Sentences with phrase «on points of action»

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The best ones make it a point to either speak or visit their clients mid-year to get a sense of what's going on so that they can strategize the best approach for tax savings with enough time to take actions.

The ultimate mission that we've written and revised and that we revised again on Monday night becomes the focal point of Groppel's sessions with us on the final day, and of his calls to action.

You can take immediate action on all of these points today.

But for now, I'll point you to the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, an organization comprised of some of the world's biggest companies who have made a public commitment to work together on issues of diversity and accountability in all its challenging nuance.

We scored Trump and Clinton based on the performance of these indicators, awarding more points for stronger correlations to the candidates» actions.

In court documents filed with the Northern California District Court on Thursday, Uber argued that the class - action part of the suit should be dropped because the 160,000 drivers, «have little or nothing in common, other than their use of the Uber App in California at some point over the past six years.»

A pilot allows you to test the effectiveness of your survey invitation, determine if there is a particular point in the survey where people drop out, and see if you'll be able to take action based on the results, Ambler says.

On the talent point, there are a lot of intelligent people in Austin with an action - oriented mindset who have worked in tech companies big and small.

This global point of view extends to action on climate change and the economic potential inherent in pursuing a clean energy, low - carbon future for our children.

On it, she keeps lists of discussion points and action items.

Still, even in an environment where the market trades in a range of high valuation, it is appropriate to hedge exposure to risk at points where conditions are overvalued, overbought, and overbullish, and to establish more constructive exposure when conditions are overvalued, but oversold on a short - term basis (provided that the broad tone of market action still indicates a general willingness of investors to speculate).

By that definition, your strategy document should map out the series of actions you're going to take to achieve your goals, based on your research to this point.

The president has responded harshly toward Republican congresspeople whom he considers insufficiently supportive of his agenda, even going so far as to meet with their primary challengers, while a pro-Trump political action committee at one point purchased, then withdrew, campaign ads against a senator who was wavering on the Senate GOP's health - care bill.

Since I prefer to sell short stocks and ETFs as they are bouncing into resistance, rather than on their initial break of support, the stalling action of $ EEM as it bounces into resistance of its 50 - day moving average now presents me with an ideal, low - risk entry point on the short side (click here to learn more about my short selling entry strategy).

In its 2017 fourth quarter earnings call, the brand had laid out a new year plan of action that involved a focus on digital initiatives with a delivery - integrated point of sale system and a social media marketing strategy.

While one could easily point to a raft of geopolitical factors driving the stock and ETF trading price action, which may indeed have a substantial bearing on the overall market environment, we once again find technical analysis provides us with a suitable explanation.

This opens the door to all kinds of dubious actions on the part of politicians, including — to my point today — capital controls.

The first article in this series discussed points made by Julie M. Riewe, Co-Chief of the SEC's Asset Management Unit, on enforcement trends, principal transactions, conflicts raised by side - by - side management, valuation, allocation of expenses and the potential deterrent value of smaller enforcement actions.

One might also point out that due to Canada's small size, our actions have negligible effect on the path of future climate change.

Lincoln exploded this as preposterous, demonstrating their behavior's incompatibility with the Constitution, pointing out that if they really wanted to claim revolutionary grounds for action, they should have the courage to make that argument instead, and resting his own argument on the principles of the Declaration.

Through memory, Augustine explains at various points in Book X of the Confessions, we are able to review our past actions and discern a variety of important themes: we can see when we were moving towards God and (conversely) when we were moving away from Him; when we discerned the good rightly and sought it properly and (conversely) when we misidentified the good and sought experiences or possessions that were bad for us; when God was calling us towards Himself, whether we heard His voice or not; and so on.

So to paraphrase, your saying that the «cyclical» action went on «forever», or eternally in the past and then at some point not too long ago, our universe came out of the endless cycle?

The «action points «are aimed at galvanising governments into action ahead of two UN Global Compacts on Refugees and for Migration at the UN General Assembly in September 2018.

On a third crucial point we also found ourselves in genuine consensus: «evangelism,» in the Wesleyan spirit, must speak of justice as earnestly as of justification, of Christian nurture and discipline as emphatically as of conversion, of Christian social action as boldly as of personal salvation.

It's getting to the point now that, far from feeling like I am on the front lines battling dogma and superst.ition, I feel like I am mopping up the remaining pockets of resistance to logic and reason in a boring rear guard action.

However, I think my point about not using force of law to compel actions based on someone else's religious beliefs is valid, no matter who holds those beliefs.

There have been many other theories of atonement, each picking out what a given generation took to be the worst possible human situation and going on to affirm that in the action of God in Jesus, God met us precisely at that point: slavery to demonic powers, from which we have been delivered; actual slavery to human masters, with manumission accomplished in Christ; guilt for wrongdoing, with Christ as the advocate who pleads for, and secures, our release; corruptibility and mortal death, met in Christ with healing and eternal life....

From this point on his actions are those of a man who knows that his life is forfeit, and is indifferent to whatever his enemies may do.

For this reason it can not assure us of the meaningfulness of our actions by pointing toward a future Kingdom of God on this planet.

Cobb also points out that «particular providence for particular occasions» (PR 351) leads not only to theoretical problems for theodicy, but to practical problems in the church, «because particular providence has often been appealed to as justification for many actions on the part of believers that are disruptive of the healthy life of the church» (TIP 14).

The pastoral role is concerned with ministry to individuals; the priestly role has to do with the proclamation of the faith and with leadership in the liturgical life of the church; the prophetic role focuses on judging the level of humaneness in the social order and pointing to the changes required if common justice is to be approximated; the kingly role takes up governance and the expression of neighbor love through responsible corporate action.

But our hope in the coming of the Kingdom of God in Jesus Christ takes on the character of concrete utopia, that is, an idea of our aim and a critical point of reference for our action in society.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

As Leslie Newbigin pointed out, the problems posed for missions by the rise of the younger churches, the end of colonialism, and the development of inter-church aid on a massive scale were questions about the forms and patterns of missionary action.

In On Revolution she celebrates revolution as perhaps the grandest example of human action and points out where invariably it goes wrong.

Referring to the criticism made by Peter Beyerhaus and some others that in the World Council's emphasis on social and political justice there is present a social utopianism which denies the fact of sin and affirms a self - redemptive humanism, Thomas admitted that the danger is always present, but pointed out the opposite danger of not admitting the fact of divine grace and the power of righteousness it releases for a daring faith in the realms of social and political action.

The books by Murray and the Schorrs are fairly representative of the current state of the discussion, the first pointing to numerous program failures and suggesting the wastefulness and positive harm of government intervention overall; the second pointing to specific successes, and arguing for the necessity and feasibility of expanded government action building on them.

I can understand making the point that the people of Ferguson should be invited to forgive what they perceived as a wrong on the part of the officer...... but for you to make the assumption and then state that the Officer's action was «wrong» (if that is what you meant to say) is not something I can agree with, not without your full rationale (which maybe I missed from an earlier post)....

He might have offended his critics less if he had more often used the analogy he gave James G. Blaine when explaining his course on Reconstruction: â $ ˜The pilots on our Western rivers steer from point to point as they call itâ $» setting the course of the boat no further than they can see; and that is all I propose to myself in this great problem.â $ ™ â $ œBoth statements suggest Lincolnâ $ ™ s reluctance to take the initiative and make bold plans; he preferred to respond to the actions of others.

The enactment, however, must still at some point include a «speech act» pointing out the meaning of the action, and here once more Shakespeare is able to exploit the resources of folk wisdom, to turn it into music, and to place it in the mouth of one of his characters, who at that moment becomes the chorus commenting on the meaning of the play.

Moreover, the joint legal action filed against the mandate by Wheaton College and The Catholic University of America demonstrates that the differences between the two groups on this point are less dramatic than Tooley admits.

I see his point, but it seems that the emphasis on right action can lead to lead to legalism and an emphasis on outward behavior rather than the inner attitude of hearth, something Jesus and the Prophets frequently criticized.

This suggests that though you and I have different natural dispositions, we can push ourselves toward the high or low end of our «set point» based on our thoughts and actions.

If I ask myself whether, on fuller reflection about my reason for feeling this way, my sense of obligation may cease to attach itself to the nonperformance of the action in question, I incline strongly to the negative view, and I find it difficult to believe that at this point other rational beings differ from me.

As Hasker emphasizes, his free will version of traditional theism differs from the classical version, held by Augustine, Thomas, Luther, and Calvin, precisely on this point — that this classical version held that all of our feelings, thoughts, and actions are in reality wholly determined by God, so that we have freedom only in a compatibilist sense — or, otherwise stated, that our feeling of freedom is an illusion.

Greene heightens the suspense just before a death, sometimes by shifting the point of view; he follows the death with the suggestion of a great gap; then he focuses on the survivors at a low point of action.

Leclerc thus points out a clear need for action to perform the task of substantially uniting other, smaller substances, but he never really shows, even on his own principles, that it can.

Leclerc seems too hard on Leibniz at this point, for Leibniz attempted to demonstrate that the only activity of monads is mental from his view that transient action is impossible (M 7).

Mindful that even as new principles are proclaimed, old habits die hard and citizens and politicians could tend to entangle government and religion (e.g., «the appointment of chaplains to the two houses of Congress» and «for the army and navy» and «[r] eligious proclamations by the Executive recommending thanksgivings and fasts»), he considered the question whether these actions were «consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom» and responded: «In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative.

The sacramental action of the Church in celebrating the Eucharist is the living enactment of the gospel which is proclaimed by preaching; Luther was insistent on the point that the gospel is enacted in the sacrament, and he was altogether right in this insistence.