Sentences with phrase «conversation about the nature»

I believe that evangelicals are the verge of a BIG conversation about the nature and purpose of the Bible, one that could potentially revolutionize how we talk about sex, science, and salvation.

In making the case that the death of God was permanent, the book initiated a wide - ranging and innovative — some would say undisciplined — conversation about the nature of post-Christian existence.

In it, Enns focuses on three specific problems / questions raised by the modern study of the Old Testament and uses those specific problems / questions to engage in a broader conversation about the nature of Scripture.

Advances on those fronts just might, as well, reopen the public conversation about the nature of freedom, offering opportunities to challenge the debasement of freedom into willfulness (license) and reconnecting freedom to the true and the good.

Most hetero couples don't have a conversation about the nature of their sexual relationship unless they happen to fall outside of the norm such as being polygamous.

It's a thrilling, deeply necessary work that opens up a much - needed and rarely approached on - screen conversation about the nature of gay masculinity...

Used in sculptural pieces, room - sized environments, drawings and paintings, performance, artist sketchbooks, LED sample models and documentary film, Miyajima's electronic counter gadgets draw together a single conversation about the nature of time, renewal and questions of mortality.

Taken together as a whole, this collection encompasses five artists whose works create a conversation about the nature of abstraction, the line between abstraction and representation and the inextricability of the natural world from art.

Coincidentally, Paul and I have been having an offline conversation about the nature of journalism and the environment, and in particular the idea of epistemic journalism.

It brought together many of Canada's foremost privacy experts from the public and private sectors in a wide - ranging conversation about the nature of privacy in Canada.

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Comey said he kept memos on his conversations with Trump — a move he said he did not do with two prior presidents or other top Justice Department officials — because he «was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting.»

«Flynn had been forced to resign the day before, and the controversy around Gen. Flynn at that point in time was centered on whether he had lied to the vice president about the nature of his conversations with the Russians,» Comey said.

Because LinkedIn is professionally focused by nature, users expect to be having conversations about business.

Part of the reason I wrote the book was so in the culture, we could have a conversation about this, a substantive, civil, sober conversation on the meaning of life and the nature of reality.

Recently, there's been an odd conversation in Catholic circles about the nature of mercy.

It could be helpful to start by empathetically acknowledging the emotionally charged nature of the conversation, even admitting and sharing how hard it is for you to talk about.

Jesus may very well be the answer, but if you want a good conversation, you may need to clarify what the question is, because the first question is not about eternal life, but about the nature of reality itself.

Prompted by his continuing experience with the institute courses, he began a serious research effort, convinced of the need «to find new ways to talk about the congregational body that can provide deeper insight into its nature, and enrich conversation with and among its members.»

In the Fourth Gospel he is explicitly quoted on this matter (John 5:28 - 29) but, even if this saying be read out of the record, evidence remains, especially the narrative of his conversation with the Sadducees about the nature of the resurrected body.

I bring the conversation up because it came to mind last week when I was reading about a Christian ethicist so passionately committed to defending the (unmistakably) exceptional nature of human beings that he thinks it necessary to forbid his children any sentimental solicitude for the suffering of beasts, and to disabuse them of the least trace of the dangerous fantasy or pathetic fallacy that animals experience anything analogous to human emotions, motives, or needs; they can not really, he insists, know anxiety, grief, regret, or disappointment, and so we should never allow them to divert our sympathies or ethical longings from their proper object.

But an apparently inescapable paradox in this conversation is that positive doctrinal affirmations about other religions require, in their very nature, as definitive a Christian interpretation of that religion as do negative ones.

Much like Gill, Charlton isn't often included in regular conversations about Van Gaal's future, and instead sits on the ambassadorial board which isn't advised upon in instances of that nature.

They open the door to a deeper conversation about values, human nature and the fragility of eros, and force us to grapple with some of the most unsettling questions: How do we negotiate the elusive balance between our emotional and our erotic needs?

A powerful and vulnerable conversation about the humbling power of parenting, fear, the nature of our thoughts, how to grow and change, and more.

Around that time, a «call about Mr. Percoco frequently [yielded] a hurried clarification that the conversation is off the record, followed by protestations of his gentle nature,» the Times reported.

In the long term, the results of the survey are expected to influence ongoing global conversations about the roles and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society, help clarify public expectations of scientists and engineers, lead to the development of materials for the education of scientists and engineers, and provide empirical data for consideration when developing specific recommendations on the nature and scope of the social responsibilities of scientists and engineers.

Fuentes» recent books include «Evolution of Human Behavior,» «Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths About Human Nature,» «Conversations on Human Nature (s)» and the forthcoming «The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional.»

A mutual friend put them in touch, and during several phone conversations about multiverses and the nature of time, they realized that they were soul mates in skepticism.

I'm with you on monograms, on labels of any kind, really: I don't want my wardrobe pieces to spark conversations; I want to be seen as elegant, and as a person with whom you can talk about ideas, beauty in nature, books, etc..

When exploring nature, it is easy to keep a conversation going and you can barely run out of things to talk about.

But then here you date the person first, and later know their nature, preferences and basic information about them, as you dig into more conversation.

The reader now knows a story about the woman, has something that can help strike up a conversation, and has been shown in what way the writer's kind and sensitive nature comes out.

«I would not, in my case, start doing it, unless we had a conversation about it first,» said the user, who spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitive nature of the topic.

out of town and care about the world, travelling, meditation, family, friends, tea, nature, reading, cooking, gardening, drinking wine, and all around lovely, spirited conversations.

The Strange Journey will take you through a fundamentally fascinating story about human nature, free will, gods, and an increasingly relevant conversation about stewardship of the planet, if you're able to trek through the game's dated user interface and pages upon pages of text.

The movie is a series of conversations about free will, dreams, existentialism and the nature of reality, as its hero wanders through Austin, Texas, in a state between life and death.

Finally, we are designing spaces, having conversations, thinking about biomimicry, and noticing nature because just over 70 % of our students experience poverty in their lives.

From this realization, we were able to have a meaningful conversation about the intertwined nature of walkability, socioeconomic status, and race in the United States — concepts of great importance to schools and education at large.

QUEST, initiated by KQED in San Francisco, is a unique cross-platform science journalism collaborative designed to tap into the region's interest in science, environment, and nature, while providing entertaining and informative content about current local issues in science - environment - nature, and engaging users in conversations about actions for these issues.

In so doing, it suggests that the revision of this belief statement can expand the conversation from one primarily about technologies to one that focuses on the changing nature of literacy as well as the larger and long - term implications of this shift for English education.

In the words of Villet and Hares: «We are changing the nature of the conversation about what's possible for children from poor communities.»

As we continue the conversation about teacher quality, let's listen to the voices of educators who have a deep and nuanced understanding of teaching and learning: to Pam Grossman on the essential role of teacher retention in the development of teacher quality; to Linda Darling - Hammond on the importance of treating teachers as professionals, providing them with opportunities to learn with one another: what keeps good teachers in schools; to Anthony Cody on the complex nature of learning, and of the relationship between great teaching and dynamic learning.

The underlying concepts are present in many profound literatures, both modern and ancient, but no descriptions of actual conversations with the Ri - iha - mo that reveal profound revelations about our Universe, our planet, and our true nature, revelations that can greatly assist in understanding our world, its history, and our role and power in creating precisely the life we desire.

If you call, it might take three minutes or so, simply because of the nature of human conversation — a back and forth conversation about coverage takes a few seconds longer than you selecting options in a dropdown.

A conversation with poet Billy Collins about dogs who have shared his life as he reads numerous poems of a canine nature

There are often conversations here about the differences in nature vs nurture in the behavior of animals — but clearly nurture plays a pretty important role in overall behavior when the gender of the owner and the act of whether or not a dog is on a leash can play an instrumental role in a dog's behavior — because those are very short term, environmental conditions.

Its unique mix of mind - melting puzzles and thought - provoking conversations have caused me to think deeply about both the challenges I'm facing and the true nature of human consciousness.

The «just a game» point of view isn't articulated outright nearly as much as it's opposition, precisely because those who maintain it don't see in - depth conversation about the «nature of the medium» to be all that important or helpful.

Steering the direction of the conversation to the nature of the East Village at the time, Phillips asked about the influence of the poets, musicians, and artists who congregated there.

The exhibition (which takes its name from a conversation between Jeff Wall and Lucas Blalock about the need for art to be experimental and mysterious) also explores the truth - telling nature — or more accurately, the fantasy - telling nature — of the camera with a comprehensive selection of works from fourteen different artists from within the collection.