Sentences with phrase «in dealing with»

In dealing with the resistant alcoholic, it is essential for the counselor to accept the person's right not to accept help.

This tentative model for understanding the causes of problem drinking is offered in the report of the Cooperative Commission on the Study of Alcoholism: «An individual who (1) responds to beverage alcohol in a certain way, perhaps physiologically determined, by experiencing intense relief and relaxation, and who (2) has certain personality characteristics, such as difficulty in dealing with and overcoming depression, frustration, and anxiety, and who (3) is a member of a culture in which there is both pressure to drink and culturally induced guilt and confusion regarding what kinds of drinking behavior are appropriate, is more likely to develop trouble than will most other people.»

This special character of the ministry as sacred office constitutes a major resource in dealing with the sick soul; but it also gives rise to real problems.

Most clergymen have many experiences in dealing with people who are reacting to a crisis by expressing psychological panic, paralysis, or depression, which is distorting their judgment and leading them either into inappropriate action or into an inability to make any response at all.

While the Church must be loving and pastorally concerned in dealing with everyone, he says, when it comes to the priesthood, the word must go forth that the Church is looking for manly men.

In dealing with remaining disagreements in the process of dialogue and reception, two kinds of criteria may be distinguished in principle.

Further disagreements arise over whether the Bush administration has sufficiently justified a war against Iraq, and over the uses and limits of militant rhetoric and military power in dealing with North Korea.

Hendry said Spurgeons will do more to increase awareness about the value of support services and churches in dealing with challenges in families.

Theolo gians, he suggests, may be in a position similar to physicists who sometimes use a particle model and other times a wave model in dealing with the phenomenon of light.

It is evident that in dealing with this confusion we are attending to a subject that is important not only to theological education but to all the work of the churches.

Fishburn said that the task force had tried to use «expressive» language in dealing with sexuality — not sex, as it was invariably termed by the media — but that this language was converted by the secular media into a dualistic, simplistic and moralistic language that treated sexual relationships as if they were being entered on a police docket.

Even in dealing with the woman caught in adultery, He did not judge or condemn her sin.

It should be noted, however, that while methadone is effective in dealing with heroin addiction, it does not work with cocaine or crack.

In dealing with everyone mashed up against their stands, all keen and grabby for their conference swag — lanyards and laminated ID cards, clear plastic backpacks full of conference paraphernalia brought to you by the Knights of Columbus, World Meeting of Families — branded water bottles and T - shirts, green for mom and dad, blue for the kids — the parish ladies were understandably harried.

Others are reputable clinics involving individuals who have had both specific training in the new therapies and sound experience in dealing both with sexual dysfunction and with all other inseparably related aspects of the female - male relationships.

They may tell us that in dealing with such phenomena as «religiosity» or «humanism» it is irrelevant and out of order to inquire about the «something» that lies behind them, and thereby protest against the conclusion that the only answer to all ultimate questions is the Nihil.

In dealing with a subject so complex, and being played for such large stakes, what guiding principles might we consider in moving toward a more just and equitable worldwide communication system?

Protestant pastors of stable churches, less than 800 in membership, without special training in dealing with mental and emotional problems are in contact through their role as pastor with people inside and outside their churches who have mental and emotional problems.

But goals are also needed defining the next step which needs to be taken in any given area of human activity, whether it be in the local schools, in dealing with poverty, in fighting pollution, in combating racial discrimination, in ending the war in Vietnam, and so on.

«The pupils who witnessed this incident are still being interviewed by specialist officers and are very experienced in dealing with child witnesses and they will ensure their welfare is paramount.»

We are in this matter trying to conceive what is most unlike ourselves but superior, as in dealing with atoms and particles, we are trying to conceive what is most unlike ourselves but inferior.

But the «career» of His love in His dealing with the world involves a continual sifting of the evil from the good, a creative thrust toward a more complete exemplification of His good in existence, and, it is possible to believe, a treasuring for all time of the good which does come to be.

In dealing with many Calvanist (my brother is one) they tend to be Calvanist in theory and otherwise in practice.

Daniel in dealing with the end times gave us a idea what to look for but this satan / antichrist, has not been revealed to us yet.

Especially must it be borne in mind that in dealing with this life we are not dealing with an «official» event; that there were no inscriptions, no chronicles, probably also no Roman court record which would have contained a dated report of Jesus» life.

The best integrated persons are rarely the most sensitive, useful, or creative even in dealing with their own problems.

In my opinion, the only possible approach for a Christian theologian in dealing with the presence of evil is that of Thomas Aquinas, who holds, pace David Hume, that an omnipotent and benevolent God can coexist with evil in His finite creation, but only when the world is viewed both as a totality and under the aegis of eschatology.

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Also, «mercy» in dealing with heathen nations like these often resulted in the corruption of the Hebrew nation (this happened multiple times in the Old Testament).

The traditional teachings of both Western and Eastern churches have provided no help to third world churches in dealing with the political powers in their respective situations.

While Peter often steam rolled over people, Andrew was careful in dealing with people.

Prior to accepting Jeff as a counseling intern, our staff gave him specialized training in dealing with sexually abused children.

Even today, when issues of sexual violence receive considerable media attention, surveys and studies indicate that the majority of ministers and seminary students know almost nothing about the dynamics of sexual and family violence and have little or no experience in dealing with it.

Where it seems fitting, the characters should reflect recognition and acceptance of the world situation in their thoughts and actions, although in dealing with war, our writers should minimize the «horror» aspects....

He may be justified in removing sole emphasis from the genetic view of humanity and pointing up the problems inherent in dealing with potentiality, but they should not be dismissed from the deliberation.

His approach, in dealing with a difficult situation, was one of prudence and tenacity.

They represent our most disciplined forms of utterance in dealing with the realities of experience.

But then I'd need more assurance in dealing with Joshua's dire consequences of covenant - breaking.

In dealing with the perversions of moralism it is easy to become moralistic ourselves.

It is the only consideration used in dealing with the members of the set.

And now I come to my second question: How adequately have Bultmann and Ogden assessed the capacities of human thought in dealing with the realities of faith?

In dealing with the relation of human to divine activity Sölle has written, «At this point process theology is very helpful in understanding the concept of liberation.»

The higher you go and are, the more I suppose you accept and work on certain presuppositions, that condition your enjoyment of power, your actions, and your integrity in dealing with other people.

In dealing with Bonhoeffer as a corrective to Marx there is one major difficulty.

He asks Christians to avoid a propagandistic and condemnatory approach in dealing with atheism.

In dealing with the arguments that underlie the primordial nature of God and / or the principle of concretion, Ely states that they are based «on a fundamental postulate of Whitehead's — that the possible is prior to the actual, not only logically but metaphysically» (p. 14).

Kappen also grapples with this question of the larger issue of human existence in dealing with Marxian atheism.

In another article (in Marxist Samvadam, «Marxist Dialogue») EMS said that a problem that needs solution in dealing with Kerala politics is the approach of Marxist - Leninists to religious communities and their followers.

Furthermore, in praying for God's help in dealing with a certain situation or problem, we can not help but consider God's will for us.

is in dealing with pagan rituals performed by those living around the Isrealites.