Sentences with phrase «given a mission from»

Last year, it was announced that Paramount is developing a film with director Corin Hardy about a team of murdered mercenaries who are given a mission from beyond the grave to enter the Infernal Pits to assassinate Satan himself.

Not exact matches

Its mission is to «help voters take back control of their democracy» by giving them a place to debate issues, research candidates» platforms, recruit vote pledges from others and more.

Dawn Blitz offered the perfect opportunity to give Marines «a piece of the sea control mission,» as USNI News put it, and not just from the deck of transport docks like the USS Anchorage.

When you give the job of crafting your mission statement to a committee, you end up with boring, multi-syllabic paragraphs that say a lot about nothing, much like the one from Apple.

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, TOMS is launching an e-commerce platform called «Marketplace» on TOMS.com that hosts goods from 30 social entrepreneurs who have mission - driven business models, similar in ethos to the «buy one, give one» model that Mycoskie pioneered.

E-mail would only give sports journalists and sports - radio hosts another avenue to contact him, which would distract him from his main mission: watching football games and evaluating players.

Based on the flexibility this gives us, our payloads vary greatly from mission to mission.

Giving away scarce profits may reduce your chances of success, but having a strong and authentic social mission can differentiate you from your competitors.

Jesus got a version of a patronizing pinch on the cheek and a tussle of the hair from his hometown family, right after sharing His God - given mission with his home community.

What would happen if a church plant, from day one, decided to give at least 50 % of it's budget to missions?

If this approach is valid, then we shall have to give greater emphasis in the church's mission, to conversion of religions to Christ and to urge individuals from other religions converted to Christ to stay within their religious communities and build up Christ - centred fellowships around the Bible and the Lord's Table within their religious ethos.

All these aspects of mission were said to have a grounding in the ministry and mission of Jesus Christ and New Testament teaching, and that none of these can be isolated from the others and given preeminence as the controlling motif and motivation for mission.It was also assumed that the theological basis for an understanding of holistic mission would be spelled out as the journey of CWM as a partnership of churches in mission continued.

Roman Catholic missions gave the impression of being even more foreign than the Nestorians, who were almost entirely Mongol, for they received far more visible support from outside China than was ever true of the Nestorians either in the ninth or fourteenth century.

While we are interested in bearing witness to the gospel of Jesus, our mission is not to recruit people from one religious institution or belief system for another; nor to give them new laws, dogmas and rituals; but rather to persuade all to change our lives and ways, and adopt a new way of seeing, doing and being.

But I think some sort of term is appropriate and necessary to give Christians a sense of community, and to help help differentiate ourselves from the rest of the world, while at the same time inviting them to join us in our mission.

It also shifted attention from the church's missions to its mission; it carried with it the implication that Christian giving is more an expression of moral commitment than of calculation.

In the face of this horrible oppression, Jesus holds out a message of hope to his people Israel: God will liberate Israel from oppression, placing the vineyard into the hands of tenants who know how to care for it lovingly, and who will enable it to fulfill its mission; only non-Jews who are willing to protect Israel and encourage it to bear fruit will be given control over it.

Individuals and congregations are shifting resources from «basic support» of the denomination's general mission fund to «designated giving» — funding specific denominational activities or church - related or independent agencies.

The kid is right in a way Religion is a way to enslave people to the thinking of that particular religion Jesus didn't come to form religion but to give us a way to get to Heaven through him The only mission of a church is to teach you about God's love to help the poor to love one another to do things that Christ would do There is a penalty for not being saved by the blood of Jesus There will be a separation from God for all eternity God made us for one reason to love Him the Creator of all The meaning of life

Then, having finished the mission God gave him to do and as if to dismiss himself from the stage of history, John the Baptist confesses: «He must increase, but I must decrease» (3:30).

The community of the New Testament understood and accepted the interpretation of David as the king of ancient Israel, as peculiarly the Yahweh - man, as uniquely foreshadowing the fulfillment of the covenant purpose; and from that interpretation, already given in the history of David, they understood and interpreted the work and mission of Jesus.

Given that the number of mission organizations has grown from 2,200 in 1970 to 5,100 in 2015, the whole world should soon hear the Good News, right?

One should also appreciate the fact that though an institution founded by Christian Missions, considering the inter-religious character of the academic community of the college, the founders emphasized the Christian «values» of self - giving service to the poor and concern for the whole person rather than Christian salvation, thereby somewhat separating the common «culture» and values of humanism of academic community of the college, from the Christian «religion» and thus relatively secularizing it to keep the academic community free from discrimination on the basis of religion.

For that matter, Dubose shared his concern that the missio dei emphasis distracted God's people from focusing on the purpose and focus of our God given mission.

On the platform of the conference Methodist Bishop Melle testified to the gratitude of the free churches of (Germany for the «full liberty» which they enjoyed; following the injunction of St. Paul they pray for all who are in authority, and they are grateful «that God in his providence has sent a Leader» who was able to «banish the danger of Bolshevism in Germany and to rescue a nation of from sixty to seventy millions from the abyss of despair to which it had been led by the World War and the Treaty of Versailles and its wretched consequences, and to give this nation a new faith in its mission and in its future.»

They are not born of dreams, of prayers, of closeness to God or the mission which God gave us; they come from without, and for that reason I am saying that they....

Now the gift was to be given, though it became clear to Paul from the daily privations of his missions and the stirrings of his inner spirit that suffering and abuse awaited him in the holy city.

Furthermore, it would be helpful to show that the existing concern for evangelism and church growth could not be pursued apart from the issues raised by the wider social setting without doing damage to the biblical understanding of mission This also had to be done from the text itself, and not from any intrinsic authority given by the congregation to the preacher.

In the mission of Jesus the present age was already giving way to the future age of God; as he drove out demons the kingdom was incipiently present and Satan had already fallen like lightning from heaven.

For more than 50 years, that's been our mission: to create great - tasting recipes from the hones ingredients nature gives us.

One for the person who wakes up salivating — on a mission to eat everything in sight (and gives zero shits about the Thanksgiving Day Parade)-- and another for the person who likes to play it safe (preferably from the couch, while watching aforementioned parade)(childhood nostalgia, yo) up until the time dinner rolls around.

Project 7's name is derived from their mission to give back to seven areas of need worldwide with every purchase.

Their mission in the show is to learn the key facts from the destination and give their own unique tour to a bus load of young sightseers, who are tested at the end.

Best for Babes is a non-profit who's mission is to help moms beat the «Booby Traps «-- the cultural & institutional barriers that prevent moms from achieving their personal breastfeeding goals, and to give breastfeeding a makeover so it is accepted and embraced by the general public.

As a nutrition professional, and fellow mom, my mission is to give you the knowledge, tools and confidence you need to transform your mealtimes from hair - pulling to awesome and to help your kids develop nourishing habits and a healthy relationship with food for life.

Our mission at MomsTEAM has been and always will be change the culture of youth sports, from one that rewards the few at the expense of the many to one that gives every child a place to play and a chance to begin a love affair with sports that can last a lifetime, from one that sacrifices our kids» safety at the altar of winning to one which puts safety first, from one that is adult - centered to one that is child - centered.

There will be many times that those little hands will instinctively begin to lift up your shirt, or give you a frantic sign for milk and nothing will divert them from their mission.

Susi is on a mission to show new moms how they can prepare for and recover from pregnancy and childbirth, and not be resigned to «that's just how it is» after giving birth.

But I'm confident the APC will learn the right lesson from this self - inflicted defeat, and remember the mission and mandate given to us by the people.»

Nixon and her wife also have a charitable organization, the Nixon - Marinoni Family Foundation, which last year gave $ 44,896 to non-profits, which ranged from organizations like WNYC Public Radio, Trinity Place Shelter, the Bowery Mission and the Roundabout Theatre Company.

Our Summer Jobs program furthers our mission of job creation by giving businesses the resources to hire, train and foster growth in youths from underprivileged communities, creating a sense of pride for both workers and employers.»

From the perspective of managing one of the world's largest private - public partnerships, Goldman says that teamwork among diverse entities can happen «if all parties agree to work toward common objectives, and if each partner is given a clear mission and is carefully evaluated to make sure they are adding value.»

The probe sent back more data than giddy planetary scientists had ever had before, but the thrill of the mission came less from what it told them about Mercury than from the inkling it gave them of what they had yet to learn.

Bill language also orders NASA to give the mission a free pass from outside scrutiny of its scientific productivity.

During its five - year primary mission, NASA's Fermi Gamma - ray Space Telescope has given astronomers an increasingly detailed portrait of the universe's most extraordinary phenomena, from giant black holes in the hearts of distant galaxies to thunderstorms on Earth.

Plus, Apollo 8's timing on Christmas Eve and the crew's reading from the book of Genesis gave the mission «huge emotional content.»

Locking on also gives you a wonderful way of experiencing the missions of space probes launched from Earth.

Welcoming Boaty McBoatface back from its first mission, Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson, said: «Fresh from its maiden voyage, Boaty is already delivering new insight into some of the coldest ocean waters on earth, giving scientists a greater understanding of changes in the Antarctic region and shaping a global effort to tackle climate change.

«Previous observations made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Swift Gamma - Ray Burst Mission and Deep Impact spacecraft gave us only upper limits for any gas emission from ISON.

Given the current elliptical orbit, the spacecraft will be both closer to and further from the planet than during its main science mission.