Sentences with phrase «responding to calls by»

Companies like TOMS Shoes and Soapbox Soaps, responded to the call by implementing a «one - for - one» giving model, tying a easily - identified benefit (like providing shoes to children in need) to a purchase.

Democratic Unionist, Jim Shannon responded to calls by campaigners for a relaxation of legislation, insisting any change must warrant the support of voters.

John was calling the people to turn away from the corruption, and be restored to a new life of faithful obedience to God, and Jesus responded to that call by getting baptized by John in the Jordan River.

Responding to the call by Housing Minister, Grant Shapps MP for more long - term fixed rate mortgages, Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy for the Building Societies Association said:

India responded to that call by saying it is a question only industrialized countries must answer.

Upwards of 20 hotels in the forested cultural center of Ubud have responded to a call by Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik to train staff in yoga and meditative practice.

And lawyers from all over the Lone Star state are responding to a call by the Texas Bar for volunteers to represent the children as well as any parents who decide to fight for custody, reports the Associated Press.

We urge states to develop national policies, and to respond to the call by UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Prof. Christof Heyns for national moratoria on fully autonomous weapons.

Not exact matches

Facebook, AOL and a new startup called Vessel have attempted to woo YouTube stars away, prompting the company to respond by offering better financial terms, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Better routing also enhances customer service by allowing you to respond more quickly when someone calls for service.

You can accomplish this with emails to their websites, making connections through networking and via social media and by making follow - up phone calls to anyone who responds.

The Globe and Mail recently speculated that the mandate will remain largely the same, but that it may be amended «to include a forceful assertion of what he [Carney] calls «flexible inflation targeting,»» or his right to respond to economic shocks or dangerous buildups of credit by taking longer than usual to bring inflation to the central bank's 2 % target.»

Hogg responded by calling on people to speak with 12 sponsors of Ingraham's show The Ingraham Angle.

Hacker group Anonymous have apparently responded to the attacks on Paris by posting a video declaration of war against the terrorist group that calls itself «Islamic State.»

She responded to that offer by calling him a stingy old a ------ and saying that she was glad my grandmother died young, so she didn't have to see her husband become a «greedy b ------ .»

Tesla (tsla) has responded to the lawsuit accusing the company of being a «hotbed for racist behavior» by calling it a «Hotbed of Misinformation».

Learn from your customers by answering some of the calls to the help line yourself or by watching the comments on Twitter and other social media channels, then responding to the complaints.

But as Bloomberg reports, Bank of England policy maker Adam Posen responded by calling the BIS's take on inflationary threats to the global economy total «nonsense.»

He embeds himself within an Appalachian community devastated by widespread heroin use, following the emergency services as they respond to multiple overdose call - outs and meeting members of the community.

The Trump campaign soon responded to Fields» claims by calling her accusation «entirely false.»

Mnuchin responded to calls to resign by defending Trump, saying that «the president in no way, shape or form, believes that neo-Nazi and other hate groups who endorse violence are equivalent to groups that demonstrate in peaceful and lawful ways.»

On Nvidia's latest earnings call, CEO Jen - Hsun Huang responded to a question about the company's plan to address cryptocurrencies by saying they are «here to stay.»

Following a controversial New York Times editorial by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Tuesday calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment, we asked readers to respond, offering not only the news of Stevens» stance, but also a Chicago Tribune editorial taking the other side of the issue.

According to police, officers responded to a call in the 1700 block of Juanita Street on February 9, and were told by the home owners that their garage had been burglarized.

What is clear is that, by and large, the banks have responded positively to the Reserve Bank's calls to the banks not to overlook business borrowers.

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Following a controversial New York Times editorial by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Tuesday calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment, we asked readers to respond, offering not only the news of Stevens» stance, but also a Chicago Tribune editorial taking the other side of...

Some policymakers responded to the global uncertainty and downside risks to inflation by revising down their economic projections, but a number of market participants went a step further to call the central bank's decision to begin policy normalization in December 2015 a «policy mistake.»

Elizabeth Warren responded to the president's «Pocahontas» poke by calling it «racist» and sending out a fundraising appeal pleading with donors to strike back at a «bully.»

It's when I work hard for a client, finding them tons of prospects who actually respond to their mailing and make inquiries by calling or going on line... and then my client is not set up to handle the calls and close the sale.

The last article of his that I read, moments before learning of his death, was his piece in the February issue of First Things called «On Loving the Law of God,» an engaging essay (responding to one by Gilbert Meilaender) on the law - and - gospel dialectic of Lutheranism.

But in recent years I have come to appreciate the fact that many promising younger evangelical scholars got their start in a serious commitment to the life of the mind by responding positively to the LaHaye - type call to intellectual warfare.

Were Mort less mellow, he might respond to Molly's anger by getting angry himself and calling her childish or judgmental or coming up with something even more irrelevant and hurtful to say, like, «The whole idea of taking a honeymoon in Topeka is the stupidest thing I ever heard of.

They suggest, by definition, something to which the individual responds with piety, loyalty and love — attitudes that call forth the habits of self - restraint, self - control and personal sacrifice.

I think it's ironic that when someone criticizes the Christian religion by calling us to live according to the principles we claim to follow, we respond by accusing him of speaking for the devil.

Samuel hears and responds to God's calling by anointing David as king.

Meanwhile, over on Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed blog, RJS caused quite a stir by asking readers to respond to a letter from a seminary student who researched the science behind an old earth and evolutionary theory, found it to be sound, and now wrestles with the question, What is the basis for calling the Bible true?

No, it means that God calls people to respond by faith to the revelation that they have been given, and when they do, God makes sure that they receive further revelation.

There is lawfulness because each creature has real potentialities limited by its historical situation; there is room for spontaneity because each creature freely responds to God's call.

Certainly the new element can not simply be separated from one's ordinary life, but by fulfilling the precepts of the catechism and the commandments of the Church and being in this sense a good Christian, we have not yet adequately responded to God's call to our concrete and unique person.

When refugees began coming to the church, she responded by starting a social enterprise called Sanctus.

While guarding against a rush to judgment, we can easily think of ministries that are pushing all or many of the current success buttons: they are carried out by a professional elite; they utilize the best marketing and media techniques; they dispense a personal fulfillment strategy to essentially anonymous folk who are regarded as consumers and called to respond in carefully prescribed ways which do not implicate them or their leadership in the more complex and controversial human issues.

We are made in God's image to respond to him with the God - breathed spirit that gives life to our finite bodies; and we are called by name in the waters of baptism, in which we are incorporated into the life of the One whom the Father calls his beloved Son.

Though it is personal in the sense that we can enter the Kingdom only by responding to the call and to the gift of God, we can not enter or dwell in it alone.

Muhammad responded by calling upon the pilgrims to make a pledge not to flee (or to stick with Muhammad, whatever decision he made) if the situation descended into war with Mecca.

I will let Paul respond to your question: «And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad — in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls — 12 she was told, «The older will serve the younger.»

Abraham Lincoln responded to perhaps our most traumatic social shift by eloquently calling upon our symbolic code.

I call a great character one who by his actions and attitudes satisfies the claim of situations out of deep readiness to respond with his whole life, and in such a way that the sum of his actions and attitudes expresses at the same time the unity of his being in its willingness to accept responsibility.

Another friend has also responded to Jesus» difficult call by leaving seminary to care for a mother who has Alzheimer's disease.

Because all people do not respond to the preaching of the gospel and its concomitant call to discipleship, however, the gospel itself demands that Christians both encourage society to» «make serious and positive use of the social theories» of Jesus Christ and the Scriptures,» and help society to heal social injustices by loving our neighbors as ourselves.21 Toward this end, the church must first of all proclaim to the world the Bible's perfect rule not only for faith but also for practice.