Sentences with phrase «meant as a call to action»

Posted by Hacking Autism, this video is meant as a call to action for tech developers to apply their skills to help people with autism.

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As an example, we have all sat through a missions conference where the emphasis of a sermon was on the meaning of the word «Go» in Matthew 28:19, but the only call to action at the end of the message was to give more money when the plate was passed.

The alleged subordination of the gospel to Karl Marx is illustrated, for example, by charging that «false» liberation theology concentrates too much on a few selected biblical texts that are always given a political meaning, leading to an overemphasis on «material» poverty and neglecting other kinds of poverty; that this leads to a «temporal messianism» that confuses the Kingdom of God with a purely «earthly» new society, so that the gospel is collapsed into nothing but political endeavor; that the emphasis on social sin and structural evil leads to an ignoring or forgetting of the reality of personal sin; that everything is reduced to praxis (the interplay of action and reflection) as the only criterion of faith, so that the notion of truth is compromised; and that the emphasis on communidades de base sets a so - called «people's church» against the hierarchy.

It is a case of the lay mind versus the professional, the latter seeking a formula which means different things to different groups, as a basis of common action; the former saying that common action now calls for a more precise definition of principles.

The first thing to give us pause, as we survey the progress of human collectivization, is what I would call the inexorable nature of a phenomenon which arises directly and automatically out of the conjunction of two factors, both of a structural kind: first, the confined surface of the globe, and secondly, the incessant multiplication, within this restricted space, of human units endowed by ever - improving means of communication with a rapidly increasing scope for action; to which may be added the fact that their advanced psychic development makes them preeminently capable of influencing and inter-penetrating one another.

These writers believed themselves to be inspired by the Spirit and called as teachers, and their writings, argues Wright, «were not simply about the coming of God's Kingdom into all the world; they were, and were designed to be, part of the means whereby that happened... Those who read these writings discovered, from very early on, that the books themselves carried the same power, the same authority in action, that had characterized the initial preaching of the «word.»

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

It was a type of game for Lloris where he had to keep his focus every minute, as the lack of action meant that Hugo was rarely called upon.

«We also call on Prof Dokubo to unveil his blueprint, give a clear policy direction for the amnesty programme beneficiaries, as well as his action plan to forestall more Niger Delta youths from going into criminality as a means of survival.

Art in the Parks has been highlighted as an element of the National Park Service Director's Call to Action, a strategic vision for the agency that encourages national parks to illuminate the meaning of parks to new audiences through dance, music, visual arts, writing, and social media.

My handmade clay bells, flooded in uniquely painted blue glaze, are meant to serve as a call to action and a reminder to stay alert and engaged while making plenty of constructive «noise».

Transformazium aims to use the tools of the artist to call attention to existing wealth and strength in a place that is often considered under - resourced; to meet practical needs for information, communication and resource exchange among residents of a neighborhood and between neighborhoods; offer art and design consultation as a means for residents of a neighborhood to exercise critical aesthetic agency; exchange models of action and facilitate communication between neighborhoods and communities facing similar challenges.

The latest such informal treaty text to speed around the halls at the Bella Center was the most important — a six - page partial draft summarizing the work of what's called the Ad - Hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action under the Convention (which basically means an unofficial compilation of the views of all of 192 countries that have signed onto the original 1992 climate treaty, which serves as a foundation for whatever comes next).

3 tons is meant to be a call to local action to start where we are, to push as hard as we can for a renewable energy transformation and transformation of the global industrial system to sustainability.

Again why won't anyone call for action on pyriolyzing the massive messes of organic wastes as a means of curbing their reemitting GHGs, while also destroying germs, toxics and drugs that are escaping to pollute more water systems?

Although this does NOT mean you should avoid rendering calls - to - action as graphics as well.

For example, in 1870, when Harvard first began teaching Torts as a subject, it was regarded as a «radical move» because it brought together under one subject a collection of legal actions that had previously been thought to be entirely different areas of the law.13 In the same way, simply because law faculty did not teach legal writing skills in a course called «legal writing» does not mean that faculty did not teach them.