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One of the most powerful productivity methods I have encountered is the rule of three. The rule of three says that each day you should focus on the three most important things you could do that day. These are three things that, if you do them, your day will be a success. It forces you
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The Ninth Word is a fitting word for our mediated age. We’re spun by a whirlpool of rumor, innuendo, false accusation, slander, libel. People are tried and condemned by online lynch mobs. We like or share Tweets and Facebook posts even though we can’t possibly confirm their accuracy. Luther said that the Ninth Word requires
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Leaders shape a vision that inspires a following. An inspired following effects change—hopefully, change that is positive and blesses others. But how does a major leader for good sustain their vision? Clarify it? Expand it? Deepen it? How do they avoid becoming larger than the vision? Preoccupied with self more than with the cause? Compromising
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The Apostle Paul is one of the most important figures in the early church. He is a main character in the narrative woven through the book of Acts and his thirteen letters make up a significant portion of the New Testament canon. Because Acts and his letters appear as discrete books in Scripture, it can
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“Good Samaritan Helps Family Stranded on Side of Road” “Good Samaritan Funds Children’s Hospital”“Woman Saved from Burning House by Good Samaritan” How many times have you seen headlines like this? Stories about people who are selfless and sacrificial are wonderful and uplifting. They take us out of our doldrums and cynicism and remind us that
Read more“Now I know” “And knowing is half the battle.” Some of you may recognize these phrases. When I was a kid I would watch a popular cartoon that included this aphorism, along with a moral lesson, at the end of each episode. Cartoon soldiers would teach important lessons that may seem obvious to adults but
Read moreWe know there are Ten Words. Yahweh wrote them with his finger on two tablets of stone (Exod 31:18; 34:1). But the church has never agreed on how to count to ten. The Bible doesn’t give a decisive answer. There are twelve negative imperatives in Exodus 20:1–17, and one of the ten (“Honor thy father
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Today, this question raises theological temperatures to a boil. Three hundred years ago, at the dawn of the evangelical movement, ministers banned this question from being asked from their pulpits. The early evangelicals took their questions, and more importantly, their answers, elsewhere. Trumpeting across the field, a voice could be heard from a person too
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When a crisis hits, the most natural question is “where is God in all this?” While questions about God’s goodness and sovereignty—and how they relate—are common in theological debates, the tragedies of life rudely shove them in our faces. Travis Campbell has suffered tragedies of his own and asked these very questions. The Wonderful Decree
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Have you ever wondered what goes into designing a book cover? It’s not an easy process and the final product is the result of a collaboration between designers, editors, and marketers. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we created the cover for the brand new Lexham English Septuagint (LES). The first step is an initial
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