Hurting people need help. But sometimes those who are faced with helping the hurting could use a little more information about the problems that needy people bring to them. "The Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling" provides the answers. It is an A-Z guide for assisting people-helpers--pastors, professional counselors, youth workers, and everyday believers--to easily access a full array of information to aid them in (formal and informal) counseling situations. Issues addressed include addictions, forgiveness, sexual abuse, worry, and many more. Each of the 40 topics covered follows a helpful eight-part outline and identifies: 1) typical symptoms and patterns, 2) definitions and key thoughts, 3) questions to ask, 4) directions for the conversation, 5) action steps, 6) biblical insights, 7) prayer starters, and 8) recommended resources.
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The Quick-Reference Guides are A-Z guides that assist people-helpers--pastors, professional counselors, youth workers, and everyday believers--to easily access a full array of information to aid them in (formal and informal) counseling situations. Each of the forty topics covered follows a helpful eight-part outline and identifies: 1) typical symptoms and patterns, 2) definitions and key thoughts, 3) questions to ask, 4) directions for the conversation, 5) action steps, 6) biblical insights, 7) prayer starters, and 8) recommended resources.

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are powerful, built-in tools used to solve business problems. Many System i programmers, however, do not have a working knowledge of the APIs available within i5/OS. Worse still, programmers who are familiar with the use of APIs may not be taking full advantage of the APIs and processing techniques available to them.

In this book, author and noted IBM API expert Bruce Vining is your guide to making sense, and effectively mastering, the wide variety of APIs available with System i. Each chapter is full of real business-world examples that you can modify and use in your own environment.

In recent years, the business programmer has had to integrate applications-often from different operating systems and programming platforms-using different languages to integrate business rules and requirements. APIs allow you to gain access to the underlying structure of an application. With this book you will soon realize that APIs are among the most powerful tools in your toolbox.

New for this edition:

- New chapters covering topics such as exit point concepts, Integrated File System, date and time, cryptographic services, TCP/IP, and more

- Sorting, character data conversion, and user application information

- APIs are covered in depth

- Fully updated code on previous APIs to bring them up to newer standards

- Updates to API changes since the previous edition

- Modernized RPG code to demonstrate current coding style

- An Appendix with COBOL examples and implementation including API equivalents for RPG support of memory management, bit testing, edit words, and more

- Check Your Knowledgetasks at the conclusion of each chapter with solutions provided in RPG and COBOL Write client and server applications that enable your System i to communicate

with other systems, such as PCs, using sockets

This comprehensive, 35-chapter book is the ultimate resource and a "must-have" for every professional working with the i5/iSeries. It is perfect for novice and intermediate programmers as well as for system administrators and operators. In simple, straightforward style, the authors explain core i5/iSeries concepts and show you step by step how to perform a wide variety of essential functions. The book includes sections on installation, operations, administration, system architecture, programming, the Internet, and troubleshooting. These sections are organized in free-standing style so you don't have to read the book from cover to cover or even sequentially; you can reference the chapters that interest you most, skip some, and jump back and forth as needed. It even contains a helpful glossary to act as a fast reference for all the terms you need to know. Completely updated through i5/OS V5, the fourth edition of this best-selling book contains page after page of information covering RPG IV and Java programming, system values, database and SQL, important system security information, the i5/iSeries as an Internet server, and much more. You'll learn the essential technical concepts you need to get up to speed on all areas of the i5/iSeries, and your increased understanding of the i5/iSeries will boost your productivity. Even if you have a previous edition of this book, you'll want to get this new edition with all of the V5 update and brand new topics like: * iSeries Navigator * Java * SQL * iSeries Access * HTTP Server * Qshell * Client/Server and TCP/IP * Client Access This book is a learning tool and valuable reference you will use for years to come. As one satisfied reader put it, "If you could own only one i5/iSeries book, this would be it." With IBM i5/iSeries Primer, Fourth Edition you will: * Learn how to install an i5 server * Gain a comprehensive knowledge of i5/iSeries operations * Understand libraries, objects, library lists, and everything you need to know about files * Be able to configure a system * Explore programming basics, including how to use utilities, journaling, and commitment control * Discover what to do in case of trouble, how to request help from IBM, how to report problems, and how to manage PTFs