Sentences with phrase «often of little interest»

Niebuhr provides a helpful analogy illustrating how relation to a community's «internal history» can connect contemporary believers with the saving events that are often of little interest to those outside of the Christian faith tradition.

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Churches in inner cities and poor rural areas are closing, while those that remain are often composed of commuting members with little interest in the church's neighbors.

It is rumored that Rudolf Bultmann — the demythologizer of the New Testament who had little interest in the question of Jesus» physical resurrection — often leaned over the pulpit when he preached, reaching out toward his hearers like any tent - meeting evangelist and pleading with them to come to Christ.

Moreover, as Eric Chevlen notes, self - interest often interferes with moral reasoning, and if one is already interested in the contraceptive way of life, one may not be open to Humanae Vitae for reasons that have little to do with the strength of its arguments.

These events will probably have little more than academic interest to non-believers, and the latter will often cast doubt on the objective historicity of some occurrences such as the Exodus or the resurrection of Christ.

One important dimension of the problem — and here those in churches and the academy should take self - interested notice — is that managers of mutual funds, largely comprised of 401 (k) accounts, often have little voice in corporate governance.

By and large the analytic philosophers who have led the resurgence of interest in the philosophy of religion have shown little interest in either fideism or the often - skeptical themes of Continental philosophy (they have shown somewhat more interest in process theology).

Because weaning often takes a while, there can be lots of times where you go back on one of the limits you set (like offering a breast to end a tantrum, when you previously decided to stick to «don't offer, don't refuse»), or times when you feel like it's not really in both of your best interests to be as hardcore as you want (like if your little one gets sick).

This is especially true for little items that are offbeat or funny (like the stuff I often post in the Friday Buffet) or where I'm just sharing interesting blog posts or articles and don't have anything of import to add.

Is it something with my supply and often times that is nothing to do with the supply but just that they for snack throughout the day coz they were so interested in talking about how would now everything is not so overwhelming to them but actually very interesting and they wan na interactive with their environment.Sometimes they interactive when they are trying to eat and so they need to be you know in a quieter space sometimes so you might be something that you can try with Cali and see if maybe youcan set up this you probably are already doing this anyway if not just find a quiet space in your home or when you're out where it's just that two of you and she is spending more time there and so that way it's not disturbing kind of this breastfeeding, bottle feeding all that kind of stuff going on so, just a little tip bet.

Too often the interests of shareholders and senior managers have taken priority and too often the result has been excessive pay awards at the top and too little distribution at the bottom.

They have little interest in Scotland remaining as part of the union and are often from the Eurosceptic wing of the party.

NASA is also interested in things that live deep underground because such organisms often survive on very little energy and they may suggest modes of life in other parts of the solar system.

Kidney disease patients often lose their interest in food, reporting that it has little flavor or an unpleasant taste, and the malnutrition that results is a significant contributor to worsening of symptoms and mortality risk.

Of course, funding clinical trials is often cost - prohibitive and pharmaceutical industry investors, with legally - binding fiduciary obligations to shareholder interests, have little fiscal incentive to devote resources to dietary protocols for which market exclusivity is an impossibility.

These are interesting tactics that often make it a little easier for a woman to get a man in the palm of her hand.

Moreover, revealing little about yourself arouses the curiosity and interest of the other person, so he will want to know more about you and hence will talk to you more often.

This part of creating the mood in a space is often used to give you a better chance with feeling a little more interesting because it will get a woman in the mood for any sexual activity.

Marco Ruiz and Sonya Cross» odd - couple pairing often mirrors the relationship between reporters Adriana Mendez (Emily Rios) and Daniel Frye (Matthew Lillard), and I still find all of them interesting, even if I'm a little concerned that their parallel story lines may take The Bridge too far again this season.

The film often veers into the realms of «torture porn» while trying to make comment on our interest in such material, and this is more than a little dishonest.

The film also weaves in lots of scenes that are meant to make us think that Barnum was the first 21st century - style «woke» white straight man in America — a goodhearted fellow who gave circus jobs to outcasts of one kind or another (talk about a big tent: the repertory company includes African - Americans, little people, giants, conjoined twins and a bearded lady), not just because they happened to possess certain talents or physical characteristics that Barnum could exploit (often by appealing to the majority's prurient interests or bigotries) but because the onetime poor boy Barnum sees himself in their striving, and wants to build a theatrical - carnival arts utopia in America's largest city with help from his new partner, rich kid turned playwright Philip Carlyle (Zac Efron).

Their odd - couple pairing often mirrors the relationship between reporters Adriana Mendez (Emily Rios) and Daniel Frye (Matthew Lillard), and I still find all of them interesting, even if I'm a little concerned that their parallel story lines may take «The Bridge» too far again this season.

Although I think I possibly needed to suspend my disbelief a little too often, it was still a relatively enjoyable film, with a decent amount of grit, intrigue, and interest and generally believable work by all actors.

These little side jokes, as well as behaviors and relationships, are often funnier and more interesting than the main plot twists — as well as the «mockumentary» stuff — but there are enough of them in the movie's loose structure that it never gets dull.

He practically bursts with startling facts — a family with a fairly typical credit card debt of $ 7,000, paying 20 percent interest, will spend $ 1,400 a year just to rent that money, without paying back a penny — and disturbing stories of people who bankrupted themselves through many seemingly small mistakes, like buying a newer car or eating out at Applebee's a little too often.

Unfortunately, there is little for us to go on in terms of the kind of reader feedback that often helps us connect with interesting or distinctive or simply very good work among books in their Amazon store incarnation.

Often, a person finds a community, becomes interested for a little while, and then stops attending or falls out of touch.

The amount of interest you pay may be little to none and often you will not need to return the money until you are financially able, eliminating the need to borrow money to pay back borrowed money.

Of course, the fact that so few taxpayers actually claim the mortgage interest deduction, and the fact that most of those who do claim the deduction are often a little higher on the income scale, makes this a tempting target for tax reformerOf course, the fact that so few taxpayers actually claim the mortgage interest deduction, and the fact that most of those who do claim the deduction are often a little higher on the income scale, makes this a tempting target for tax reformerof those who do claim the deduction are often a little higher on the income scale, makes this a tempting target for tax reformers.

You repay all of your debts in full over a two to five year period, often with little or no interest charges.

Plans often offered little to no real benefits, charging more than they paid out and many would have been just as well served to stick the cost of their insurance plan in a interest - earning savings account each month instead.

It is small, fierce as a bag of marshmallows, willing to live above a garage or in a basement with its owner, interested in going to work and lay around all day while the owner takes a nap or works on the computer, doesn't eat a lot so the owner doesn't have to worry about expenses, and if the slacker is not willing to spend the time on grooming he can give the dog a «puppy cut» and only brush the little beast as often as he is in the mood.

While this blog speaks often of genetics and shepherd dogs, coat color genetics holds little interest to me save when it represents a moral issue.

While scientists now understand the genetic basis for moderately complex traits such as coat color and pattern, research in other species suggests that there is little or no significant genetic component to such indicators of performance as success in the show ring, The dog breeder, then, is often at a loss for accurate sources of information about performance traits he is interested in.

The difference between us and our pets is that our pets can't outright tell us that they're in pain - often, the exact opposite is true - they hide all signs of pain as a survival mechanism they developed over thousands of years of evolution to keep weakness hidden from predators and other members of their own colonies, Your pet may tell you in different ways when they are uncomfortable, such as by whining or whimpering, staying too still and showing little interest in what's going on around them, sleeping more than usual, becoming aggressive or intolerant of petting or exercise or even by becoming more active - pacing, circling, wandering - as the pain is too much for them to sit still and rest.

If your interest payments are a little high but you are reaping the reward features of the card then it may not be worth switching to a balance transfer card which often do not have any rewards.

They made an open world, which was often requested after the first game, but didn't fill it with anything remotely interesting and didn't let you go to ground level (you only get a little peek of an alley at one point).

Despite the flaws it occupied me for hours at a time — although i will say that often it would feel like i had achieved very little in that time — but there was still enough going on to hold my interest and some of the main missions were really enjoyable, in particular the one centred around the ballroom.

This adds an interesting and often light - hearted approach to the game and shows you a side of the world that is absent from the main story, though it's a little difficult to find yourself completely engaged in the gameplay that comes with each one.

It's an interesting point of view, for sure, and one that will be popular with so many sequels sticking to what worked the first time around and often adding little innovation.

The importance of drawing is often downplayed by artists as well — specifically artists with little interest in drawing.

Commonplace rooftop views and street scenes, often a little gritty, but bound to be interesting in the right light, at the right time of day.

Cost / probability weighting of risks and benefits is well - understood and is often raised in issues where economic and environmental interests are at contrary purposes, but for some odd reason it gets little attention in climate change.

By the time you have published then the data is often already out of date and the little interest there might be in it won't justify the time / cost in organising and hosting that data.

«The real reason for the hysteria is indeed the exploitation of the fears I have described above by extreme environmental groups, who often have little interest in the «science», but who have social agendas of their own,» he said.

The COP alone, being often captured by the «big players» and their interests, does little to address the climate and social crimes on the global South, shutting down the voices of the communities.

However, the urgency that often accompanies requests for research, and the demands of the billable hour combined with the many non-billable tasks that end up in the research group, leave little time for the interesting, but not immediately applicable, intricacies of emerging technology.

At the moment there's quite a focus on nutrition and healthy eating, so I know there was a little parent seminar organised earlier this year for parents, there's also been a bit of information provided to parents about early literacy and numeracy, because I think that's something that families are often really interested in but perhaps we don't understand how literacy and numeracy are tackled, in early childhood these days.

In relationships where partners feel disconnected, Gottman found that not only are these little «bids for connection» few and far between, they are also often met with lack of interest from the partner.

In cases where there is little to no conflict between co-parents, it is often seen as being in the best interest of the child to award shared child custody.