Sentences with phrase «many skeptical readers»

Brownson's conservative approach to Scripture will win over many skeptical readers, and his book should be required reading for anyone who wants to make an informed judgment about the Bible and homosexuality.

Since Luke wants to impress a Greek audience with his skills as a historian, we can argue that, had Jesus» last word been a whispered prayer of resignation, the skeptical reader would immediately ask: «How did Luke know what Jesus said?

Skeptical readers may be surprised to find how much of LLL's approach in the newest edition of Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (WAB) still works in today's world.

(The skeptical reader may make a cardboard occluder with two holes to directly compare the two.)

UPDATE: Skeptical readers saw a few fishy things about this story that I failed to notice before dawn.

He could be the motormouth, he could give voice to the skeptical readers and validate their doubts and fears about the series.

Skeptical readers may worry that better teachers engage in more of the practices encouraged by TES, but that these practices are not what make the teacher more effective.

Nonetheless, he will manage to elicit goose bumps from even the most skeptical reader.

If you want your essay to be effective you must provide both evidence and valid arguments good enough to satisfy the skeptical reader.

The bundling of printed and digital books is apparently one of the most requested features from customers to Amazon, with the offering of cheap and free ebooks to customers likely to help convert some of the more skeptical readers over to the Kindle devices.

By featuring the best fiction, art, photography, graphic novels, and handmade titles in the self - publishing world, publications could help skeptical readers appreciate indie books.

But I can help you too, dear skeptical reader.

Goddard as far as I can recall (and I am a regular although skeptical reader of his blog) when using Holocaust imagery is making certain general or philosophical points.

You have arrogantly dismissed him and the skeptical readers as fools without addressing most of his contentions.

Not exact matches

The late author wielded a pen as skillfully as Roger Federer wields a tennis racket,» Gates assures skeptical would - be readers.

And readers gravitate to more skeptical, cynical or critical coverage.

For readers who might be skeptical of solar power, the Pembina Institute recently published two articles debunking some of the myths about renewable energy production and potential in Alberta.

Other approaches may leave the reader skeptical or unengaged.

As I've spoken with my readers, several of them have expressed interest in the sources you used while researching A New Kind of Christianity — some because they are skeptical about your scholarship, others because they liked what you said and want to learn more.

Inconsistencies in fact and point of view and the duplication of episodes are apparent even to the casual reader; and detailed analysis of the text is easily accessible in any standard Introduction to the Old Testament.1 We are skeptical of some of the common criteria of literary priority, however; and we reject the view that the «later» sources (often late only editorially, not in substance) are necessarily less accurate, less dependable.

The distinctiveness of Mahoney's book is the careful rhetorical strategy that he has devised, both to win over skeptical or hostile readers and to make a plausible case for Solzhenitsyn as a political moderate who is neither a Tsarist reactionary nor an Enlightenment liberal.

«Attachment parenting proponents will welcome Bialik's openhearted message and advice to follow one's instincts, and even readers who are skeptical will enjoy Bialik's warm and nonjudgmental voice.»

Readers are given assistance in dealing with state regulations, skeptical friends and relatives, sibling wars, isolation, and avoiding burnout.

I know my readers are skeptical to watch It and I don't blame them.

Regular readers know that I've been skeptical of the «college for all» movement, but I'm 200 percent behind the «college for more» movement.

A bill in the California Senate would encourage students to learn how to be skeptical and informed news readers.

Because they were new to the program (Warrenton has made Accelerated Reader its standard curriculum for use in grades 1 through 8) and skeptical about using it, we started out with just five - question quizzes.

When readers see a page with nothing but five stars these days, they tend to feel skeptical.

For some reason I'm skeptical that the one thing keeping newspaper readers from switching to E-Ink readers is the form factor, but that doesn't make this semi-transparent E-Ink newspaper display concept any less cool.

With the boom in self - publishing, readers have gotten skeptical about the quality of new books and new authors.

For readers who agree with Hatzipanagos (and with me), Rowling's latest announcement to Reuters that Harry «is done now» comes with a huff of relief as well as some skeptical side - eye.

So when Kobo shows off its e-book reader and touts it as the world's first social e-reader, I am skeptical.

I'm still skeptical on the iphone / itouch as a reader for manga.

The other trailer is for another January release that BookPage readers have been skeptical about: One for the Money, based on Janet Evanovich's first Stephanie Plum novel.

I loved Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, and I'm a little skeptical of this Twilight - ification of the casting... although maybe the movies will bring more readers to the books.

My elderly aunt, for instance, is a voracious reader but continues to be skeptical about those new - fangled electronic books.

A bad mention can be better than no mention at all, particularly for those readers who are skeptical of too many glowing reviews.

Be skeptical of all of these, because in case you haven't noticed, exactly none of the big selling indie authors who have broken out in the last 3 years did so because they put «Author» after their name, or fired off an endless stream of spam at prospective readers, treating them as dolts.

Readers are a skeptical sort.

Also, the recent sock puppetting scandals have many readers skeptical about online reviews.

Publishers are skeptical about eBook technology; authors are primarily concerned with their intellectual property protection; readers need fast payment and more eReaders.

If a book has no reviews, readers are automatically a little skeptical.

If you don't use social networks as part of your author platform (even though you should), you might be skeptical that your readers do.

Comics readers are understandably skeptical, and have plenty of reasons to not take a mysterious new bad guy at his word.

I was skeptical that being able to change the font size on a reader would make a difference.

Though readers were skeptical about a giant reset of their favorite comics, Flashpoint was a thrilling story that saw the worst sides of our heroes take over.

I would encourage readers to read «The Big Con,» or even marketing books, to make themselves skeptical.

While there are some scattered reports of success having convenience store purchases coded as gas stations or grocery stores on American Express cards that bonus those categories, I am simply too skeptical to be able to make that recommendation to my readers.

Kotaku: «But again, let me play devil's advocate, as a skeptical gamer, if I'm listening to what you just said, there are two things to that: First of all, the list of top - 5 best - sellers, not all of those are games I'm playing as a Kotaku reader, as an intense hardcore gamer, I'm not playing a lot of Wii Sports, I'm not playing a lot of Wii Fit.

These and other instances of review tampering and outside influence do reinforce readers to be skeptical of game journalist sites, and it is in our best interest as journalists to ensure this kind of thinking — albeit not by receiving kickbacks or sitting high on our chairs of authority.