NEHEMIAH 3: Working as a Whole Village

NEHEMIAH 3: Working as a Whole Village

This is part 4 of 7 in a series about Nehemiah. Nehemiah chapter 3 could easily be glossed over as one of those long-winded chapters in the Bible with a lot of names that are hard for us to pronounce. That would be a mistake. There is a simple but compelling reason...
NEHEMIAH 2: Resolving to Do Good

NEHEMIAH 2: Resolving to Do Good

This is part 3 of 7 in a series about Nehemiah. The King After four months of study, meditation, fasting, and praying Nehemiah stands before the King with a sad face for the first time (2:1). Arguably, Nehemiah is risking his life to appear sad before the King. For a...
TAKING THE LONG VIEW

TAKING THE LONG VIEW

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1 ESV) As you read through Hebrews 11 you see sentences like this: “By faith so and so did such and such” that was completely out of the ordinary and sometimes even...
OPEN NETWORK: GREG’S GROWTH PROJECTIONS

OPEN NETWORK: GREG’S GROWTH PROJECTIONS

Venture Capital Firms When Ben Horowitz sent a text message to Marc Andreessen about starting a new kind of venture capital firm, Andreessen replied that he had been thinking about the same thing. Andreessen Horowitz, affectionately known as “A16Z,” decided to take a...
MARKETING – GOD VS. US

MARKETING – GOD VS. US

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified....
ON RAISING CHILDREN

ON RAISING CHILDREN

If you know my sons, you know I’ve been blessed with two very different boys. Both are walking with Jesus and striving to serve Him, yet in very different ways and locations. On the topic of raising children, I was asked recently, “What is the secret to raising...