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A word about myself . . .
I'm a highly motivated author, teacher, and
speaker who tends to be a bit creative. I have founded three
independent ventures designed to lift the financial and spiritual visions
of others who (like me), each day, long to engage in
authentic
ministry.
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Reading
the Bible
BibleDashboard has now gone on-line in a major way. It is better felt
than told and is a "must-see." Certainly, it is not
completed and is a work in progress.
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Bringing the
Word to Life
Coffee with Paul
Ministries: A developing project advocating and modeling a
conversational approach to Scripture, as if sitting with Paul over coffee.
This project encourages, supports, and develops a spiritual centering
through a substantial and responsible reliance on reading Scripture in
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Setting
Yourself Free |
Setting
Yourself Free
WHO Ministries: Ministry Without Limits is a
developing project addressing the need for ethical means to independently
supplement or support
one's family, private adventures, ministries, and other worthwhile pursuits and
causes. The project has grown out of the
concept of self-sponsored ministry as a Way of Helping Others (WHO)
and as either a helping hand or perhaps an alternative to standard institutionalized ministry of colleges, churches,
and other organizations. Guiding principles are that life should be
lived intentionally, with excellence and goodness, with an expectation of
excellence in all areas of our lives, with a resulting sense of
gratitude and outreach to others, and as a
journey of wondrous proportions.
For more, go here:
Comments and Quotes
Comment:
We are taught to reach out to the poor, who are blessed in divine ways.
But at no time are poverty, destitution, and the inability to pay one's
debts, or make one's own way, presented as the calling of God for
humankind. Entrapment to others because of debt is an insidious evil, a
cloaked form of slavery, servitude, and bondage. Left unattended,
all of these can dominate and debilitate, and are, in fact, an
irresponsibility. God has called humanity -- all of us -- to a
responsible life of all-encompassing freedom--first of all spiritual
freedom, and then every other form: ethical, moral, emotional, and
physical.
Gary D. Collier Quote:
Indeed, your aspirations should be clear: live a quiet, reflective
life; stay focused on your daily responsibilities; and take an active,
hands-on approach to your business affairs. This is what we taught
you. 12 In this way, you’ll live your life in a manner that
is proper, keeping in mind those non-believers who look on from the
outside; and you’ll not be under anyone’s thumb because of financial
need.
Paul, 1Th 4:11-12
CWPT
Quote:
There are those who look carefully into what comes before
them, and assign to each thing its proper place, as is fitting. These we must
praise as the followers of an approach to life that will not betray
them.
Philo of Alexandria, Cherubim, 129f
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