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One of my pet peeves is that every advance in Internet Software technology seems to create higher levels of complexity which generally confuse most Internet users. For example, Adobe Acrobat recently came out with a nifty update to their PDF Internet browser that integrates with Internet Explorer. This udpate enables you to pull up a form and fill it out and submit it online. The problem is that the data ... more »

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Saturday, January 22

Organizing Your Finances Are we a fool for Jesus or are we a fool for finances?

by Mike McLoughlin on Sat 22 Jan 2005 02:44 PM PST

John Wimber, the Founder of the Vineyard Church once said, "I am a fool for Jesus, whose fool are you?" My question is when it comes to personal or company finances are we a "fool for Jesus" or are we a "fool for finances?" I know, I've been there. I have been a fool for finances and now I am on the way back. So here is an outline of ... more »

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The Ethics of Shrewdness

by Mike McLoughlin on Sat 22 Jan 2005 09:25 AM PST

he marketplace is a difficult and dangerous environment for the Christian. It can be a place of compromise or a place of persecution. It is a place where Christians must make difficult ethical choices and fulfill important moral roles. To survive and prosper in this dangerous environment the Christian must heed the advice of Christ who sends His people into the world as sheep in the ... more »

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Friday, January 21

Spiritual Formation at Work

by Mike McLoughlin on Fri 21 Jan 2005 09:33 AM PST

pirituality at Work is a hot topic among commentators and media pundits in business circles these days. Some attribute this trend to the events of September 11^th, 2001, in which almost 3,000 people from top level CEO’s to part time seasonal workers, lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York.[1] The fact that the attack was on an ... more »

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Thursday, January 20

Back to the Future of Missions - The Marketplace is the Next Mission Frontier

by Mike McLoughlin on Thu 20 Jan 2005 09:00 AM PST

wise man once said, “Nothing is more obscure than the obvious” (1) The purpose of this essay is to explore the “obvious” implications for the modern missions movement of future trends both from a Biblical perspective and a societal perspective. This is an obvious future that seems to be rather obscure in the thinking of the modern Church. It is a future that will require ... more »

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