You Need to Become a Morning Person
EXPOSE | Morning People Are Better. So There. "..as it turns out, morning people do have a little bit of an edge over night people." - Michael Hyatt EXPLORE | Your Best Day Starts Early Actually, there...
View ArticleWhy You Should Read the Entire Bible Once a Year
EXPOSE | He is Wisest Who Masters This Book “When all your favorite preachers are gone, and their books are forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it.” - John Piper EXPLORE | Now is the Time for...
View ArticleTrue Grit. Being Wise is Tough Business – Part 1
EXPOSE | True Grit is Where Few People Go "Developing grit is all about habitually doing the things that no one else is willing to do." - Travis Bradberry EXPLORE | Understand That True Grit Should Be...
View ArticleTrue Grit. Being Wise is Tough Business – Part 2
EXPOSE | Being Constantly Tenacious "...grit... sometimes it is stronger, sometimes weaker, but the constancy of your tenacity is based on the degree to which you can access, ignite, and control it." -...
View ArticleSing Like Men
This is a guest post by Ryan Shelton, Worship Director at Winnetka Bible Church, Winnetka, Il. One way to determine the value of a thing is by recognizing attempts at its forgery. A cigar labeled “Made...
View ArticleSo Many Things, So Little Memory: Remember More, Faster
EXPOSE | We Can Better Remember "While it was once thought that the capacity of each individual’s working memory was something they were simply born with, research from the worlds of cognitive science...
View ArticleSlowing Down: The Hurried Life is No Way to Live
EXPOSE | We Are "Off Pace" "If we compare our pace to the pace of Jesus’s life, there aren’t many similarities. Jesus was never rushed. He wasn’t overwhelmed by life, even though He had an enormous...
View ArticleTrump or Hilary or Does it Matter?
EXPOSE | Yet She Will Thrive "The Early Church thrived in the midst of a hostile non-Christian world—not because they were more numerous or more powerful, but because they were both radically distinct...
View ArticleIn Defense of Coffee’s Goodness
EXPOSE | Vice or Virtue? "Coffee is serious business. We Americans drink about 400 million cups of it per day and spend several billion dollars on it each year. It's the most popular drug on earth, and...
View ArticleHow About Setting a New Year’s… Vision?
EXPOSE | The Time for Vision "While I’ve long been a fan of goal setting, my ardor for it has cooled a bit... I’ve come to think that focusing too much on goals can actually get in the way of living a...
View ArticleWhat Does Spiritual Growth Look Like?
EXPOSE | Growth is Not Optional “Because you are already new in Christ, be about becoming what you are... Don’t ever think spiritual growth is optional or marginal in the Christian life.” - John Piper...
View ArticleRelieving “Head Knowledge” Before Your Head Pops!
EXPOSE | Head Knowledge vs. Heart Knowledge "How do we go from the instruction of Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding,” to the personal...
View ArticleBoldness is a Pretty Peculiar Thing
EXPOSE | What Makes You Interesting? "An interesting person is interesting to us because she combines two things: Truth and surprise." - Seth Godin EXPLORE | What's Better Than Being Interesting? By...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Dare: Trust with ALL Your Heart
EXPOSE | The Ultimate Dare While it is presented as a command, it sure feels like a triple dog dare: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding..." - Proverbs 3:5...
View ArticleHow to Really Leverage the 5 Hour Rule
EXPOSE | The 5 Hour "Phenomenon" "Over the past year, I've explored the personal histories of many widely admired business leaders, including Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and...
View ArticleDeveloping Poise: Keeping Your Cool When Things Get Hot
EXPOSE | Poking at Poise "Can you take a reprimand without blowing up? Can you take a turndown without being visibly discouraged? Can you laugh with the others when the joke is on you? Can you keep...
View ArticleFinding the Inspiration to Make Prayer a Priority
EXPOSE | "Quick" Morning Prayer? "If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours...
View ArticleJudge Not? You Be The Judge of That
EXPOSE | We Love Straining Gnats "Our fallen nature is profoundly selfish and proud and often hypocritical, judging ourselves indulgently and others severely. We are quick to strain gnats and swallow...
View ArticleThe Bucket List is a Cover Up: Part I
EXPOSE | Staring into the "Infinite Abyss" “What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty...
View ArticleThe Bucket List is a Cover Up: Part 2
[read The Bucket List is a Cover Up: Part 1] It was Blaise Pascal that pointed to the "infinite abyss" in our souls and stated it could only be filled by God himself. If he is right, then we could...
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