Sentences with phrase «of sacrifices in»

It makes a lot of sacrifices in the name of design.

«Our members are middle class people who will feel the impact of the sacrifices in the contract, but they agreed to these sacrifices because it was the right thing for Rockland County.»

President John Mahama says his four - year term was used to lay a solid footing for the country, and has thus asked Ghanaians to prepare to reap the seeds of their sacrifices in his next term, saying the time of heavy - lifting is over.

I have made a lot of sacrifices in the name of healing, but coffee isn't one of them.

(At Jerusalem sacrifices were offered for, not to, the emperor; the cessation of these sacrifices in AD.

What, in part, assisted the transition to metaphor was the way in which the death of the hero for the city came to be construed by the Greeks and the Romans as equivalent to ritual sacrifice, and indeed as rendering the hero himself a fit recipient of sacrifices in turn.

The purposes of the Law were brought to an end by the coming of our Life giver, who offered himself in place of the sacrifices in the Law, and was led like a lamb to the slaughter in place of the lamb of propitiation... He gave his blood for all mankind, so that the blood of animals should not be required of us.

I mention this concept of sacrifice in particular because if I have to ask wherein I still differ from Professor Lampe (whose consummate New Testament scholarship I would not venture to query), it touches the question of the unique and creative quality of Christ's work.

I don't know much about the origins of sacrifice in human culture.

In the earliest tradition of the Exodus, we learn that Moses was leading Israel out to the wilderness for the celebration of a sacrifice in a rendezvous with YHWH.

Without even recounting the crucifixion, Bell presented such vivid images of the patterns of sacrifice in the ancient Near East (the cultural setting for the sacrifice of Isaac) that by the time we got to the story of Jesus, our hearts and minds were connecting the dots.

Girard, however, fails to see the richness, multivalency, and ambiguity inherent in the language of sacrifice in Jewish and Christian thought; he fails to grasp, in particular, the conversion theology effects of the story of wrath into the story of mercy, or how it replaces the myth of sacrifice as economy with the narrative of sacrifice as a ceaseless outpouring of gift and restoration in an infinite motion exceeding every economy»

It can not be denied that a similar belief underlies the practice of sacrifice in the Old Testament — the belief that God will accept the life of a substitute when the offerer's own life is forfeit.

The rationale of sacrifice in general may of course throw some light on the theory of the atonement, but even so, what a primitive mythology it is, that a divine Being should become incarnate, and atone for the sins of men through his own blood!

There needs to be more of a call of sacrifice in American culture, live a bit more below our means so that others may survive.

It is understandable, I think, that many modern churches are shying away from the altar as a monolithic place of sacrifice in favor of a table.

I think the purpose of all the stories and imagery of sacrifice in the OT are meant to underscore and point to Christ's sacrifice and its significance.

The same applies to the idea that man's life is forfeit in the sight of God, and that he accepts another life in place of our own — which in the last resort is the meaning of sacrifice in the Old Testament.

Instead, the New Testament confines itself to the language of sacrifice in such contexts: he laid down his life to deliver man from the bondage of sin, death and the devil, and now our life is his own.

Priesthood in the Old Testament had a varied role at different times, but increasingly it focussed on worship, the offering of sacrifice in the Temple of Jerusalem.

In studying the various types of sacrifice in the history of religions, Franz von Baader, for example, has been able to understand something about the mystery of sacrifice.

Only this fuller vision can do justice to the ramifications of the reality of sacrifice in the Christian life.

To achieve standout status in sports will often demand considerable devotion and some modicum of sacrifice in other areas of life.

The Church's doctrine of sacrifice in its fullest sense is neglected in our preaching and catechesis at our peril.

I believe that sometimes one will have to make that kind of sacrifice in the interest of his people and nation that God had graciously allowed you to lead.

If this could happen to you, ask yourself if you'll be willing to put in an extra effort to find out if the two of you are really compatible since it takes a lot of sacrifice in order to deal with this type of relationship.

Compared to other models in its class, the Range Rover Sport doesn't make as much of a sacrifice in ride quality for handling and off - road prowess, while its feature set and luxurious cabin appointments are a step above some in the same price range.

I haven't done tons of promotion, but I e-mailed teachers who had previously contacted me because they were using The Well of Sacrifice in the classroom.

A majority of the best passive income ideas require a lot of sacrifice in terms of resources like time and money to start from earning from them.

This is an active and lengthy process, and one that requires a bit of sacrifice in order to make the whole ordeal go by more quickly.

There's a very personal question about how much to sacrifice now for less risk of sacrifice in the future.

Islam's Bloody Celebration Notable selection, The Best American Travel Writing 2002 At the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice in Jordan, Rolf Potts unearths the quirky, intimate face of an Islamic world you won't find on the evening news

At the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice in Jordan, Rolf Potts unearths the quirky, intimate face of an Islamic world you won't find on the news

The choreography — in which the master is both present but physically absent — seeks to queer the space of ballet, exploring the perverse pleasure of sacrifice in the name of form.

Both models require some form of sacrifice in order to participate and offer an incentive in the form of a reward for solving a block.

For it is in giving that we receive: The benefits of sacrifice in romantic relationships (pp. 211 - 231).

One obvious benefit of sacrifice in relationships — for the recipient at least — is that he or she gets what they want.

When giving feels good: The intrinsic benefits of sacrifice in romantic relationships for the communally motivated.

Perceptions of sacrifice in romantic relationships.

[jounal] Kogan, A. / 2010 / When giving feels good: The intrinsic benefits of sacrifice in romantic relationships for the communally motivated / Psychological Science 21 (12): 1918 ~ 1924

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That likely reassured investors who watched Walmart sacrifice profits for a couple of years as it gave workers raises and invested heavily in e-commerce to better compete online and in stores.

I don't want public attention because I don't want the story to be about me... I want it to be about what the US government is doing... I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.

All in all, if you're looking for a way to get the most out of a win - win situation, the up - and - coming Janji doesn't require you to sacrifice quality in the name of philanthropic tendencies.

You'd also expect people who believed the Or model would resist teaching their kids this model for the same reason — they'd fear their kids would think they could have both and, in trying for both, unwittingly sacrifice some of the one they valued.

Instead, we're very focused on the sacrifices,» Jennifer Allyn, managing director in the office of diversity for PricewaterhouseCoopers has said, chiding high - achieving women in particular to stop beating themselves up and start counting their blessings.

That was true again in 2016, with 54 % of employees ending the year with unused time off, collectively sacrificing 662 million vacation days, according to a study the U.S. Travel Association's Project Time Off released Tuesday.

«A kind of electrical charge passes through the troops — he is sharing in their sacrifices, leading by example.

«50 % of Gen Y full time employed Canadians are willing to sacrifice something in order to work remotely more often.»

A New England supermarket chain may sacrifice all this in a battle of cousins.

Yet before the holiday distractions take hold, donors use this time of the year to remember the sacrifices made by the men and women serving in the U.S. military, and to support causes that help them when they return home.