It is probably not necessary to get into the whole debate about the Bible being the infallible, inspired, authoritative Word of God, but you may have to if the person
challenges the Word of God as being inaccurate or on the same level as other writings and sayings.
The lawyer
challenging the wording of a constitutional amendment to authorize casinos says the Board of Elections may have violated the open meetings law in approving it.
A New York State Supreme Court judge threw out a lawsuit
challenging the wording of a November ballot amendment to expand gambling in New York.
As promised, the New York Public Interest Research Group has submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of the lawsuit that
challenges the wording of the ballot proposal on casino expansion that voters will be asked to decide on Election Day next month.
There is virtually no means of
challenging the word of the officer regarding what took place at the roadside, and the lack of checks and balances in turn will almost inevitably lead to an arrogant undesirable police culture.
Not exact matches
For the same reason you take on huge
challenges: because
of the
words «now» and «then.»
The
challenging thing for the New York Times is that those
words are arguably just as applicable to the rest
of the newspaper's business, not just the part
of it that was taking place in Paris.
While women in the workplace have been «leaning in,» in the
words of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, to the
challenge of climbing the corporate ladder, a female executive can still be ousted for being «pushy.»
The
challenge devised by die - hard opponents
of the law, often derided by critics as «Obamacare,» relied on four
words -; established by the state -; in the more than 900 - page law.
«All
of us need to
challenge ourselves to be brief and pack more power into fewer
words,» Boyle says.
Word of mouth brought them recently to India, where the public broadcaster All India Radio brought Nautel a massive
challenge: providing enough transmitters to cover the entire country or, as the marketing slogan went, «broadcasting to a billion.»
Stick to your mission. Backcountry.com's mission has always been to be the best core gear e-tailer, but with only an online presence, the company has the
challenge of utilizing all possible storefront opportunities to get the
word out.
And this is the most important point: When we talk about the qualities
of a great leader or read their
words on paper without truly understanding the enormous
challenges they face and the rare strength it takes to overcome them, we may as well be two - dimensional stick figures trying to imagine a three - dimensional world.
Doug Ford hasn't publicly uttered all the
words spoken by Tanya Granic Allen, notwithstanding his record
of vulgarisms when denigrating people who annoyed or
challenged him, but the so - called straight shooter has played a double game
of first embracing Granic Allen, and only later distancing himself — and never denouncing her hateful
words.
Scalia, who co-chairs his firm's Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group and is a member
of its Labor and Employment Practice Group, said the lawsuit first
challenges the «definition and meaning»
of the
word fiduciary.
In other
words, the
challenges of borrowing can contribute to slamming on the brakes so far as creating jobs is concerned.
Nevertheless, innovators continue to face
challenges from Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), companies that, in the President's
words «don't actually produce anything themselves,» and instead develop a business model «to essentially leverage and hijack somebody else's idea and see if they can extort some money out
of them.»
A stiff
challenge, put completely out
of reach for most Canadians by the federal Income Tax Act, which limits tax - deferred retirement saving to 18 per cent
of income or $ 22,970 — whichever, in
words the income tax form has made so familiar, is less.
«It was a
challenge in every sense
of the
word,» says Laflamme, «I was tired and often winded but the experience was worth every second.»
In other
words, notable public discontent away from coastal regions need to be factored into investors» macro outlook, and if significant number
of individuals consider a $ 400 emergency expenditure «more
challenging to handle,» then investors should be biased to position portfolios more defensively (i.e. in curve steepeners).
While many Senators
challenged the negative effects
of the Fed's policy for savers — financial repression in the
words of Carmen Reinhart — Yellen noted that people were not just savers but also consumers.
I had in my heart and tongue the Name
of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression
of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age
of 33 to face all the
challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every
word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot
of reciting verses
of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic
of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth
of many beliefs out
of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief
of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance
of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front
of him and when was on the top
of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..
You put to
word, the thoughts that so many
of us share, about the
challenge of being faithful with so many conflicting demands on our allegence.
Faulkner is dense with allusions and his language is among the most
challenging of that period, as his mastery
of minutia and regionalism combined to provide the text with pivotal moments that centered upon
words that were obscure or ambiguous.
It was easy to recognize, in the
words of this latest exhortation to more faithfully follow the gospel in the economic and global - political realm, the voice
of our dear shepherd» to see the sharp intellectual and moral
challenge of his mind, coupled with the loving understanding
of his heart, so passionate to bring Christ to the world and the world to Christ.
Cajetan had
challenged Luther's insistence that those who come to the sacrament
of penance are to believe confidently that they receive God's grace and forgiveness thereby; Luther's main defense appeals to Christ's
words in Matthew 16:19:
Your
words, Mark, at the prayer breakfast were 100 % correct: we do have a responsibility to God to do the best we can do... to make good come
of heartache... I
challenge people reading this to think
of and remember the fact that we are AMERICANS and this nation was founded on the very principles
of which Mark spoke: a responsibility within ourselves to our Creator to rise to the occasion and make things better... May we all find that courage to do so!
If you bring up penetrating theological questions and are
challenged about it, you can say that you only did it to try to draw out any wolves in sheep clothing within the congregation and that you really believe every
word of the bible.
It is this naïveté that The Handmaid's Tale addresses with its appended «historical» commentary,
challenging us to think about something otherwise difficult to see: the relationship between the crises
of our civilization and its historic textual politics — the continuing story
of who controls, legitimates, engenders and eliminates whom and what through the power
of authoritative language, grounded in the
Word.
My upbringing was in very legalistic churches where the «
Word of God» could never be
challenged.
In these Morrison
challenged church father Alexander Campbell's rendering
of the Greek
word baptizo and his argument that made immersion identical with baptism.
His memorable
words issued a resounding
challenge to the youth
of America to become missionaries to their own people: «This is no time to be ashamed
of the Gospel.
When our faith is
challenged, will we continue to believe that Jesus»
words are true and good, or will we turn to the
words of someone else?
An ongoing
challenge for church and clergy is to sufficiently establish the significance
of scripture in the hearts and minds
of believers so that they will attempt the hard work, the life's work,
of seeking to understand the
Word made Book.
World Watch Monitor reports that Bibi's attorney Naeem Shakir
challenged the testimony
of the women who feuded with Bibi, arguing to the appellate court that their testimony had been hearsay because the complainant in the case had not heards Bibi's
words himself.
On 13 May 2004, in an address to the Italian Senate entitled «Europe: Its Spiritual Foundations
of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow», Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (who one year later would be Pope Benedict XVI) proclaimed these
words, indicating the contemporary
challenge facing the family:
When you were
challenged on this frankly stunning, obvious maneuver, you decided to throw a wall
of expertly
worded blather about how it's important to be generous to one another and to attempt to establish relationship with those with whom we differ.
Your constant insistence in
challenging my view that God is real and exists is not just rude in the extreme... but continuing to make an incredible ASS out
of yourself while doing it by distorting my
words is beyond belief.
The
word challenge every christian to be aware
of being led by nonbelivers and nonchristians.
Richard L. Rubenstein has had a greater and more immediate impact upon the world
of Christian theology than has been effected by any recent radical Christian theologian, and doubtless this is true because, in the
words of Langdon Gilkey, he presents the sharpest and most devastating
challenge to the traditional or Biblical conception
of God.
It helps us to know that every
word of Jesus, Paul, Peter, etc is not captured in the Bible because: — We will always be
challenged to understand the fullness
of the message the authors were conveying to their audience.
He is one
of the messengers that God always provides to wake us up and help prepare the way His
words may bring to mind people in our own lives who have been such faithful harbingers
of truth, those who have smoothed the way for us, leveling the rough places through which we must walk, even as they
challenge us to seek to be the people God calls us to be.
We will be
challenged to rightly discern those that only sound like they are preaching the
Word of God from those that truly are.
In other
words, the more completely violence seems to be
of the order
of necessity, the greater is the obligation
of believers in Christ's Lordship to overcome it by
challenging necessity.
With these
words God Himself
challenges one
of the first prophets
of the history
of salvation; the prophet Isaiah tells us God himself was asking him.
1 In light
of these
words, the participants at the synod will have to face the great pastoral
challenge of being faithful heralds
of the joy
of the gospel
of marriage.
It is the authentic
Word of God, the suprahuman truth which
challenges him and brings his spirit to life.
Neurobiology... anthropology... psychology... sociology... history... semiotics... nearly every field
challenges the conventional packages
of concepts that are associated with the
word God, whoever is speaking it.
This hope, this «horizon
of expectation,» not only imposed a
challenge to his readers, it was accompanied with a
word of assurance.
The
challenge for most
of us is to make the priority
of Christ more than mere
words.