Recently, many in our culture have worked hard to cancel our past heroes. Christopher Columbus has gone from being praised for discovering the Americas, to being cancelled for his flaws. If we only praise those with spotless pasts, we will have no role models to emulate. Moses was a murderer, and David was a murderer and adulterer, yet, they ...
Jealousy has caused many conflicts in the workplace. When a peer gets a promotion, it’s hard not to wonder why you didn’t get the promotion. Even Jesus’s disciples were not immune to the temptation of jealousy. In John 21, Jesus was sharing with Peter about how Peter’s death would glorify God. When Peter saw the apostle John nearby, Peter ...
Like Billy Graham said years ago, I believe the next great revival will likely come through the marketplace. But revival will not come without repentance and a healthy fear of God. On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards delivered his famous sermon entitled, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Edwards was concerned that our nation had turned from the ...
Recently, I called to check in on an old friend. Jimmy has been an entrepreneur for decades in the constantly changing telecommunications industry. In the early years, Jimmy loved building his business. As his industry struggled, so has Jimmy. It broke my heart to hear him say, “How long must I keep up this grind of making as many ...
Recently, employers have struggled to fill jobs. We are in a strange time when there are more jobs available than people to fill them. There are multiple reasons for this employment gap, such as parents staying home to care for children or staying home to avoid Covid. Another possibility, however, is due to the many government programs providing funding for ...
My new friend, Sean, shared with me that he and a friend were convinced that God wanted them to start a Bible study in one of the roughest parts of their city. They went door-to-door inviting people to their weekly Bible study. The first and second week of the study no one showed up. They were discouraged, but these two ...
According to psypost.org, researcher Verena Krause performed a study on creativity. The study group was told to think about God while doing creative exercises. The control group was not advised to think about God. The researchers found that those participants who focused on God were less creative. The study seems illogical to me. It’s as if the researchers believed that ...
Although Brian has run his business for decades, he recently felt God leading him to research water wells. His research uncovered that water wells in poor villages can have an amazing impact on entire communities. Through his business, Brian began a marketing program which has raised enough money to build multiple water wells in third world countries. Brian shared with ...
In this series, we’re discussing the different seasons of life and how to live them with purpose and no regrets. The 3rd quarter of life is typically people who are 40 - 60 years old. I would refer to this as the Discovering and Maximizing Your Calling season. In the 3rd quarter, many begin wondering if there is more to ...
In this series, we’re discussing the different seasons of life and how to live them with purpose and no regrets. The second quarter is usually people who are in the 20 - 40 age bracket. As we try to get our careers off the ground, we will tend to make mistakes and learn hard lessons. This is part of God’s ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
