Sentences with phrase «read at face»

Doing college - level work requires more than just taking what you read at face value and memorizing a bunch of facts — students should practice thinking critically about what they see, hear and read.

«I think people put things out and it becomes the kind of thing people discuss, but I don't take things I hear and read at face value.

The biggest problem with hair tests is not the test itself but the fact that far too many people — including doctors and other health practitioners — misread the initial hair tests and take the low levels in the initial readings at face value.

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Gaining perspective is the most fundamental aspect of progression; and because I'm a huge nerd at heart, I believe reading full - fledged books (with sound arguments and universal wisdom) is one of the best ways to combat the wealth of digital misinformation we're faced with today.

The premise of «three parents set out to prevent their daughters from having sex» does not read well when given at face value.

Faced with little option (read: I was broke, exhausted and frustrated beyond belief at myself for not taking the $ 20M offer we had a year earlier) I sold and moved on.

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But another way to read it is at face value: the reason investors value Amazon and Uber so highly is because they believe these platforms will, eventually, generate huge returns.

Given the off - the - cliff behavior of the economy in late September and October, the November and December «improvements» in the ISM surveys are difficult to take at face value, especially because many of these readings remain below 50, indicating continued overall deterioration in conditions.

That if you want to read other people's emotions more accurately, instead of looking at their faces, you should listen with your eyes closed?

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

As I read, I could feel a flush coming to my face and a curious burning sensation... Lewis's words seemed to pound straight at me.»

We may read it, in the light of a long - established allegorical tradition, as a parable of deeper truths; but to the Jews of the fifth century BC, who took it at its face value, the Hebrew story, though not grotesque like the Babylonian, was too ingenuous and childlike to command the «reverence and godly fear» which belongs to all high religion.

In the face of a non-Christian state, all the Christian can do is — not read it a moral lecture, not rail at it and demand the impossible; not these things.

And, based on what I read in this story, I think Jesus will look at me with a half - smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye and say, «Since you have been faithful in a few things, I will make you faithful in many.

At the very beginning of the Bible (Gen. 1:2), where the KJV has, «And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters,» the RSV also reads «Spirit,» but with a footnote, «Or wind.»

Christian fundamentalists, who read the New Testament at face value, and who look at today's events through the lens of the New Testament, are inclined to treat the passing of the last 2,000 years as if nothing has substantially changed.

Well, just as you think I am not reading certain OT texts at face value, I think you are ignoring much of what these NT texts are saying, and not just these passages, but the whole tenor and focus of the ministry of Jesus.

Reading receptively and trustingly does not mean accepting everything in the text at face value, as Paul's own critical sifting of the Torah demonstrates.

One is the reality system of face - to - face encounter with other people, working at the office or store or home, taking care of the children or visiting with neighbors, playing with the kids and tending the yard, reading books and telling stories and remembering the past and planning for the future.

Reading over your names, looking at your faces, knowing the extent of your churchmanship and conscious of the devotion which you have always shown for the Successor of Peter, I must tell you that I do not feel a stranger in your midst.

We are not powerless and fearful, not us: and so I pray and I work; I make coffee in the morning and hot meals to gather around the table at suppertime; I worship and sing out words of promise and praise; I raise children and read good books; I pray for my enemies and write letters and send money and show up to fold clothes and drop off meals with an extra bag of groceries; I advocate with the marginalized and amplify the oppressed and antagonize the Empire with a grin on my face; I will honour those who get after the work of the Kingdom and celebrate; I learn how to listen to those with whom I disagree; I abandon the idea that we can baptize sinful practices in the name of sacred purposes; I will stand in the middle of the field near my house with my face turned up to the rain and consider it a minor baptism.

I guess the biggest and best take away for me at this point is Pete's point that we must face and read and appreciate and question the Bible we have, not the Bible we would like to have.

Yes I read the post at «face value».

I would argue that there is no such thing as reading the Bible at «face value.»

It reads the book of Revelation in the context of the first century and as responding to problems the church faced at that point.

This is where you read something at face value, IGNORING genre, context, etc..

Maybe if you actually read your bible at face value you too would comprehend how truly vicious the god you believe in is.

If you don't take the Bible at face value, then look to men like Polycarp, Clement, and Ignatius who were taught by the Apostles, and read as much as you can about these men as well as what they themselves wrote.

In the same way, the words of the Mosaic Law, like those of all laws, are to be taken at face value by anyone who reads them.

So when I saw the faces once again of so many with whom thirty years before and in the decades that followed I had - so often bitterly embattled against the Establishment - faced that challenge, men from whom inevitably I had become separated on my own conversion to Rome; and when I saw their profound happiness at the Pope's great and apostolic act, and their excitement at the prospect before them, I could not fail to remember once more a famous passage from the Apologia pro Vita Sua, which the agnostic George Eliot said she could not read without tears; and certainly, I can not:

However, that is not what Jesus taught at all and if you read the Gospel, the only time he got in the faces of others was when he was dealing with pious religious people who wore God on their sleeve.

i am constantly having to face the topic weeks any time i read the bible or now look at the world events.

Our mom looked me in the face, and then went downstairs to do the laundry, and our dad gently asked about the readings at Mass today: What were they, Isaiah and Matthew, perhaps?

Such conclusions, negative in the face of contemporary scholarly clichés, can be reached not by reading modern summaries but by looking at the heterogeneous testimonies given by first - century men.

I know when Austin reads my little message at school it puts a smile on his face!

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Temperatures in the sixties and seventies, and I'm pretty pumped about it (read: ecstatic, elated, bouncing around like a beach ball at a Nickelback concert — for those of you who got the quote: ** wink face **).

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«The excitement of the «Whole Foods effect» can quickly turn to fear as [companies] face producing and distributing their recipes at larger volumes while maintaining quality and consistency,» the Times article, published in April, read.

Read the full review at hotsauceblog «The heat just kept pounding me and pounding me and by the time I was finished tears were streaming down my now red face».

One of the most sensible comments i have read here, Wenger is hiding from the fans and can't face the fans... Almost every manager has a very good relationship with there fans but not at Arsenal... He will always blame the fans and not himself for poor performances, as for me i have accepted my fate, 2 more years of Agony and unhappiness watching my beloved club but i know Kroenke, Wenger, Gazidis will not be at arsenal forever because like it or not someone will come and save the club from there hands in the NEAREST future and guess what?

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The likes of Sheffield Wednesday (facing Rotherham), Brighton (facing Birmingham City) and Reading (facing Blackburn) will all be hoping to pick up what should be a relatively easy three points on paper when looking at the table, but each of their opponents will be desperately trying to secure what they can from the respective games.

At the end of the 3 - 1 loss to Reading, Brunt was pelted in the face with coins by frustrated West Brom fans.

Third place Reading, winners in three of their last four games, face a difficult test at home to Fulham.

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

Aston Villa will look to put a dent in Reading's playoff push as the two sides face each other at Villa Park this afternoon (KO 15:00).

Reading, third in the table, face a tricky test at home to Bristol City.