Sentences with phrase «called upon first»

But which gets called upon first?
Admittedly 64 year - olds won't be called upon first, but why not deny citizenship to them?
A petition calling upon First Lady Melania Trump to either move to the White House or foot the bill for living in Trump Tower out of her own pocket has reached almost a quarter - of - a-million signatures.
Paul Lambert will be unable to call upon his first - choice goalkeeper as Carl Ilene is suspended for tomorrow's game.

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We praise God not with our initiative but in response to his initiative: Vocata invocat Dominum, «the one who calls upon the Lord has first been called by him.»
Let's begin by meditating upon what might be called the first of the secular ironies now evident: Humanae Vitae's specific predictions about what the world would look like if artificial contraception became widespread.
She should never have even considered the child's first name, as she was called upon to settle what the child's surname would be.
Don't be a Judas when you are called upon to support the basic tenets of Christ and the first Pope
They may call upon us to transcend the family, hut, as C. S. Lewis reminds us, we must first know and value the thing we are transcending if our action is to have religious significance.
I mean, if god wants him to live he wouldn't have given him cancer in the first place but lets just say he contr.acted can.cer on his own but was called upon god to do these good dee.ds but needed more time, now what if the only way he could survi.ve was from stem cell res.earch?
Every time I prayed aloud in that place I was reminded that this was possibly the first time the name of Jesus had ever even been mentioned there, let alone called upon, and that was an immense privilege.
Mark composed his Gospel, it appears, in the first years of persecution, and the atmosphere of the time betrays itself in his emphasis upon the example of Christ's sufferings, and upon the call to «take up the cross and follow».
In 1095 at the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II, having received a request for assistance from the Orthodox East, called upon the Catholic West to take up arms in the First Crusade.
In the first century, some of the most advanced of Jewish teachers, faced with the growing complexity of the system of ethics contained in the so - called Law of Moses and its constantly proliferating interpretations and supplements, were attempting to bring out its central or overruling intention by giving prominence to one or another «great commandment» upon which the rest might be supposed to hang.
As Christ reforms people, they are called upon to work with everyone else to create or reform the societal instruments that meet our basic needs — first among these is government.
By the middle of the first century, any male might be called upon to read, whether he be a minor, a beggar, or even a blind man!
A study published in 2000 by the ELCA revealed that of the cohort of newly minted pastors, 71 percent placed constraints upon where they could move due to the needs or desires of a spouse; 58 percent restricted their first call to a location in or near a large city; 36 percent were opposed to serving in a small congregation; and 32 percent were opposed to serving in a rural setting.
Thomas Aquinas writes that when a nation suffers tyranny, those who enthroned the tyrant may first try to remove him, then call upon the emperor for help.
First of all, we may say that in our personal lives we are called upon to resist the powers of death, disease, and evil.
First, having walked through a spouse - bereavement process, I was personally familiar with aspects of the experience and could, therefore, call upon this experience in my analysis.
In this sense, Aquinas is properly called the «first Whig» because his ethics and his politics did lay claims upon the future, did inspire, down the ages, a search for political institutions worthy of the rational, consensual dignity of humans.
The call to live «by faith alone» seems at first to capture the essence of perfect trust since it does not depend upon the authentication of historical evidence.
According to what he calls the «first degree of humility,» which is the lowest degree necessary to attain salvation, it is incumbent upon the Christian «to obey the law of God our Lord in all things, so that not even were I made lord of all creation, or to save my life here on earth, would I consent to violate a commandment, whether divine or human, that binds me under pain of mortal sin» (Spiritual Exercises # 165).
Walt's Foreign Policy article is flawed because it ignores this corrective aspect of American history, just as it downplays American generosity: whenever a catastrophe strikes the world — an earthquake, tsunami, famine, epidemic, or emerging genocide — America is the first to be called upon.
... the generally accepted position of pacifists was that although it was wrong to drop bombs on Germans, Japanese, or somebody else, it was at least permissible to buy the bombs and pay someone else to drop them... [After 1947] many pacifists said they were seeing for the first time that their position of «refusal to give military service» had been a little empty, considering the fact that they were the wrong age, sex, or profession to be called upon.
First, like Jonah, Jesus was called by God to go to a people upon whom judgment was coming.
First, Paul is calling upon his readers to stop walking in the way that other Gentiles walk.
In consequence, even in the later codes, what we would call religious etiquette and humane ethic were often put upon a level, with the constant danger that the first would become a substitute for the second in the service of God.
Being now called upon by biology to consider the effects of synthesis, it is beginning to perceive that, parallel with the phenomenon of corpuscular disintegration, the Universe historically displays a second process as generalized and fundamental as the first: I mean that of the gradual concentration of its physico - chemical elements in nuclei of increasing complexity, each succeeding stage of material concentration and differentiation being accompanied by a more advanced form of spontaneity and spiritual energy.
The call moves now to the prophet's charge, and the Word which first comes to him is emphatic and explicit — «Son of man, stand upon your feet and I will speak with you!»
But as some engineers have been the first to point out, it has met its match and more in the complex unmanageable world it is called upon to address.
The First Miracle at the Wedding Feast of Cana The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.
And as regards the appearance to Simon, the text in First Corinthians, upon closer examination, calls into question the notions (1) that such an appearance was an «event» that occurred after Jesus had physically left his tomb and (2) that Jesus was made manifest to Simon in any visible or tangible way.
First Things concludes that changing times call for «the bishops to reevaluate a program based upon the ideological certitudes of an earlier era.»
At first I was tempted to call it a low - fat creamed spinach but if you were looking for creamed spinach and came upon this you'd probably be disappointed.
-LSB-...] report from an activist group called Safe Food Foundation (SFF) came out last fall that caused a minor stir upon it's first -LSB-...]
Upon reaching the New World, Christopher Columbus was one of the first Europeans to encounter the fruits of Capsicum species, calling them «peppers» because they had a spicy hot taste unlike anything else in Europe at the time.
The brilliant Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky is now in his 8th season at Arsenal, and has always performed brilliantly when called upon to play for the first team, but due to various injuries and Arsene Wenger's choices our Little Mozart has only averaged 20 starts a season in all competitions, and another 10 per year as substitute.
The young defender looked well out of his depth when called upon last term and therefore the chances of the Montenegrin being selected for first team duties are fairly slim.
The problem is, that when Wilshere did come back to the Arsenal first team, he not only proved that he could handle two games every week when called upon, he was also one of our best players on the field.
Bastia — who switched to a 5 -4-1 formation — defended well during the first half, even if Alphonse Areola was called upon to make a few key saves.
Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting
The 28 year old will seek an exit to secure some much needed first team football and Wenger will consider offers for the Polish international, who has impressed when called upon in cup action this season.
When hayden, zelalem and toral return we will have 3 ready made replacements for flamini, arteta and rosicky, not quite first team regulars, but they will have enough experience to be counted on if called upon.
flamini as third choice was a great keep by wenger as he is doing a job when called upon this would allow players like zalelem and crawley to get first team xp whilst rosicky looks after their spot.
Wenger also have learnt lessons as we can see his change of tactics against big teams, the first starting 11 are truly world class and mature enough to win titles, but its the squad players that needs to perform when called upon.
Walls wasn't called upon again — except for a 45 - second first - half stint — until late in a blowout against South Carolina, and refused to budge.
Score shared his middle name with the patron saint of hopeless cases, upon whom he'd already had ample occasion to call in the first 23 years of his life.
Unlike Debuchy who automatically wanted to be first choice even if Bellerin was performing way better than him, Giroud actually delivers when called upon from the bench, Giroud's only sin is that he is not blessed with pace to break clear of defences but in every other aspect, he is the perfect striker, even Ozil's assists dried up when Giroud was absent.
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