Sentences with phrase «on a boring book»

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In «Star Wars: Shattered Empire,» the canon comic book bridging the gap between Episode VI and Episode VII, Poe Dameron is born on Yavin 4, the same moon where Luke receives his medal at the end of «Star Wars: A New Hope.»

The current TV situation bears many similarities to the block - booking system that Hollywood ran on until the late 1940s.

Born on a Greek island near the Aegean Sea, where she perfected her martial arts skills under the tutelage of her blind sensei Stick, Elektra is a standout among comic book heroines.

I went grocery shopping even when I didn't need to because I was bored,» she writes in her book, «Living a Beautiful Life on Less.»

In writing a book that is essentially a «how - to» guide on being a successful working women, Trump had to show that she wasn't just born with a silver spoon in her mouth — a point that she reiterates again and again throughout the book.

In a terrific 1985 book, To Engineer is Human — The Role of Failure in Successful Design, Henry Petroski argues that every structure that engineers build is a hypothesis — an educated guess to the effect that «yes, indeed, this bridge is strong enough to bear the weight of all that traffic on a daily basis.»

For example, there's a scene in the book's fifth chapter in which Lyons discusses an article Shah has written on LinkedIn about the wisdom of bringing a teddy bear named Molly to meetings as a stand - in for the customer, so that staff will always remember to keep the customer top - of - mind.

Deborah Rhode, a Stanford law professor and leading scholar on legal ethics, argues in her book, Pro Bono in Principle and in Practice (2005), that lawyers bear an ethical duty to ameliorate «their monopoly's deleterious effects» by doing more pro bono work for those who are disenfranchised.

Who bears responsibility for that massive amount of sovereign and corporate debt on the book the ECB.

I went to Born Again Books and found a bunch of prophecy books on the end of the Books and found a bunch of prophecy books on the end of the books on the end of the ages.

An institute bears his name, two of his best books were re-issued in the late 1990s, Liberty Fund symposiarchs have dined out handsomely on him, and politicians (ever attuned to a rising market) have ransacked his work for justification of their various Third Ways and Compassionate Conservatisms.

Meanwhile, what other preaching text can you think of that makes reference to a book titled On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored, or that makes neighbors of Maya Angelou, W H. Auden and Augustine of Hippo in its bibliography?

My constant purpose was and is to adumbrate on every subject I handle a genuinely canonical interpretation of Scripture - a view that in its coherence embraces and expresses the thrust of all the biblical passages and units of thought that bear on my theme - a total, integrated view built out of biblical material in such a way that, if the writers of the various books knew what I had made of what they taught, they would nod their heads and say that I had got them right.

Anyone who thinks theology is boring should read your new book, «The Atonement of God,» which is without a doubt the best book I have read on the topic.

Against this backdrop appear two books on aid to Africa, both bearing titles suggesting hope.

The book was born on a flight to Rome in 2010 when two of the authors, Ronnie Convery and Leonardo Franchi, were travelling to the bi-annual social communications conference in the University of the Holy Cross in Rome.

depends on what book you read, the country you were born in, etc. i have never had anyone come into the yard and try to sell me on atheism..

But this has really no bearing on the Christology of the latter half of the book, since he claims that Christ is not a product of the creative organic series but an irruption of the Logos - Creator (or the absolute eternal order) into the series.

The fact that places or people mentioned in the Bible have been verified archeologically has no bearing on the veracity of the supernatural stories put forth in that book.

The fact that places mentioned in the Bible have been verified archeologically has no bearing on the veracity of the supernatural stories put forth in that book.

then if you folks truly read the dam book, why is it you have cults and the like even exsist wouldn't it make sense that your god would shine a light on the «second coming» kindof how he did when jesus was born the first time?

In the whole course of the book we can catch hardly a distant echo of the sermon on the Mount... From the Revelation it could never have been gathered that Jesus was compassionate, that he healed the sick and encouraged the helpless and outcast and bore our infirmities, that he was meek and lowly of heart... As we know him from this book, Christ is a great but terrible figure, righteous but implacable, the champion of his people, but breathing destruction on his enemies.»

Will, the number of copies of a book has no bearing on whether anything in the book is true or not, and it is a fact that the bible has been added to over the centuries.

And Genesis, when I tried to read it, was so boring, irrelevant and pointless, that I gave up on my overall goal of reading the rest of the book.

In his magnificent book Transfigured Night, a study of the Zimbabwean night - vigil movement, the pungwe, Titus Presler reports: «Charismatic renewal, conflict with demons, and the liberation of women are other fruits bearing directly on the churches» mission in Zimbabwe.»

Since the three books were written the most important development bearing on the study of the origins of Christianity has undoubtedly been the discovery and the progressive investigation of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

These books on Christian history were born out of very important personal experiences.

And ped0philia has no bearing on the issue, but they hide information like that in books, so I wouldn't expect you to know that.

This is a perfect example of what we have been arguing in this book, that God takes the blame for that which He did not prevent, that God bears responsibility for evil things that occur on His watch.

Various accounts of the Egyptian Book of the Dead state that Horus was a god before he became a man, and that when he was born of the virgin Isis on December 25 in a cave, his birth was announced by a star in the East to three wise men, after which he was carried -LSB-...]

Acknowledging that Darwin's book «was thought by many to have an injurious bearing on the argument from design,» Cooke's idea was to bypass biology entirely, thereby eluding the grasp of Darwin's invisible hand.

He wrote essays on it before he began to write as a philosopher, even a philosopher of physics... Principia Mathematica... is probably the only book bearing his name in which an interest in the activities of the mind does not often show itself» (DWP 21).

They begin impressionistically with some symptoms of popular change: the growing acceptability among Catholics of the iconic Baptist evangelist Billy Graham, the adoption by Catholics of the Alpha courses initiated at Holy Trinity Brompton, the inclusion of hymns by Protestant authors in Catholic hymnals, the welcome afforded by many evangelicals to the witness and writings of Pope John Paul II, a favorable review by the star evangelical intellectual J.I. Packer of a book titled The Born - Again Catholic (1983), and so on.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Because of its bearing on the question of purpose, therefore, much of this book will focus on the feasibility and legitimacy of hierarchical thinking.

It was not to be found in the overtly public (dare I say American) ministry of marching for civil rights and peace, or in his commentaries and books on public culture; but rather it was the interpersonal, interior expeditions of a shared faith (a quintessential Canadian attribute born out of long, cold winters spent indoors).

In what ways can the Bible, a book from a largely agricultural, pre-industrial, and pre-electronic culture, have any bearing on how we should live and work out our faith in a global media - dominated culture today?

Mundanely enough, the early Church councils were in the best position to judge which biographies were reliable and they chose Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.Anthony McRoy, of Wales Evangelical School of Theology, says that the way the Church decided on the books of the New Testament bears little resemblance to the conspiracy theories of Dan Brown and Philip Pullman.

The Indian - born author's book, «Joseph Anton,» describes the nine years he spent in hiding, after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sentenced him to death in 1989, for basing a fictional character on the Prophet Muhammad in his novel «The Satanic Verses.»

On the other hand, Mark Twain found the book to be a colossal bore, and a waste of reading time.

A child born in an isolated tribal culture without a missionary that doesn't accept the right interpretation of Jesus goes to hell, because according to your book of immorality, we have something written on our «heart» so no one has an excuse.

«The excesses and atrocities of organized religion,» says Roy Abraham Varghese in his preface to Antony Flew's book There Is a God, «have no bearing whatsoever on the existence of God, just as the threat of nuclear proliferation has no bearing on the question of whether E = mc2.»

Come on people, think for yourselves, had you been born on an island with no books, what GOD would you believe in?

Even THEN it is still a work of fiction, edited by humans for readability as well as content (how many «lost books of the Bible» were left out on the whim of the «church» who was threatened by them?????????) Since this is likely boring folks I will not start on the Church (capital C, not lowercase C)!!!!!! My 2 cents is all — for what it is worth.

I was talking to a person if he went to church and he stated all they want is your money.You got to give your money to read books about GOD, I mean like thirty dollars and more and the same for a dvd or like if you could give 1,000 or more to keep on the air.He and I both think we are better off stay at home and read the Bible and study it.I think if you are born with the new sperit of GOD you will understand the Bible without the loss of great somes of money.After they sell so many dvds it becomes 100 % profit and they never lower the price so can obtain one.For this is wrong, it states in the Bible that this would happen preachers for money to learn about everyones GOD.They forgot one thing JESUS never forced money from you to hear the wordof salvation Im a follower of JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD He is the way.Im not a so called Christian just.

British - born Majumdar collaborated with Madsen on a beer for a book Majumdar was writing on American food.

Apple Bacon Turkey Burgers from Jonesin» for Taste Apple Brickle Mini Tarts with Oatmeal Crust from The Freshman Cook Apple - Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal from Amy's Cooking Adventures Apple Cobbler French Toast Casserole from Tip Garden Apple Fritter Yeast Bread from House of Nash Eats Apple Oatmeal Coffee Mug Cake from Corn, Beans, Pigs and Kids Apple Oatmeal Muffins from A Day in the Life on the Farm Apple Pie Steel Cut Oatmeal from Cooking With Carlee Caramel Apple Nut Bars from Family Around the Table Cinnamon Apple Cider Sangria from The Redhead Baker Creamy Maple Gouda Apple Soup with Pecan - Oat Granola from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Healthy Apple Muffins from Caroline's Cooking Mulled Apple Cider from Books n» Cooks Oatmeal Crusted Apple Stuffed French Toast from Jolene's Recipe Journal Salted Caramel Apple Cake from Grumpy's Honeybunch Savory Apple Sausage Tart from The Crumby Kitchen Vanilla Brined Pork Chops with Applesauce from Bear & Bug Eats Swedish Apple Oatmeal Pie with Vanilla Sauce from All That's Jas Torta di Mele Sicilian Apple Cake from Girl Abroad

Living without dairy doesn't have to be boring, so I've included a few books on making your own dairy - free ice cream.

Aunt Mary's Refrigerator Bread & Butter Pickles by Corn, Beans, Pigs & Kids BBQ Corn on the Cob with dilled butter by Red Cottage Chronicles Beef Tacos with Peppers, Onions & Salsa Verde by Books n» Cooks Blistered Tomato Dutch Baby by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures Blueberry Crisp for Two by Family Around The Table Blueberry Scones by The Freshman Cook Cherry Stout Jam by The Redhead Baker Farmer's Market Breakfast Casserole by New South Charm Freshly Dug Potato Salad by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Intro post by Bear & Bug Eats Israeli Salad by Caroline's Cooking Marinated Mozzarella and Tomato Appetizers by Jolene's Recipe Journal Peach and Blueberry Overnight Oats by Simple and Savory Peach Bourbon Jam by Feeding Big Peaches and Cream Overnight Oats by Cooking with Carlee Strawberry Mango Jam by Palatable Pastime Summer Veggies & Kielbasa Sheet Pan Dinner by Tip Garden

Aunt Mary's Refrigerator Bread & Butter Pickles by Corn, Beans, Pigs & Kids BBQ Corn on the Cob with dilled butter by Red Cottage Chronicles Beef Tacos with Peppers, Onions & Salsa Verde by Books n» Cooks Blistered Tomato Dutch Baby by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures Blueberry Crisp for Two by Family Around The Table Blueberry Scones by The Freshman Cook Cherry Stout Jam by The Redhead Baker Farmer's Market Breakfast Casserole by New South Charm Freshly Dug Potato Salad by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Intro post by Bear & Bug Eats Israeli Salad by Caroline's Cooking Marinated Mozzarella and Tomato Appetizers by Jolene's Recipe Journal Peach and Blueberry Overnight Oats by Simple and Savory Peaches and Cream Overnight Oats by Cooking with Carlee Strawberry Mango Jam by Palatable Pastime Summer Veggies & Kielbasa Sheet Pan Dinner by Tip Garden