you choose Q: “how can one finish better than he started?”

by an odj community member on February 2nd, 2012 | 3 responses
Q: In Ecclesiastes 7:8 it says, “The end of a thing is better than the beginning thereof.” How can one finish better than he started?  —Okeleye A: In these words found in Ecclesiastes, a book of Solomon’s wisdom literature, we find him emphasizing our need to... read more »

avoiding the pit

by an odj community member on February 2nd, 2012 | one response
1 Peter 4:12-14: Don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in His suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing His glory when it is revealed to... read more »

intercepting entropy

by marvin williams on February 2nd, 2012 | 8 responses
John Ortberg, in one of his sermons, told of an interview with Max Dupree, the former CEO of Herman Miller, a renowned office furniture company. “Max is asked to speak a lot about leadership, and at one session somebody asked him what the most difficult thing was that he personally had to work on.... read more »