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5 Ways to Get Fit on a Budget

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It’s 2012 and you’re still eating donuts?  Put that croissant down and get serious about your fitness goals!  Yes, I did just call you out.  You set a resolution this year and you’re not about to fail, that’s why I’m writing this article! If you tell me money is holding you back, well that’s a bunch of [...]

The 1 Step Plan to Buy Gold and Become Rich According to the Bible

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I’ve talked before about how to build wealth.   I’ve even talked about buying gold. But if you really want to be rich. I mean, lavished-with-gold-beyond-your-wildest-imagination rich, then there is one investment you must make and one step you must take…and it involves buying gold. You Think You’re Rich Because You’ve Got Gold, But You’re [...]

30 Ways to Bless Your Workplace

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I came across an excellent post on blessing your workplace by being a faithful gospel presence and building into the lives of others. The idea is to engage others in a way that creates opportunities for faithful proclamation of the gospel to happen.  Here below are just 15 ideas with my commentary under each one. You [...]

How Do You Know When God Asks You to Give Up Your Treasure?

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I’m currently reading Pursuit of Godby A.W. Tozer.  I first read it eight years ago, but I wanted to re-read it because I remember how powerful it was at the time. If I had to choose only one book to recommend that will challenge you in your walk with God, it would be this book!  It will confront your idols [...]

Are These 3 Objections Keeping You From Giving to the Poor?

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I came across this post regarding objections to giving to the poor. Giving to the poor always seems to be one of those sticky issues that polarize, but that needn’t be the case. Giving, especially to the poor, when rightly filtered through the lens of the Gospel, is a great way to glorify God and [...]

Your Text Can Help Fight Hunger!

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The other day I stopped off at the grocery store to stock up on snacks for the big football game – Bears vs. Packers. I’m a die-hard Bears fan, and the Packers are the arch enemy!  Every game against them is big!  The result was less than stellar for my team, but there was still [...]

How Your Work Can Renew Culture

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I’ve been very interested in the idea of Business as Mission recently.  The idea that businesses can be a strategic influence for the gospel. Work isn’t just a means to making more money. It is a means to a greater purpose of glorifying God by impacting others lives.  Work is a high calling. Tim Keller [...]

3 Things More Valuable Than Money

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Too often we think money is the greatest thing in the world!  Think about it. How much time do we spend working for it, planning around it, worrying, reading and writing about it, and constantly thinking about it. We can all agree that money won’t be the most important thing in eternity, but we sometimes [...]