Sentences with phrase «called upon promising»

In her restaged documents, the artist calls upon the promise of photography to re-assert specific histories, but simultaneously subverts our expectations of the photograph — subtly disrupting the view, picturing multiple frames in one, or leaving the edges of the photographs visible.

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All faithful people, at some time in their lives, are called upon to witness to one another, offer comfort and encouragement, and remind one another of God's promises.

The second important episode in the present arrangement of the narratives, following immediately upon the account of, Abraham's call, response and consequent journey to Canaan, shows the great Patriarch, who has just acted with exemplary faith, behaving as if the divine promise had never occurred at all.

It is Luke also who reports that Jesus twice called upon God as Father from the cross (23:34, 46), and after his resurrection spoke to the troubled disciples of «the promise of my Father» (24:49).

If we do not seize upon the promise of this moment through what we might call «the mutual conversation, consolation and correction of the brothers and sisters» (to rephrase Luther), we could be in for a period of theological Balkanization or Beirutization - armed camps firing away at each other from their places of epistemological privilege.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

To answer God's call, Abraham turned his back upon his father's house and became a pilgrim in hopes of a promised land.

How often in extremity have we prayed, «Give us life, that we may call upon your name,» making an implicit promise to use our lives to better purpose next time, to resist the temptations to sloth, anger, pride, greed, malice and everything else that would deflect us and diminish our better selves.

We call upon God to be God for us, as he has promised to be — God with us, Emmanuel.

This summer promises to be a captivating one in terms of transfers, with fans calling upon Arsène Wenger to finally break free of the financial shackles which have been preventing him turning this Arsenal team into genuine title challengers in the past.

Whenever called upon, dealt with the pressure with relative ease, but didn't show any signs of promise for the future.

If that wasn't enough, Maradona can also call upon Diego Milito and the promising Sergio Aguero.

Mayor de Blasio is also calling upon Governor Andrew Cuomo to stick to his promise of paying $ 8 billion in state funding toward subway repairs, though Cuomo has some ideas of his own for generating funds for the subway that include offering companies the opportunity to sponsor subway stations for an annual fee.

Dyer's calls for political unity and his promise to end partisan bickering struck a chord with many Reform Party activists; he criticized both major parties based upon his experiences dealing with the Hudson County political machine.

One of the most significant features of this parliament has been the rise of a much more independent parliamentary party... The small number of frontbench jobs relative to the size of the 2010 intake... The difference between the Coalition Agreement and the manifesto promises that MPs were elected upon... The empowerment of backbenchers by Speaker Bercow... The IPSA factor... No10's party mismanagement... at least ten factors have created what I've called the supercharged backbencher.

«Half of the cells in the heart are fibroblasts, so the ability to call upon this reservoir of cells already in the organ to become beating heart cells has tremendous promise for cardiac regeneration.

While eligibility for vouchers varies state - by - state, Trump promised to campaign nationwide and call upon individual states and cities to elect officials in support of school choice.

While eligibility for vouchers varies by state, Trump promised to campaign nationwide and call upon individual states and cities to elect officials in support of school choice.

The report, Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California's Long Term English Learners, calls upon state policymakers and leaders to provide solutions and outlines basic principles and promising approaches for school districts to meet the needs of English Learners more effectively.

It calls upon state policymakers and leaders to provide solutions and outlines basic principles and promising approaches for school districts to meet the needs of LTELs more effectively.

Trump promised to campaign nationwide and call upon individual states, cities and school boards to elect officials who support school choice.

Upon looking for, and finding a rather promising used vehicle at the Buchanan dealership, I decided to call the salesman and see if the dealership negotiated.

It's a promise Katherine finds herself needing to call upon, when her uncle and his family, who have inherited her manor, move in to claim what is theirs.

Some 75 paintings, sculptures and decorative artworks illustrate the art — including scenes of hell and numerous divine beings on earth — of a popular form of Buddhism centered on the deity Amitabha, who promised salvation to those who simply called upon him.

Prayer In the Qur» an, Allah asks us to call upon Him in prayers and He promises to answer them.

The Obama administration has promised to restore the longstanding stream protections to Appalachia and improve upon this longstanding rule by proposing a new rule, which will call the «Stream Protection Rule,» by 2011, finalizing it in 2012.

The insurer promises to pay a sum of money to or on behalf of the insured or his / her designee (the beneficiary) upon a determinable event (sometimes called a «contingency»).

The company has just announced a new update called «Value Pack Update» for these Gear S3 smartwatches, that promises to improve upon a select number of features.