Religious leaders in Western Europe are beginning to look toward the United States for answers to waning religious activity, as secularism continues to rise. New studies suggest that the free market religious structure the US had adopted, some times to blame for parishioners leaving churches in Europe, is actually the mechanism for growing religious activity [...]
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Success Today
The one thing that will ensure you get in the door, find an audience, sell more products, escalate your achievements, is the perception that your future success is emanate. Is it a forgone conclusion that you are going to be a success? Are you garnering the proper information, skills, assets, and/or relationships? Is it such [...]
What’s So Good About “Good Friday”
“Good Friday is the Friday within Holy Week, and is traditionally a time of fasting and penance, commemorating the anniversary of Christ’s crucifixion and death. For Christians, Good Friday commemorates not just a historical event, but the sacrificial death of Christ, which with the resurrection, comprises the heart of the Christian faith. The Catholic Catechism states [...]
Just A Thought: Providence
Creation was the inauguration of the providence of God. Soon after, the creation became caught up in a swirled mix of ignorance and deception transgressing against its architect. Plainly stated SIN came onto being. This sin created by man cut an amazing canyon between God and man (showing the true providence of God as he [...]
Lessons From Babel
Shaping a Young Leader
As a young, twenty-something, leader I often think I am not developed enough to have maximum effectiveness in my sphere of influence. So, I often take assessment of principles I see working in my life. I have compiled a few that have stuck with me through the last few years. I am not one for point-by-point leadership principles but sometimes they [...]
Words To Change Your World
“In the beginning”, marks the first phrase in scripture. This phrase is referring to the action of creation. The question that arises in the first chapter of Geneses is not did God create, but rather what was the vehicle for creation. As the stars aligned, as the earth began to form, and as man was [...]
Prayer
“In the beginning”, marks the first phrase in scripture. This phrase is referring to the action of creation. The question that arises in the first chapter of Geneses is not did God create, but rather what was the vehicle for creation. As the stars aligned, as the earth began to form, and as man was [...]
Ministry Predictions for 09?
Christian media guru, Phil Cooke, posted an article of his predictions on the aftermath of the current economic slowdown and its results on Christian media and non-profits. It may seem gloomy but I think he may have hit the nail on the head. The article is below. “In the context of this struggling economy, let me go out [...]
Style and Effectiveness.
The art of preaching has facinated me since I was a child. Watching an eloquent speaker gain the attention of his audience left me in awe. The ability to use the spoken word to influance lives captivated my imigination. Lying awake at night I would dream of standing behind a pulpit speaking to the masses. No doubt the dream of many [...]
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