Sentences with phrase «rather follow people»

I'd rather follow people than follow blogs or accounts that try and make content from nothing.

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Thiel's fellowship and the imitators that have followed contribute to an image that great entrepreneurship comes not from a textbook but rather from some instinctive «it» that people either have or don't.

Rather than follow the traditional «first come, first served» model — which invites bots to snatch up tickets before actual people can purchase them — Swift's fans will be allowed to compete for a ranking through Ticketmaster's Verified Fan program.

It isn't because there aren't people without jobs out there, but rather because many of those people, either from birth or from discouragement of being without work, are not thinking about the bigger picture, «making the employer happy» as much as they are following what they are told «fill in that sheet of numbers.»

As a matter of fact, most people are rather picky about who they follow and you might overlook an unfollowing pattern of tweeters who would retweet your content or simply become a devoted fan of your brand.

Rather than follow the Stalin model of turning an agrarian society of Russia into a state - owned industrial superpower like the USSR - killing millions of your own people in the process, incidentally - Myerson suggests that the government own all businesses by buying the stocks and bonds of all businesses as an «investment» in the private sector.

This advice may befuddle generations of guidance counselors with their insistence that love should precede career choices rather than follow them, but Newport isn't the only person challenging the passion orthodoxy.

From larger, more established startups like Valve to newer ones like Treehouse, getting rid of managers who boss people around is a deliberate tactic to build the kind of culture that pushes forward creativity and collaboration, with everyone leading rather than following.

Rather, Sculley thinks,» «how can I pass on something that is transferable to living people who are going to follow me and come after me?»

This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather a starting point for people with an active Twitter account that you can follow.

According to U.S. best practices, nonprofit boards should be comprised of at least five people who have little overlap with an organization's staff or other related parties.70 However, there is only weak evidence that following these best practices is correlated with success, and if they are correlated, that may be because more competent organizations are more likely to both follow best practices and to succeed — rather than because following best practices leads to success.

Disgusting... absolutely disgusting... let us not move forward, but rather try and go backwards... I am all for people having the right to choose and follow their own religion, but anyone who believes that this is an acceptable way to live life surely is not choosing this on their own.

Part of it has to do with our psychology as «followers» and our need to follow something rather than become self - sufficient and independent from other people, (not God.)

go figure... rather than post an original thought, he just cuts and pastes... typical of a religious person... no thought, just follow what you are told... stupid sheep

in the day, s that jesus our lord was on the earth (jesus) there was many people named jesus, just as among hispanic and central american peoples, it was a common popular name of many people, if you want to prove to your self that jesus was not married, look up what the apostle said,» i saw standing upon mount zion with the lamb 144,000, these are they that have washed thier robes and were not defilled with women, for they are virgins, jesus emphasised in parts the need and values of a husband and wife in a home, the two mary, s and the women that followed him and ministered unto him tells us the great importance of women, and women in the home, he wanted all married men to have thier own wife, in those days of so many years ago there was false prophets, storytellers, wild imaginations, he told us not to believe them, whether you are catholic, christian, islamic or any other, we can all take pride in the fact what the prohets, jesus and the apostles told us all fits jointly to gether, they were a work of love, to understand the christian bible correctly, islamic people are not rejected, but rather they are a equal, the angel told hagar to return to her mistress, he also told her he would make ishmael a blessing and his seed a great nation, regards

I've always been of a mind that if there was a god, and again, there is that if, but if there was one, he would rather people who admire his creation and study it then people who blindly follow.

Still amazes me how people are so willing to follow an idea, a religion, a dude telling fairy tales from a stage, rather than the things that they see before them every day, and in doing so, tie everyday natural occurrences into evidence for the validity of their fairy tales.

It is no wonder that many turn away from Christianity, for your comments are often mean and spiteful, rather than following the apostle's Paul's words: «Let your words always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should answer each person.»

No longer are you limited to comparing your physical body to the covers of men's and women's fashion magazines, rather, you now can compare your physical appearance to endless people you «follow» and «friend» on Facebook and Instagram.

Seventy - two of his people («it all felt rather biblical and wonderful, like the Lord's sending out of the 72») followed him.

Rather, it follows the flawed efforts of terrified people who, out of faith and love, willingly «wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places» (Eph.

What God is looking for is repentence and a turning to him rather than a turning away from him.God instituted the animal sacrifices to show just how bad sin was so we would be sorry that we greived him.For us to be made right there has to be a choice to turn from sin and follow him and out of that decision there should be a desire to walk in his ways.Under the old law part of that obedience was to make offerings however it was by faith in God that made the person righteous and not the blood of animals.

And Jesus made a big deal about people looking at the scriptures to see «Him», rather than following them like a system.

Whether you and they acknowledge it or not, those people have to put aside or ignore their beliefs to properly practice healthcare, else they'd have to follow the violent demands of the bible such as these, rather than actually curing people:

When the focus became numbers, rather than the people themselves, the church ceased to be a people of God following Jesus into the world, and became a business that maneuvers for greater market share.

As a Christian institution, should we be following this worldly pattern of honoring people for success relative to their peers rather than success relative to their gifts and callings?»

Such terminology reveals a tendency to view church as a function and a place, rather than the people of God who follow Jesus into the world.

In my book Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation, I point out that in the original Hebrew version the word for «the Lord» that calls Abraham to sacrifice his son is very different than the word for the angel of God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GOD.

It is no accident that Christianity arose from a people who were rather unique in the ancient world for the following two reasons among others.

Neville there were times when dominionism worked for Israel which were the exceptions rather than the rule but generally it did nt sadly because of the wickedness of peoples hearts.Power tends to corrupt people ie in the case of nebbucanezzar especially when they succeed.Like you i think Gods people have more impact by just letting Christ work through them could be me but i find politics tends to involve power money and compromise.Regardless of what political state we find ourselves Gods sovereign and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven.My focus is real simple just follow Jesus with all my heart mind soul and strength and love others as myself and that is just following Jesus daily and trusting him in everything.regards brentnz

Rather than inculcating our children with the primary - color simple Sunday school legends and myths most people do, might I suggest the following ten commandments to enable them to think for themselves.

They might argue even (against Paul) that doing such things sends people to hell, rather than seeing references to the «Kingdom of God» or «Kingdom of Heaven» as Jesus used them, as being about out lives here and now and what we might accomplish as we follow Christ (to which a «beneficial» conversation is much more fitting).

This follows from the recognition that what is socially good is actually «a good» for a particular people in a particular historical location, rather than «the good» for all people at all times.

People are starting to think for themselves rather than follow along like little robots.

If people travel to Mexico or other third - world countries, it will most likely be to take advantage of beautiful beaches and favorable exchange rates rather than to explore the causes of hunger and poverty.16 The majority of people, rich or poor, who actually follow the news rely heavily on major television networks and local newspapers.

Rather, if a religious authority has studied and understood the laws and regulations, the rest of the people may follow him without having gone through the process of study.

'' Christians, the people who chose to follow Him, often don't get the good life on earth» Rather, it is more desparate people who flock to religion

The old adages about not legislating morals, not forcing people to love each other, etc. have been true enough to perpetuate themselves but false enough to prevent attitudinal changes that follow rather than precede Christian conduct.

Janet i think what you have said is quite insightful and you are right and there is another meaning to Go and sin no more and that speaks to me of repentence making a decision to Follow Christ the one who saves.The words Go and sin no more is referring to a continual ongoinging process of living for Christ rather than dying in our sins daily there is no comparison.I thought that was awesome pointing the law back to all of us for we all have sinned and the judgement is death but Jesus came that we might have life in its fullness.Many people only see the adulterer when she portrays who we are as sinners that he came to save all of us sin is sin and the punishment is death so again you are quite right people use the scriptures to judge and that was never Jesus intention.I hope that helps when someone uses that scripture incorrectly and you can you use it like Jesus did to point it back at those who judge i hope that helps.brentnz

Rather than inculcating our children with the primary - color simple Sunday school legends and myths most people do, might I suggest the following ten comandments to enable them to think for themselves.

We tell people to compare themselves only to Jesus and to follow only Him in their lives, but when it comes to church, we compare ourselves to the institutional religion of Christianity, rather than to Christ!

In the new metaphysics that developed as the Church wrestled with the revelation of God's character in Scripture, the communion of divine Persons came to be understood as a «primordial ontological concept and not a notion which is added to the divine substance or rather which follows it.»

Creating new boards pursuing people to follow you rather than pulling down Christians that do more for the world than all of you.

By citing historical instances of religion - based bigotry and prejudice, you allow people to be more comfortable with atudinal change — they realize they are not stepping out alone against a commonly accepted viewpoint but rather following historical progress toward justice and equality.

God's wrath is not His active punishment of sin, but rather, Him passively allowing rebellious people to follow where their sin leads and face the consequences of distancing themselves from Him.

Personally, I think a lot of this ties into the tendency in some Christian circles to reduce morality to a system of laws that people must follow («It's wrong because God says it's wrong») rather than an empathy - based system («This is wrong because it harms other people»).

A good person would have helped the child rather than threaten them following the rapes and sodomies.

Rather, he should wash the feet of religiously vowed people who have «left everything to follow» Jesus.

Contract and property law are useful far beyond their role in litigation because they allow people of good faith to coordinate their activities by following pre-announced legal forms rather than having to work out their plans (even in good faith) on a case - by - case basis.

It was rather a relief when Dr. Brown followed with words of appreciation for «Your Majesty's welcome on behalf of the people of Sweden.»