You turn on the TV or radio, or pick up a newspaper or magazine, and you would think that Thanksgiving would be an inappropriate holiday this year with economic turmoil, global unrest, and pandemic outbreaks of the swine flu. But those, as important as they are to the news media, are just temporary side issues […]
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This one’s not my original work, but it’s too good not to share. I did a bit of re-writing, but if anyone knows the original author, please let me know. I’d love to be able to give proper credit for this wonderful parable. The mouse peeked through a crack in the wall to see the
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Concerts, parades, barbeques, and fireworks come to most peoples’ minds when they think of the Fourth of July. And we’re no different, even though we may be entrepreneurs at heart. While we join in the celebration of our nation’s independence, we understand as well that it is for our own individual independence that we are
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I stayed home from church this morning. It was hard, because I couldn’t really rationalize missing this time of fellowship with my brothers and sisters in the Lord. After all, the Bible instructs us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:25). In church, there would be singing, rejoicing, praising, and worshiping. The
Much has been written about entrepreneurial vision and passion. While these are without doubt highly important traits, they have also led many companies into financial ruin when the passion degrades into stubborn mule-headedness, and the vision which seems so clear is, in reality, merely an illusion. Wisdom is where it’s really at, my friends. Think
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Dark waves swelled like a great black claw, ravaging the small craft, threatening to capsize it as each oscillation crested across the bow. The cruel wind thundered in their ears and bit savagely into their flesh as the disciples fought against the storm, battering their oars against the unrelenting sea, struggling to reach the far-off
Every Christian knows it’s sinful to be an idol worshiper, putting false gods in a higher position than the one true God. But many do not realize the spiritual danger of being an “idle worshiper” and not acting on the gifts and callings God has placed upon our lives. Although we are saved by the
Meekness is not weakness – In fact, it’s just the opposite. Modern English has lost the original meaning of the Greek word praus, which was used to describe a soothing medicine, a gentle breeze to sailors, and a broken colt to farmers. What do all these definitions describe? Great power under control. If we look
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