Putting his life at risk, the prophet Elijah meets with his arch enemy, King Ahab, and demands that the King gather the false prophets and meet him on Mount Carmel. Standing before Ahab and 850 false prophets, Elijah challenges them and their gods to a test. After considerable time mocking their gods, Elijah, finally calls on his God. In 1 ...
The Lord gave Elijah many assignments that would frighten the strongest of leaders. Imagine being directed to go to the most powerful, wicked king of the land to rebuke and curse him for his evil! It would have been easy to overlook that directive from God as a very bad idea. Instead in 1 Kings 17:1 we read, “Now Elijah the ...
In the late 1990s, due to many corporate scandals, there became a push towards company boards being led primarily by independent directors. A recent study, however, referenced in Forbes magazine, discovered that the focus on independent boards has been overdone. The Wall Street Journal reports that of the 1,500 Standard & Poor’s company boards, the numbers have grown to 50% ...
Sustainability is a hot topic with many nonprofits. Some ministries are 100% dependent upon donations while others have their revenue coming predominantly from fee income. God may want some to cling to Him, making them donation dependent, while others, like my friends at Kingdom Advisors, who also rely on God, depend on fee income. Kingdom Advisors once tried a donation-only ...
Sustainability is a hot topic in many nonprofit board rooms. A donation-only model doesn’t seem sustainable to many business leaders who serve on nonprofit boards. It’s their nature to look for ways to help increase profits in the nonprofit world. But is that always God’s preference? In Luke 10, Jesus commissioned 36 new “nonprofits” when he sent his 72 disciples ...
Kathy and I watched “The Founder,” which detailed how Ray Kroc cheated and deceived the McDonald brothers multiple times. Eventually, Kroc pressured the McDonald brothers to sell all of McDonald’s rights for over $2 million plus 1% of future royalties. At the closing, however, the royalties had been written out of the contract. In a gutsy move Ray Kroc sticks ...
George Washington left his American legacy with a great reputation. Even though the famous story of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, and not lying about it, may not be true, this story speaks to people’s belief about his character. George Washington once said, “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is ...
Years ago, I negotiated an employment contract with my employer. It was designed to pay me a significant amount of money if the business was sold. Later, the business was sold, but the buyer considered refusing to pay me. Although the intent of the contract was clear, the wordy legal agreement the attorneys had originally drafted left some ambiguity that ...
One day, during some difficult changes at work, I asked an employee how she was doing. She responded that she was fine. I looked her in the eyes and said, “No. How are you really doing?” The next morning, with tears in her eyes, this employee shared that my heartfelt question the previous day made her understand that I really ...
When I was a banker, many banks became adept at encouraging their banking representatives to increase profits by selling multiple accounts to each new customer. It seems Wells Fargo took this practice to a whole new level. It’s reported that Wells Fargo employees opened over 1.5 million new accounts for customers without their permission, generating millions in fees. Over 5,000 ...
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