Sentences with phrase «bring about actions»

Another thing is that any attempt to use environmental concerns to bring about actions wanted for other reasons damages credibility.

Moreover, the amount of «information,» in this sense, has nothing whatever to do with bringing about any action outside the closed universe; that is to say, it has nothing to do with «meaning,» in any sense of that term.

Not exact matches

But the Israeli government remains defiant about maintaining its freedom of action to make war on Iran, and it is counting on the influence of right - wing extremist views in U.S. politics to bring pressure to bear on Obama to fall into line with a possible Israeli attack during the election campaign this fall....

The employee giving the feedback is literally counting down the minutes until there's action, and if the action doesn't materialize, it's a lesson to that employee not to bother — e.g., honest feedback won't bring about any real change.

Trump's action, which comes in his fourth full day in office, would be a boon for oil producers concerned about limited pipeline capacity bringing oil to market.

Former Uber engineer Susan Fowler opened up earlier this year in a blog post about the toxic culture of workplace harassment at the company, alleging that she was sexually harassed by a male manager at Uber whose actions were knowingly brought to the attention of HR.

The incident also led to the resignation of vice president Joe Chernov and a pay cut for Halligan, «who knew about Volpe's actions but failed to bring the ethical violation to the board's attention in a timely fashion,» reports the Boston Globe.

Bringing in close to $ 800 million in total sales over the course of a cookie season, the cookie program enables girls nationwide to think big as they take action in their communities on issues they're passionate about.

[01:30] Introduction [02:30] Tony welcomes Alexandra [03:40] Launching in 2007 — it came from a place of passion [04:25] Establishing clear roles among founders [05:40] Flexing her multilingual skills in business [06:25] Adjusting how you speak to someone based on their objectives [08:10] The secret to Gilt's growth [09:20] Building a business that would thrive during winter [10:20] Finding the capital to purchase inventory [10:40] Moving from venture to private equity funding [11:20] It's all about smart money [11:40] The future of traditional retail [12:20] The subscription model [12:40] Catering to the time - starved customer [12:55] Bringing services into the home [13:10] Leaving Gilt to lead Glamsquad [16:10] Glamsquad started as an app [17:10] Vetting employees [18:10] Building trust with customers [19:00] Taking massive action — now [20:20] Launching the first sale on Gilt — without a return policy [21:30] Fitz [22:00] The average person wears only 20 % of their wardrobe [23:00] Taking the time to understand your customer [23:20] Challenges as a woman in business [24:40] Advice to a female entrepreneur that's just getting started [25:25] The importance of networking [25:50] Knowing the milestones to hit along the way

Action: Write to your political reps to demand stronger privacy laws Who is this for: Anyone who cares about privacy, and especially Internet users in North America right now How difficult is it: A bit of effort Tell me more: There appears to be bipartisan appetite among U.S. lawmakers to bring in some form of regulation for Internet companies.

«Plaintiff bring [s] this action as the public has a right to know about this fraud that is being perpetrated in Dearborn, Michigan, the community with the highest concentrations of Muslims in North America,» the lawsuit read in part, as obtained by CBS Detroit.

Even pictures like the live - action Cinderella, released earlier this year, quietly brought home $ 520 Million at the global box office — about what Terminator 2 got — but we're accustomed to these home runs from Disney that it barely registered on the radar.

Two different purposes, two different ent.ities acting to bring about this purpose, in one, single action.

That action — the one that brings healing, grace, redemption, correction and hope — is the righteousness James is talking about.

(8) But since God can not bring it about that P go right with respect to A if P is significantly free with respect to A, if God knows that P will go wrong with respect to A if actualized and made free with respect to A, then God can not actualize a world in which P is made free with respect to A and performs the right action although this latter state of affairs is itself consistent (possible).

(6) God can not make a person (P) significantly free with respect to an action (A) and yet causally determine or bring it about that P go right with respect to A — i.e., to create creatures capable of moral good, God must create creatures capable of moral evil.

But if it means, «God creates free men and brings it about that they always freely do what is right,» it is inconsistent; for if God brings about their right actions, they do not do the actions freely.

In a way, this does not constitute an exception: it is still the physical action of a human that brings about a physical result.

If we know anything at all about the ministry of Jesus, we know that no action of his ministry brought greater offense to his hearer than his forgiveness of sin; and no theme of his sayings or parables overshadows the proclamation of forgiveness, although we must recognize that originally this forgiveness was inseparable from the eschatological situation of the dawning of the Kingdom of God.

Military action might be a necessary component but it is never going to bring about long - term security.

Please specify all substantive action taken by pro-life candidates to bring about the end of Roe v Wade.

Man must be concerned with his action alone before he brings it about, with God's grace alone after the action is successfully done.

These seminars seem to cause a rethinking process in the societies concerned and bring about pioneering actions — especially in the field of family education.

Just remember time is always on the side of the peaceful man, he may be killed by the murder will be remembered, but an angry man brings his own death upon himself and is justified in death for his actions and thats whats remembered about them.

Once again divine action has brought about a consubstantiality as it is perceived by the church.

In the repeated phrase «yet have you not returned unto me» Amos makes it clear that the very catastrophe which Yahweh visits upon his people is itself an expression of his love and faithfulness, since out of this negative action he seeks to bring about a reconciliation with prideful rebellious Israel.

In every action, just as in every prayer, you are trying to bring about a certain result; and this result must be good or bad.

By extension every good deed, every struggle for justice and deliverance from oppression, every effort to care for and show concern about those who are in need, will be not merely a reflection of the divine mercy and righteousness but also an instrument for the bringing about of just such shalom or «abundance of life» for God's human children, So one might go on, almost without ceasing, to show that response in faith to the action of God in this vivid moment has its implications and applications for the whole range of human life and experience.

I claim that Vosper, rather than blowing her own horn or trying to make a buck off the church while she can — as some have accused — is actually working in the spirit of Bishop Pike to bring about this same honest re-examination of traditional beliefs, polity, and social awareness and action as someone who appreciates the tradition and all it holds dear, but only in a different way than the church would wish.

In this context affirmative prayer, meditation, and so forth, may be viewed as the most effective actions to bring about positive social change.

Regardless of our personal beliefs about god and divinity, if these actions bring comfort to people at times like these then such actions are not wrong.

Consider, for example, the secular ethic of utilitarianism, which holds that the morally right action is always the one that brings about the greatest possible total happiness.

They are of two kinds: forces of compression, which by external and internal determinisms bring about a first stage of enforced unification; and subsequently forces of attraction, which through the action of internal affinity effect a genuine unanimization by free consent.

God accepts whatever we bring to the God / person relationship — our physical and spiritual condition, personality, connection to reality, our participation in relationships, talents, inabilities, cognition, knowledge, ignorance, life journey, spiritual journey, walk about, wandering, seeking, questioning, questing, acceptance of God, rejection of God — and our emotional and mental status: hate / love, anger / peace, sadness / happiness, hurt / health, feeling lost and abandoned / feeling found and included, agitation / serenity, apathy / passion, confusion / clarity, fractures / wholeness — all of this, all of whoever we are and have ever been and every action committed or ever contemplated and every thought we ever explored or entertained or that flitted through our mind — all of this, we bring to the God / person relationship and God accepts the totality of who we are and every component that comprises who we are — as a gift.

Years of actions of intolerance like this is what has brought this problem about.

David, that precisely was my point about MLK with direct action and turning the other cheek that Jesus talked of with bringing embarrassment to powers.

I respect an affirm your action in bringing about justice for abuse victims.

Pius XII already commented on the unitive significance of this powerful biblical expression: «In its natural structure, the conjugal act is a personal action, a simultaneous and immediate cooperation on the part of the husband and wife, which by the very nature of the agents and the proper nature of the act is the expression of the mutual gift which, according to the words of Scripture, brings about union «in one flesh»» (Address, October 29, 1951: AAS 3 (1951), 850).

In this case, the fatal outcome is attributable to the aggressor whose actions brought it about, even though he may not be morally responsible because of a lack of the use of reason.»

S. A. Graves points out that while it is possible that a certain individual (J) freely chooses to perform a certain action (A), it is not possible for God to bring it about that J freely chooses to do A. Were God to bring it about that J chooses to do A, J's choice to do A would not count as free.2 Consider another kind of case proposed by Alvin Plantinga.

Actions to bring about justice and reverse structural sin, rather than the messiah's crucifixion and resurrection, enact the salvation Jesus came to give.

Man as an agent is dependent on enduring patterns of natural law which continue long enough to bring about the consequences intended when he exercises his responsible freedom to initiate an action.

In other words, there are some available actions of God which can only be brought about by prayer.

Christianity is about bringing Heaven to earth through our actions and that is completely non-apparent in most modern Christians, because they / we believe that it is about signing a ticket to Heaven.

Second, it is a dialogue of mutual confrontation, correction and new direction among the participants who bring it not only different but often conflicting analyses of the world, engagement in social action, and convictions about the work of God.

He's predicting what the Romans will do (not telling them what to do) and saying «I will use this action to bring about the ends I desire».

Christianity in its more pietist, fundamentalist and conventional expressions, has confined its attention largely to the ultimate spiritual salvation forgetting its temporal witness in charitable social service and more than that, in social action to bring about justice in social structures.

That implies that the unifying action is not a homeostasis, i.e., a set of interactions which ensure that a certain state of the system is stable; instead it is a homeothesis, which brings it about that a certain process of change is stable.

Indeed, moral imposition and prescription are precisely the opposite of morally serious behavior; for while the arbitrary imposition of authority, whether mental or moral, can create conditioned reflexes, it is powerless to bring about responsible action.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?