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Written by Greg Waddell Wednesday, March 03, 2010
I ran across the following quote the other day. It is an excerpt from Thomas Paine's book, Common Sense and is often referred to as the Entrepreneur's Credo. I find it inspiring and aligned with biblical Christianity. But I know that among many Christians, it has become fashionable to depict entrepreneurialism as a baneful contradiction of spirituality and to sanctify instead helpless dependency. I think that's misguided, but I am open to correction; can any of you liberal-leaning brothers and sisters out there in the blogosphere show me where and how any part of this statement contradicts the true spirit of Jesus Christ and biblical Christianity?
Written by Greg Waddell Sunday, February 28, 2010
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I don't know about you, but I am ambivalent about prayer. Take that as a confession or simply as a statement, however you like. What I mean is that I truly believe in the power of prayer, but I find that my efforts to pray and my practice of prayer always fall short. For the Christian, and for most other religions for that matter, prayer is absolutely central to developing one's spiritual character. This is why the Apostle Paul urged us to "pray without ceasing."1 But if, on the one hand, prayer is so crucial to life in the Spirit and, on the other hand, I am so clumsy about it, where does that leave me? It leaves me in despair of ever becoming a spiritual man, unless ...
Written by Greg Waddell Monday, February 22, 2010
I can see how some of my posts might be perceived as communicating disdain for the church. I do get discouraged sometimes, but it's not with the church as such, but with the way Christians often hinder her full potential by an inane adherence to past structures and programs that no longer communicate the beauty and power of the message of Jesus Messiah. The situation is so critical that I am tempted at times to throw away the very word "church" and replace it with some more descriptive word, but, in the end, that word too would eventually become encrusted with ecclesiastical barnacles of the past. It was with great satisfaction, therefore, that I read the following paragraph from N. T. Wright's book "Simply Christian." If you love God's church, read on and be refreshed.
Written by Greg Waddell Saturday, February 20, 2010
I heard a great statement yesterday at one of the ABHE workshops by Roy King. He said, "Good leadership has more to do with asking the right questions than it does with finding the right answers." I agree
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"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher."
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