A young budding entrepreneur contacted me recently about a new business she is working to start. Her first step towards entrepreneurship, however, was somewhat surprising to me.   Rather than researching her potential customer’s needs and why they would pick her product over the ones they currently use, she formed a corporation. She could have ...

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Recently, many in our culture have worked hard to cancel our past heroes. Christopher Columbus has gone from being praised for discovering the Americas, to being cancelled for his flaws.  If we only praise those with spotless pasts, we will have no role models to emulate. Moses was a murderer, and David was a ...

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My friend, Mike, was out of town when he received a call on a Saturday from a local utility company. Mike needed to find someone to let the repairman in to his office.   Mike called a young employee and asked him to let the repairman into the business. Mike was shocked when this young ...

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Bezalel was a craftsman who modeled enduring work. In this series, we’re discussing the different attributes that made Bezalel’s work so lasting.   The third attribute is intelligence. The Hebrew word for intelligence means a combination of understanding, discretion, and reason.   God gifted Bezalel with the ability to understand how to design and build furnishings. ...

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