Sentences with phrase «affirming about»

His self - deprecation and wit are awesome to behold, and there's something very life - affirming about his quest for happiness amid this mess that is life.

Write a novel that is affirming about New Jersey because, certainly it would be unusual.

The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed or reversed in part over half of its cases while only affirming about 40 percent.

Edging the border of mockery, the film is mostly affectionate to Tommy Wiseau and ultimately affirming about the idea of dreams and the creative process.

(Ibid., p. 239) Theology does not consist of the describing of beliefs held about God by a designated group of persons but of the affirming about God and creatures in their relation to God of that which it has been given to the church to know.

Second, a consistent acceptance of process generalizations about how things go in the world can provide the material for the radical reconception, of what can be affirmed about that reality greater than humankind or nature — about God, to use the traditional word for that reality.

But a Christian can, and in order to be true to revelation, must affirm this about God.

And yes you don't need to be affirmed about that — you got it.

Nevertheless what it affirms about the transcendent power of God to bring the world into being by his will, and call it good, is presupposed much earlier.

It goes against everything that we believe and affirm about the ideal distribution of power.

In both cases the gap between what faith affirms about God's judgment and the possibilities for succeeding in everyday affairs leaves room for failure.

Not exact matches

Baader Bank analyst Christian Weiz said he estimated the deal valued Sun Products at about 2.3 times sales, which he said seemed very attractive, affirming his «buy» recommendation on Henkel's stock.

Menon also suggests networking from a place of strength by affirming yourself with positive statements regularly — and to stray from thinking about interactions in a transactional way.

It's positive, affirming, informative and makes people feel good about themselves and what they've accomplished.

Others can affirm or contradict what you know about the individual, too.

With the election on Tuesday, voters delivered a verdict on the country's direction, affirming Trump's message about the need for a Washington shake - up and sending a self - described political outsider into the Oval Office.

However, chipmaker Qualcomm affirms that it informed Google about the vulnerabilities as early as November 2014 and February 2015.

That being said, the SEC affirmed its jurisdiction over security tokens and while they are cautious about inhibiting innovation they will look to enforce and take action as required under its mandate.

The signers raised concerns about the Assembly call for a coherent ecumenical theology, affirming the need for theological work but insisting that the «ecumenical movement needs a theology rooted in the Christian revelation as well as relevant to contemporary problems.»

«I have interviewed persons who have talked specifically with Glenn about his personal salvation - persons extremely well known in Christianity - and they have affirmed (using language evangelicals understand), «Glenn is saved,»» Garlow said in his memo, which was dated Wednesday.

By respecting equally the life of the unborn child and the life of the mother, by supporting notification and consent before an abortion involving a minor, by offering ministries to reduce unintended pregnancy, by affirming (and encouraging church support of) crisis pregnancy centers, and by urging family counsel in decision - making about abortion, the additional language is decisively pro-life.

We were affirmed in our belief that we can not simply learn about Muslims, we must learn from them.

They are using the bible to affirm their own ideas about God, then imposing these ideas on God.

Why, asks John Leo in U.S. News & World Report, is his own constituency so willing to bring him down with protests, disrupted basketball games, and boycotts, when Pres. Lawrence worked so hard to make Rutgers a campus that «bristles with the enforcement tools of diversity: a speech code, real courses replaced by «multicultural curricular change,» diversity awareness «training» in lectures and freshman orientation sessions, a tolerance for ethnic and racial segregation in dorms («a self - affirming environment,» as Lawrence puts it), and professors who learn not to raise unapproved ideas about race, gender, and the campus power system built around multiculturalism»?

They affirmed that it «makes possible a truly universal dialogue about our common human future.»

We can hold to eternal security while still affirming that most verses that talk about «salvation» affirm a conditional deliverance from some sort of temporal and physical calamity.

Plantinga, however does affirm I2, in that he does believe that God could have unilaterally «brought about» a world containing no evil if he had chosen not to create at all or to actualize a possible world containing no self - determining individuals other than himself.

I had to choose that, for me, it wasn't about being affirmed or praised or encouraged or popular.

If you are elected to office and asked to affirm your orthodoxy, it is not likely that you will confess that you are «still thinking about it.»

PS: I want to affirm what Holly Roach has said here about the trajectory of Emergent Village, and many fellow - travelers, official and non: We're growing.

He believes that it requires that Christians «must first clearly affirm the continued validity of the Jewish covenant apart from what Christians may believe about the coming of Christ.»

When Gallup asked a similar question in 1979 about Vietnamese refugees or «boat people,» nearly 60 percent of Americans (57 %) affirmed that refugees would be welcomed in their community, while 30 % said they would not be.

The thing I loved most about it is that it took breastfeeding from a mystery to a normal part of life, while also affirming the art and wholeness and spirituality of the practice.

The eight criteria of a «mature faith» include these: «Holds life - affirming values, including commitment to racial and gender equality, affirmation of cultural and religious diversity, and a personal sense of responsibility for the welfare of others,» and «Advocates social and global change to bring about greater social justice.»

He acknowledged my concerns, expressed his sorrow about the seemingly intractable nature of my illness, and then affirmed that he's not going anywhere.

In this way, women would first be given an empowering script about divine grace that secures their personal identity, affirms the goodness of their embodiment and sends them forth into the world with renewed agency and purpose.

Too often, I hear faithful people waving away their problems, affirming that «God works out everything for good» without asking hard questions about how.

Or is the gospel a message about God's Son that Protestants and Catholics affirm together?

There is nothing loving about accepting, condoning, affirming or remaining silent over sinful behavior.

Isn't the whole point of affirming his divinity the idea that one can never say enough about him?

There is nothing loving about supporting, condoning, affirming or remaining silent about sinful behavior.

With all their laudable effort to understand the integrity of the Scriptures, both Old and New, and to insist on the basic unity of the Bible; with all their recognition of the place of Jesus within the setting of Jewish piety and religious thought, these scholars sometimes fail to see that the very truth about God which the Bible as a whole affirms, and above all that which the New Testament says about Jesus himself, can be smothered by sheer biblicism and thereby made meaningless for those to whom the gospel should be a living, vitalizing, and contemporary message.

The story of Noah affirms that God cares about biodiverity.

The chapter entitled «Waging Identity Wars» forced me to confront some of the reasons why I can be cruel and dismissive toward conservative evangelicals (``... when we're suffering an identity crisis, we take cheap shots at other groups in order to feel better about ourselves») and how to move forward (``... we must affirm who we really are as the people of God before we can begin to interact with each other as the people of God.»)

We get to talking about all the ways in which we've been disappointed and ostracized, and the next thing you know, we've slipped right into a contagiously cynical church - bashing session, the kind that can leave those who have had beautiful, affirming, and life - giving experiences in church feeling like the odd ones out.

Sometimes they are apologetic about not «attending church» and I am able to affirm and encourage them that I don't «attend church» either, but am able to follow Jesus in a more relational way just as they are.

Further «A «process theology» that is true to Whiteheadian (and Hartshornean) insights does not provide a case for affirming certain limited affirmations about the reality of God which are then to be augmented by a distinct kind of «revelational theology.»

Like the donors, the professionals overwhelmingly affirm that the principal thing LDCs need to fight poverty are changes in their economic and political structures and in their popular beliefs about work and the place of mankind in creation.

During his book tour, Bell responded to a direct question about his view of gay marriage by stating that «I think the ship has sailed and we need to affirm people wherever they are».

However, without a doubt, we can affirm that much wisdom about healthy family life, based on the experience of generations, has been taught by the churches.