Take Every Moment Captive
"In many ways, the perception that we have time to become the men we want to be leads us to become lazy and drags us farther away from the image of Jesus to which we hunger to conform." - J.R. Duren We...
View ArticleWhat do Curiosity and Humility Have to do with Success?
“When you approach people with curiosity and humility, they feel validated. They experience your interest in what they think and do and how they do it... They may also share useful or important...
View ArticleAre You Fulfilling Your Sunday Responsibility?
“When it comes to the routine of corporate worship in your local church, do you think much about your responsibility in your Sunday services? [There] is a responsibility that every believer shares. And...
View ArticleiPhone, You Complete Me
"With so much of life tied up in my constant connectivity, I started to expect everything to always involve my phone. If I wasn’t using my phone, I felt like I wasn’t doing anything." - Adam Jeske In...
View ArticleHooray for Hollywood?
"I can now try to marry Hollywood’s desire to get to a faith-based audience, and try to get us as people of faith wanting to have films made that have broader reach and have high production value.” -...
View ArticlePeace Then Calm Under Pressure
"Mistakes and pressure are inevitable; the secret to getting past them is to stay calm... New research shows that most of us go about staying calm the wrong way." - Travis Bradberry Calm, and even...
View ArticleHow DID we get the Bible?
"Whether it’s answering the questions of young inquisitive minds, skeptical classmates, or hostile strangers, sooner or later we’re all forced to reckon with how we got the Bible, how its books were...
View ArticleHow Past Mistakes Can Benefit Our Future
"... Be very careful when you dig up the past... For the most part, it isn’t helpful when you’re facing a current decision, and trying to learn from your mistakes can be a very ineffective way to...
View ArticleElection Check-in. Ready to Demonstrate?
"Regardless of where you fall on the scale of interest [in the election], the most important question is how Christians should conduct themselves during this election season. The world is watching...
View ArticleTemptation: A Growth Strategy?
“Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction.” Tim Chaddick quoting seventeenth-century English...
View ArticleImpress to be Impressive?
"If you want to be likeable and memorable you have to step up your game... here are 17 quick and easy ways to make sure that the people you meet will be impressed and want to make the most of your...
View ArticleHow We Can Avoid Being Just a ‘Person of Success’
"...is being successful really that difficult? Well, yes it is. It will require a lot of you... But do we tend to over complicate the process? I believe they boil down to these five attributes, which...
View ArticleBe Anxious For… Nothing. And No Faking It.
"Anxiety is the most predominant form of mental illness in our country, plaguing both young and old, showing up as post-traumatic stress syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, even phobias and...
View ArticleWant to be a Good Leader? Learn to learn.
"Research shows that leaders who think and act from the same assumptions and behavioral repertoires they’ve used for years are prone to stagnate, under perform, or derail... To sustain success, you...
View ArticleCan Quitting Make You a Better Man?
"Doctors and scientists recommend that folks consume no more than about 300-400 mg of caffeine a day. I didn’t know it, but I was averaging over a 1,000 mg a day." - Brett McKay As I read Brett's...
View ArticleHumility Can Lead to the Greatest Things
"The greatness I am scrolling through on social media, the power I see on television—these things I find myself longing for and envying—these things are not greatness. They are a sham." - Ann Swindell...
View ArticleFind the Work You Love, or Love the Work You Find?
"We often repeat the exciting points of these stories—Moses rising against Pharaoh and Jesus healing the lame and raising the dead—rather than the years of preparation or confusion that preceded them."...
View ArticleThe Value of Being Cheaply Entertained
"...since 2003 the amount of time Americans spend either attending or hosting social events has declined by 30%... in 1970 the average American spent $850 on recreation each year, while today each...
View ArticleWhy Does Church Feel Like God is Wasting My Time?
"I’m a grown man. There is only one person responsible for me not eating and not growing. It’s not a family member. It’s not the church. It’s me... The role of a church is not to tell us what we want...
View ArticleCreativity: One of Wisdom’s Most Compelling Acts
EXPOSE | Creativity's Wide Range of Influence "Creative personalities are both constructive and deconstructive. They find use in being both cultured and primal. They are sane, but they are also crazy!"...
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