Sentences with phrase «certain practices rather»

And traditionally, the department would ask contractors to stop doing certain practices rather than taking them to court.

Not exact matches

Missouri Synod theologians had traditionally affirmed the inerrancy of the Bible, and, although such a term can mean many things, in practice it meant certain rather specific things: harmonizing of the various biblical narratives; a somewhat ahistorical reading of the Bible in which there was little room for growth or development of theological understanding; a tendency to hold that God would not have used within the Bible literary forms such as myth, legend, or saga; an unwillingness to reckon with possible creativity on the part of the evangelists who tell the story of Jesus in the Gospels or to consider what it might mean that they write that story from a post-Easter perspective; a general reluctance to consider that the canons of historical exactitude which we take as givens might have been different for the biblical authors.

I am glad you are practicing a Bible study method which studies the Scripture in - depth, rather than just accepting whatever a certain Bible teacher tells you to think.

Rather, it is the existence of a certain universalistic quality in the jurisprudence, the scholarship, the media and the religion that is decisive — a universalistic quality which, precisely because it transcends particular beliefs and practices, can bring the particulars of that situation under critical scrutiny.

Beliefs and ways of life, save in respect to certain minimal attitudes and practices without which social life could not successfully be carried on, are matters of private rather than public business.

Rather, the apprehension of the supreme «I» was such that certain cultic practices and taboos associated with his worship appeared altogether irrelevant.

While that sounds great in theory, and many people would tacitly, or even with great show agree to such an idea, I fear that in practice the Bible is often not seen through the lens of Jesus, but rather through the lens of a certain theology or through the lens of the beliefs of groups or even individuals.

Studies have shown that certain sports cause higher numbers of concussions, as does competing in actual games or matches rather than practice.

«I will accept there are certain migrants, especially those from Eastern Europe, who don't have a tradition of general practice, who will go to the emergency department rather than to general practice and we need to address that, but it's certainly not responsible for the massive increase we've seen in recent months and it's certainly not responsible for the 1.7 % increase that we've seen over the last decade.»

These practices are not specific to certain careers or programs; rather, they are to be taught in all programs and to increasing degrees of complexity as students advance through their studies.

The US has a (rather cumbersome) system by which the Librarian of Congress can exempt certain practices from the anti-circumvention rule — an exemption that can be renewed (or extended) every three years.

Moreover, he maintained throughout his academic writing that legal education can, and should, prepare our students for a multitude of careers and that the «goal is not to stigmatise certain career choices, but rather to value all careers and thereby confront every student... with the challenges and responsibilities attendant upon the ethical deployment of legal knowledge in any type of practice.»

Most likely, your fellow lawyers know that you have attained a certain amount of success with your practice, and that you can afford to «give back» to the community rather than saving up for a third sports car or a second vacation home.

Both do a good job of targeting aspects of practice that are relevant to a large number of attorneys, rather than just firms of a certain size.

Accordingly, rather than imposing a uniform ban or refuse to recognise certain practices, the Commission notes that it is preferable for judicial organs to be required to balance Aboriginal Customary Law issues with human rights standards.

HREOC considers that it is preferable for judicial decision makers to be required to balance Aboriginal Customary Law issues with human rights standards, rather than imposing a legislative uniform ban or refusing to recognise certain practices.