Sentences with phrase «exhortation does»

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Onstage, Shipp doles out the biographical details in concentrated chunks, leavening the drama with jokes about the Nintendo Wii and the repeated exhortation, «Don't be average.»

When a future Billy Graham does speak before unconverted people, he or she will likely not lead with the exhortation, «You must be born again,» but rather with the question, «Why does Christianity matter?»

How do you explain Hebrews 10.25 and the exhortation to assemble together?

What does it mean that the Atlantic and Matthew Yglesias» Moneybox blog both ran appreciative posts today about Pope Francis» recent apostolic exhortation, or that the Daily Caller published a story about conservatives» reactions to the exhortation?

In his apostolic exhortation, Pope Francis explained that he wanted «to listen to everyone and not simply those who would tell him what he would like to hear».9 This is exactly what he has done by using the synod's preparatory document to seek input from a broad range of the faithful.

Clinical students, spending hours writing up a pastoral call so that it could be analyzed — and seeing the immense complexities in the person and relationship — were startled by the breezy minister from outside the hospital who rolled in, issued a few exhortations and a prayer, and departed happy that he had done his stint.

The passage itself embodies a strongly christological thrust in the phrase «you did it to me,» which makes Jesus in some sense the referent of all the deeds of mercy done in the world.3 More importantly, Matthew attaches the pericope to a series of exhortations obviously intended to encourage the Christian community to persevere until the final judgment; 4 thus the deeds of mercy inculcated are direct responses to the Christian proclamation (7:794).

These new studies give some additional attention to Paul's orientation toward the Galatian audience and thus follow the advice of the classical writers.10 Emphases on Pauline exhortation, ithos, and example do turn the focus of study toward Paul's relation to the Galatians and away from Paul's answer to the charges of his opponents.11

I know that Mars Hill [Driscoll's church] will allow women to share, or do teaching of some kind, but it's put in terms of «exhortation», and this and that.

A great light of religion shone on the minds of the hearers of Peter, so that they were not satisfied with a single hearing or with the unwritten teaching of the divine proclamation, but with every kind of exhortation besought Mark, whose Gospel is extant, seeing that he was Peter's follower, to leave them a written statement of the teaching given them verbally, nor did they cease until they had persuaded him, and so became the cause of the Scripture called the Gospel According to Mark (49).

Unfortunately, instead of reading the exhortation I wrote, «Act like men — be a man of God,» some seemed to read, «You should adhere to some cultural norm of hyper masculinity and this verse does not apply to women.»

Followers are not indifferent to Jackson's failings or ignorant of the crevasse between his ethical exhortations and his own deeds, but they are able to locate him in a religious tradition that has long taught that God can and does act through the most imperfect of servants.

Perhaps nowhere does the character of this promising mystery present itself more graciously, extravagantly, and surprisingly than in Jesus» exhortation to think of God as «abba.»

And this great missionary zeal is evident in his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium: «I dream of a «missionary option», that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church's customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channelled for the evangelisation of today's world.»

And this great missionary zeal is evident in his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium: «I dream of a «missionary option», that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church's customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channelled for the...

I am with an anglican church and they do allow women ministers and they preach.So if you are a women and God has put a calling on your life to preach then join a church that allows you to use that gift from what i understand exhortation prophesy and evangelism are topics that can be preached in any church by women and there no restrictions outside of church as in home group type situations.This is one of those situations that we may not agree on scripture but we still are one in Christ and to God be all the glory.brentnz

He hears in church a great many platitudes and familiar moral exhortations which do not move him much, with now and then a sermon which gives great comfort and support to the inner life.

So, the exhortation to Timothy — in the presence of those who live contrary to God's desire — is for the young man to do whatever it takes to continue down the path of the good news of Jesus Christ.

I often refer to Paul's exhortation in Romans 12, which says don't let the world squeeze you into its mold, but let God remold your mind from within.

The Johannine exhortation quoted above does not do this.

For example, an apostolic exhortation of one pontificate does not possess more authority than an encyclical of a prior papacy.

In what feels like an increasingly volatile climate, that some of us are surprised by and others are less so, how does Jesus» exhortation to love our enemies find real traction in our living?

Though the use of «enemy» in the Old Testament often did refer to a nation - state enemy of Israel, Jesus» exhortation was never meant to refer to a public enemy — like another nation's military force — that would let me off the hook.

The battered wife sent back to her husband with a pastor's exhortation to bear her cross as Christ did is sadly no figment of imagination.

It is still commentary, but it doesn't read like a technical commentary, but more like an exhortation.

He turns now from the guiding principle of loving our enemies to three exhortations on how to do this.

The rest of the day he spends in reconciling neighbors that are at variance, or in visiting the sick, or in exhortations to some of his flock by themselves whom his sermons can not or do not reach.

12:6 - 8: «Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who presides, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.»

One thing is clear: policy makers and practitioners seeking to increase the impact of parliamentary strengthening programmes don't need more exhortations to pay attention to context or facilitate local ownership.

Gavin Devine's exhortation on the blog to «cut the waffle on lobbying and get serious» attracted guarded approval from Mark Adams, who wrote: «I thought I would have to disagree with Gavin... However as I read further into the article, it seems Gavin is just being diplomatic — by the end, he clearly thinks the government's proposals are almost as flawed as I do!

But, after that, how often does his stated «policy» amount to anything more than an exhortation to «social responsibility»?

«But it's to direct my words and exhortations to the ears of the of the vast majority of people, in any institution whether it's a school, or a bank, or it's a hedge fund, or it's a Council leader's office, or it's a legislature, who are good and honorable and honest and decent and want to do the right thing.»

Of course Mark's exhortations on evaluating quality sources apply — I don't do feedlot meat raw.

What he does not do — this book is more exhortation than manual — is to suggest a path through the organizational, political, ideological, and intellectual foes of his appealing and well - argued conception of what a proper public - education system would accomplish for the United States in the 21st century.

What goes by the name of character education nowadays is, for the most part, a collection of exhortations and extrinsic inducements designed to make children work harder and do what they're told.

(Of course, a lot of people have to NOT buy those books to make any impact and I don't kid myself my exhortation not to buy them will cause the impact necessary!)

... Some of the voices think that all this is a-okay and that tone doesn't matter (a curious exhortation when made by a writer, a person for whom words and tone should matter)... You know what?

I'm not sure whether it was Wexboy's exhortation to do some Spring cleaning (very amusing post, by the way) or watching Genworth Financial sink 20 % this morning on the delay of its Australian IPO.

The posturing, the exhortation to «DO IT», all of these things are perfect for Tembo so why Sonic?

Writing, teaching, and making art themselves, the Albers possessed an energy that infused a new type of curriculum, defined by John Dewey's exhortation to «learn by doing.»

What does one make of images picturing iconic figures as disparate as Gumby and Babe Ruth, paired with musings on the repressive nature of television or poetic exhortations to greatness?

This contains opinions on Sainsbury's wine range, exhortations to do more for organic farming and even comments about the supermarket's image and marketing techniques.

Of course, Wallace's eloquent, heartfelt exhortations to keep an active and open mind are complicated by the fact that his striving always to do so led him into deep depression and, tragically, to suicide.

And did you try to address it through exhortation and evangelism?

My hunch is that that account of the prosecutor's role, if coupled with consideration of unique prosecutorial challenges such as the absence of clients, provides a better and richer ethical account of the lawyer's role than does an empty exhortation to do justice.

As a consequence, it is not clear how the exhortation to «do justice» can meaningfully guide prosecutorial decision - making.

We could rise to «aspirational», but I don't think any lawyer has avoided the many exhortations to do pro bono.

The Court of Appeal was mindful of the exhortations in earlier Ablyazov cases that the Court should do all it could to ensure obedience to its orders.

[T] he fact that there is no direct way to enforce in a tribunal the exhortation in the Universal Declaration aimed at «organs of society», does not by itself remove its potential binding effect.