act involves penitence for past sins and the acceptance of His mercy and forgiveness.

Moreover, the radical separation of the procreative and unitive aspects of intercourse, and its widespread acceptance in the community has provided, in turn, the moral justification for masturbation and for homosexual acts, including sodomy.

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Despite its dispersal and extension in space and time freedom as act is the final commitment of the spiritual subject, event of eternity in time before God, acceptance or rejection of him who is incomprehensible love.

Victorious living comes through the conjunction of God's act with our humble, obedient, trustful acceptance of his proffered gift.

«Well - intentioned Christians, believing that being gay is a sinful choice that can be easily changed, speak and act accordingly,» he writes, «recommending ex-gay ministries and fighting against cultural acceptance of homosexuality.

After both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed for acceptance of same - sex marriage over the weekend, North Carolina became the 30th state to amend its constitution to define marriage as an act between one man and one woman.

Self - acceptance in the act of knowledge of self is indeed a loving of who and what I am.

In Protestant thought, faith does not mean acceptance of certain infallible propositions on the authority of the church, but refers to an attitude of personal trust, self - giving, and willingness to act.

I got the distinct impression (from older of your blog posts I believe) that you and New Directions took a fairly solid «side B» stance, that same - sex acts were sin, and that a large portion of your ministry was devoted solely to gay Christians who took a firm decision on the celibacy route (albeit with a much greater amount of respect and acceptance for those who chose to partner.)

What seems important is the distinction of the Church from the realm and rule of God; the recognition of the primacy and independence of the divine reality which can and does act without, beyond and often despite the Church; and the acceptance of the relativity yet indispensability of the Church in human relations to that reality.

He defines doxology as «experience of the Divine, as it expresses itself in praise, thanksgiving, reverence and joyful acceptance of the acts God has done on behalf of humankind».33 Each theology has as its base doxology, «the celebration of the self - revealing God».

This raises the conventional litany of dissent, including items such as the ordination of women and the moral acceptance of homosexual acts.

Confession is the acceptance and acknowledgment of our words and acts of alienation.

Have you ever once thought, «maybe religion isn't the best way to «save» the world, but maybe through acts of kindness and acceptance that I could make a difference»?

Example the passage of Lot's Daughters is not acceptance of the act but just an account of what actually took place.

Economists tend to promote economics as an ideology, partly by acts of omission in their teaching, but more often by explicit arguments that lead to the acceptance of economics as the first and most fundamental science of public life.

His acceptance of the outcasts — one of his most radical acts — pointed to an identity defined by one's relationship to God rather than by cultural standards of performance.

But to be loyal to another necessarily involves — if, indeed, it is not simply another word for — loving the other, in the sense of so accepting the other as to take account ofthe other's interests and then acting toward the other on the basis of such acceptance.

Hartshorne is no less clear in his acceptance of a teleological, experiential ethics: «If we know what experience is, at its best or most beautiful, then and only then can we know how it is right to act; for the value of action is in what it contributes to experiences» (AMV 303).

According to this view, the answer, «You ought so to act as to maximize strength of beauty,» would be without cognitive import even if there were prior acceptance of Whitehead's theory of value.

In public, I acted like a peaceful, confident, joy - filled believer while secretly believing that I would forever be orphaned to that which I longed for the most — the love and acceptance of the Father.

There remained the transcendent act of God in the rise of faith, but this was affirmed in the context of acceptance of the modern worldview and the use of modern historiographical methods.

In chapter 24, Israel's acceptance of and commitment to this Covenant with its fundamental responsibilities is symbolized and celebrated in a cultic act which includes the shedding of blood and a communion meal, both signifying the absolutely irrevocable quality of the commitment.

According to the standard account of the matter, the power of judicial review — that is, the authority of the federal judiciary to invalidate acts of Congress and the President when they are deemed to be unconstitutional — came to be entrenched in our law by the acceptance, tacit or otherwise, of the Supreme Court's ruling in the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison.

I also don't expect people to «act» like «good christians» but I do believe that God has called us for the sake of the world, and that we do have something to offer... not a pretence... yes reality and acceptance FOR ALL as they (and we) are... but is there more to being a christian than this?

Matter then gradually «transcends itself» to become liberated once more as Spirit in the act of recognition and ultimate Self - acceptance.

Much pressure is put upon this by what the document calls the «problematic features» that «The Act unfortunately retains a feature of recent English Law... acceptance of certain decisions to bring about death», namely intentional killing by «omission», even and especially «of food and water» (p. 19).

If that will is heartless, if that will is tyrannical and capricious, if that will is harsh and even cruel, then it may have to be accepted, but the acceptance can only be the act of a man who knows that he is crushed into helplessness and can do no other.

The American founders were not, like many of the ancient founders, acting from a position of command, able to compel acceptance of the Constitution by physical force or by manipulation of superstition.

Yes, he is also a narcissist but his acceptance of support from white supremacists was a political act.

Section 1 (4) of the Act does say that «shall only give or withdraw consent or withdraw acceptance if he is satisfied that to do so is permissible under international law.»

A longtime gay activist, Will fought on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic with ACT - UP and continues fighting today for LGBT acceptance and full equality.

«There is no record of an acceptance of the offer of the mining lease in writing by the company as mandatorily prescribed by section 13, subsection 4 of the act,» the statement added.

The news would be if Flanagan and the Senate GOP felt enough pressure from their base to force the Assembly to sign - on to reforms, by tying something they want (like the rent control extension, or mayoral control, or... [insert long list here] to acceptance of SAFE Act changes.

«Our acceptance of your advice brings to an end the review process we were undertaking in parallel to consider the case for a bespoke exemption for the alkyl nitrites group [of which poppers are a member] under the Act on the basis of their beneficial and relationship effects.

Terry Bernardo, chairwoman of the county legislature for two years, sat quietly rereading her acceptance speech as the convention wound down toward adjournment before goading her nominators into acting.