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As you know, words have impact. What you choose to say to someone, and not say, impacts your relationship with that person. So how can you improve all your relationships? By learning to choose your words wisely, carefully, and in a God-honoring way! Deborah Pegues shares the lessons she learned when she decided to take a "tongue fast" by not saying anything negative to anyone. You'll gain valuable insights, as well as help for avoiding lying, gossiping, and complaining.

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You spend months building a product, launch it, and realize no one is buying...but not if Clay can help it!

Kurt and Kristen sit down with Clay Banks as he shares his journey building Haven Lock, landing a (now viral) Shark Tank episode, and using that experience to sharpen decisions about traction, valuation, and what actually mattered.

That shift shows up in how he now approaches new ideas. Instead of starting with product, he starts with proof. The "fake door" test becomes the first step, putting an offer in front of real people and measuring whether anyone takes action before anything is built.

The same pattern carried into GloriLight, where speed came from testing demand early and using systems he had already built. What used to take years now happens in weeks because the order of operations changed.

And now, he’s getting those lessons and tools into the hands of other founders. Entrepreneurs building products with a focus on real demand are going to love this conversation.

0:00 Intro

05:44 Shark Tank Journey

10:03 Team Focus and Clarity

16:44 Exit and Market Pivot

20:56 Scaling Operations and Inventory

24:13 The Founders Round

32:18 Fake Door Test

35:21 Non-negotiables

41:19 Lightning Round

Resources Mentioned:

The Founders Round:

www.thefoundersround.com

GloriLight

https://glorilight.com

Haven Lock

https://havenlock.com

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Understanding the divide between America's Christian ideals and its history of slavery. 

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Pastor David Whitney and Brian Shelly welcome you to Constitution Applied.  Elections are really important.  Congress plays a significant role in public elections which includes making sure candidates are qualified.  How do citizens a candidate is qualified?

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How do people justify what others see as transgression? Taking that question to the Persian-Muslim and Latin-Christian worlds over the period 1200 to 1700, Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law - 1200 to 1700(de Gruyter, 2023) shows that people in both these worlds invested considerable energy in worrying, debating, and writing about proscribed practices. It compares how people in the two worlds came to terms with the proscriptions of sodomy, idolatry, and usury. When historians speak of the gap between premodern practice and the legal theory of the time, they tend to ignore the myriad of justifications that filled this gap. Moreover, a focus on justification evens out many of the contrasts that have been alleged to exist between the two worlds, or the Muslim and Christian worlds more generally. The similarities outweigh the differences in the ways people came to terms with the various rules of divine law. The level of flexibility of the theologians and jurists in charge of divine law varied more over time and by topic than between the two worlds. Both worlds also saw the development of ever more sophisticated justifications. Amid the increasing complexity of justifications, a particular kind of reasoning emerged: that good outcomes are more important than upholding rules for their own sake.

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Former Senator Ben Sasse shares about his recent cancer diagnosis, addressing human frailty and the reality of death, while accepting that God allows suffering. He also shares about redeeming the time by worshipping Jesus and loving your family in the time God has given you.  

What does heaven teach us about God? In this collection, you’ll hear amazing stories and biblical insights about heaven from popular episodes of Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. Featuring guests like John Burke, Lee Strobel, Randy Alcorn and Erwin Lutzer.

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