Sentences with phrase «purpose of the book of»

The purpose of the Book of Mormon is to testify of Christ and support the teachings of the Bible, not to replace the Bible.

However, given the context and purpose of the book of Esther, I don't think the opening act is simply intended to make patriarchy look silly, (though it certainly does).

The main purpose of the book of Esther is to explain and establish the Jewish holiday of Purim.

Each chapter as translated and published by Budge has a title, and from a study of these titles the general purposes of The Book of the Dead may be gathered.

Now before we go to the text for answers, I want to review the different theories on what different scholars think the purpose of the book of Jonah is.

We are going to see that these four theories are not the real purpose of the book of Jonah.

Not exact matches

In his landmark book on human motivation, Drive, Dan Pink makes a case that true motivation consists of three elements — autonomy, mastery, and purpose.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

The actual purpose of a good introduction is to engage the reader and make them want to read the book.

Most authors think the purpose of the introduction is to lay out and explain everything the author will talk about in the book.

According to Hsieh's widely read book Delivering Happiness, companies with a higher sense of purpose outperform others by 400 percent.

Thick as a tombstone and serving the same essential purpose, it's already the book of the year, excerpted and reported on and tweeted about ad nauseam.

The crux of the book is that in work (as well in life) we are motivated by autonomy, mastery, and purpose.

The modern - day bible for this way of thinking is a 2014 book by Belgian organizational behaviour consultant Frederic Laloux called Reinventing Organizations, which posits that reporting structures (and, indeed, job descriptions) have no purpose in the workplace of the future.

The book's purpose is twofold: to explain how notions of leadership have changed in recent decades (with flat organizations, a more democratic world and individual - empowering technology, leaders — surprise — are not as powerful as they used to be), and to expose the faults — and propose some fixes — for her own industry.

One of the best - selling books of all time, The Purpose - Driven Life helps people of all ages and backgrounds determine their purpose, but is especially well - suited for those of you who observe the ChristianPurpose - Driven Life helps people of all ages and backgrounds determine their purpose, but is especially well - suited for those of you who observe the Christianpurpose, but is especially well - suited for those of you who observe the Christian faith.

«Written by two ex-Navy Seals turned business consultants, the entire purpose of this book is to drive home a single idea: The leader of a team (or company) is fully responsible for every failure.

A still more revelatory moment came when Mackey read an advance copy of the book Firms of Endearment, co-authored by Raj Sisodia, explaining how enterprises with passion and purpose outperform.

This inspiring book follows Adam Braun, the founder of Pencils of Promise, and how he turned $ 25 into over 250 schools by combining a for - profit business approach with social sector idealism for an idea known as «For - Purpose.»

Listen to a wealth of podcasts relating to various industries for the primary purpose of determining which books to read next.

This book cites dozens of companies that have successfully integrated a higher purpose into their business DNA: practical case studies you can learn from and emulate!

He is the author of a motivational book, «Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose,» and is much taken with the work of the Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, whose writings promote cities as incubators of creativity and profit and who proposes an ideal density - to - productivity ratio of 100 people per acre.

Airbnb's critics have called listings like these «Airbnb hotels,» or apartments rented in already tight housing markets for the sole purpose of booking short - term guests.

My hope is that this book will enable readers to discover their True North, and to stay on course of their beliefs and values throughout their lifetimes, so they can realize the fulfillment of leading others with a common purpose.

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In Passion & Purpose, David Gergen notes that Carlyle Group founder David Rubenstein reads dozens of books each week.

The purpose of the book is to teach the reader how to think more like Charlie Munger, the legendary thinker, investor, and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.

What This Book Is Not The main purpose of this book is to explore how family offices operate and deploy their capital through fund manager selection, cash management, and portfolio constructBook Is Not The main purpose of this book is to explore how family offices operate and deploy their capital through fund manager selection, cash management, and portfolio constructbook is to explore how family offices operate and deploy their capital through fund manager selection, cash management, and portfolio construction.

It was the same year that a Harvard Business School «guru» by the name of Theodore Levitt proposed in his book The Marketing Imagination an outrageous notion: the real purpose of a business is not making profits but creating and keeping customers.

GATE believes the trading of unregistered securities is accomplished most effectively through a broker dealer, an ATS or an exchange registered with the SEC because such transactions provide the books and records and an audit trail that can be used for surveillance purposes.

The purpose of this book is not to recommend penny stock investing or trading to anyone.

Now, I didn't get to see Tony Hsieh when he spoke at the Reno PRSA back in January, and i haven't read his book «Delivering Happiness: A path to profits, passion, and purpose,» but i am aware of their general strategy.

Written between 50 and 300 years after the death of Christ, over 300 books at one time, vetted down by the Emperor Constantine to a mere 78 at one point, a few more take out later, modified many times to suit it's political purpose.

And in recent years a significant publishing subindustry has arisen for the purpose of helping us in such a «voyage of discovery»: I refer to the many books, tapes, videos, and workbooks on the topic of journal writing, or, as the less scrupulous stylists in the movement would have it, «journaling.»

And the purpose of the book is....

I am reading a book called Mystery of Emptiness & Love by Domo Geshe Rinpoche, and in the first chapter it says «The purpose of this book is to help you uncover the view that is holding you, rather than the view you are holding».

In part, the purpose of the book is to tell the story of rescuers.

For this purpose the codex is an unrivaled technology, especially once the manufacture of paper makes it feasible for the ordinary Christian to use a book that contains the whole of the Bible.

I will not argue whether or not the bible is the word of a god translated by man, my only question is, why would you follow a book that supports and idolizes a single deity who seems to have intentions of converting the world to his worship alone (for if there are no other gods, why then would Yahweh require that you «hold no other gods above him» — he just confirmed their existance) when said deity's followers have proven that their purpose in life is to grind any opposition to their «holy law» into dust?

The purpose of the fifteen - page statement is to «identify problematic aspects of the book and provide a positive restatement of Catholic teaching on the relevant points.»

The purpose of the book is largely introductory in nature.

It is the religiosity from church growth books, membership duties, vain promises that our Savior rebelled against in His day as Son of God, Son of Man, Let scripture super exceed any of mans futile attempts to be purpose driven, or a «church Member»

I knew when I was reading the unfinished manuscript of «The Purpose Driven Life» that I was holding a treasure in my hands, but I was clueless as to how deeply the book would strike a nerve in the souls of millions of people around the globe.

Here they are reported for purposes of providing, somewhat comprehensively, the evidence the book gives as to his sensitivity and intention.

He created humanity to occupy the throne at his right hand and to read the book of the future, and he has determined to bring his purposes to fruition only through a worthy man.

Instead, election is about purpose and privilege within the plan of God (see my book, The Re-Justification of God).

the law refers mostly to the torah (the first five books of the old testament), which serve no purpose in purifying christians, as evidenced by the fact that we christians no longer sacrifice rams.

The various books of the Old Testament were written in differing historical contexts and for different purposes.

Some may wish to use it as an historical book; after all, it is a collection of writings bound up together in one volume, telling us of the way in which the Jewish people came by God's self - disclosure to a deeper understanding of the God they worshipped and a more adequate conception of his purpose for his «chosen» race.

In current discussions of the nature and purpose of theological education Edward Farley has invoked the older of these two models of excellence in schooling when he describes his book Theologia as an essay «which purports to promote a Christian paideia.»