Sentences with phrase «mean any of these books actually»

Just because we were brought up to believe the Bible, Torah or Koran is «the word of God» does not mean any of these books actually really are «the word of God.»

Not exact matches

I'm not sure what you think your book reference actually shows, but the mere fact that it is over 10 years old means that the «current trends» it talks about is completely out of date.

The Hebrew name of this book and of its author, Qoheleth, is actually a t.itle, and it perhaps means «as.sembler» (of students, listeners) or «collector» (of wisdom sayings).

Most importantly, note this: I am a Christian, I'm gay, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe in Evolution, I believe the universe is 13 billion years old and that the Earth is 4.5 or so billion years old, I believe man evolved from lower primates and that Adam was the first man who God gave a soul and sentience, I do not believe in hell but I do believe in Satan, I do not believe the Bible is a book of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spibook of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spiBook of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spider.

This book, in my opinion, is to actually minimize the great apostasy taking place in our churches; especially among those who were never taught the real meaning of being «last instead of first», to help those who come into the church who may bring with them societal norms of entitlement and «whats in it for me» attitudes and behaviors.

Actually Brehvik does not consider himself a christian in his words, «in the strictest sense», so the first part of your point is moot... Secondly I think a fairer statement would be that not «all» muslims are violent extremists, as many who don't live in western countries are, as their book does instruct them to kill any and all who do not procalim allah as the one god and mohammed as his prophet... As far as having extreme passion for one's beliefs, if someone was truly to be an «extreme» christian that person would be completely loving as this was Jesus» command to love both God and everyone... to take that to the extreme would mean «extreme» loving, like the radical kind of love that caused Jesus to endure the cross for the sins of us all... includinig the man who committed this atrocity and yes any and all of the muslim's who have committed similar things.

So the guy (Marcus Borg) is actually bringing controversy as a means to SELL HIS BOOK for his own financial gain and attention to his rebellion against the true teachings of God.

When being a woman who preaches the Gospel or teaches with authority or writes a book that actually isn't expressly meant to be shelved in the «Women» section of the bookstore isn't so worthy of note.

However, when you understand what the Book of Life actually is, you will also come to understand what Revelation 3:5 actually means.

However, when you understand what the Book of Life actually is, you will also come to understand what these tricky Bible passages mean.

The second book takes up for more thorough treatment many of the matters more summarily dealt with in the first; and the third, which is concerned with the meaning of Christ in the church's devotion and thought, follows logically, as it did actually, upon the other two.

Without proof that their, or any, god exists, and that what they claim is the word of some god is actually true, any discussion about what a holy book means is merely the hacking over of the rules to the world's oldest fantasy role playing game — heavy emphasis on fantasy and game.

I don't mean to brag of anything, but I've actually read more than one book.

This book, which on its face seems to have been motivated by the old - timer's urge to reminisce by means of the biographical genre, is actually a fine work of history, and in the end its author is unafraid to suggest that the work of history is itself an enterprise of devotion, a kind of spiritual work.

However, if that line drops to -13.5 instead, that means there is actually more money (or more respected money) represented in the 20 % of spread bets taking the Dolphins, forcing the books to move to -13.5 to actually encourage more bettors to take the Patriots, even though they're already receiving 80 % of spread bets.

Each of these books are meant to inspire, whether you actually make the crafts or not.

If you read up on it, like actually read Dr. Sear's book cover to cover, you find that he's actually very open to doing what is right for your family, which might mean skipping some of the Bs.

But that new information and communications technologies aren't all - powerful or irrelevant doesn't mean that they do not matter — or that their sometimes exaggerated positive sides actually distract us from recognizing their more nefarious aspects, as people like Morozov sometimes come close to arguing, as pointed out by Zeynep Tufekci in her thoughtful review of his book.

I have a book, actually, I meant to bring it with me tonight because just [because] I thought it was very entertaining that there [are][fat] stacks of tributes to the idea of love.

And that was one of my goals in this book, and I found some people — it's actually a pretty small handful, but just, I mean to give one example, Scott Maisano at University of Massachusetts in Boston has written pretty extensively on this.

Moreover, for temperatures similar to the present global mean, water vapor feedback actually cancels out some of the positive curvature from the fourth - power law (see Chapter 4 of my book, Principles of Planetary Climate).

That means two things: First, that the stacks of books littering our office make us appear much more well - read than we actually are.

This means that the type of diet recommended in books like The Omega Diet — low in protective saturates, bolstered with high levels of omega - 3 fatty acids and relying on monounsaturated fatty acids, whether from olive or canola oil, for the majority of fat calories — may actually contribute to heart disease.

I mean, I can't think I why you would have a sheer slip dress with a see through slip too, but maybe I'll just wear it with a different more substantial slip next time or go sans slip altogether and actually take a note out of Kim's book.

Which is good actually, I am so looking forward to staying cozy, hiding under layers of clothes, drinking hot chocolates, reading books, eating comfort food... Plus it means the Holiday season is about to start and I have some nice surprises for the occasion!

Director Nikolaj Arcel explains how his film adaptation is actually a sequel to the books (and what that means for the future of a planned franchise).

Additionally, this means that Jodorowsky's Dune was actually one of my Top 10 films of 2013, and doesn't make the cut on this list (even though I saw it multiple times in 2013 and totally loved it, it's not a 2014 film in my book).

In the following excerpt from their new book The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States, Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden explain how what might appear to be a story of Congress «not working» can actually be seen as a story of Congress working exactly as it is supposed to, finding agreement on a major issue in a big, diverse, and complicated nation.

Therefore, a brief spike to # 1 on Amazon doesn't mean a lot of books were actually sold.

And even though not all of these people will write a book, even if only ten percent actually do it, that means your book could eventually be battling to become published along with 32,800,000 other books.

Another interesting feature with Google Books is that many of the volumes from the Google bookstore are actually scanned copies of the actual literature, which means users will get to see the original form of the literature, including the typesetting and illustrations wherever present.

In artisanal publishing, the words, the purpose, focus, structure, core meaning, originality, literary craft and artistic style of a book is actually a lot more significant than whether words are spelled correctly or a comma is out of place (although that's very important too!)

Which means almost none of those 800k self published books the chart listed actually got up for sale.

It's meant to serve as an example of what is possible at Outskirts Press while also helping potential children's book authors with the «how to» steps required to actually get their story illustrated and published.

What it means: They can stop working with you and your book at any time for any reason with nothing more than an email, at which time you are still required to pay them whatever you owe them, regardless of whether they actually delivered upon the Agreement's terms (since, you know, they've just terminated it).

Some say that the trend is actually a clear and constant decline, and that the eBook's downhill stride means the return of the print books — but I don't completely buy this.

Only a small number of ebook vendors (actually, Springer is the only one I know of) allow for any sort of ILL, which means that the more our book collections go digital, the less we will be able to loan to other libraries or borrow from other libraries.

One problem is apparent with all the hubub about crowdfunding; the platforms, by their own admission, are there simply to provide a means to take money; they still do not answer, or can not answer, the challenging question: how can a would - be buyer actually FIND some Author's book within any of their platforms?

I think it's out of ignorance (and I mean that kindly, as I was equally ignorant just a year ago) about how much it actually costs to put out a damned good book that has proper editing and high quality manufacturing.

Conversion means, out of all the people that found your website, your Amazon page, a book review — out of all the people who had your book right in front of them — how many actually went ahead and placed an order.

But the vast majority of authors, as I've mentioned previously, don't make any money with their books (which means, actually, they're losing money: not just in expenses, but in the huge opportunity costs from all the time they've sunk into writing, and then trying to figure out how to market their books).

«Amazon is a Trojan Horse, offering low prices today — while Wall Street is willing to float a company that doesn't make a profit — at the cost of destroying the [traditional] publishing ecosystem that is indispensable to authors... Amazon actually prevents competition by locking its customers in through devices like Prime and DRM, which means Amazon customers can't read books sold by Apple or Google Play on their Kindles.»

What I mean by this, of course, is whether you're actually going to write your books, or outsource them and treat the entire thing is a business.

However, as Amazon will not allow you to set up an Author Central account until you actually have a book PUBLISHED with them, it means you might need to go through a month or so of ironing out the «kinks» if this is your first book.

Competition isn't a bad thing - a number of books on the market mean there's actually a market.

First, sales of the print editions have increased in the time that the eBooks have been available through Pottermore, most likely asserting that digital does not actually mean the death of print books.

While the distributors are by no means editing the content or writing ability of these titles and authors, they are at least working very hard to ensure that consumers» dollars go only to titles that are actually genuine - article books.

While the large companies might be able to weather lost sales, for a small publisher with only a few books, having illegal downloads in the ten's of thousands while actually selling only a few thousand means going out of business.

While I'm used to seeing book listings «recycled» on Chapters «website (meaning cancelled books given a future date to bump them off recent listings instead of actually deleting them), it's odd seeing it on Amazon.

The big problem was this switch meant instead of getting a digital copy of a comic you were actually interested in, you were getting the opportunity across however many Marvel books you read to redeem the exact same two or three comics.