Sentences with phrase «writing of the book of»

The movement of events is the instrument through which truth is conveyed — the movement of events, and the movement of thought; for the movement of thought also is history, and the writing of the Book of Job or the Epistle to the Romans is an event, and part of the succession of events through which the unity of revelation is given.

It was a tradition that appears to have continued through the writing of the book of Judges.

We can't consult with those who wrote any of the books of the Bible.

All these features are characteristic of the writing of books of revelation and do not require explaining by means of theories of various sources or even of various documents.

You must know that the dating of writing of the Book of Daniel is highly disputed, and even if you take the earlier date, the predictions are unclear... and besides that, the NT writers would have known the time was ripe to fulfill Daniel and took advantage of it.

Not exact matches

«With our daughters, I never raised them how I was raised [with the assumption they'd join the family business,]» says Oddo, who has written a book on the principles of parenting.

The man who planned and commanded the raid, Admiral William McRaven, is a veteran leader who served at every level of the SEALs and who literally wrote the book on special operations.

In addition to her two memoirs, Bush also authored two books while she was first lady, both written from the perspective of her dogs.

«The regimen I follow is a mix of Eastern and Western philosophies,» Brady writes in the book.

The book, written by Obama's University of Chicago brethren Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, discusses the importance of manipulating defaults toward long - term savings for employees.

«When I was writing my book I did the bulk of my writing at 4:30 in the morning.

As Mandel - Campbell wrote in her book: «Language is only window dressing without a solid understanding of a country's culture and history.»

I thought I was effectively destroying my marketing career by writing it, but I ended up signing a slew of marketing clients when the book got attention and sold well.

Sutton wrote the book on the field of reinforcement learning, a technique which allows AI to teach itself what the best actions are using a reward - punishment system of its own, an area of deep learning that played a role in the success of DeepMind's AlphaGo project.

«This short book has so many layers of meaning and so many interesting juxtapositions,» Gates writes, including «life and death, patient and doctor, son and father, work and family, faith and reason.»

It reminded me of the «blowing your customers up» mentality in perhaps one of the best business books ever written — Liar's Poker — where bond traders celebrated when they bankrupted their first customer.

George Orwell said that writing a book «is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.»

«This masterfully written book highlights three leadership styles, culled from the lives of three kings mentioned in the Bible: Saul, David, and Absalom.

To be sure, * The Magic of Thinking Big * was not written strictly for entrepreneurs — I'm not sure the word was well - known in the 50s... but applying the principals from this book has contributed to the enormous growth my public relations agency has enjoyed each year of our existence.

The business world can be brutal I don't care what you learned in school, you'll come across so many situations you can't learn in a text book written in 1985 (Not a fan of college, can you tell:)-RRB- Be prepared to work 7 days a week.

Scan the web: There is no shortage of articles touting the benefits of a book as a business card — and expensive packages, products and courses designed to help entrepreneurs write their own.

Debt is a millstone that weighs down more than three - quarters of Americans,» writes Abrams, whose new book, Minority Leader, is out today.

«I'm tremendously proud of the impact that my company has had, both in increasing cultural awareness of food and in offering millions of American more options when it comes to making health, sustainable food choices,» he wrote in his new book, The Whole Foods Diet, released on Tuesday.

This year, though, Brin kicked off the Founders Letter with a quote taken from the very beginning of «A Tale of Two Cities,» a book written over 150 years ago by Charles Dickens — a historical fiction about the French Revolution.

Lastly, and perhaps most profoundly, Dahl also discovered in writing her book that accepting your own awkwardness can help you be more attuned to and accepting of other people's foibles and anxieties.

The Emmy - nominated actress and creator and star of «The Mindy Project» has also written two books: «Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

I've read almost every single one of Sarah Dessen's books, and her writing is so personal and relatable and I feel like you can feel that especially in «The Truth About Forever.»

That jibes with what Stewart suggests, that certain kinds of books — genre stuff like fan fiction or romance — work better digitally, but print is still a more desirable way to digest the really good meaty writing.

«For years, I've been saying Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature was the best book I'd read in a decade,» writes Gates, who is clearly a long - time Pinker fan, but he continues, «his new book, Enlightenment Now, is even better.»

«Our rough ad efficiency analysis (ad spend / transaction) speaks to Amazon's ability to drive repeat / direct traffic... as its estimated $ 0.75 ad spend / transaction is a fraction of what Booking / Expedia spend,» he wrote.

«This consuming interest in leadership and how to make it better has spawned a plethora of books, blogs, TED talks, and commentary,» he writes.

So General Michael Flynn's life can be totally destroyed while Shadey James Comey can Leak and Lie and make lots of money from a third rate book (that should never have been written).

The idea of a paperless office seemed like a joke, and there was even a book written about it, «The Myth of the Paperless Office,» which theorized that certain human characteristics made going paperless an impossible feat.

The couple had 12 children, two of whom wrote a book about their family's life called «Cheaper by the Dozen.»

So part of my motivation for writing this book is that I'd love for leaders of organizations to think differently and model their rebel talent — but also make opportunities for employees to do the same.

In addition to writing several best - selling books like The Road Ahead, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has raised billions of dollars to combat infectious diseases and elevate the quality of life for impoverished nations around the globe.

For example, if you were an author writing a book about how to drive traffic to a website, you need to find an example of how your business suffered when it didn't have traffic to its site.

In a Facebook post, MailChimp promoted a book one of their employees had written.

In his book, Uncommon, Hall of Fame football coach Tony Dungy writes «Integrity — the choice between what's convenient, and what's right.»

She wrote one of the first business books on using the Internet for business, and loves working with clients to enhance their marketing.

Plenty of successful leaders have written them, from Richard Branson to Sheryl Sandberg, and many of these books have led to new businesses or increased reach and prestige.

You are writing a book because you expect to get something out of it.

«The German philosopher Hermann von Keyserling wrote in the epigraph to his 1919 book «The Travel Diary of a Philosopher,» «The shortest path to oneself leads around the world.»

I am not kidding here, I'm probably forced to turn off my laptop and read a book (or write a blog like this one) at least 50 percent of the time.

You can fill a Kindle with management books and lean - startup manuals, but the reality of building a company is writing your own playbook and adapting that playbook to the obstacles — many of them self - inflicted — that inevitably emerge.

«This is a good time for Ron Chernow's fine biography of Ulysses S. Grant to appear,» wrote Bill Clinton in the New York Times Book Review.

After the scandal broke, Young wrote a book called «The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down.»

The process for writing a book is almost the same as it was 50 years ago, except you type on a computer instead of a typewriter now.

When McConlogue leaves to go to work, Leo spends 3 - 4 hours on his own, practicing writing code and reading one of the three javascript books McConlogue gave him alongside a Samsung Chromebook.

David Burkus, best - selling author of three books and an award - winning podcaster, has contributed the first four questions on this list from an interesting article he wrote for Harvard Business Review.