Sentences with phrase «not grasp the idea»

They looked at the prophecies, and since they could not grasp the idea that their Messiah would come to die a sacrificial death, they didn't see that the Messiah would have both an advent AND a return.

(Mark 3: 31 - 35) His attitude is therefore characteristically two - sided and will be misunderstood by any one who has not grasped the idea of decision.

The Whos don't grasp the idea that they're not the center of the universe or the concept of bad news.

I came across some balance sheets, read some online resources but I still can't grasp the idea of why there's a column called shareholder's equity which includes common stocks, retained earnings... and few numbers there.

Not exact matches

The idea of not having a functional organization until the organization has found a proven business model is one of the hardest things for new startups to grasp.

I think the idea that you could have control over how you spend your days... and the confidence that your nest egg will go the distance... I think that should be within everybody's grasp.

If you do nt understand I can explain it for you so your limited mind can grasp the idea.

Though we human beings must use concepts to grasp the content of our faith, in the end God does not reveal a series of ideas: He reveals the «mystery» of Himself in the person of Christ, who is «the fullness of all revelation».

For all of your so - called «logic», which you seem inordinately proud of, it's flabbergasting to see that you can not grasp this simple idea.

Tom Tom «He doesn't seem to grasp the idea that we «agree» to have a system of jurisprudence that determines what is legal and what is not in such a way as to preserve our individual rights as they are guaranteed to us under our Constitution»

And we desperately cling to the idea that if people just had a better grasp of the facts on Islam, they wouldn't buy into anti-Muslim propaganda.

But Westerners could not grasp the revolutionary idea that health - care professionals must reach out to help more than human forms of life.

The idea that the Bible was in charge, and that we would always and forever be changing due to the Bible and the evolution of our city... well, they could not grasp the need for always changing.

and thats what the utlra religous can't grasp, the idea that we really do nt «know» anything.

To put this idea another way: Truth is not something that can be grasped and manipulated.

The summation you will grasp from this person's tirade is someone to be pitied, someone clearly who has been so wounded that all they have left is to hide behind a moniker on a blog and attack others for not living up to this persons erudite ideas.

He can not distinguish questions regarding the existence of the universe from questions regarding its physical origin; he does not grasp how assertions regarding the absolute must logically differ from assertions regarding contingent beings; he does not know the differences between truths of reason and empirical facts; he has no concept of ontology, in contradistinction to, say, physics or evolutionary biology; he does not understand how assertions regarding transcendental perfections differ from assertions regarding maximum magnitude; he clumsily imagines that the idea of God is susceptible to the same argument from infinite regress traditionally advanced against materialism; he does not understand what the metaphysical concept of simplicity entails; and on and on.

Despite its considerable currency, the idea of religion as sacred canopy seems not to have been grasped in more than a superficial way in much of the literature.

The idea of metaphysics in general can not be grasped in abstraction by a purely formal definition unless we allow this abstract idea to sprout determinations of its own in the shape of particular metaphysical problems.

Some of Paul's ideas Marcus had grasped, though he was not sure he could state them clearly, or even that he understood them fully.

They are not easy ideas to grasp, and in isolation from his whole system of thought they prove less convincing.

But is it not as obvious as the nose on a face that in this poetic passage the writer is employing imagery to express an idea which he hoped others would have enough intelligence to grasp?

We are so used to thinking about the human quest for God that we can not easily grasp the idea of God's taking the initiative in making himself known, especially when it is affirmed that he has done so in specific historical events and developments.

First, the movement sustains interest and preserves the anticipation necessary not only to hold attention but to prepare the hearer's mood or mind set to grasp and participate in the central idea when it comes.

I can't quite grasp the idea... I think the church, and society in general, are pretty messed up on the topic — either thinking it's bad, or frivolous, or generally being uninformed on the topic!

This new belief in the Devil is such an integral part of the Reformation discovery that if the reality of the powers inimical to God is not grasped, the incarnation of Christ, as well as the justification and temptation of the sinner, are reduced to ideas of the mind rather than experiences of faith.

Christian moral thinking has accepted this and has given marriage a special blessing, surrounding it with the aura of divine approval even if it has not always realistically grasped the fact that marriage is not inevitably an ideal state and that to insist on its continuance when love is absent is to condone what in effect is legalized rape and hence hardly an appropriate symbol for the Christian idea of marriage as representing «the mystical union of Christ and his Church.»

Zen Buddhism concerns itself with the «here and now» — reality in the present moment — and not with theories or theology involving ideas about that which can not be grasped directly in the present moment.

Staupitz, in his reply months later from his southern hideout, was warm but guarded: «My love to you is unchanging, passing the love of women, always unbroken... But as I do not grasp all your ideas, I keep silence about them... It seems to me that you condemn many things which are merely indifferent... but we owe much to you, Martin, for having led us back from the husks which the swine did eat to the pastures of life and the words of salvation.»

Secondly I don't think you understand the term religion nor have you grasped the idea that religious folks and scientists can get on board with evolution.

It's taken a while but my bro has finally learned the idea of replenishing - not such a difficult concept to grasp;)!

Peyton hasn't fully grasped the idea of running out the clock going to the ground game and that's why he's a favorite of gamblers and fantasy football owners everywhere.

I can't seem to fully grasp the idea that summer is almost over and a new school year is about to start.

Separation anxiety usually happens once a baby grasps the idea of object permanence — that there's only one of you and when she can't see you, you've gone away.

The idea of Waldorf schools, and indeed of all schools, being free of state control is not difficult to grasp.

I don't think that I can grasp this idea.

I don't know if my middle school kids actually grasp the concept of «social contract» but I think the way your school presents it is a great idea.

That's a radical but simple - to - grasp idea: There is massive, urgent need to put people to work, and there is a massive, urgent need to rework our economy so that we don't cook the next generation to death.

The idea, Lovett says, is to get students thinking about what they did not know or did not understand, why they failed to grasp this information and how they could prepare more effectively in advance of the next test.

So while the technology to edit genes was there, it wasn't until CRISPR came along that the idea of deliberately changing an organism's DNA felt within grasp.

Let's hope they do that because even if someone doesn't know about this, the idea that you can have a healthier, smarter baby, and even healthier and smarter grandkids by doing a few things now, you don't necessarily have to fully grasp, or even want to grasp the concept of epigenetic.

I loved filming the lookbook but still need to grasp the whole idea of talking whilst showing the pieces as I couldn't stop laughing at the sound of my voice, weird I know!!

Indians might have a firm grasp on the idea of online matrimonial websites, but dating on the other hand is not something that a lot of people are comfortable doing, or even talking about, and the country doesn't really have many online dating sites.

As awesome as the idea grasps into my head, I just don't see it becoming a successful MMO at this point.

«Persepolis» pulls off something that's not easy for any film, even a live - action one, to do: It gives us a sense of how a kids» - eye view of the world — particularly the way kids are capable of grasping the idea of injustice, even when more delicate political arguments are beyond their reach — can emerge and grow into an adult sensibility.

I didn't think it was a masterpiece or anything — its reach exceeded its grasp — but a lot of very interesting, big ideas in a pretty compelling small dramatic package.

The remainder of the movie runs on mindless auto - pilot, although the movie up until this point hasn't been much better in terms of displaying a grasp on its central idea and narrative.

The parents grieve for their son but can't begin to grasp how he could have done such a thing; the people who harass them and the commentators they fearfully sample on TV have no mercy but plenty of ideas about why the young man went berserk.

For the first time, the education leadership of a U.S. state has demonstrated in its assessment policies a grasp of the foundational idea that English language proficiency is not a «skill» like throwing a ball or riding a bike that can be taught and tested in an abstract, content - agnostic way.

It is an easy and fun assessment tool that can be used to evaluate which students have grasped the big idea from a lesson or unit of study, and which haven't.