Sentences with phrase «turning points have made»

The sweeping view of the whole of Harriet's life gives us room to ponder how memories and turning points have made us who we are.

Not exact matches

My point is this: No matter how passionately you believe in your business, you've got to make the numbers work before you can turn your dream into the reality of a large and profitable company.

While Apple doesn't release malware figures, Sherry points to 2012 reports that a handful of products that had made it through the App Store approval process turned out to be carrying nefarious software.

Valleywag points out that this whole situation is really weird: «So, our elected officials, in their effort to find a scapegoat for crimes against sex workers like the murder of Julissa Brisman, have taken a site that never made a dime from the hookups it helped set up, and turned it into a full - time, for - profit sex money machine.»

He points out that the deep discounting and high delivery costs that characterize Web sales have made it hard for Amazon to turn a profit.

There's a term in chess called zugzwang, which describes the point in a game when it's your turn to move but every move you could make would worsen your situation.

After immense preparation and xpense, the ultimate point of human frustration and mortal decision making for climbers on Everest is being several hundred feet from the summit and having the weather turn bad.

Whenever a discussion of alcohol comes up among members of my congregation, and someone mentions the story about Jesus turning water into wine for his first public miracle, one point is inevitably made: that the wine back then was watered down so much it had little or no alcoholic content, making it barely more than grape juice.

I can see how one can look at this idea and look at the following examples in Hebrews 11 as «Because they were sure they would get this reward, they did this thing» but as the author points out in verse 39 that they didn't get what they imagined they would, so if we understand faith as «being sure» it would turn out that it is «being sure» of something and being totally wrong — instead it makes more sense to understand Hebrews 11:1 as saying that «faith is a realization (or actualization)» of our hopes, a realization that the author points out is greater than we could expect and be sure in.

Ok, lets see if I can walk through your thought process: [laughing] has no capacity to formulate rational response... I think that's code for [laughing disagrees with me, I make a good point, he gives me reasons why I'm (right turn clyde) am wrong.

Tell me too where the benefits of being gay are that one would make this «choice» to have their families turn their backs on them, to be physically harmed or verbally abused to the point of taking their own life.

An interesting point to take is that Saturnalia, the god of the sun, was their god for Christmas celebration, and later turned «Worship the sun'to «worship the son», which would have occurred after they adopted Catholicism, and wanted to keep the traditions of their old religion by making parallels to the Bible (at least it sounds reasonable)

But before we come to that discussion, it will be useful for us to turn our attention to the question of «resurrection» — first, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, about which so much of the earliest Christian writing found in the New Testament, and so much of the Christian experience of discipleship, turns; and second, to consider the point of the continuing Christian affirmation that those who have responded to the event of Christ are themselves made «sharers in Christ's resurrection».

The case of Adnan Syed — made widely known through the first season of the Serial podcast — has reached a significant turning point.

And in exploring the wide implications of it all, he noted «the risk of an alliance between democracy and ethical relativism, which would remove any sure moral reference point from political and social life, and on a deeper level make the acknowledgement of truth impossible» (VS 101) and warned us, as he had done in an earlier encyclical, that «As history demonstrates, a democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism».

Can we lose that salvation i believe so if we totally turn away from him by rejecting the conviction of the holy spirit in our lives.I say that because as a new christian i accepted Christ into my life and the holy spirit was convicting me to surrender my heart to him as Lord and i was resisting him i would not surrender to him fully and so he gave me a choice to either accept him or reject him.I believe he gives everyone the chance to make that commitment as Lord of there life.When we make that deeper commitment and follow him he will continue to perfect us through his holy spirit so that we conform to his image.By the way i knew that if i rejected him at that point that was it he would never bother me again i would have been eternally lost the thought was terrifying at the time.There was definitely a spiritual battle being fought over me i was very aware i needed to decide which side i was on.Thankfully i chose the winning one.brentnz

It turned out that the decision was not so much rooted in the Constitution as in the doctrine of precedent and» ironies begin to pile up at this point» in the Justices» perception that a contrary decision would undermine the Court's legitimacy by making it appear to be an institution influenced by politics.

By turning to the Dominicans, I thought, critics could embrace all the salutary points Dreher had made about the need to withdraw from the world in order to form Christian communities, while also giving greater emphasis to the dominical command to make missionary disciples of all nations.

tthe next major turning point in the evolution of mankind will be the shedding off of our need for religion... if we make it to that point, we may have a future that includes a rational.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

If someone raises a valid point, they frequently turn to «well Jesus said we would be persecuted, so that makes us better followers.»

It was a turning point for me because I had felt all this pressure to do it right, to take care of all of the details, to not make the wrong decisions, to keep a pure heart, to not mess this up this thing that God was doing.

Good question — and I'm not sure at this point since I've only made paleo cookies that turn out chewy.

I understand your point around the egg whites, just be careful as cooking egg whites at elevated temperatures (required for frying, roasting, and baking) for extended or multiple periods of time can cause it to turn rubbery; and from what I understand half the point of folding them whipped into the mixture wasn't just for binding but also to make the texture more light and airy, thus my point about avoiding as much extra exposure to heat after they have «firmed» up.

I wasn't too crazy about how mine turned out, but this recipe you just posted really points out what I missed and what could have made it a little better.

Every now and then the roasting flesh would be turned over with long oak sticks sharpened smoothly to a point at one end, which answered the place of forks; deep and long incisions would be made in the barbecuing meat, and with the swab a good basting of the mixed condiments from the bowl would be spread over; the process of turning the roasting flesh over the glowing red coals and basting with the seasoning continued till the meat was thought to be thoroughly done.

Hiya, I've just recently made some coconut muffins (unfortunately it wasn't this one) and they've turned out all crumbly and not really able to be eaten as muffins / cupcakes — I don't want to waste them so I was wondering if you could tell me or point me in the right direction how I may turn them into a caramel pudding or something similar.

Grapeseed oil has a higher smoke point than vegetable oil, which means you can make it hotter without it smoking or turning brown.

I support Wenger but not because I am a «fanboy» but because I believe in his values, I disagree with a lot he has done, and maybe he should leave the club to pave way for fresh ideas, but the point I was trying to make is that we can still turn this season into something we can be proud of, if we don't then come June I expect that we will (respectively) call for change and it will be our duty to make the board listen, but June is still a half a season away.

Recap culture bends toward the same talking points, and a critique of this season will certainly be «fan service» — i.e., by delivering what viewers want (Jon resurrected, Ramsay Bolton and Walder Frey killed, etc.), George R.R. Martin and the showrunners have moved away from the ruthless plot turns that made Game of Thrones stand out in the first place.

The unfolding story of this year's Harvard - Westlake girls basketball team has more twists and turns than a Shakespearean play, but in reality the facts about the Wolverines» season up to this point makes a very strong case for it to be a tale of its own.

I just see no point in having substitutions if they fail to have any time to impact the game, jose had all three of his subs on before the 70th minute I think yesterday, drogba almost turned it around because ANYONE who has played football before can tell you that having 5 - 10 is usually not enough time to get settled or make direct contribution whereas 15 - 25 minutes can change the game.

I think in my own mind the real creime he's committed against the fans in particular is to keep blowing the boards trumpet for them without acctually saying he is if he genuinely wanted to win trophies rather than just turn a profit then he should have told the board,» give me the money to make this team what it could be or else Im leaving» the board would have sh!t thier pants at that point and given him the means to produce a team worthy of the past glories he has amassed.

In turn, Jose Mourinho would undoubtedly have been a happy man, as he will now hope that it leads to a big run of results to close the eight - point gap on rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League table, while they also continue to make progress in Europe.

Since that day, Arsenal have won 5 games in a row and are now level on points with the Saints for the coveted Fourth Place, and Mertesacker has made it clear that the game at St. Marys was the turning point for the Gunners.

partly agree, but chelsea looked no better after the cup final than they did before, I think they had just set a lead before christmas that was unattainable and the real turning point was getting the draw against us, I think if we had beat them at home it would have made it an interesting finish.

Losing Kos was the turning point, before then we could have pinched a win at the end if we had kept the number of shots down, Ospina made some fantastic savs but that was after Kos had come off.

In turn, Wenger makes a great point and Chelsea's loan strategy is a matter that has been questioned by many in recent years.

In the second half, when the game turned, O'Dowd coach Malik McCord often had all three point guards on the court at the same time, and they put on a ballhandling and decision - making show.

He makes a great point in that the new deal could be agreed as late as May and that would be problem averted, although rightly so, Klopp insists that Can's attitude has to be spot on and he can't have his head turned by other interested parties which will see him risk losing his place in the team.

Jon Heyman reports that the conversation has turned to a prospect package, of which the Padres can still manage even with all of the deals they have made this offseason, but it's worth pointing out that nothing is close yet and the Padres aren't alone in this.

There's a chance, a real chance, that they might have sub -.300 OBPs from the No. 5 spot in the lineup through the No. 9 spot — four of the five hitters did it last year — at which point the lineup would turn over with a player who also has a chance to make a lot of outs.

Lambert has previously made a point of only targeting young players in his past transfer dealings, but has now recognised that his side are in need of some valuable experience and has instead turned to a player that he already knows from previous jobs.

During Coquelin's absence I remember him letting Willian run through our midfield which in turn got Per sent off even though Per didn't help with his tackle on Costa, missing a sitter with his karate move which could have earned us precious points at this stage, bombing forward like he's a second striker, making reckless challenges time after time and was lucky not to see red in our last league game, and the list goes on.

whenever he has had an opportunity he's taken it an made it count — Nketiah i mean, has certainly distinguished himself tonight... all the young guns did but for Ready Eddie its a noteworthy turning point (imo) this kid is (already) what we expected walcott to be at the time we rolled him out to be thierry's successor all those years ago.

«But the turning point was not to concede a second goal — they had a big chance that they didn't take and our experience made the difference.

The differences between himself and Druissi are stark, but the fact Mancini has turned to him as a physical focal point ahead of what some predict as a world class talent in the making, has undoubtedly altered the way Zenit set up.

Medel's earlier error had marked the turning point in the match when Dorlan Pabon clipped the ball past Sevilla keeper Beto to make it 3 - 1 moments before half - time but the man nicknamed «The Pitbull» gave Betis the chance to salvage a point after lashing out at Swansea bound midfielder Jose Canas.

Now that we have signed him once and then signed him twice I can only hope you turn out to be wrong but must say there have not been enough signs of him making the expected progress to this point.

Unfortunately, I think most popular «newsertainment» programs approach issues from a fundamentally conservative point of view — whether it's Larry King looking at anti-vaccine activist Jenni McCarthy like she just landed from Mars or John Stossel and his pals at 20/20 turning their mustaches up at women making choices that haven't been approved — or made for them — by some male - dominated organization (like the AMA).