Sentences with phrase «for following the letter»

Cardinals fans who lauded the umpires for following the letter of the law were demanding Anglo - American interpretation.

Also did Jesus not get upset with the Pharcies for following the letter of the book to closely and not the spirit of it.

«I am completely for following the letter of the law [and] protecting our borders,» he says.

Preschoolers are sticklers for following the letter of the law.

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Following the wide reception of the petition, UltraViolet addressed a letter to Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos for additional backing.

We then had two follow - up letters that went out over the next few weeks, but both of those were sent by first - class mail, and we estimated it cost about $ 150 for those to be printed and delivered.

Last May, following Trump's surprise firing of James Comey as FBI director, the two were among 180 former prosecutors from the district who signed a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein calling for the appointment of a special counsel.

Airbnb followed up Chesky's tweet with a formal letter to the City of Los Angeles with a report that outlines how Airbnb can help «extend the capacity for the city» by bolstering L.A.'s hospitality industry with its own network of housing options, from shared rooms to short - term house rentals.

Cummings» letter follows a September letter he sent to White House senior adviser Jared Kushner asking for him to preserve official records of his emails and provide the committee with email addresses for any private account he used to conduct official business as well as a list of emails he'd sent or received on those accounts pertaining to official business.

Neil Wilson, a senior market analyst at ETX Capital in London, says bitcoin is «following the playbook for a speculative bubble to the letter.»

In the letter, the group argued that the act draws a «clear distinction» between those who should be licensed and those who should not, and will function as an «excellent model» for states to follow.

All options and restricted shares awarded under our equity plans are also subject to a double - trigger accelerated vesting condition under the terms of our equity award letters, which provides for an acceleration of the vesting schedule if the associate is terminated without cause or resigns for good reason (as defined by the applicable equity plan) within the one - year period following a change in control (as defined by the applicable equity plan).

Recently, CLC President Ken Georgetti sent the following letter to Jim Flaherty: May 8, 2007 Honourable Jim Flaherty, P.C., M.P. Minister of Finance House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister: On behalf of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), I write to express our support for your promise, in Budget 2007, to end the -LSB-...]

This follows similar reports about cryptocurrency platforms BUDA and Crypto MKT, which together called for regulatory clarification through an open letter.

In the letter, obtained first by CNBC, Munoz further defended the actions of United employees on the flight: «Our employees followed established procedures for dealing with situations like this.

A No Action Letter is essentially the SEC enforcement division saying that if a company follows a certain guideline described in the letter that the SEC will not recommend action for violating securitiesLetter is essentially the SEC enforcement division saying that if a company follows a certain guideline described in the letter that the SEC will not recommend action for violating securitiesletter that the SEC will not recommend action for violating securities laws.

A spokeswoman for Wells Fargo issued the following statement in response to questions about the Warren letter:

In GMOs most recent letter, Jeremy Grantham leads off the piece with, «At GMO these days we argue over three very different pathways to a similar dismal 20 - year outlook for pension fund returns... A problem for investors following GMO's writing is which of these three alternatives to choose»

Unfortunately, the IRS does not allow a learning curve for first - time business owners — it still expects that all rules and regulations will be followed to the letter.

Our Indigenous engagement program has and will continue to involve a number of activities including: mailing out letters and project information materials, face - to - face meetings and follow - up activities for any identified interests or concerns.

Since the HFD began following Prudent Speculator in 1980, the letter has achieved a 17.7 % annualized gain, vs. 12.2 % annualized for the total return DJ - Wilshire 5000.»

I don't mind voting for someone who knows how to follow both the letter and the spirit of the law and who actually does so.

Dawn, when you read Matt 15 you find that Jesus is not saying to stone the children, he's reminding the Pharisees that they are inconsistent in their own attempts to follow the letter of the OT laws while criticizing others of for their inconsistency.

A Usenet chain letter circulated in the following days, asking Internet users to be on the lookout for the vehicle.

The move comes after a letter — signed by Kensrue and several fellow church leaders — asking that Pastor Mark Driscoll step down for a time and seek «restoration» following numerous controversies, was leaked to the media.

The Apostle Paul's warning in his first letter to the Corinthians, «God didn't send me out to collect a following for myself, but to preach the Message of what he has done, collecting a following for him.»

The Sunday following Trump's order, leaders of eight evangelical organizations involved with the Evangelical Immigration Table released a letter to the president and vice president, saying, «While the US has... received only a fraction of 1 percent of the world's refugees annually, we believe the refugee resettlement program provides a lifeline to these uniquely vulnerable individuals and a vital opportunity for our churches.»

In what follows we shall go on to think of the Gospel in the Synoptic Gospels, in John, in Paul, in Peter, in James, in Hebrews, in the letters of John, in II Peter and in Jude, and in the Revelation; but it is of the first importance to remember that we are not dealing with a series of Gospels competing with one another for our allegiance.

2 Cor follows his harsh letter (now lost) that he fretted had broken his relationship with the Corinithians, yet here he isin a follow up letter unabashedly asking for the money they pledged & using ethnicity as a basis for motivation!

In his encyclical letter on the importance of St. Thomas» work, Pope Leo also alluded to the Church's need to maintain a deep study of science: «When the Scholastics, following the teaching of the Holy Fathers, everywhere taught throughout their anthropology that the human understanding can only rise to the knowledge of immaterial things by things of sense, nothing could be more useful for the philosopher than to investigate carefully the secrets of Nature, and to be conversant, long and laboriously, with the study of physical science.»

The 1st Letter to the Gallatians, start with him yelling at the community in Gallatia for following ANOTHER gospel.

In today's society a person who followed it to the letter would be locked up for assault, if not murder.

Read the previous three letters and the letters that will follow for context.

It is true that following scripture to the letter is impossible for us, but that is exactly why Jesus Christ's death and resurrection is so important.

But relying on the letters of Peter and Paul is problematic because in nearly every case, the admonition for wives to submit to their husbands is either preceded or followed by the admonition for slaves to obey their masters.

«Author Rachel Held Evans spent a year scouring the Bible for all its rules and regulations for women, following them to the letter.»

James, the brother of Jesus, wrote the following in an open letter to the early church: ``... Weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you... [Your sin] will be a witness against you and will consumer your flesh like fire.»

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

For you follow to the letter a few laws in a Book yet fail to grasp the most important message that the Book is trying to teach.

Shane's books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow Me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers — and his classic The Irresistible Revolution.

Given that faith, as it is expressed, say, in the letters of Paul, the historian can account plausibly for all that follows, and show how effect followed cause in a sequence as «natural» as such sequences ever are.

Without these letters there would be no guidance for us to follow.

One can see a similar phenomenon of «contemporizing» tradition in the development from Paul's letters to the Epistle of James (for what follows see CEJ).

In a letter to Mr Bercow, the Prime Minister said the current grievance system for dealing with complaints by MPs» staff lacked «teeth» as there was no contractual requirement for MPs to follow its procedures.

Jesus Christ, is and it will be forever more the unique object lesson of living, the human being not ever, although we may be Christians we don't leave of to sin, for the very her writing she says Aerquémonos confiadamente at the throne of your handsomeness in order to reach forgiving in order to the perpetual help, in as much as not tenemos one God which not it can feel pity for of we, rather one which fué tempting all over, but without sin, according to the letter at the age of Hebrews, and the apostle John she says, whether various hubiere sin, solicitor tenemos in order to with the parent to Jesus Christ the that's right, not ever not any human being it will be the best object lesson not other than The Christ Jesus, nor Buddah bo Mahoma nor none, we don't follow to humanity rather at a God which fué tempting all over but without sin, not ever we owe put her scope in the humanity not other than in the.

James, the brother of Jesus, wrote the following in an open letter to the early church: ``... Weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you... [Your sin] will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire.»

Sojourners: Tony Campolo: Newt's Surprising Evangelical Fan Base The need for Red Letter Christians to no longer be labeled «evangelicals» became abundantly clear this past Saturday following the South Carolina Republican Primary.

Jesus came and condemned the Pharisees, those who thought they were following the letter of God's law & headed for eternal life with God because of their «good works.»

Resources: ««Humanae Vitae» Author Pope Paul VI Moves Toward Sainthood,» Catholic News Agency, December 20, 2012 Evangelii Nuntiandi, Apostolic Exhortation of Paul VI (1975) Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (on priestly celibacy), Encyclical Letter of Paul VI (1967) Populorom Progressio, Encyclical Letter of Paul VI, 1967 Humanae Vitae, Encyclical Letter of Paul VI (1968) Declaration on Procured Abortion, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1974 Persona Humana, Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1975 Inter Insigniores, Declaration on the Question of Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1976 Become a fan of First Things on Facebook, subscribe to First Things via RSS, and follow First Things on Twitter.

However, in spring 2005, when Raymond Bradley, an atheist in Editorial Board for The Open Society journal, wrote an open letter to Flew accusing him of not «check [ing] the veracity of [Schroeder's] claims before swallowing them whole,» Flew strongly responded to that charge in a letter published in the same journal in summer 2006, describing the content of Bradley's letter «extraordinary offensive» and the accusation made by him as an «egregiously offensive charge»; he also implied that Bradley was a «secularist bigot,» and suggested that he should follow Socrates's advice (as scripted in Plato's Republic) of «follow [ing] the argument wherever it leads.»