Sentences with phrase «of background reading»

I'm against Ocean Acidification theory because I've done loads and loads of background reading... about the lack of credible scientific evidence that it represents any kind of problem... in the eyes of all those undecideds who can't make up their mind whether they agree with me on climate science or whether I'm talking bollocks...»

But it's good to do a bit of background reading too.

Before buying any stock or any financial product, you should do a bit of background reading so that you understand what you're buying and how much rival products cost.

Having done a little bit of background reading, I'm not sure whether the W2 is suitable.

Before buying any stock or any financial product, you should do a bit of background reading so that you understand what youâ $ ™ re buying and how much rival products cost.

«He had done a lot of background reading and was well informed on the topic,» says Sheppard, who is now a professor at the University of North Carolina.

After students have read some of the background readings in Chapter 3 of The Jews of Poland, show the video A Day in Warsaw.

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«Most of the employees had not had a chance to read or watch any of the materials that described our new direction,» Hsieh said, «so the questions lacked the proper context and background.»

«Read through Zhang's apology and it is quickly apparent that this is a mea culpa made under extreme political pressure, in which Zhang, an engineer by background, ticks the necessary ideological boxes to signal his intention to fall into line,» David Bandurski, co-director of the China Media Project, wrote on the site.

For example, why deal with professional backgrounds of the managers, if outsiders won't be reading it?

At least by our reading, the academic backgrounds of startup investors is quite diverse.

This prework may consist of any or all of the following, based upon individual experience and background: article readings, textbook readings, short - course seminars, and / or on - line courses.

However, despite the differences in the backgrounds and approaches of top VCs, there does seem to be at least one commonality: they tend to be exceptionally well - read.

«You may have heard about a quiz app built by a university researcher that leaked Facebook data of millions of people in 2014,» read the ad, which featured black text on a white background, with the Facebook logo at the bottom.

Also, I doubt you were ever an atheist since the vast majority of us come from Christian or religious backgrounds and only became atheist after doing years of research and often reading our bibles far more than our «faithful» counterparts.

This mysterious Gospel reading is punctuated by references which, taken together and with the OT as background, point to the presence of God.

It is with this background in mind that we should read the reports of the appearances of the risen Christ in the closing pages of the gospels.

If we read the New Testament documents we see that their background is largely one of fear, cruelty, superstition, corruption and a callous lack of consideration for human beings.

We have seen that when the Bible is read against the background of the ancient mythological cultures, it is found to be pointing in a different direction.

Though Simone Weil (1909 - 43) is read by many people from a wide variety of backgrounds and with a wide variety of interests, she remains a marginal figure in the world of theology.

Many of you reading this book have already read one or more of Howard Clinebell's previous books and are aware of his impressive background.

To avoid this pitfall, one should first read his autobiography, Out of My Life and Thought, and the first volume of his theory of culture, The Decline and Restoration of Civilization; these two works supply the background and perspective necessary to understand all the others.

Here's the thing though... What I write will probably make no sense to you unless you are somewhat familiar with the basic idea of my proposal, and have also read some of the background posts to the flood.

In terms of religion, converts to Islam come from many backgrounds, including Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism» or you can google it and see how the americans are embracing islam though this people are those changed their names and declared that they became muslim there are thousands and thousands of unknown and unregistered statisticly who live around you, open your eyes and read the quran, that is enough for you and your pathetic americans, look it carefully!

The book that I read that was really good about this is called Powers of Darkness: Principalities and Powers in Paul's Letters It's really good for understanding the cultural background of the letters, which helps to unlock insight into how it applies to us today.

Maybe that is just my conservative training and background being stubborn, but for me, this way of reading Scripture causes the bottom to fall out on too much of my theology.

When I had read the book, I asked some colleagues from a variety of backgrounds what steps they would propose to re-evangelise Society.

Our grandfathers, who read Josephus along with the Bible, and were the first to buy the multitudinous cheap reprints of Whiston which may still be obtained at second or third hand, had a juster impression of the background of the times of Jesus and the apostles.

Such a system had serious drawbacks because the teaching materials were several centuries old, the study of Arabic — and no Chinese — was inadequate, so the students could read only a limited amount and could not speak the language, there was no general educational background for the religious courses, and the freedom allowed to the students often led them to form bad habits.

It truly is amazing when we begin to read Scripture without all the «background information» which most of us in the West grew up with.

Sporting large yellow stickers that read «Background Checks Save Lives,» a number of religious leaders spoke about the need for stricter gun laws.

As I read more and more books on Jewish backgrounds, this type of book organization (or lack thereof) seems to be a common theme.

I love reading books on Bible backgrounds, and this volume is a welcome addition to the growing field as it contains many numerous insights and ideas that will be helpful to the aspiring student of Scripture.

The book was chock - full of fantastic background information, which I normally love reading.

The book is not easy reading and the myriad of characters makes the story somewhat difficult to follow, but if you want background information about the Lord of the Rings Triology, this is the book to read.

It is hard to read because it contains a lot of the Scriptural backgrounds and exegetical research for what is written about in the other two books.

Margaret Masterman had found that reading Whitehead's Symbolism and The Concept of Nature suggested the kind of philosophical background she was needing for her theory of language.

it COMMUNICATES ideas... to read the SCRIPTURES in context does NOT limit itself to the Bible ALONE... one needs to study JEWISH CULTURES... the Bible does not contain every piece of informaiton on the Jewish culture (The Jews already knew their own culture) nor does any ONE Book... get the background, the culture..

Suburban schools are also unprepared for new kinds of students who enter the system from non-English speaking or reading impoverished backgrounds.

Elmer: I wish the minister had read the whole story of Jacob wrestling with the angel so I could have had a background for understanding the sermon.

I read quite a bit here on your blog site and what you had to say about this subject surprises me in light of that and seems to be in contrast to what I would expect given your background.

It is a great pity that the casual Bible reader almost inevitably reads the Old Testament against the background of a sophisticated modern world, for then the first things to strike him are characteristics which are strange to him just because they reflect the ancient period.

Telling this story involves not only reading the lectures, but also knowing the social, political and intellectual background of the various lecturers.

A video midway through the tour consists only of a reading of biblical verses, set to a starry background that swooshes from the screen into the viewer's face like the opening credits of Superman.

I would invite all Christians — evangelicals or not — to visit 2FP's website, closely read the background and FAQ material (including the «Four Horsemen» articles), as well as Wigg - Stevenson's Fermi Project paper («A World Without Nuclear Weapons»), his and Wilbanks» Relevant articles and the Spring 2009 issue of Yale Divinity School's Reflections, which was devoted to «Faith and the Future of Nuclear Weapons» and was guest - edited by Wigg - Stevenson.

Read these, if possible aloud, without concern for critical questions of precise date and specific background.

Instead, it serves as a resource alongside Knoff and other reading in the diaspora of monographs, as a background to the question: What can we learn from the history of the Sunday school?

As 2016 gets underway, RT Kendall urges Christians of all denominations and backgrounds to commit to a Bible reading plan More

Over the past twenty years or so, I have read, written, and taught a lot about the cultural and historical backgrounds of various Biblical texts.

For those with the time and the background to read them, these are perhaps the most convincing type of evidence.