In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that states could install legal online gambling. Since that time, legal sports gambling has grown from one state to 38 states, and from $440 million to over $13 billion in revenue. With that much money involved, and the unsavory characters gambling attracts, the recent NBA gambling scandal shouldn’t be ...

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The Giving Tuesday concept was launched in 2012 by Henry Timms of the 92nd Street Y in New York City and the United Nations Foundation. Timms desired to change the narrative from the consumerism that came with Black Friday and Cyber Monday to generosity. The result is an international movement of organizations leveraging Giving Tuesday ...

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Every year Gallop conducts a poll asking people how much they trust a variety of institutions. Many of our institutions like Congress, the press, and even the church, rank very low in how much the American public trusts them. A bright spot, however, relates to Small Business. For 2025, Gallop found that a record ...

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Business leaders prefer stability rather than uncertainty and chaos. It’s hard to make good decisions when the marketplace is changing rapidly. We started this year with prices in turmoil due to tariff increases; then the tariff rules constantly changed. Further, many employees have been impacted by new immigration policies. These changes can shake-up businesses significantly. ...

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On paper, the company’s decision to separate related functions into two separate divisions seemed like a good way to encourage healthy competition and accountability. In reality, the leaders of both divisions quickly lost focus on customers and instead fixated on how to outshine each other. Proverbs 4:25-27 reminds us to stay focused: “Let your eyes ...

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A Washington Times article by wealth manager, David Bahnsen, contends that much of the faith at work movement has focused on encouraging Christians to simply “get promoted and avoid sinful behavior on the job.” Mr. Bahnsen believes the next phase of this movement needs to focus on transforming industries by thoughtfully applying a deeper Christian ...

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If you visit the full-size replica of Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter in Kentucky, and go inside the Ark, the story becomes more real. This Ark is massive on the outside, but what impressed me was the engineering skills God blessed Noah with to organize the inside for all those animals. God gave Noah ...

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Barna Group recently highlighted three research studies showing signs of growing faith among the young, and young men in particular. The communications asked, “Are We Seeing Signs of Renewal?” It can be tempting to see favorable trends and declare victory. But we need to be careful not to define our optimism by the fickle hearts ...

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Years ago, I served on an advisory board of a national ministry. We were meeting and praying with the executive director to better understand why his ministry seemed to be void of fruit. The deeper we dug, the more puzzled we became. Then the Holy Spirit began working. Days later, the executive director of this ...

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In Joshua 7, the Israelites have been warned not to keep any plunder from their battles. However, after the battle of Jericho, Achan coveted and hid some plunder. Achan’s individual sin resulted in Israel being defeated in their next battle, costing dozens of lives. God blamed, and allowed, the entire nation of Israel to suffer ...

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