Sentences with phrase «for accepting the challenge»

Thank you to each of you for accepting the challenge, opening yourself up and sharing with the rest of us.

Thanks for accepting this challenge!

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CNBC's Jon Fortt accepts the ice bucket challenge to raise awareness for ALS, and nominated Michael Dell.

It's about being on time for practice, accepting challenges and being fearful of the elements.»

There are many remarkable aspects to SpaceX: for instance, the way it has challenged accepted rocket manufacture by making rockets for a fraction of the cost; the way it has become the first private entity — rather than a country — to successfully launch spacecraft into orbit and then return; the way it went from an idea in Musk's head to a company that resupplies the International Space Station and that hopes to soon ferry astronauts back and forth.

The willingness to challenge accepted approaches and propose non-obvious alternatives is one of the fundamental driving forces for innovation.

So for me personally, since I accepted the view without question, I defended it with zeal perceiving any challenge to it as an attack on the church, the moral fabric of my country, and on God Himself.

Or, for those who do not like his solutions, the time has come to accept them as a challenge to come up with better ones.

Dr David Jones, Professor of Bioethics at St Mary's College, London, has pointed out that he does not accept that brain death can be assumed for any cadaver with a beating - heart, and challenges the ethical acceptability of the use of any such cadaver for donor purposes [13].

The challenge to us is to be committed enough and bold enough to keep our eyes open and to dare to look, to pass through the gate of the visible to the mystery of the invisible, and then to accept responsibility for everything we see.

The same was true of the crisis of the ministry of Jesus: for those who would accept the challenge and realize the need for «new wineskins» the possibility of a wholly new kind of joy was very real.

In challenging process theology to state explicitly that God sides with the oppressed, and to do so in a way that does not rule out the possibility of righteous counterviolence, I understand Jones to be challenging process theology to explicate the social - ethical consequences of accepting certain metaphysical truths in order that black theology might measure its ethical content against the needs of the struggle for liberation.

He could not accept that result, and so set out to provide an account of the status of purposes in his last work.33 Had it not been for Hartshorne's repeated challenges regarding this in the correspondence, I do not think Brightman would have ever addressed the problem in detail.

I do not accept the argument and could challenge it in detail, but let us accept it for the moment.

The rapid rise and spread of Communism must be accepted by Christians as the most seriously challenging deviant form of the Judeo - Christian heritage, just as, in the eighth century, the rise of Islam came about because of the tendency for Christian Trinitarian doctrine to revert to polytheism, adding weight to Mohammed's call for a pure monotheism.

«42 Here is that «Hebraic» model for play, one that challenges both our «Greek» and our «Protestant» conceptions by trustfully and joyously accepting a God - given rhythm for our work and for our play.

He studies his Bible and admits to an affinity for the «Christian sentiment,» but insists: «I accept the Gospel of Jesus as a challenge to go my own way.»

Finally, it is challenging — the challenge of the Catholic writer in our times, perhaps — to marry a joyful Christian witness with a rigorous engagement with intra-Christian controversy, and I accept John Connelly's rebuke for failing at that challenge.

But his sacrifice is making it easy for us, if we will only accept the challenge.

For now I'm accepting my own personal challenge to teach in a way that is not coercive or oppressive, but encourages people to happily recognize their own spiritual condition and to willingly move deeper into a life of love.

Our study is a reminder that alternative worldviews based on religious convictions can be an important resource for engaging with difficult issues and for challenging aspects of a culture that so many of us accept without question.

But if Jesus proclaimed the forgiveness of sins as a reality for those who accepted the challenge of his proclamation, then this proclamation must be accompanied by a ministry of exorcism and healing.

Most of these lectures aim at bringing the insights of Hinduism and Buddhism closer to Indian and Western Christians as well as philosophers, to deepen their understanding of faith and expand it to other forms of belief.43 His anthology «The Vedic Experience» which has been accepted and respected by many Hindus, tries to present texts from the Veda and the Upanishads in such a way that they become open towards other beliefs and transparent for the depth of faith.44 An important aspect of his literary production, already central at the beginning, but gaining prominence again lately, has been to address a Western public that faces the challenge of having to seek its religious identity and not being able to take it for granted.

In her view, the immediate challenge for congregational study is to make abundantly clear that though it is dissociated from those who write off the congregation, it is also dissociated from those who romanticize it, and whose view of it is «entirely complacent, accepting and benign.»

But despite intellectual challenges, issues in his personal life and emotional swings, Lewis is ultimately remembered for his writings on faith: Even when it meant putting aside momentary feelings of uncertainty: «Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods... That is why Faith is such a necessary virtue: unless you teach your moods «where they get off,» you can never be either a sound Christian or even a sound atheist.»

«As a pastor, the Word of God tells me in James that the true religion that God our Father accepts is to speak forth and to stand and to fight for the orphans and the widows,» he told CT. «And that gives me a mandate as a pastor, to challenge corruption, injustice, and poverty within my community.»

The challenge for feminist Biblical interpretation is to find another way, another approach that finds new ground, neither accepting blindly traditional interpretation nor ignoring the Bible as a useless ancient document.

Coover should not be grouped with existentialists like Camus, however, for whereas Camus seeks to challenge the absurd through action and thereby affirm self in the face of the tragic human condition, Coover is more inclined just to accept life's condition, to play the game for what it is.

M.M. Thomas in one of his early essays, when he was responding to the challenge of Gandhian spirituality speaks of the need for a «spiritual aristocracy» that accepts prophetic vocation as their communal style.

Living by Spirit or Flesh a tricky call to make of others, but a constant challenge for those who have accepted the challenge for themselves.

The US has, for reasons of its own (including fears that the treaty can pose a challenge to such laws as the Helms - Burton law and the D'Amato law which seek to penalize foreign corporations which trade with or invest in Cuba, Iran or Libya), declared that it would not accept the treaty in its present form.

The driving force behind this process — i.e., the «factors making for growth in the halakhah» — is, first, the «necessity to respond to new external conditions — social, economic, political, or cultural — that pose a challenge or even a threat to accepted religious and ethical values,» and, second, the «need to give recognition to new ethical insights and attitudes and to embody them in the life of the people, even if there [is] no change in objective conditions.»

For at two very vital points the monogamy which is accepted theoretically and legally is challenged in practice.

He has consistently challenged me to accept the Bible on its own terms, honoring it for what it is, not what I think it would be.

While many of these decadent desserts were selling for $ 10 in restaurants, Chudleigh's accepted the challenge and delivered a delicious treat at the desired price point.

«The biggest challenge for the plant - based proteins category continues to be finding the right balance between flavor and health, and discovering the categories where consumers will accept the addition of plant - based varieties,» concluded Roberts.

Showing its support for one of the most popular fundraisers ever, the Idaho Potato Commission's (IPC) Great Big Idaho Potato Truck nominated the Florida Department of Citrus, Washington Apples and Georgia Peaches to accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

«The biggest challenge for the plant - based proteins category continues to be finding the right balance between flavor and health and discovering the categories where consumers will accept the addition of plant - based varieties.»

Not for Beloved — challenge accepted.

For those of you who accepted the challenge when I laid down the gauntlet, we'll be using the hashtag #runwithdara (thanks to Sarah of Will Run for Pasta for kicking this off) on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and so on when posting about our training runs, moments of fatigue or inspiration, and racFor those of you who accepted the challenge when I laid down the gauntlet, we'll be using the hashtag #runwithdara (thanks to Sarah of Will Run for Pasta for kicking this off) on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and so on when posting about our training runs, moments of fatigue or inspiration, and racfor Pasta for kicking this off) on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and so on when posting about our training runs, moments of fatigue or inspiration, and racfor kicking this off) on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and so on when posting about our training runs, moments of fatigue or inspiration, and races.

So when public radio WNYC's Leonard Lopate challenged New Yorkers to bring their own lunch every day for a week, we decided to accept.

Do we really have to accept that we are a selling club, and that we are no longer a top side who can challenge for the big trophies?

Fans were chanting for P3 finisher Daniel Ricciardo to pour the champagne in his racing boot, and Ricciardo being Ricciardo, he accepted the challenge.

Ballplayers faced with a demotion can either resist and deny the need for change, or accept the challenge and work to become a better player and teammate.

2011 Kroenke becomes majority shareholder and Wenger gladly accepts the new goal which is to make the top 4 saving him from facing the harsh challenge of competing for the Premiership.

Victor Valdes is of course a hugely experienced performer and having spent 12 seasons as first choice keeper at the Nou Camp one imagines that the Spaniard would be confident enough to accept the challenge of battling de Gea for Louis van Gaal's attention.

Naturally, taking Messi to China would take football to a completely different level in the Far East, but at 30 years of age and as he continues to dazzle for the Catalan giants with 27 goals and 14 assists in 34 appearances in all competitions this season, it's surely not the right time for him to leave to accept that challenge.

After Jimmy accepted the challenge he hung up the phone, dashed to his checkbook, paid for Haber's plane ticket to New York and arranged for his expenses plus $ 150 personal - appearance money.

We, The New Day, accept the Shield's challenge at Survivor Series but request that all shock - absorbing body armor including (but not limited to) protective vests, shoulder pads, and heavy wool sweaters be disallowed for competitive use.

There are rumours going around about a possible big money move to China for the striker and also about a dispute over his fitness, which could mean that Costa has already made up his mind to accept the massive salary and head east and if that is true then Graeme Souness reckons it could spell the end of their title challenge, as a Sky Sports report explains.