Sentences with phrase «defensive posture of»

In short, we must shift the church's thinking from its present defensive posture of caution to a daring outlook for sharing with a world waiting to know God's love.

In this manner the semantic debate has been sidestepped, the defensive posture of a double negative transformed, and a forceful witness to the nature of Scripture communicated.

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«And the consequence of that is that the director [of the film], the person responsible, was not coming into the room in a defensive posture knowing that this group could screw him over,» Catmull said.

«It's largely a defensive posture,» Campbell, of the University of Texas at El Paso, said of such incidents.

Based on what we're seeing in the benchmark 10 - year bond yield, bond traders are showing signs of shifting into a more defensive posture.

InterVarsity's announcement is not a calculated move in the culture war; it's a defensive posture, taken only after the ministry conducted a four - year evaluation of its doctrine and its future.

A defensive posture against those who would steal or harm my family for instance is not going to lead me to become a Rambo type warrior on a rampage so last man standing does not represent the logical conclusion by my way of thinking.

The usual assertions are (1) that this kind of religion is today on the defensive; (2) that the defensive posture is occasioned by the flourishing of «conservative churches» (although the alleged liberal enervation is also seen in more autonomous terms); (3) that the growth in religious conservatism and conservative churches is itself the result of widespread reaction against «secular humanist» values and against those who hold such values; (4) that our society as a whole has been experiencing a breakdown in moral consensus, a loss of moral coherence somehow connected with a decline in oldline Protestant dominance; and (5) that some or all of these happenings have been quite sudden, so that the early 1960s can be taken as a kind of benchmark — as a time before the fall.

Even though emphasis on doctrinal constraints is an inevitable phase in the formation of a tradition, there comes a time in its unfolding when a purely defensive posture leads to stagnation arising from under - nourishment.

In our defensive posturing we have been guilty, I think, of a good deal of faulty logic.

But we're usually left with a foundation of maybes and could - bes, a defensive stance, a you - can't - prove - that posture.

Her voice and posture were defensive from the beginning and she led with «I've heard of you but I've never been to your site or online community because I knew what I would hear there.

But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001... He is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn't have nuclear warheads yet.

Putin's defensive posturing is aimed at reframing Europe's perceptions of the Ukraine conflict.

Despite advance announcements (actually re-announcements) on infrastructure spending, either in the shape of roads or flood defences, today we find George Osborne in a highly defensive posture.

Their reviews are full of defensive posturing, refusing to deal with the film head - on, denouncing exploitation before deciding on whom or what is being exploited.

These best friends are privileged women who slip into defensive posture whenever they feel the glare of judgment upon them, which is often.

Local officials have assumed a defensive posture, poised at every opportunity to minimize the impact of a law that they think is designed to set them up for failure.

Since the beginning of 2015, we have maintained our defensive posture.

This defensive posture has actually served it well, in terms of surviving the housing / credit crisis — but now leaves shareholders with a fairly meagre return on equity (4.3 % in the year ending Apr - 2013).

It is FOOLISH for a dog owner to pin their pet dog in a neck lock, since they are terrorizing their dog, making the dog fearful of them in certain postures, and in some instances, the rollover can provoke a full blown defensive attack.

Typical body postures associated with fearful or defensive aggression are a combination of defensive signals (such as crouching, flattening the ears, tucking the tail, leaning away or rolling onto the side, and pupil dilation) and aggressive signals (such as hissing and spitting, piloerection, growling, swatting, biting and scratching).

You can, somehow, administrate the use of energy by your ships changing its posture from defensive to offensive, but except for the thruster's boost, that increases the range of your movement at the cost of your mobility, I couldn't see much difference.

As a measure of RC denizens» boundless patience and tolerance, please note that the needlessly defensive while simultaneously vaguely offensive posture your question struck was ignored.

2 people raised their hand: one is still visiting as a defensive posture (spotted the posting on Gray's article), and the other student is fascinated by the climate blogging on a number of different sites.

Anybody with that defensive a posture and tendency towards name calling needs a little smack down action of MY variety, assuming I can become informed enough to give a good performance.

For too long journalists have adopted a defensive posture on global - warming and climate change, prostrating themselves at the feet of the climate - change demigods and smearing anyone who dares raise a skeptical brow.

timely responses to communications by email and telephone timely production of documents especially medical counsel for plaintiffs advising their clients about early settlement and realistic expectations counsel for defendants advising their clients to attend mediations with sufficient settlement authority expertise in a particular area of law posturing and egotism on both sides claims for punitive damages where none are warranted under law preparation for significant events such as examinations for discovery and motions accountability for the consequences of steps taken or delayed unnecessary or defensive crossclaims and third party claims by defence counsel regional differences (some local bars are more collegial than others)

With 3.6 million of her citizens affected, Haley was in full defensive posture, saying that encryption was «complicated and cumbersome technology.»

I save lives by providing focused and intensive instruction of the core skills of interpersonal combat: mindset, weapon, and environment, and I teach the fundamental decision making and practical skills necessary to mitigate threats from both an offensive and defensive posture.

Led by well - known psychologists John and Julie Gottman, the «relationship - enrichment workshop» taught us a number of new tricks, including how to communicate emotions without creating a defensive posture in a partner; how to share sexual desires; and how to carve out the time required to develop hopes and dreams for the future.

As my father wrote, «[The Fantasy Bond] explains people's compulsion to relive the past with new relationships i.e., to form illusory connections that invariably lead to a reenactment of defensive styles of interacting developed in childhood... Once a fantasy bond is formed, individuals prefer to maintain a defensive posture rather than trusting and investing genuine feeing in others.»

For aggressive children, a highly positive self - view is construed — not as a protective factor or measurement error — but as a defensive posture that places the child at added risk and that impedes the progress of psychosocial interventions.

The defense mechanisms can help the parent tune out the severe relational cost of maintaining the psychic walls and defensive postures, which is why ISTDP can be such a powerful tool — the ISTDP therapist aims to build up a person's strength to the point where the individual can begin to confront their walls, take them down, and face what was previously too painful or frightening to face.

Stagers should refrain from taking a defensive posture and attacking the professionals you rely upon for the future of your business.