For the most part, I agree with Buddhists, in
terms of their way of life and how they live, not necessarilly in their spiritual beliefs.
Not exact matches
«Imagine a world where every one
of us has a mission in
life, has the courage to reach out to people who can help, has the will to succeed and measure success not in financial
terms, but by how many people they help or touch along the
way.»
When Bertolini began to frame health in those
terms, he tells me, he began to see Aetna's «journey» more clearly — understanding that it needed to transform from a company that «sells insurance in a warranty card» to one that says to its customers, «Let's figure out what's standing in the
way of living the
life you want to lead.
It's experimenting around loan
terms, to figure out
ways to make sure the loan is really causing the most positive impact possible in the
lives of the poor.
It's essentially the same thing, in
terms of, what's going on, but just changing the focus to listening to your body is when it becomes a
way of life because you're understanding yourself better.
-- > The value
of investing in relationships for the long - haul — > Investing in your health and longevity as a
way to increase your lifetime earnings — > Why longer
life expectancies should change the
way you think about investing — > The shockingly low rate
of personal savings and investment in the US — > My favorite part
of the interview: whether we can reasonably expect the US markets to keep going up at their long -
term average 7 % per year after inflation, or whether that was a unique period
of US expansion which won't be repeated again.
It becomes a
way of life rather than something you do in the short
term to get you to your weight loss goals.
The key IMHO is to get people exposed to a good chunk
of low - cost equity for the long -
term, but to do it in a
way that share price wobbles don't scare the
living daylights out
of them.
Wealthy families start buying their children's
way into elite colleges almost from the moment they are born: music lessons, sports equipment, foreign travel («enrichment» programs, to use the all - too - perfect
term)-- most important,
of course, private - school tuition or the costs
of living in a place with top - tier public schools.
And while I understand that energy companies are uncomfortable with uncertainty (who isn't), they've come to
terms with the biggest uncertainty
of all — price uncertainty, and found a
way to
live in OPEC's world.
Richard: Great insight as always, and last time we talked about the commercial real estate bubble and we thought today we'd do a special focus on the millennial generation and how financial repression through repressed interest rates and quantitative easing has resulted in asset bubbles that ultimately have affected the millennial generation in
terms of their values, how they look at the economy and
life and the
way they're conducting themselves in the economy: what they're facing in
terms of the housing market and the job situation.
Last time we talked about the commercial real estate bubble and we thought today we'd do a special focus on the millennial generation and how financial repression through repressed interest rates and quantitative easing has resulted in asset bubbles that ultimately have affected the millennial generation in
terms of their values, how they look at the economy and
life and the
way they're conducting themselves in the economy: what they're facing in
terms of the housing market and the job situation.
Owning their stocks lets you sleep at night, both from a financial angle and in
terms of the
way the businesses influence the world we
live in.
His version
of youth doesn't deal with any serious questions regarding who one ought to be in
terms of what is the best
way of life.
A lot
of them didn't think that he would
live through his
term and there's NO
way anyone really wanted Palin to as - sume the office.
What, in a more concrete sense, might a shared intention to study divinity imply for the
way in which we, at the beginning
of this new
term, seek to give order to our
lives?
To the cynic who might suggest that I come to
terms with the differences within myself by taking a trip to Saudi Arabia,
live a day in a
life as Bouazizi only to realize that these differences should n`t exist, be curtailed, or that the makeup
of the U.S is a standard makeup for the Middle East on its
way in becoming good, or at least docile, I'll say this: grow up.
By redefining the
term they were attempting to backdoor their
way into going after abortion rights, stem cell research, and anything having to do with little cells
of «persons»
living inside one big person.
He never thought, after the Greek fashion,
of soul as pure being, capable
of disembodiment, but spoke, as his Jewish contemporaries did,
of future
life in
terms of bodily resurrection, and on that basis he discussed
life after death with the skeptical Sadducees, protesting only against the popular, contemporary
ways of conceiving the raised body and its uses in the next world.
True agreement comes, for example, not only when we state that we agree on the gift
of salvation but when we then work out in concrete
terms the profound implications
of that for the
way we think and
live as churches and as individual Christians.
Since the meaning
of life and love as we use these
terms is necessarily derived from the finite sphere, we would be forced to acknowledge that our use
of these
terms with respect to God could only be ejaculatory — in no
way cognitive.
But this transformation
of society in
terms of increased material goods and a better
way of life and opportunity for all is purely quantitative increase, not qualitative.
Jeremy before the Gospel was preached in New Zealand my people the maori people already had many gods and
lived under there own type
of spiritual law.They had rituals to keep themselves holy or pure but was by works.They also believed that there was one supreme God who was above all other Gods and his name was eo.So when the Missionaries came they understood the message
of a supreme God and the
way to know him was through his son over 60 %
of maori people accepted the Gospel.It was bigger revival than the welsh revival in
terms of percentage
of population the welsh revival was only 10 %
of the population
of wales and that was considered a large revival in its day the new zealand revival was in the years 1820 - 1840.
So too, it seems to me, he regarded Jesus as being the supreme exemplification, but definitely in
terms of genuine human
life and experience,
of the
way God always is and always works.
Speaking at the San Antonio Conference, Lesslie Newbigin made reference to his own cultural background in these
terms: «As I look back on my own
life as a missionary in India, I realize now in a
way that I never did at that time that I was not only carrying the gospel but that I was also a carrier
of this so - called modern world - view which I now see to be breaking down because it is false.
two things first the
term Christian means little Christ it was meant as in insult at first, as a Christian it should affect every part
of my
life, as a true follower
of Jesus there is no
way I could say I believe this is wrong (but because I am in politics) I will vote another
way.
Come on get real samson old testement its in there wilful sin my definition is walking away from the Lord and doing opur own thing knowing what you should do but still do what you want to do.In the
life of Samson WE SEE Gods forgiveness and the sacrifice is the same as today repentence we are saved by the grace of God if we turn from our own way.He was disobedient to his parents and to the Lord his heart was no different from ours wilfully disobedient he chose sin over the Lord all the time sleeping with prostites and lying with foreign woman going his own way and yet God saves him not only that he was Gods chosen instrument to deliver his people.The sad part is his term was only 20 years if he had walking in the ways of the Lord he should have had that ministry for 40 years that is the term of completion.We cut ourselves short when we choose sin over the Lord which is an idol by the way.We all have those areas in our lives that we keep to ourselves thats wilful they are our demons and our comforters.Until we surrender all to the Lord we can not be overcomers and will be influenced by satan like samson it is clear warning to us wilful sin or making sin an idol in our lives has consequences better to serve the Lord with all our hearts even though samson did nt for much of his life God still showed him his grace and faithfullness.You can also see wilful sin in the Life of David yet God saves him but not all were saved in the life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his fl
life of Samson WE SEE Gods forgiveness and the sacrifice is the same as today repentence we are saved by the grace
of God if we turn from our own
way.He was disobedient to his parents and to the Lord his heart was no different from ours wilfully disobedient he chose sin over the Lord all the time sleeping with prostites and lying with foreign woman going his own
way and yet God saves him not only that he was Gods chosen instrument to deliver his people.The sad part is his
term was only 20 years if he had walking in the
ways of the Lord he should have had that ministry for 40 years that is the
term of completion.We cut ourselves short when we choose sin over the Lord which is an idol by the
way.We all have those areas in our
lives that we keep to ourselves thats wilful they are our demons and our comforters.Until we surrender all to the Lord we can not be overcomers and will be influenced by satan like samson it is clear warning to us wilful sin or making sin an idol in our
lives has consequences better to serve the Lord with all our hearts even though samson did nt for much
of his
life God still showed him his grace and faithfullness.You can also see wilful sin in the Life of David yet God saves him but not all were saved in the life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his fl
life God still showed him his grace and faithfullness.You can also see wilful sin in the
Life of David yet God saves him but not all were saved in the life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his fl
Life of David yet God saves him but not all were saved in the
life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his fl
life of saul as he wouldnt listen to the Lord and kept walking according to his flesh.
Technological possibility will increasingly eclipse the very
terms of our debate over abortion, and I suspect that «abortion politics» as we know it is on its
way to being a relic
of the past — a particularly brutal
way we eliminated human
life back when humans used to have children.
Their
way of thinking was in
terms of the older Jewish belief in «resurrection
of the body» — and hence the only manner in which they could proclaim that Jesus had not been put out
of the
way through death was to say that he had indeed been «raised from the dead», that he was in and with God, and that those who belonged to him were granted a share in the risen
life which was properly his own.
In ecclesiastical
terms, the very notion
of authority, as opposed to domination, requires also the notion
of a communion
of saints who enjoy a sensus fidelium in respect both to belief and
ways of living.
In response, the proponents
of «happiness» as the goal
of life could point out that this
term can be understood in much richer
ways.
Among the Hebrews, God and his will were recognized as other in such a
way that it became possible to understand what man ought to do in
terms of the new understanding
of God instead
of in
terms of the taboos that belong to the unconscious
life.
What has been said about authority implies that he reveals what it means to
live in
terms of the
way reality actually is.
«I think for the pastors and leaders here today, there's a lot to be learned from watching this interview, in
terms of our own
lives and the
way we conduct ourselves,» said Houston.
The very zest
of life itself depends partly on the fact that as individuals and as groups we have to find our
way to one another and to make
terms with one another through the friction
of wills and interests.
As to alcoholics, he says: «The broad interpretation that best fits the evidence is that heavy drinkers are people for whom drinking has become a central activity in their
way of life... for the long -
term heavy drinker,
life has come to center on drinking —
life [that] is pervaded by a preoccupation with drinking, shaped and driven by the quest for drink, drinking situations, and drinking friends» (p. 100).
The
way in which death gave rise to
life was essentially too much
of a mystery simply to be described in
terms of resuscitation.
A full appreciation
of the whole eco-system has led some, such as James Lovelock with the Gaia hypothesis, to describe the earth itself in
terms of an organism,
of which the biosphere is the
living skin in the same
way as bark is the
living skin
of the tree.
In the Christian
life there is no «magic,» yet the word may serve as a marvelous
term (properly understood) for the illimitable power
of God, who works in
ways which we can not comprehend and whose response to our need is often beyond expectation.
It is generally understood that those who support the «conservatives,» expect them to uphold the system which has been camouflaged by the loose
term of «the American
way of life.»
They seem to be an integral part
of the American «
way of life» — a vague phrase, but one which does signify something to the feelings
of Americans even if hard to analyze in
terms and propositions.
We can formulate the Christian principle
of justice in this
way: the objective order
of justice consists in the
terms upon which men may so
live together that the
way is opened to reconciliation and communion.
The incident with the man carrying the bedroll is the exact opposite to the woman caught in adultery her issue was sin the paralysed mans issue is something completely different.The incident
of the man carrying the bedroll gives it away jesus highlights it because it is rediculous they have turned Gods laws in to petty man made laws.so the danger for him is self righteousness to become like they were followers
of the law but not followers
of God that is the danger that we all face either to come to
terms with the sin in our
lives and or come to
terms with our pride and self righteousness the answer to both is the same deny the flesh and walk by the spirit and go and sin no more.That
way we evade these traps
of the flesh.
In their historical context, however, the issues, in response to which the Pauline formula was forged, no longer existed: because Christianity was well on the
way to becoming a gentile religion, separate from Judaism, the question
of the salutary benefit
of faith in Christ, which earlier had arisen among Christians who did not observe the cultic requirements
of Jewish law, and in that sense were without «works
of the law, arose now among Christians whose
lives exhibited moral laxity, which could be understood in
terms of popular moral philosophy.
I prefer to take all the theories and look at each as a
way of stating something
of importance in
terms appropriate to the day in which various people have
lived.
I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult
of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long -
term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He
lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages»
of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord
of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept
of the Law into one
of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the
way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».
man oh man, you are all missing the point
of life on
lifes terms and being alive vs. just living.seems like everyone has the need to be right about their
way of thinking, which by the
way is where we ALL get into trouble.
It has always been more difficult to come to
terms with Jesus as the
way than with Jesus as the truth, more difficult to realize the
ways our thinking and behavior get fused into a
life of relational love and adoration with neighbor and God, God and neighbor.
And a fifth reason is that the portrayal
of «the last things» in these
terms, indeed the emphasis on some destiny for man out
of this world which makes what goes on in this world merely preparatory for heaven or a
way of avoiding hell, is thought by a great many people to entail a neglect
of their duty here and now to
live in Christian love and to find in that their deepest satisfaction, whatever may await them when this
life is ended.
Again and again his admiration for the Muslim
way of life breaks through, and he uses the
term «works
of perfection» to refer to their devotion to study, regularity in prayer, faithfulness in almsgiving, hospitality, reverence for the name
of God, and community solidarity.