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The Last Five Percent

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I really enjoy the word grit. It’s a mix of tenacity, perseverance, a roll-up-the-sleeves-and-get-dirty-attitude, resilience, and the ability to get things done. In many ways, it’s the difference between success and failure, winning and losing. It tends to reveal itself after normal working hours on the job or beyond the normal human tolerance for suffering. It […]

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Criticism Is Hard to Give

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I have always found giving criticism a daunting task. But I’ll get back to that… Godly criticism (aka “criticism”) requires at least two things: wisdom and integrity. Wisdom is something God imparts to us as He sanctifies us by His Word. The more we learn, the more mature we are in the faith, the more

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Punitive Damages

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I’ve long thought that lawyers, though a Godsend for those being wrongly sued, are often agents of satanic thinking. It makes sense, given that Satan (hassatan in the original Hebrew, which means accuser, adversary, or in context, prosecuting attorney) is a lawyer. Anyone who tempts you to sue another person for punitive damages is appealing to

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My Condolences

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“My condolences.” This seems to be the go-to statement that most people offer to those who’ve recently suffered a death in the family. We say this because it’s “safe” during what is, for many of us, an uncomfortable situation. I mean, death has such a ripple effect in the lives of loved ones that any

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Context Is Key

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“Hey, friend, what’s the matter?” “Everyone’s just awful nowadays!” “How so?” “Well, for starters, everywhere I go, people are just rude to me. I’m so sick of it!” “Sounds like you’ve been having a bad day.” “More like a bad year!” “Well, I’m here for you, remember?” “I know, I know. I don’t mean you.

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