A book of wisdom, Proverbs lends itself to every day life and decisions. Now you can see Proverbs in a new way! Vern Herschberger felt the call of God on his life to illustrate the book of Proverbs with cartoons-one for each verse-and The Proverbs Project was born. The Proverbs Project is a book that all ages will enjoy. Your children will want to read and share this book with friends. Adults will receive new illumination for verses they have read for years and can now see in picture form and apply them to their life. The sense of humor the Lord has given Vern shines in the Proverbs Project.
While many proverbs speak to us directly, we can gain much greater insight by studying the book of Proverbs as a whole. In How to Read Proverbs Tremper Longman III provides a welcome guide to reading, studying, understanding, and savoring the Proverbs for all their wisdom. Most important for Christian readers, we gain insight into how Christ is the climax and embodiment of wisdom.
Sensitive to both literary form and theological content, Derek Kidner introduces Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes, explaining their basic character and internal structure. He also summarizes and evaluates the wealth of modern criticism focused on each book. Looking at all three books together, Kidner shows how their many voices compare, contrast and ultimately give a unified view of life.
You are new to Project Management or want to improve your performance having run your first few projects. In a world of many books about the subject, why should you pick this one? This book is a practical, focused guide on the skills and the simplified processes needed successfully to deliver projects It has been written by an experienced consultant Project Manager with a good track record, who has honed these techniques over a 100+ projects and programmes of varying scale in different types of organisational culture over 35 years of doing the job day in day out The style of the book is one, which has been used personally to mentor many budding PMs. It uses analogies and proverbs as well as over 70 hopefully humorous cartoons to help you remember the skills and techniques needed. There is scientific research, which backs up what the author has seen in practice about using this learning approach. Rather than learning by rote that Risk Management is really important to apply in your project, it is easier to remember the proverb "Attack the risks before the risks attack you!" especially when under pressure There are "Recap to Remember" video summaries of chapters on YouTube to help you consolidate the book content within your memory; search #beabettersheepdog and subscribe to the Better Sheepdog channel to be notified of future videos The author has priced the book competitively to cover costs of production, because rather than aiming to make money he is motivated by a desire to improve the performance of the next generation of Project Managers In terms of chapters, the book first examines an important concept which is what success represents in a project before moving onto the key behaviours, softer and harder skills needed by a Project Manager. It finishes with the 3 processes I believe are needed to run a project, Define, Do and Close. The actual chapter names are: The two dimensions of project success Your behaviours, it's all up to you! Always remember the human side The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place Do the right project BEFORE Do the project right (Business Case) Forget Stakeholder Management at your peril Planning & Estimating, the Bonnie & Clyde partnership of Project Management Attack the risks before the risks attack you! (Risk and Assumption management) Manage External Dependencies or face the risk of a dropped baton in the relay race (Dependency Management) Money makes the Project go round (Financial Management) Quality is generally transparent when present, but easily recognised in its absence Configuration Management - boring to some but an important piece of the project jigsaw A pilot doesn't try and fly a plane without instruments, neither should a Project Manager (Monitoring and Control) A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved (Issue Management) The Ancient Greeks called it correctly - Everything changes and nothing stands still (Change Management) Process - Define a Project Process - Do a Project Process - Close a Project I explain the rationale for the book in a video which can be found on my author page within Amazon, click on my photo to access.
Pull away from the things that pull you down and find lasting encouragement for today. The women at Proverbs 31 Ministries offer 100 devotions of wit, wisdom, and encouragement for women. For twenty years the P31 team has equipped and encouraged nearly a million women to live in the power of God’s truths that apply to their everyday life. Written by women from every walk of life, you will find inspiration to live authentically and fully grounded in the Word of God. The P31 Team shares from the realities of everyday life including highs and lows, humorous stories and tender moments. You will be drawn toward the truths God offers and enabled to rise above and become all God created you to be.
Many of the sayings in the biblical book of Proverbs are difficult to read in Hebrew, even for those who know this language well. A Proverb a Day in Biblical Hebrew is designed to help readers of all levels of Hebrew competence meditate on and understand the concise and sometimes enigmatic sayings found in the book of Proverbs. Each verse is presented on one page, which is marked with a day number (from 1 to 365) and a date (January 1 to December 31) so the book can be used as a daily reader or devotional. On each day's page, the verse for the day is divided into two halves, based on the fact that each of the proverbs in the book constitutes a poetic couplet consisting of two parts. After each poetic line, all the words it contains are laid out and glosses are provided. All verbs (including participles) are fully parsed. Finally, at the bottom of the page, an English translation of the verse from two pages earlier is provided. This allows readers who are struggling with the meaning of a given day's proverb, or those who wish to see one possible way it can be rendered, to flip the page and see a translation for it at the bottom of the next two-page spread. In this way, readers can choose to avail themselves of an "answer key" for any of the proverbs when they wish to, but they can also ignore this information (since it is located on the next two-page spread, there is no risk of accidentally seeing it while trying to puzzle through a proverb's meaning). A Proverb a Day in Biblical Hebrew helps readers who have studied Hebrew access the original text of a fascinating and well-loved portion of the Hebrew Bible. It offers readers a simultaneously academic and spiritual experience, walking them slowly and on a regular basis through difficult and enigmatic sayings that invite contemplative reading and sustained reflection.
The book of Proverbs is the world's greatest treasury of wisdom. It offers practical insights for day-to-day discussions and provides moral guidelines for living in an immoral world. As you unearth the riches of Proverbs, you will discover why "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" for all the affairs of everyday life.
"The Discourse of Wealth and Poverty in the Book of Proverbs" includes a discussion of "proverbs and metaphor," reviews previous studies of wealth and poverty in Proverbs, offers in-depth analyses of particular passages in Proverbs, and suggests a possible social-historical setting for the book.
