In any sport, even in business, when people won’t assume the duties of their position, no matter who you are or where you are, not only is your own life affected but also the lives of others. Depending on your position, sometimes many are affected. There is no human being on the earth today that is …

James had become one of America’s greatest businessmen. He worked hard and lived a very frugal life with his money. His business grew and became extremely prosperous. However, hard times brought financial distress, and the company losses began to mount. The stress related to the declining business …

There is a great account in the Bible of a man destined to become a king and great leader, but who wasn’t ready to take that position until later. Most of us have heard of the story of David and Goliath. It’s been told in millions of Sunday school classes and preached from as many pulpits on Sunday …

D. L. was born in 1837 only to lose his father four years later. He wasn’t born into a wealthy family, and his mother had eight other children. By the time D.L. was 10, his education was over. He had to go to work to help the family with finances. At 17, he struck out on his own, and in his first …

The Bible is full of accounts of God choosing people who most of us would look at as failures; disgusting people who were murderers, prostitutes and a hundred other types of what many look at as “lowlife” people without culture and having little hope to make any real contribution to society. Yes, …

Everyone does something for a reason. Each person is, at times, doing certain things for certain reasons, and no matter the deed done, God always knows exactly why you truly do it. King David, in the Bible, tells us of one such man. He, at his highest position in life, was the general of the king’s …

Each and every person who has ever lived on this earth has invested their money and time into things- from houses and land to entertainment. The list is endless. There are areas we must invest in to live. We need shelter, food, clothing and other necessities. But even these areas can be …

God has ways of working out His plans and doing things through us that we never dreamed possible. Sometimes we forget that all things are possible when we are willing to be used by God. Here is an interesting story from the book The Least Likely: In September 1898, John Nicholson, a traveling …

Jesus taught a lesson in the Bible in the book of Matthew 25:14-30. The story is referred to as the “Parable of the Talents.” It’s a lesson of a wealthy king who leaves eight talents with three different people and told them to invest them while he was gone, and that when he returns he will expect …

There is a big difference. We no longer can put Christianity and religion in the same box. There is becoming a wider gap. The reality is that our world is changing. Political correctness has replaced truth. So what are some of the differences? Some we’ve always known, yet more are rising on the …