Sentences with phrase «not as reflections»

I see continuous reformation as an embrace of our freedom as individuals and Christian bodies to grow more and more towards God's ideal, not as a reflection of a lack of freedom.

This, however, implies a new perspective, whereby we see theological thinking not as reflection on intellectual propositions once and for all revealed by God, but as a never ending quest for a fuller understanding of the Divine Mystery that we never fully apprehend.

In this way the Tate acts not as a reflection of the country's culture, but takes the role with its prominence and power of setting the agenda for the country to follow.

Moreover, the relationship of social support and personality factors should be clarified to discuss social support, not as a reflection of personality, which is commonly argued in literature (Lakey & Cohen, 2000).

Not exact matches

Bitcoin's price is not a reflection of its growing usage as currency; it reflects merely demand for the mirage of its speculative value.

Its argument continues to be that the algorithm is simply a reflection of its users» desires, as though algorithms aren't created by human beings.

According to Mendelsohn, these figures are a reflection of the changing nature of not just the audience Facebook caters to, but also Facebook as a platform as well.

Constructive criticism is not an insult or a reflection on who you are as a person.

David: We need to start viewing time for reflection as a necessity, not a luxury.

The reality is that rising volatility as measured by the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, «is only a reflection of volatile movements in the market — it is not a predictor of future returns,» David Kotok, the head of Cumberland Advisors, sent in a Friday note written by Leo Chen Ph.D. to the wealth management firm's clients.

The capitalization factor is a reflection of what rate of return a reasonable purchaser would expect on the investment, as well as a measure of the risk that the expected earnings will not be achieved.

The speech goes on to suggest that even if the recent volatility was not a reflection of fundamentals, it is worth ensuring that all the information has been extracted from it and that the big policy questions that are «lurking» have been considered, as they may play a role in future bouts of market nervousness.

Not only is that not true — as it is a reflection of Fed policy rather than economic fundamentals — certain sectors like capital spending and manufacturing are in recession alreaNot only is that not true — as it is a reflection of Fed policy rather than economic fundamentals — certain sectors like capital spending and manufacturing are in recession alreanot true — as it is a reflection of Fed policy rather than economic fundamentals — certain sectors like capital spending and manufacturing are in recession already.

Good at the start, but longevity problems - will not last long, as good reviews are reflections on the relatively new brushes.

While at it, it is wise to not completely trust everything that you see on the demo including the number of wins as a true reflection of how the software works.

A byproduct is to increase real estate and stock market prices — but this is a reflection of capital investment and progress, not a diversion of investment to fuel financial asset stripping as has occurred in the United States with increasingly arrogant greed over the past 30 years.

Such realism gives added force to our reading of St. Paul's reflection on a creation that is not yet what it will be: «We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.»

Types of Moral Argumentation Regarding Homosexuality by Pim Pronk Eerdmans, 350 pages, $ 24.99 paper An interesting book not so much for the position it advances (approval of homosexual relations) as for the claim that any position on homosexuality (or anything else) must be reached on the basis of moral reflection independent of nature, science, or theology.

What finally emerged in the summer of 1518 from this frantic rethinking — recall that Luther was trying to work through the theological issue while at the same time explaining to the world why he shouldn't be burned at the stake for heresy — seems to have been shaped primarily by reflection on texts such as Matthew 16:19: «Whatever you loose on earth is loosed in heaven.»

But it can be just as legitimate a pastoral strategy to give absolution, obliging the penitent to continue a common reflection, naturally after having confirmed that the penitent's objection of conscience is honest and not artificial.

«By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.

A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred, by George F. Will (Crown Archetype): America's premier political columnist begins his latest reflection on the National Pastime with some charming, autobiographically - derived advice for Catholicism: after recalling that he became a Chicago Cub fan at age seven, «when I was still not as discerning as one should be when making life - shaping decisions,» the elegant Dr. Will notes that «The Catholic Church thinks seven - year olds have reached an age of reasoning» and remarks, «The Church might want to rethink that.»

Blindly multiplying percentages by raw numbers as you did is not a true reflection of the actual numbers of unplanned pregnancies.

From this work, we know Julius Caesar as a man of action and keen observation, but not one of reflection.

Simply because the organic metaphor has had politically undesirable ramifications in the past should not disqualify it forever as an object for theological reflection and argumentation.

As David Gibson said in a classic essay, Assumed Evangelicalism: Some Reflections en route to Denying the Gospel, movements begin by proclaiming the gospel, pass through a phase of assuming it but not making it central, and end by rejecting and denying it.

It seemed to me that the truly sovereign God could not be regarded as absent or superfluous in ordinary human experience and philosophical reflection, but that every single reality should prove incomprehensible (at least in its depth) without recourse to God, if he actually was the Creator of the world as Barth thought him to be.

That calls for a vaginal theology and a phallic theology, at the very least, which will regard as significant, central and irreducible data for theological reflection the experience of being female or male, including but not confined to genital sexuality.

The importance of research in these areas as a foundation for substantive theological reflection should not be underestimated.

Still further reflection shows that it is not science alone but education in general as it is now institutionalized that widens the gap between the rich and the poor.

To look upon those prayer wheels not (as some of us were taught) as instruments of «vain repetition,» but as outward and visible signs of the intention to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the church.

The realization that homosexuality, while still something of a mystery, is not merely the result of choice - as St. Paul of course recognized - does force some reflection.

To see belief not as a set of beliefs but as a story, an experience of coming to belief, means that theological reflection ought itself to be shaped by the story, take to itself, both in form and content, the story.

The introduction to process theology which David Griffin and I wrote together in 1975 as a summary of where we had come accurately reflects the interests and concerns that had dominated our reflection prior to that time.11 Political interests, in the narrower sense of political, were consciously omitted because we had not engaged them sufficiently to have anything distinctive to say.

In an address that is hard not to read as a rebuke of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis delivered a searching reflection on pastoral ministry to a gathering of Italian bishops at St. Peter's Basilica this evening.

Though Balmer's book is not truly «A History of Evangelicalism,» it serves well as a reflection on some of evangelicalism's main themes.

For then it is not just a few privileged creatures that are seen as capable of satisfying each man's essential need of finding something to love him and complement him: it is, thanks to these few and as a sort of reflection of them, the sum total of all the beings engaged together with him in the unifying work of the cosmos.

This opening exercise is designed to enable students to engage in critical reflection on their background not as the only place that needs criticism, but in comparison with another — equally relative — social setting.

Ministers are not trained to reflect upon human action and events, to interpret them theologically, and to regard such reflection as important as the study of books.

The second recent book to advance the response of process theology to liberation theology significantly is Delwin Brown's To Set at Liberty.7 This is not so much a critical response to the challenge of the liberation theologies as a reflection on freedom stimulated by this literature.

Their relationships and experiences with people and their reflections upon these are not consciously explored and used as resources.

A theology of nature is needed when the guiding images at the center of theology as such are not informed by what needs to be learned in reflection on nature.

Is it not at least as true to say that «having to do with God» is first of all itself a set of practices that gives form to subsequent critical reflection on it?

In consequence one is the less disposed to reject as unscientific the idea that the critical point of planetary Reflection, the fruit of socialization, far from being a mere spark in the darkness, represents our passage, by Translation or dematerialization, to another sphere of the Universe: not an ending of the ultra-human but its accession to some sort of trans - humanity at the ultimate heart of things.

They do not stop to talk about it, except perhaps to ask initially how it has happened and to recognize briefly how it relates to Elisha's prophecy — as we know from the text — which is a result of this kind of reflection.

My reflections on the nature of evolutionary time show that it is not essentially contingent and that it is possible to speak of God's eternity as the Fullness of Time without implying that God becomes or is contingent.

So I did give but then on reflection I see that as having been done under compulsion not cheerfully which scripture also talks about.

Anders Nygren criticizes Augustine for this doctrine and says that it depersonalizes the neighbour.23 We do not see him as he is in himself, but only as a reflection of the divine.

The «Pentecostal» enthusiasm of the disciples arose, not from reflection about the value of a dead man's deeds and words, but from the conviction that that man was alive as Lord and Messiah and that they could testify from their experience of actual encounter with him that God had glorified him.

I have noticed that upon reflection, I wasn't as down as I thought and I believe it's because I was living in hope.