Sentences with phrase «promised a reward of»

At the same time, some Christians have so spiritualized redemption as the promised reward of the individual in the next world, that they have ignored the suffering and evil of human life in this world.

The Ogun State Police Command on Monday promised a reward of N5m to anyone who has useful information on the whereabouts of the abducted former Minister...

A school principal from Washington, D.C. is challenging her students to spend one day a week this summer without using any electronic devices, and is promising a reward of $ 100 — of her own money — for each student that completes the challenge.

The Japanese government promises a reward of ¥ 10 billion (i.e. 100 million USD) to whomever among the students succeeds in killing the teacher, whom they have named «Koro - sensei».

Discovering that there are alternative facts about something — even better, seemingly contradictory facts — is what points us to an area of study that promises the reward of new insights into the natural world.

For that reason, the challenge is worth the work and promises the reward of taking one's writing to a new and unimaginable level.»

Not exact matches

Jahshan knew the approach well: At 18, she had started selling Aloette cosmetics to her friends, attracted by the promise of reward swag, and quickly became hooked on both the cash and the rush of organizing parties.

David Morken admits that the promise he made to reward his kids with iPhones if they brought home straight A's was no stroke of genius.

Generally, those giving money will make online pledges with the promise of pre-buying the product, giving a donation, or earning some type of reward (anything from a free notepad to a free iPod).

What started as a niche concept just a few years ago has become a large - scale and viable way for people to invest directly in promising ideas, which creates a new pool of funding while allowing small investors to reap the financial rewards of contributing to successful ventures.

It also misstated its interest in supporting the success of projects and in campaigns delivering promised rewards to their supporters.

South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics (ssnlf) named a new generation of top managers Tuesday and promised to reward shareholders with $ 26 billion in payouts to 2020, as it reported record third - quarter profit.

And according to an analysis of 47,188 randomly selected backers of successfully funded projects 9 percent of the time a Kickstarter campaign has reached its funding goal, the project creators did not deliver the reward that was promised.

Content is the key to earning that right, and LinkedIn wants you sharing as much of your own as possible right inside the network, promising to reward the most well - liked, highest - engaged content by featuring it on its «Pulse» news channels, thus exposing your work to massive audiences you hadn't even dreamed of reaching.

Dubbed the «First 100 Campout,» Chick - fil - A encourages fans to camp out in front of its new locations the day before they open and promises to reward the first 100 customers free Chick - fil - A for a year.

Rewards - based crowdfunding has had surprisingly few instances of fraud or massive failures to fulfill rewards or promises, but when they happen, they are biRewards - based crowdfunding has had surprisingly few instances of fraud or massive failures to fulfill rewards or promises, but when they happen, they are birewards or promises, but when they happen, they are big news.

Enticing expats and retirees from around the globe, they still beckon with the promise and rewards of an exciting life overseas.

Their model is Estonia which combined stable finances with 15 % economic shrinkage in 2009, and was rewarded by last month's promise of entry into Euroland.

Sure, you can switch it up by handing out gift cards or «fun» rewards like ping pong tables or beanbag chairs, but eventually the promise of tangible rewards starts to wear thin.

After acquiring Shipt in December, Target's Chairman and CEO is promising customers will reap the rewards of the service this year.

Though salarymen worked extremely long hours and were expected to provide the utmost loyalty and sacrifice to their corporation, they were rewarded with thoroughly middle class lifestyles and promises of lifetime employment — a significant step - up from the very humble lives that most Japanese lived before World War Two.

Once your crowdfunding campaign has finished on one of the popular crowdfunding websites, your task is to then reward those who have helped you, with the products you've promised.

You're reading a credit card review of a promising travel rewards card and you're about to apply when you see it — the annual fee.

When it comes to Al - Qaida, we don't seem to understand that it is based on the individuals, willingness to die for a caused that is maid all the stronger when it is steeped in religion with the promise of not only Great reward in heaven but also great rewards to the family here on earth.

They also had the problem of converting pagans to their faith, given that the reward promised for following Mosaic Law was that the Jews got to live and prosper in the Promised Land (hardly an incentive for your average Greco - Romanpromised for following Mosaic Law was that the Jews got to live and prosper in the Promised Land (hardly an incentive for your average Greco - RomanPromised Land (hardly an incentive for your average Greco - Roman pagan).

If God gave humans Free Will then broke the promise, by compelling Judas to betray (or merely, be the appointed accuser / betrayer) then, Judas would be rewarded for being a puppet in the plan and fulfilling the Will of God.

Why would you trust an alleged deity whose moral framework is bookended with threats of punishment and promises of rewards?

@Maani: «I do take issue with your comment that «Religion gets people to be good in the same way stories about Santa Claus gets kids to be good, with baseless promises of rewards and punishments.»

I do take issue with your comment that «Religion gets people to be good in the same way stories about Santa Claus gets kids to be good, with baseless promises of rewards and punishments.»

I could give you other examples, but I think these are enough to demonstrate that in practice Christianity encourages good behavior with promises of rewards and discourages bad behavior with threats of punishments, whether you're willing to admit it or not.

Religion gets people to be good in the same way stories about Santa Claus gets kids to be good, with baseless promises of rewards and punishments.

I have heard claims that the scriptures nowhere promise heaven as the reward of the saved.

Primarily they do this with promises of rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior.

But where does he pronounce blessings upon and promise rewards (heaven) to the betrayer of God?

We do good because we love our fellow man, not because of some promise of reward or punishment.

For if that were so, His commandments, the missions of the apostles, the scriptures, and the promise of reward and punishment would all be null and void, impossible to reconcile with the Almighty's Wisdom and Justice.

Certainly much of the revivalism associated with the American frontier urged people to consider the rewards and punishments that were promised after death.

I would further add that, similar to the self - preservation concerns of the dutiful Nazi executioners, the apologetics defending such atrocities is subject to a similar coercive context in that the choice of obedience or empathy is flanked by promises of reward and threats of punishment.

Horrible though it is to say so, the test God devises is perfect: For only if Abraham is willing to do without the covenant (and, indeed, is willing to destroy it himself), out of awe - reverence for the Covenantor, can he demonstrate that he merits the covenant and its promised rewards; only in this way can he demonstrate that he is fit for fatherhood and founding.

Hegel, in those difficult, often cryptic, but nevertheless profoundly rewarding pages in the final sections of The Phenomenology of Spirit, where he discusses Christianity as the «absolute religion,» gives witness to the advent of an absolute form of Christianity which both negates all previous religion and promises a reconciliation of all those antinomies which have plagued human consciousness throughout its history.

Furthermore, it's hard to believe such obedience is anything but the product of coercion given it is flanked on one side by a promise of reward and on the other by a threat of punishment.

For Abraham, the lesson could not be more pointed: His excessive preoccupation with God's personal promise, with his own merit and its reward — that is, with personal justice — is in fact at odds with the fulfillment of the purpose of God's promise that he become a great nation, steeped in righteousness, to become a blessing to all the others.

As a result, now at the end of his adventures, Abraham is ready to replace the «reasons» for being a follower of God: Originally, he answered the call largely out of a desire for the promised reward; now, in a reversal, he is ready to follow out of awe - fear - reverence for the One Who promises.

Contemporary people long for the tangible and specific — for soccer fields and peppermint ice cream — not merely as promises of future reward but as a way to emphasize continuity.

The promise of catholic votes was his reward to help in the continued cover up.

I do not need promise of reward or punishment to treat human beings with love, kindness, or compassion.

Evangelism efforts were fueled by the promise of a heavenly reward both for the newly converted and for the one who brought the message of salvation.

The promise of reward usually clouds the mark's better judgment just enough for them to suppress questioning the incredible claims that the conman is making.

If your morality comes from fear of reprisal or promise of reward, it is false.

I can understand his experiment, because a their promised reward depends, not just on the absence of thought crime, but rather heavily on superfluous chants, rules and rituals.