Two quotes from Aldous Huxley: "So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise to make them miserable." "To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." (Confession moment: I am not really a dog person-- I prefer cats because they are more relaxed in …
Month: May 2016
Talking Talking Talking Behind Bars
Expatiate: (1) to write or talk too much; enlarge (on). (2) to roam without restraint; wander at will. (The World Book Dictionary) Exspatiari means "to wander from a course" and, in the figurative sense, "to digress." But when English speakers began using "expatiate" in 1538, we took "wander" as simply "to move about freely." In …
The Safest Place?
Many of you may have seen the news about Randy Hentzel and Harold Nichols. They were American missionaries killed in Jamaica within the last few hours. An article on this is HERE. I never met either of them, but Harold was a friend of a friend. It is a pretty early article. Hopefully, by the …
Evangelism or “Elevator Pitch”? — Jackson Wu
What’s the distinction between evangelism and an elevator pitch? If you look at how we actually do evangelism, can you see a real difference in practice? Is it true most methods of evangelism are little more than elevator pitches? Do you recoil at the suggestion? Most people I know would object. Why? Elevator pitches are …
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