Incorporating faith in the corporate world

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28 Dec 2009
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John Beckett discusses how Christian values play an important role in the workplace. “There really is a relationship between sowing and reaping,” said John Beckett, author and chairman of the R.W. Beckett Corporation, to students at The King’s College in New York on Oct. 14, 2009.  His visit was a part of the college’s Distinguished Visitors Series.  Beckett told students how his Christian faith was an essential ingredient in building and maintaining his business. Beckett said providential “turning points” led him to become the president of the R.W. Beckett Corporation at age 26 while he “was still an unproven leader.”  […]

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Reawakening America through past principles

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Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America,the New York Times bestselling book by Chuck Norris, dives into the teachings of the founding fathers of the United States and how their beliefs and principles can help rectify many of the problems going on in society today. The actor, martial arts expert, and conservative activist details an eight-point plan that he believes can help get America back on track, based on the teachings of those who founded our country. The beginning of the book quickly examines different factors that are affecting America today, and the following eight chapters discuss in detail each […]

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Ethicists say think before forwarding

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Blessed are they who hit the “delete” key instead of “forward” when it comes to mean-spirited e-mails of questionable veracity, several Christian ethicists have suggested. Christians have a responsibility to tell the truth and to tell it in love, they agreed. They suggested several guiding principles: Administer the “smell test.” Christians should ask if any e-mail passes the “smell test” before passing it along, said Bill Tillman, holder of the T.B. Maston Chair of Christian Ethics at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary. If “something just doesn’t smell right about this,” delete the message, he suggested. Passing along stinky e-mails that fail […]

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Missions: ultimate life-changing road trip

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Volunteering for short-term missions is one of the most effective ways believers can mobilize with far-reaching results. It also can be a life-changing experience, altering the way you view the world and your purpose in it. Volunteers with a heart that is open to the spiritual need across North America can turn to the North American Mission Board to find opportunities to make a difference. Right now is a great time to plan your next, or first, trip to the mission field. Missionaries and pastors are ready to welcome short-term volunteers to the task of reaching the three-out-of-four people in […]

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Year and review 2009: Signs and wonders

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Religious Influence in DeclineAccording to a 2009 Gallup survey, two-thirds of Americans think religion is losing its influence on U.S. life. 67 percent of Americans think religious influence is waning, while just 27 percent say it is increasing. That perspective demonstrates a continuing downward trend, Gallup said. But the 27 percent figure is still higher than the record low, set in a 1970 poll, when just 14 percent of Americans thought religion was increasing in influence. STDs on the RiseRates of chlamydia are at a record high, and rates of syphilis rose for the seventh consecutive year, according to the […]

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