Sentences with phrase «regarded as a good thing»

I began to quit worrying about such an interpretation when I realized that God himself regarded this as a good thing — if it could be managed.

In those days, not least in the thinking of men like St. Thomas Aquinas, the material world was regarded as a good thing, although wrongdoing of various sorts had distorted and perverted it in the forms in which actually we experience it.

Being disciplined in ones spiritual life is regarded as a good thing, just as being disciplined about ones health habits, weight, physical exercise, mental health and use of time is a good thing.

That's usually regarded as a good thing.

Refreshingly, the film's director, Stéphane Brizé, wasn't a fully paid - up member of the Cannes Club either, and the presence of his film could only be regarded as a Good Thing for the health of a Competition in danger of becoming inbred.

Roger's best friend, Ivan (the marvelous Welsh actor Rhys Ifans) is in the midst of a painful separation from his wife, which Roger callously regards as a good thing — he never liked her, anyway.

People often whine about the «duplicate content penalty «on Google, but I've always regarded it as a good thing.

A: As I've said a number of times, the Canada Pension Plan is pretty much universally regarded as a good thing.

«Internally I'm told the game is regarded as the best thing coming out of anything first party by senior PS leadership.

I can understand «Progressive» ideologues; it logically leads to enormous expansion of government power over industry, the economy, and the daily life of individuals, which they regard as a good thing.

The data as used in the H&S 2002 paper seems to be a different subset of the total data gathered than the data used by Briffa (the numbers of cores used at any one time is significantly different — Briffa uses more which I would regard as a good thing).

If 88 pages of review commentary is regarded as a good thing, then Nature should have required it before publishing Steig in the first place.

This is an indication that the halving event is regarded as a good thing for the Bitcoin industry and it is positively impacting the market even before it takes place.»

Long, steady employment with a single company is commonly regarded as a good thing.

Municipalities enforce rigorous official plans and strict building codes, which he regards as a good thing to prevent overbuilding and not exceed the carrying capacity of fragile island ecosystems.

Not exact matches

FLAKE: There are a lot of things I disagreed with President Obama on with regard to foreign policy, and domestic policy as well.

Well, things are getting to the critical stage now as regards the ongoing Greek tragedy.

There is nothing you can do as regards these threats and challenges other than to stay positive that things will work out well for you.

There is nothing you can do as regards these threats and challenges other than to stay positive that things will work well for you.

There is hardly anything you can do as regards these threats other than to be optimistic that things will continue to work for your good.

It's a quick, fun read, and it has some good takeaways to think about regarding corporate management practices, market efficiency (or lack thereof), and individual investor behavior — all things that I think are useful to keep in mind as an investor in the stock market.

I also think you have to consider some things such as the many medical laws in the Old Testament that were well beyond scientific knowledge at the time, regarding what people were to eat, germs, etc..

It is not only in regard to the Last Things that my LCMS nurturing instructed me, but to the penultimate ones as well.

I may not like many of Obama's policies and failed promises - actually, I do not and I did not vote for him - but I hold him in very high regard as a man who tends to speak well of other people (yes, he's said some careless things occasionally, but only occasionally), who clearly loves and respects his family, who tries to take the high road in dealings with others.

13Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,... fighting the good fight and willfully sinning are two different things!

The same holds good of the antagonism between living forms, for this is also found within living things which everyone regards as one and the same.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

Now, regarding the guidance that is in that horrid book, it is a darn good thing that even Christians don't follow the evil guidance in their bible more closely, when it includes such violent demands as in these quotes, from both foul testaments:

lol, yes clay i am an atheist... i created the sun whorshipping thing to have argument against religion from a religious stand point... however, the sun makes more sense then something you can't see or feel — the sun also gives free energy... your god once did that for the jews, my gives it to the human race as well as everything else on the planet, fuk even the planet is nothing without the sun... but back to your point — yes it is very hypocritical of me, AND thats the point, every religious person i have ever met has and on a constant basis broken the tenets of there faith without regard for there souls — it seems to only be the person's conscience that dictates what is right and wrong... the belief in a god figure is just because its tradition to and plus every else believes so its always to be part of the group instead of an outsider — that is sadly human nature to be part of the group.

What makes good sense with regard to «things,» namely their conception as a «society» of more fundamental Unities, is thus not called for with regard to the more highly developed forms of life if one does not want to run the risk of missing from the start what is distinctive of living things.

He saw that «new occasions» not only «teach new duties» but that they also «make ancient good uncouth» and that our responsibility, granted the relativism that attaches to all our experience and our statement, is to think afresh, on the basis of the general apostolic witness and with due regard for earlier Christian teaching, as well as in the light of our own experience of «newness of life,» so that what we have to say is nove (newly said) and often is also nove (the saying of new things).

While there are excellent and well - stated «conservative positions» with regard to certain biblical issues, there is, no such thing as an «evangelical body of scholarship» which constitutes anything like a rival «school» to mainstream scholarship.

It is tempting to repeat many of the good things already said; and to the extent I offer my own comments, I suspect — especially judging from the letters sent to the Century during the series — that I might be regarded as either too radical or not venturesome enough.

Among other things, he opposed in a pamphlet the idea that marriage between a non-Sayyid man and a Sayyid's daughter should be forbidden; he opposed the custom of regarding Sayyid as a hereditary title, like Sharif, for descendants of the Prophet, for the word does not mean anything more than gentleman, or the title Mr. Of course such a pamphlet caused a break with the Organization for the Good, for it included several Sayyids.

For instance, good karma is regarded as much of a bad thing as bad karma and so true buddhism isn't necessarily about helping your fellow man or others, its about leaving this world behind to get to Nirvana.

This of course tortures out of sin its utmost demoniac powers, bestowing upon it the ungodly hardiness or obduracy which must constantly regard everything which is of the nature of repentance and everything which is of the nature of grace not only as empty and meaningless but as its foe, as the thing which most of all it has to guard against, quite in the same way as the good guards itself against temptation.

If music is the chief metaphorical meaning, and the others are controlled by it, then to think of the world as a harmony is to regard everything as if all things sound well together.

As to what sort of thing «the gospel» may be, too many years ago I tried to explain that in a book with the title Story and Promise, and I still regard these two concepts as the best analytical characterization of the church's messagAs to what sort of thing «the gospel» may be, too many years ago I tried to explain that in a book with the title Story and Promise, and I still regard these two concepts as the best analytical characterization of the church's messagas the best analytical characterization of the church's message.

As others have pointed out, it says a lot of hateful things regarding women and other traditionally suppressed groups, as welAs others have pointed out, it says a lot of hateful things regarding women and other traditionally suppressed groups, as welas well.

It is fairly evident that Simon Magus, for example, is not a good witness for early Christian life; for one thing, he regarded himself as the saviour of mankind, or rather of a small fraction of mankind, the spiritually élite.

In regards to using coconut oil as a face moisturiser, I've heard many people who said that it has been the best thing ever to use on their faces, but at the same time there are heaps that said it made them broke out (with acne) like crazy.

In Ayurvedic tradition, ghee is regarded as a highly medicinal food (anti-inflammatory, immune - boosting and a digestive aid), and what better thing to give your loved ones than a jar of health - promoting ghee that also tastes amazing and can be used to enhance so many foods in their kitchens — anything from toast to veggies.

I'd hold him in about the same regard as Case Keenum and Nick Foles - there are 1 - 2 things he can't do well, but he'll play well if he has good weapons and pass protection.

i think getting veiera (highly regarded in this area) in as a coach would help the setup also and maybe get remi garde as he has work in lyons youth set up (help bring through lacazette) we need some fresh blood in the academy coaching to pep things up maybe a new first team manager would bring a better ideas to the academy, setup also we will see its our future so it should be a major priority to the club.

When Samuel commented on why it was wrong to sell Lucas Perez you brought up stats between Walcott and Perez and in that you proved using the stats why Walcott is better.If Wenger didn't have blond love for some of his players then why did he keep benching Perez when he was performing yet the average guys always got a look in the squad.So if there are stats which prove Walcott is better aren't there stats which also prove Perez is better?Think about that.You also said Perez is not as good as some of us make out.The funny thing is yesterday we had an argument on Giroud and I also tried to imply that Giroud is not as good as we make out and you opposed.You always kept bringing stats up to defend him.Do you know if Bendtner or Chamakh had scored 25 goals for Arsenal in any season they'd still have been regarded as average.You know why?Because quality has nothing to do with stats and is just a kind pf talent or state.It seems to me that you think you know it all.You also denied the fact that Wenger likes French players and that if Perez was French he wouldn't have been out in one season stating other players as examples.It seems to me that you deny things which are clear for everyone to see.If you think you know better than everyone go and teach Wenger how to win the trophy this season.

Still only 23 years old, Romeu has previously been regarded as a promising young talent, and may well go on to achieve great things in the game if he is at a club where he can play regularly.

I do nt think we need any improvement in this area as Santi can also play at this position very well, The only thing which i can see happening regarding this position is if Rosicky leaves — then we may promote someone from our academy.

As a neutral that would be great but if say ten clubs become much more competitive in regards top honours well that would be a very very bad thing.

We are about to arrive in very interesting times as regards off the field politics and, just maybe, having Jose speaking up for the Arsenal way of doing things could be a very good thing.

Innerbrat summed it all up nicely when she said, «The important thing here, as with everything regarding women's health, is to give women the ownership of our own bodies, so we can make an informed, conscious decision about what's best for us and our children; and the first and best way to be informed is to openly talk about the subject.»