On the other hand, there is no God of a religious tradition cut off from critical reflection so that «it is wrong for religion's advocate to confound the object
of this affirmation with the modalities of the affirmation; it is wrong for him to believe that the transcendence of the divine mystery is extended to the materiality of the expressions that it takes on in human consciousness; with greater reason it is wrong for him to consider that his problematic is canonized by this transcendence.
When we find, as we regularly do, that Paul stops the forward rush of active - voice statements to crack the integral structure
of the affirmation with a joyous and devout regrounding of everything he is saying in the ultimacy of the passive voice, then we are obliged to stop with him.
However, flexing the muscle
of an affirmation with the conscious expression of your own words, thoughts and experiences is a transformative thing.
Not exact matches
Kratos conveys more emotion
with the occasional gruff
affirmation than most game characters do
with hours
of exposition.
When the results
of the folks who had recorded a positive memory — an intervention known as «self -
affirmation» in psychology lingo — were compared
with a control group from the same soup kitchen, they performed markedly better.
Make
affirmations part
of your culture by asking people to post it at their desk, add it to their e-mail signature, or start meetings
with sharing
affirmations to create an environment that supports everyone's growth.
Those who had engaged in the self -
affirmation exercise wrote better apologies
with less hedging, blaming, and dodging
of responsibility.
A great boss rewards
with words
of encouragement and
affirmation,
with a clear explanation, and
with communication that makes the employee feel valued.
In an interview Thursday
with Fox News, Pence said he was unaware
of Flynn's foreign agent work until this week, but called the disclosure «an
affirmation of the president's decision to ask Gen. Flynn to resign.»
Olympus Corp ended up 6.6 percent to 1,985 yen, reaching the 2,000 - line at one point for the first time since October 2011, after UBS Securities started its coverage
with a «buy» rating and a target price
of 3,000 yen as the company on Monday submitted to the Tokyo Stock Exchange a written
affirmation on the internal control system as stipulated in the securities listing regulations.
When compared to the 22 % who would invest
with no prior or given information, this is a concrete
affirmation of the importance
of crowdfunding portals for both ends
of the deal.
Narcissism combines an exaggerated sense
of one's own abilities and achievements
with a constant need for attention,
affirmation, and praise.
We also find groups
of Christians who search the Bible for
affirmation of what they already think, turning to hatred and violence instead
of looking for information and a deeper relationship
with God.
This was coupled
with a clear
affirmation of the separation
of church and state in the constitution.
With respect to the problem
of natural time, we have already cited Heidegger's
affirmation that «only so long as Dasein is, «is there» Being.»
Carroll largely agrees
with Wills on the concrete achievements
of the council — especially its
affirmation of the equal dignity
of the entire people
of God and its view
of Judaism — but goes still further in interpreting its «spirit.»
The Gospel passage itself ends
with the
affirmation that John has written his Gospel «that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.»
«What we do not celebrate shrinks
with lack
of affirmation,» says Russ Parker in his study
of passing on God's blessings, revealing what happens when we... More
Others were uncomfortable
with the idea that we can understand the Hindu's
affirmation of the saving reality
of God's presence only if we see it as accomplished in Christ, even though the Hindu would not wish to understand it that way.
I realized this as I reflected on these texts — Solomon's prayer for wisdom rather than riches, Jesus» parables
of treasure and pearl and fishes, and Paul's
affirmation that God works for good
with (or for) those who love him.
Even more, sin becomes «a grace - dependent concept,» which only appears «
with a simultaneous
affirmation of the promised grace that contradicts it.»
We found that in the latter half
of the 20th century Christian churches have proclaimed
with near unanimity their rejection
of supersessionism and their
affirmation that God's covenant
with Israel has not been revoked.
In this fearless, funny, and refreshingly relatable chronicle
of her own metamorphosis from the insecurity that once held her captive, author Kayla Aimee unfolds the blueprint for women to identify the deep - seated sources
of our assumed inadequacy and replace them
with steadfast truths
of affirmation and replace our need for approval
with the promise
of an enduring acceptance.
My first post on David's cartoon was an
affirmation of the problem
with ego - driven preachers who stand in judgement.
The Catholic writer and broadcaster Joanna Bogle contrasts increasingly fashionable assertions concerning the lack
of meaning to male and female
with the perennial and profound
affirmation of such meaning within the Christian tradition.
He would temper declarations
of belief
with affirmations of doubt.
I used to live
with a paralyzing fear
of criticism and an addiction to
affirmation.
Many women have responded by listening, and
with affirmation and encouragement, jus as Sian has done
with saying she longs to be critiqued, does not want to have critique held back from her for her being a woman and was appropriate in affirming the critique
of the «feminist» interpretation
of scripture I made as described.
It has been concerned first and foremost
with the recovery
of the real Jesus and only secondarily
with creedal
affirmation.
In the aftermath
of an unfathomable tragedy, both Jews and Christians must do what God requires
of His covenanted Israel» work
with redoubled effort for the
affirmation of life.
Were such consequences to be accepted, then a process metaphysics could indeed dispense
with Whitehead's God, although not
with that singular function
of «total
affirmation» which Whitehead — the weight
of ontotheological tradition bearing down upon him — valiantly attempts to grant Him.
Apocalyptic visions flirt
with gnostic aeons and Stoic conflagrations, while
affirmations of creation lean toward Pelagian schemes
of human progress and Epicurean fixations on the here - and - now.
Christian eschatology and Incarnation now are seen to mean a total
affirmation of the world, a total identification
of the sacred
with historical reality.
As such, this explanation
of how a loving, in - control God can be reconciled
with suffering is more nearly an
affirmation of belief than it is an explanation
of anything.
I think that the rehabilitation
of democracy will come through the most elementary expression
of this desire by those at the bottom who invade such places; and all
of this converges to find
affirmation faced
with the places where decisions are taken.
If mental health enjoys such esteem in Catholic thought and practice, it is only right that the Church looks
with satisfaction at the new path being opened by psychiatry... all that Sacred Scripture says in praise
of human wisdom is an implicit
affirmation of the importance
of mental health.
With and only with these men, and only on the basis of their affirmation of faith, could Christians and the church hold dialogue on matters of this k
With and only
with these men, and only on the basis of their affirmation of faith, could Christians and the church hold dialogue on matters of this k
with these men, and only on the basis
of their
affirmation of faith, could Christians and the church hold dialogue on matters
of this kind.
Without realizing it, many United Methodist churches, especially in the south, are still following this 1905 order
of worship — a service that begins
with an
affirmation of faith.
A good deal
of the time we may find it useful to begin there; and our preaching
of the gospel, once it does begin there, can then move on
with the profound logic
of experience to the bold
affirmation that in this Man, in all his human conditioning, God is discovering himself to us as at no other time and in no other place.
In place
of a scripture - based argument, even combining the scriptural
affirmations with the scenarios propagated by various stripes
of unbelievers should paint an unmistakable picture
of what happened.
Drawing on Albert Schweitzer's use
of the terms «optimistic» and «pessimistic» (to mean «world and life
affirmation» and «world and life negation») Horney described her own philosophy as follows: «
With all its cognizance
of the tragic element in neurosis, [it] is an optimistic one.»
There is almost a sense that God is
of control, spilling over
with an emphatic
affirmation of life, filling the world
with both urgency and joy.
Then Joseph Stanford, commenting on Robert Louis Wilken's discussion
of Christological interpretation
of the Old Testament, noted that the Book
of Mormon is replete
with the
affirmation that the Old Testament prophets actually foresaw Christ.
Whereas the genius
of the Greeks — so his story goes — was to gaze without illusion into the chaos and terror
of the world, and respond not
with fear or resignation but
with affirmation and supreme artistry, they were able to do this only on account
of their nobility, which means their ruthless willingness to discriminate between the «good» — that is, the strength, exuberance, bravery, generosity, and harshness
of the aristocratic spirit — and the «bad» — the weakness, debility, timorousness, and vindictive resentfulness
of the slavish mind.
When you experience conflict in your marriage, try these steps as a way
of interrupting the negative cycle: (a) Clarify, in your own minds and
with each other, what you aren't getting from the marriage (e.g.
affirmation, affection, sexual satisfaction), (b) Concentrate, not on the areas in which your needs are mutually exclusive or contradictive, but on the «areas
of overlap» (20)
of your two need systems.
The free exercise and enjoyment
of religious profession and worship, without discrimination, shall forever hereafter be guaranteed; and no person shall be denied any civil or political right, privilege or capacity, on account
of his opinions concerning religion; but the liberty
of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense
with oaths or
affirmations, excuse acts
of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent
with the good order, peace or safety
of the state.
The creed known as the Nicene Creed, however, which includes the
affirmation that Jesus Christ is «
of one Being
with the Father» and which is still used by many churches, probably dates to a later council held at Constantinople in 381.
Whitehead was sympathetic
with this objection to the
affirmation of freedom.
In a briefing, sent out ahead
of the meeting, the Church said the Synod would look at «the liturgy for
Affirmation of Baptismal Faith, contained in the Common Worship service book, may be used
with people who have already been baptised» but who wish to «reaffirm their identity in Christ after a significant personal transition, including gender.»
Even if we can not pray for some
of these goals
with much
affirmation — even if we find ourselves praying for the salvation
of liberals before Christ returns, or the redirection
of evangelical social concern to its proper sphere
of evangelism and world mission, or the disappearance
of the electronic church — God will answer our prayers,
with corrections if necessary, and will either change our minds or the minds
of those for whom we are praying.