The Seven Attributes of Successful Christians (Part 2)

In this second installment of The Seven Attributes of Highly Successful Christians, we will introduce another two characteristics that contribute to our success as Christians. In Part 1 discussed the attributes of wisdom and understanding.
We are a people as called from God, outliers. This means we are outside the normal ‘curve’ of Christianity. Our calling [...]

Jesus Christ is Building an Organization

Jesus Christ is building an administration. He is calling us to be kings and priests, and we will reign on the Earth with Him (Revelation 5:10). God is organized. We can look all around us and see symmetry, coordination, and interdependence. Throughout His Creation, from the planets and stars of galaxies beyond, to the smallest [...]

When Your Hope is Hanging By a Thread

 
 
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11)
I’m sure there have been times in your life when you’ve felt like giving up or letting go of some ethereal dream. A time that finally [...]

What is Our Desire?

Oniomania is a medical term describing the compulsive desire to shop. It is generally considered a pathology. However, given our current economic crisis, governments and corporations alike wouldn’t mind if we were all stricken with a little oniomania.

How about you? Have you felt the desire to shop lately? Do you feel a patriotic duty to [...]

Amid the Financial Chaos, Blessed Be the Name of The Lord

The Meltdown
Since the decisive defeat of Saddam Hussein’s army in March of 2003, the stock market had been on a roll in North America. By late 2007, the market had experienced about five and a half years of positive returns.

It was an unprecedented series of gains.
Statistically, the market was due for a breather; yet many [...]