Sentences with phrase «by an example rather»

That's a big part of what my new book tries to do: propose (by example rather than argument) new ways of reading the Bible, new ways of imagining church gatherings, new ways of inviting rather than suppressing questions and dialogue.

But, as Howe puts it, the Democrats» version was «extensive,» based on amassing more and more territory, while the Whigs» was «intensive,» expanding American influence by example rather than conquest.

Laurent Koscielny has said in the past that he prefers to lead by example rather than shout at his team - mates, and our revered goalkeeper can hardly lead a comeback from between the sticks.

Just like Old Testament Israel, the US would be a light to the world by its example rather than making converts of other nations to American values.

The group relied heavily on machine learning, a type of programming that delivers data by example rather than by instruction and that is widely used in speech - recognition software and Internet search engines.

An important aspect of your resume is how well it communicates these soft skills by example rather than a list.

They lead by example rather than bravado.

Not exact matches

So, rather than simply encouraging team members to get out of the office for meetings and private conversations, lead by example.

The party has been rather controversial: Farage recently had to hide in a Scottish pub after being surrounded by angry protesters who called him a Nazi, for example.

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Rather than lead by example, Diminishers actually turn staff off and hinder growth by becoming over invested in their own pursuits or perceived greatness.

In a bid to encourage staffers at the streaming giant to take more time off, Hastings, who serves as Netflix's co-founder and CEO, is hoping to lead by example with his own rather ample vacation allotment: six weeks every year.

This is the moment of truth: Tom Schramski of CPES, for example, figured he was probably leaving $ 1 million on the table by selling to an ESOP rather than a strategic buyer (see main story).

For example, if someone views a Bitcoin shirt on my site, I might up - sell by showing them a pair of Bitcoin socks, rather than Litecoin socks.

Moffit thinks that much of Lara's discord in Hong Kong, for example, could have been avoided by confronting the situation earlier, rather than just trying to distance herself.

Rather the reverse has happened, with copper rallying, for example, on presumed hopes of increased demand triggered by Trump's infrastructure policies.»

Another example is Eric's portfolio company Handshake, which has onboarded millions of students onto its college recruiting platform by partnering with universities for distribution, rather than by directly targeting students.

For example, some lenders are demanding forensic details about the borrowers» identity, including having all mortgage documents signed by customers and witnesses rather than electronically submissions without a paper copy.

Salespeople who follow that example by seeking to diagnose a prospect's problems rather than pitch a product will be viewed as experts, trusted by prospects, and close more sales than those who don't.

For example, the chart below compares the S&P 500 Index to the same 500 component stocks, but weighted equally rather than by market capitalization.

For example, retirees or vacationers with summer homes, cabins or short - term rental units in parts of B.C.'s Okanagan Valley or Vancouver Island are still implicitly portrayed by these policies as speculators, despite intentions of long - term ownership (rather than speculative activity such as pre-construction flipping) and despite their contribution to B.C.'s economy in many ways.

For example, if Bitcoin is not a currency, then Bitcoin forwards and Bitcoin swaps that involve the exchange of Bitcoin for another currency will not fall under the statutory definitions of the more lightly regulated foreign exchange forwards or foreign exchange swaps.10 Likewise, retail trading of Bitcoin derivatives will be limited to designated contract markets, rather than subject to the retail foreign exchange dealer regulations.11 Treating Bitcoin as a commodity that is not a currency dovetails with the stances taken by other U.S. regulators such as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)(virtual currency does not have all of the attributes of real currency) 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Bitcoin investments are investment contracts because Bitcoin is a form of money) 13 and the Internal Revenue Service (treating Bitcoin as property for tax purposes).14

Early examples were organic, built by users rather than by design professionals.

All the added ritual and laws by the Catholic Church and politicized evangelical for example followed the footprint of the Jewish leaders of Jesus day that brought darkness, hate and division rather than unity and love.

(For example, given Wright's understanding of what the Reformers meant by «literal,» I wonder if they wouldn't be open to scholarship that interprets Genesis 1 as an ancient Near Eastern temple text — see John Walton's The Lost World of Genesis One — rather than a scientific explanation for origins.)

Rather, I want to live a Christ - like life and, by example, demonstrate why the moral code of Christianity leads so many to a more satisfying and fulfilling life.

Those who believe that miracles are refuted by modern science may view them symbolically rather than literally, saying, for example, that the stilling of the storm (Mark 4:35 - 41) shows that God is with the believer in the storms of life.

Sam, Leading by example, rather than by coercion or guilt trips is definitely the way to be an elder, according to Scripture.

Though the Church can, for example, abolish certain existing prohibiting impediments to marriage, of purely ecclesiastical law, if it considers this advisable in the changed situation of today, it by no means follows that it would be equally possible for the Church to revalidate and sanction any invalid marriage whatever, if the Church were only rather more liberal and understanding.

Physicists would be rather bored with the game of just trying, for example, by direct manipulation of the needles, to make their meters read certain numbers.

«Trinity» did not originally mean, as it does for some later, that there are three kinds of revelation, the Father speaking through creation and the Spirit though experience, by which the words and example of the Son must be corrected; it meant rather that language must be found and definitions created so that Christians, who believe in only one God, can affirm that he is most adequately and bindingly known in Jesus.

However, a more conservative interpretation of the Matthew text, taken for example by Mark A Yarhouse, author of Understanding Gender Dysphoria (IVP), is that «those who make themselves eunuchs» in this text «almost certainly refers to those who choose not to marry (rather than suggesting they were castrating themselves).»

For example, when foretelling Jerusalem's destruction by «the abomination that causes desolation,» Jesus taught that they should flee rather than fight.

Stirred by the example of the martyrs who died rather than deny their Lord, Christians today should be prepared to make sacrifices for their faith.

One example of this is provided by the problem of racial antipathy, a problem that has been accentuated rather than diminished in the recent development of our civilization.

I have intentionally chosen as examples those areas in which consciousness seems most autonomous to show that even there the conscious element is profoundly influenced by unconscious processes rather than being a self - contained entity or function.

Our goal should be a return to leading by example — and by sound arguments — rather than by continual resort to unilateral armed force and repeated foreign military interventions.

Brown concludes the show by urging his audience to look to themselves rather than God for the ultimate example of a miracle.

A glaring example of the problem this creates is the present state of television news on the TV networks; most people prefer its simplistic presentation over a more complex and demanding one, and, by pandering to this preference, TV encourages the least, rather than the most, from individual viewers.

Thus, for example, «facts» that have often enough been taken as evidence against theism (such as «the facts of evil») may prove to have falsificatory character in relation to theism not, however, directly, in their character as contingent facts, but rather indirectly, as illustrations of the implicitly self contradictory character of such an interpretation, contradicted by any and every fact, and now made explicit by being shown contradictory with specific (and always interpreted) facts.

(Mark 14:24) On the other hand, the latest commentary in English, by Professor Branscomb, insists that these supposed examples of «Paulinism» really reflect the common Gentile Christianity of the time rather than the explicit or distinctive teaching of Paul.

Rather than making much of right belief, they minimize its importance by making, for example, the mode of baptism as important as the divinity of Christ.

In less complex occasions, with a narrow range of potential response to their inherited data, conformity to that data and to the restricted ideal aim offered by God in view of their simplicity is rather massive; thus, for example, actualization of God's aim for a molecular occasion in a silicon crystal is ideal.

these are creates that adapted to zero light, its like a blind man who develops very good hearing senses after being blind for so long, so there are so many examples of evolution all around us but everyone rather believe something very simple like oh yea god created all, rather than explain step by step how things came to be....

The injunctions to «do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit» but rather «look to the interests of others,» are motivated by the example of Christ (2:1 - 5).

Some say there is such a thing but it should be called by another name, «public piety,» for example, rather than civil religion.

It's disheartening to hear how much a church spent stooping to a lesser level, rather than leading by the example of simply giving.

William James, for example, had argued that human experience grows by buds or drops rather than developing as a smooth, undivided process.

I hope I have shown that the intent of these passages was not to affirm the Greco - Roman household structure as divinely instituted and inherently holy, but rather to point Christians to the example of Jesus, whose humility and love can be mirrored by his followers in any culture and in any situation.

The «functional» approach to the scientific study of religion, for example, identifies a particular behaviour as «religious» not necessarily by its supernatural referent, but rather by the distinctively «religious» functions being served by that behaviour.