While reading a Christian devotional by minister Larry Ollison this morning, I came across an interesting reflection. Larry is a Baptist minister, who embraces health and prosperity theology, and spiritual gifts. Here is what he had to say. “Recently, I was reading a nationally known magazine and I came across a very interesting article. A [...]
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My all time favorite news service is the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). When I was a Peace Corps volunteer, in Liberia, West Africa, short-wave radio was the only true source of news. My main sources for news were the Voice of America (VOA), BBC, and Radio Moscow. Now I am not a communist or anything, [...]
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This is a hypothetical theological dialogue, which I like to do, from time to time. Much depends on interpretation of scripture. For example, let’s take the passage where Christ says “greater works then this will you do.” If you listen to an Anglican minister, they would say that “the collective Christian community” would do greater [...]
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I was thinking of Bob Seger’s “Turn the Page” song, when I thought of doing this blog entry. But my mind drifted to a question. Can you name one of the most successful rock bands, in terms of marketing, even though the band no longer plays? Now this isn’t my observation, but is an observation [...]
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Have you seen the movie called The Matrix? Actually, it is a trilogy of three movies, with the first one posing a philosophical and theological question. In an artificially constructed world – the Matrix – the world we see and experience is seen through the blue pill. The “real” world is seen through the red [...]
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What do you prefer: intuition or logic? Remember the original Star Trek series? There was a show episode entitled Obsession, where we find a memorial quote from Captain Kirk: “Intuition, however illogical, Mr. Spock, is recognized as a command prerogative.” How do you think poor Spock – the Vulcan Aristotle of logic – felt? In [...]
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I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they’re letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.It covers: The best blogging techniques. How to get traffic to your blog. How to turn your blog into money. I’ll let you know what I [...]
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This is an example of thinking outside the box, which I do many times. But you can only think outside the box, if you are thoroughly familiar with the box characteristics. I am not trying to be sacrilegious here, nor am I illustrating a particular religious persuasion. The question comes from Matthew 17:24-27, of [...]
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Let me share a simple envelope secret. Now this is not an original idea. The secret is that you don’t need original ideas in marketing. Just find out from past, and present masters, what works – and what doesn’t. Many advertising agencies believe that if you prepare a fancy envelope, and maybe put a teaser [...]
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“Let the dead bury the dead”, are the words of Christ, from the Bible. Don’t worry! This is not a sermon or anything. “Let the dead bury the dead”, can apply to a minister, preacher, rabbi, or motivational speaker. Too many TV sermons are just that – dead. If I wanted to hear theology from [...]
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