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In episode 107, The Occupational Philosophers chat with the highly curious Dr Jochen Schweitzer: Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship researcher and education leader at UTS, director Executive MBA, advisor and author. His research, teaching and consulting focus on issues of strategy, collaboration, entrepreneurship and innovation with a special interest in design thinking, emerging technologies and open innovation. Jochen was a visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) School of Design Thinking at Potsdam University. Before joining the UTS Business School, he taught at the UTS schools of Design and Architecture and Macquarie University. Jochen is a passionate educator who has taught at universities in the UK, Japan, China, the US, Germany, the Netherlands and New Zealand and won numerous awards, too many to mention. He was a principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers, a production engineer at Volkswagen and a program manager at the Goethe Institute. Jochen is also the founder of U.lab, an interdisciplinary think tank and platform for innovation projects. Apart from his academic pursuits, Jochen is an active member of the entrepreneurship community and has mentored and advised numerous startups. Interesting titles from co-authored papers A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy Herding cats to co-create cross-university courses in record time Avoid being the Turkey: How big data analytics changes the game of strategy in times of ambiguity and uncertainty So a very interesting guest!! In this episode, the Occupational Philosophers explore: The five key attributes for an entrepreneurial mindset and behaviours How entrepreneurialism comes from 'doing it' The importance of building your own startup How Stoicism is a key part of entrepreneurialism What 90% of startups that failed haven't found The challenge of implementing design and design thinking in organisations If you want to solve a problem, start with what pisses you off Failing that, ask “what do you desire and what makes you itch?” Find your tribe, find your network, maintain it Why boards need to embrace curiosity and look around the corner What is Design Thinking? As always, there is a thought experiment to stretch the mind. In this episode, it's Ferret or Fantasy? The start-up world animal kingdom. There are also some listener questions, which are always a treat. The Occupational Philosophers hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as they did making it. Jochen Links Linktree (all links): https://linktr.ee/jochenschweitzer UTS Academic Profile: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/jochen.schweitzer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jochenschweitzer Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3aWHIb4AAAAJ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jochen-Schweitzer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1807-6720 Academia.edu: https://uts-academia.academia.edu/JochenSchweitzer Personal/Project Website: https://besyd.com Say Hello www.occupationalphilosophers.com Their day jobs: JOHN: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com/ SIMON: www.simonbanks.com.au SIMON SHOWREEL: https://youtu.be/YZQdJI6qGvg
The Fat One returns with a VERY SHORT recap of his day and several VERY LONG voiceletters before answering some VERY So-So questions. Happy National Cheese Doodle Day.
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A VERY SHORT, COMPLETELY SPONTANEOUS, PERHAPS TOO LIT, TOTALLY UNEDITED, BUT PRETTY EPIC (if I do say so) RANT ABOUT THE CITY, AND A FEW WORDS ON TOMORROW NIGHT'S (10/26) HARDKNOCK RECORDS AND 51ST STATE GIGS. LIVE FROM PENN “FUCKING” STATION. NO INTRO. NO OUTRO. NO GUESTS. JUST ME. UCE.
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Dr. Suze Wilson, is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management at Massey University. She is passionate about all things leadership along with an abiding interest in how we can make organisations both effective for external stakeholders and enjoyable places to work for employees. Her doctoral research examined why and how it has become normalized in recent decades to equate 'leadership' with grandiose expectations of 'transformation', 'vision', and 'charisma'. She argues these ideas, when examined closely, actually create undesirable pressures on leaders, grant them excessive powers, and rely on the problematic assumption that 'followers' are inherently inadequate. She is interested in theorising and practising leadership in ways that are more inclusive and humble.Dr. Brad Jackson joined Waikato Management School as Associate Dean Strategic Engagement in May 2020. He currently serves as MBA Director and Professor of Leadership and Governance and is the Programme Director for the Community Enterprise Leadership Foundation Elevate programme.Jackson has published seven books—Management Gurus and Management Fashions, The Hero Manager, Organisational Behaviour in New Zealand, A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership, Demystifying Business Celebrity, Revitalising Leadership, and The Board as the Nexus Between Leadership and Governance and Responsible Leadership in Corporate Governance. He also co-edited the Sage Handbook of Leadership and Major Works in Leadership. Brad is a former co-editor of the journal, Leadership, and vice-chair of the Akina Foundation, Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, and the International Leadership Association.ArticlesJacinda Ardern's resignation: gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadershipThe hatred and vitriol Jacinda Ardern endured 'would affect anybody'Do you want the heartwarming version of Jacinda Ardern's story, or the chilling one?When are we going to address misogynistic abuse?Leaving LeadershipTwo Quotes"Few of us can ever grasp just how unrelentingly demanding and difficult leading a country actually is. Especially in times of crisis and with our modern media and online environment, every statement and every move a leader makes is subject to extensive scrutiny and commentary." - Suze Wilson"The awful phrase that always haunts me in leadership is 'we get the leaders we deserve.' How do we create more sophisticated, more critical consumers of leadership? " - Brad JacksonAbout Scott J. AllenWebsiteMy Approach to HostingThe views of my guests do not constitute "truth." Nor do they reflect my personal views in some instances. However, they are important views to be aware of. Nothing can replace your own research and exploration.About The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in the study, practice, and teaching of leadership.
In this episode, Véronique Mottier introduces and explores what shapes our sexuality. Learn more about “Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction” here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/sexuality-a-very-short-introduction-9780199298020 Veronique Mottier is a Fellow of Jesus College at Cambridge University and also Professor in Sociology at the University of Lausanne. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the next episode of The Very Short … Continue reading Sexuality – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 59 →
Cory Lawson started marketing to sellers in December.Since then, he's closed 5 wholesale deals…He already has his 6th deal under contract…And he's made more than $100,000 in assignment fees.Here are the exact steps he took to do it…Listen in now!Cory joined the 7 Figure Runway group when we opened the doors to new members in October.The doors have been closed since then…But starting next week we're launching a new round of the Runway group.Which means, for the first time in 6 months……we're NOW ACCEPTING MEMBERS!If you want to hang out with a whole community of people like Cory and follow the EXACT SAME SYSTEM he used to get his first 5 deals, hit the link below to learn more and apply to join 7 Figure Runway…CLICK HERE: 7FigureRunway.com >>See you on the inside!Links & Resources7 Figure Runway: The doors are currently OPEN for a VERY SHORT time! If you want to join the same mastermind group where Cory Lawson got his start, you need to act now… head over to 7FigureRunway.com to apply and join!Want to connect with Cory Lawson? You can find him on Facebook by searching his name, or find his business Facebook page, Clear Sky Property Solutions! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The 501st of a series of weekly radio programmes created by :zoviet*france: First broadcast 12 February 2022 by Resonance 104.4 FM, and CJMP 90.1 FM Thanks to the artists and sound recordist included here for their fine work. track list 00 Shaun Robert - Intro 01 David L. Owen - Sumerian Greeting 02 Leena Lee & Vania Fortuna - Niebla – Intro 03 Steve Roden - Oionos [extract] 04 Ivan Ristić - Red Rivers Flow 05 Zoviet France || S. Grey - Rriverr 06 Shaun Robert - Casefile 07 Folder - (else) 03 08 [unknown sound recordist / Hanna-Barbera] - Air – Air Release Through Hose, Very Short; Air Release Through Hose, Medium; Air Release Through Hose, Long; Air Release Through Hose, Very Long 11 Hideyuki Kuromiya - 愛のコリーダ(R18) 12 Luís Antero - Portão (Oliveira do Hospital) 13 Henna-Riikka Halonen - 100227_16 14 EUS - Émori IV 15 Radio Free Ul-Quoma - Codeine 16 Jon Porras - Flower in Hand 17 Ben Ponton - Prophylactic [element 3] ++ Shaun Robert - Outro
When we think of unicorns, many of us picture idyllic white horses with a single horn, surrounded by rainbows. But that’s not how unicorns have always been depicted. This hour, a look at the history of unicorns and their enduring popularity. GUESTS: Martha Bayless - The Director of Folklore and Public Culture and a professor of English at the University of Oregon Adam Gidwitz - Author of The Unicorn Rescue Society series, among other books, and the creator of the podcast Grimm, Grimmer and Grimmest Sarah Laskow - Author of The Very Short, Entirely True History of Unicorns and senior editor for science at The Atlantic Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, Cat Pastor, and Catie Talarski contributed to this show, which originally aired July 15, 2021.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Welcome Monday! Each week, I am going to release a new VERY SHORT episode that I am calling Pieces to Ponder. I want to inspire us to reflect on specific ideas week after week that will make us better parents and better humans. This week's episode is inspired by my work with the International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP) and the work of John Braithwaite who is an Australian criminologist who, instead of considering only why people commit crimes or do wrong, asked: “Why do most people do the right thing most of the time?” Tune in this week and each Monday for more inspiration. :) As always, thanks for listening and reach out if you have feedback or thoughts! beth@makewordsmatterforgood.com
When we think of unicorns, many of us picture idyllic white horses with a single horn, surrounded by rainbows. But that’s not how unicorns have always been depicted. This hour, we discuss the history of unicorns, and their enduring popularity. GUESTS: Martha Bayless - The Director of Folklore and Public Culture and a professor of English at the University of Oregon Adam Gidwitz - Author of The Unicorn Rescue Society series, among other books, and the creator of the podcast Grimm, Grimmer and Grimmest Sarah Laskow - Author of The Very Short, Entirely True History of Unicorns and senior editor for science at The Atlantic Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Open this if you want to know what the most obvious investment of all-time is…..Guys, Gals, its blindingly obvious at this point. It’s so ridiculously obvious that I need to share a VERY SHORT story with you to illustrate how obvious it is. Okay here goes. Once upon a time, there was a man named Michael Saylor.Michael Saylor had really big kahunas.He is the CEO of a publicly traded company, MicroStrategy. He went ahead and purchased a crap ton of Bitcoin. To date, they have purchased 70,470 BTC (yes you read that right) at an average purchase price of $15,964 per bitcoin.That means, they have spent $1.125 BILLION on Bitcoin.That bitcoin is now, as of today, worth $3,593,970,000.That’s almost $4 Billion if you can’t read a number that big (I sure can’t).Just to put that in perspective…It took Saylor’s company 25 YEARS to generate $400 Million Dollars.So, in about 7 months, Saylor has generated 798.49% MORE MONEY than he generated in the HISTORY OF HIS COMPANY. That’s bonkers level crazy. But oh, this story isn’t over.Saylor hosted a “Bitcoin for Corporations” event in early February. I attended a few of the sessions, it was amazing. And it was a smashing success. yes, you read that right.nearly 7 THOUSAND different companies attended. Now this is when it starts to get crazy.Today, yes, Today, Michael Saylor announced that his company is raising $900 MILLION to (you guessed it) buy MORE bitcoin….Now, let’s just stop and think about this for a split second. Obviously Saylor has enough BTC, right?Like, he’s got plenty. So there’s no need to do this, literally ZERO NEED, unless he KNOWS, FOR SURE, that his conference was a success….Are you actually sitting there and telling me that Saylor isn’t in contact with these CEO’s, personally?Last week, a CNBC anchor asked Saylor whether he helped convince Tesla’s Elon Musk to invest $1.5 BILLION in Bitcoin….Here’s the clip..You can literally see him smiling ear to ear and laughing.OF COURSE HE HELPED HIM ARE YOU SERIOUS?So, here’s the deal.1) There is absolutely no doubt that Michael is in direct contact with hundreds, if not thousands of the most powerful CEO’s in the World.2) Those CEO’s are actively working with their accountants, lawyers, and boards of directors to purchase a crap ton of Bitcoin. This process takes time, and they are referring to Michael Saylor’s “playbook” in order to get it done quickly (because he’s already done it.)3) Saylor knows, without a doubt, that this is going on. So, logically, he is buying more Bitcoin before these other “big dogs” do. Because when they buy, the price will go up, and he will make even more money than he already has.That’s honestly it guys and gals. There has never been a more obvious investment, because there has never been another Bitcoin.You don’t need to be a brain surgeon or rocket scientist like Elon Musk or Michael Saylor to understand it. It’s simple supply and demand. There are only 21 million Bitcoin, there can never be 21.1 million.There are thousands if not tens of thousands of corporations lined up to buy this stuff.There are not enough coins to go around.The only way for everyone to get some, is for the price to rocket upwards, and convince some “weaker hands” to sell their coins. So, what should you do?1) If you already own BTC, please, for the love of God, don’t sell your coins to Michael Saylor and his friends. They have enough. 2) If you don’t own BTC yet, you should get some. Here’s the platform I use, I just got a referral code yesterday that will give you $10 free if you deposit $100. So that’s cool -> https://blockfi.com/?ref=e9fefa3eThat’s all I’ve got for now! Honestly I don’t benefit at all from telling you guys this, but it’s so freaking blatantly obvious that I had to. Many of you readers are already up obscene amounts because you listened to me, and that makes me happy. If this helped you, please consider subscribing, and SHARING (forward the email).Subscribing is free for 30 days (with a 100% money back guarantee) so it’s kinda a no brainer.See you subscribers tomorrow!Kalep.s. Oh, as if that story wasn’t good enough, the World’s LARGEST asset manager (Blackrock, 7 TRILLION under management) said that they are “dabbling” in Bitcoin, today. TRANSLATION? We are buying Bitcoin, and a lot of it. We’re saying “dabbling” because we don’t want to pump the price too much while we buy more…. Get on the email list at thekaleletter.substack.com
'What do you get when a husband and wife team up to read for books that involve mystery, some violence and SEX? You get Gunnar Qualen & Jenna St Clair and BDSM styled recording dungeon! They regularly appear on Sister Spotlight and Shenanigans GQ & JENNA on Facebook and Instagram. With USA TODAY's Best Selling author Samantha A Cole they have read for Absolving his Sins in their latest work and some of the scenes are downright X-rated and you can imagine their fans are rabid for the next one to come out........ In this interview we discuss why it's fun to work with each other, how they even got into the business to begin with and how much fun it is to meet their fans and what to look for next from them! We had a great time and we hope you do as well! Gunnar & Jenna also known as ( https://www.facebook.com/jeffreydavidpeterson/ ) are a married couple who just so happen to be on a VERY SHORT list as the world's best "DUET" narrators working together as a team on BEST SELLING audio books by #SamanthaCole (.Jeff Peterson is with Jenna St. Claire and Samantha A. Cole )is one of the very best collaborations in the industry ! Gunnar Qualen & Jenna St. Claire Audiobook Narrators https://scareo.com https://facebook.com/scareo https://twitter.com/Scareo_GQJenna Scareo.com scareo.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christopher-rutter/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/christopher-rutter/support
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Hvordan lager man strukturer som skalerer? Og når skal man si seg fornøyd med produktutvikling og sette fokuset mot kommersialisering? I denne episoden av #LØRN snakker Silvija med daglig leder i Tidewave R&D, Bjørn Sebastian Lorentzen, om de mulighetene han ser for innovasjon i norsk helsesektor. — Det kan ofte være vanskelig å tallfeste effekten av forebygging, og mye lettere å sammenligne kortsiktig behandling mot investeringskostnader her og nå, forteller han i episoden. Dette LØRNER du: GründerskapProduktutviklingSkalering Anbefalt litteratur: A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations kan anbefales. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
It’s very easy to get panicked and lose yourself during the very strange times which has put our collective amygdala on overdrive… so I dug deep and asked myself how I found my own center during previous times of serious panic. Scroll down to listen to this VERY SHORT seven minute audio for advice you’ll […] The post Finding Your Center Amid the Coronavirus Panic appeared first on The Never Binge Again Blog.
a VERY SHORT episode with the state of the union and a big thank you to all our listeners. As stated in the episode, go to the Facebook page for the link to my little movie.
I'm continuing on a fluid series on book launching and publishing with this post on how to find bet and ARC readers for your book. To read more of the series, click HERE. One of the important parts of a book launch is sending out your book to beta and ARC readers. Not sure what those terms mean? You aren't alone! Let's break that down. Note: Different people may use these terms interchangeably and in different ways. The definitions I'm sharing are the ones that I use and what I think are most commonly used by authors. To see the post on my main blog, click HERE. To join my free Facebook community, click HERE. WHAT ARE BETA READERS? Who are they? My beta readers are superfans who love the genre I write in and get a chance to look at my manuscript before it's even been to the proofreader. I send it to them as soon as I'm done editing. How many do you have? I have less than ten beta readers. What you send them? I send them a Word doc or, by request, another type of file. They will either email a list of corrections or notes (if they aren't using Word) or will use the feature to make comments and track changes in Word. What they do for you? My beta readers look for things like plot holes, typos and other errors, or anything in the story that might trip them up, not make sense, or that slows down the overarching story. They help me get secure in the story and often they pick up things the paid proofreader misses. When do I send them a book? I send the book as soon as it's done with my final edits. I am on a super-tight schedule. I send them the book usually less than two weeks before publication. This is VERY SHORT and most people recommend longer. But for me and the readers I have, it works. WHAT ARE ARC READERS? Who are they? My beta readers get my books in the final form--after the betas and after the proofreaders and after I've made my corrections. The book is fully formatted and should be as close to perfect as possible. What you send them? I send a .mobi or .epub file through Bookfunnel. What they do for you? They read in advance and write the first set of reviews. If they happen to find any typos or have suggestions, I always welcome them, but I do let them know these are my final edits and I'm not looking for story suggestions. When do I send them a book? I send them the book after I've made the final corrections after the betas and proofreaders have looked at it. Because I'm publishing on a super tight schedule, they usually get the book a week or a few days in advance of publication. HOW TO FIND BETAS & ARC READERS Friends and family This can be good or bad and you may not know until you try it. Friends and family might not be great readers because they want to encourage you. OR they might feel so close to you that they will say whatever they think. I've had bad experiences with friends and family reading books and telling me how much they hated things. It's really hard to come back from that. You may not want to. Friends and family may not be the ideal readers for your genre. If you find someone who is a good reader, reads your genre, and you think would give you an honest (but kind) response, go for it! Paid Services I have not personally used paid services to find beta and ARC readers. I'm a little hesitant to recommend this, though I'd love for someone to weigh in who has had a good experience. First of all, I think that an organic approach may yield better results. I've heard some horror stories about the paid services, but again-- it's not firsthand. The more I wrote and grew my audience, the more I had people requesting to be a part of my ARC teams. Paying for betas and ARCs might be your only option in the beginning, but I would work to organically build readers as early as you can. Asking Other Authors' Readers I've seen authors teaming up to grow their ARC and beta reader. This would look like one author offering to give their own readers the signup form for another author. I think this can be great and I've personally done this for authors, but you don't want to do this too frequently, unless you want your readers stretched really thin. I write a book a month, so I want readers who can keep up. If you're publishing less often, you might be more able to do this often. This is a great way to get in front of the right readers and another reason you want to be building relationships with other authors. Asking Other Authors I haven't had great luck with this, mostly because I think all the other authors are busy being authors. But I know many authors do use other authors in their genre as beta readers or as ARC readers for their books. If you are just starting out and have no direction, but do have author friends, this is another thing you could do--read for them and they read for you. TIPS FOR BETA AND ARC READERS Be clear in your expectations. I've had people do way more than I wanted or asked. Don't let everyone on your beta team. You don't want a lot of beta readers. I have almost ten and they are epic. But some people only have a few other people look. Find a timeline that works. My publication schedule is very fast. I have found people to work fast with me. That may not work for your genre or readers. You'll need to plan out the time you NEED for this to work for you. BE THANKFUL. I've been a beta reader for some authors before, given great feedback, and gotten nothing in return. Not even a thanks. I will never beta for someone again who does that. If you find someone willing to read your book or write a review or share with friends, you better show them how much you appreciate them.
After speaking together at a Christ Hold Fast city event, Dr. Keith invited Bruce Hilman to join him on two episodes of the Thinking Fellows. On this episode, they talk about the background and impact of Augustine of Hippo. Augustine is particularly crucial for Lutherans since his writings helped fuel Luther's reformation. Sit back, relax, grab a drink, and enjoy the show. Show Notes: The Confessions Lewis, The Great Divorce Gary Wills, 4 Part Series on Augustine Chadwick, A Very Short intro to Augustine Brown, Augustine of Hippo
Jackson, Brad and Ken Parry. A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Ltd., 2008. You have some clear convictions about what you think constitutes the right and the wrong way to lead someone or to be led by someone. While the importance of the role of individual leaders tends to be overestimated, the significance of leadership itself should never be underestimated. If you do not aspire to change something and you don't have a good reason for changing it, you cannot and should not lead. In summary, the trait approach to leadership has had problems, has been discredited, and is really not valid now. If you strike the right balance between concern for people and concern for production, you will be the most effective leader. The behavioural approach to leadership has also gone out of favour in recent years, with the exception that transformational leadership has been criticized as another behavioural theory under a different guise. The trait approach to leadership seemed to say that men were better leaders than women. The behavioural approach now seems to suggest that women demonstrate better leadership than men do, on average. Actually, there is no consensus in the literature about gender differences in leadership styles. For example, only weak evidence exists suggesting that women display more transformational leadership than men. … The bottom line is that gender differences with regard to leadership, even if significant, are slight. There seems to be little mileage in pursuing this as a specific research direction, unless gender is couched as a social identity rather than as a biological binary relationship. …a conception of the leader as someone who defines organizational reality through the articulation of a vision, and the generation of strategies to realize that vision. Charismatic leadership really is a function of the whole situation. It is leader identity, leader behaviour, follower identity, sociocultural context and organizational setting all working together concurrently. While equilibrium is achieved between followers and leaders, leadership will be sustained. When it begins to become unbalanced, that is, leaders and followers are providing too little and/or taking too much, then the relationship ultimately has to be renegotiated. It's important to recognize that you cannot train leaders. You can, however, help to develop certain behaviours and skills that can assist individuals in leading others. Training in interpersonal communication skills, presentation skills, decision-making skills and facilitation skills can be very helpful. But these are merely means to an end. Many leaders have got by without fully developing these skills. What's really important is the ability continually to learn from your experiences.
Jackson, Brad and Ken Parry. A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Ltd., 2008. You have…
Who's ready for some Ronin?!?! Love is in the air... Except for Kenny and Spinari. They're both single... To be honest, they're in a funk, ESPECIALLY Kenny who just had a date with a VERY short lady. No... A VERY SHORT lady, like really short. Chunga is lucky to be alive, he has the flu / pneumonia that's been killing everybody. Kenny wishes he could get sick so he could get out of work. Are you watching the Olympics? Chunga & Spinari can't get enough of them! Has anyone ever painted a picture of you? Did it look as bad as the Obama paintings? The Han Solo trailer is being hyper analized by everybody and Kenny gives his review of Black Panther!! Listen now!
Who's ready for some Ronin?!?!Love is in the air... Except for Kenny and Spinari. They're both single... To be honest, they're in a funk, ESPECIALLY Kenny who just had a date with a VERY short lady. No... A VERY SHORT lady, like really short. Chunga is lucky to be alive, he has the flu / pneumonia that's been killing everybody. Kenny wishes he could get sick so he could get out of work. Are you watching the Olympics? Chunga & Spinari can't get enough of them! Has anyone ever painted a picture of you? Did it look as bad as the Obama paintings? The Han Solo trailer is being hyper analized by everybody and Kenny gives his review of Black Panther!! Listen now!
Who's ready for some Ronin?!?! Love is in the air... Except for Kenny and Spinari. They're both single... To be honest, they're in a funk, ESPECIALLY Kenny who just had a date with a VERY short lady. No... A VERY SHORT lady, like really short. Chunga is lucky to be alive, he has the flu / pneumonia that's been killing everybody. Kenny wishes he could get sick so he could get out of work. Are you watching the Olympics? Chunga & Spinari can't get enough of them! Has anyone ever painted a picture of you? Did it look as bad as the Obama paintings? The Han Solo trailer is being hyper analized by everybody and Kenny gives his review of Black Panther!! Listen now!
Who's ready for some Ronin?!?!Love is in the air... Except for Kenny and Spinari. They're both single... To be honest, they're in a funk, ESPECIALLY Kenny who just had a date with a VERY short lady. No... A VERY SHORT lady, like really short. Chunga is lucky to be alive, he has the flu / pneumonia that's been killing everybody. Kenny wishes he could get sick so he could get out of work. Are you watching the Olympics? Chunga & Spinari can't get enough of them! Has anyone ever painted a picture of you? Did it look as bad as the Obama paintings? The Han Solo trailer is being hyper analized by everybody and Kenny gives his review of Black Panther!! Listen now!
What is an “organization?” According to Chris Grey, the guest in this Social Science Bites podcast, in many ways it’s a moment in time. “An organization,” he tells interviewer David Edmonds, “is also a momentary crystallization of an ongoing process of organizing.” Grey is a professor of organizational studies in the school of management at Royal Holloway University in London and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. And while he’s been heavily involved in management studies – he’s actually part of the School of Management at Royal Holloway – he makes clear that the rubric of ‘an organization’ extends far beyond business alone. “A huge amount of life is organized,” Grey explains, “and is therefore under the ambit of organizational studies.” In fact, the field itself, which essentially emerged from work on bureaucracy by Max Weber, was usually located in an institution’s sociology or psychology departments until the advent of business schools in the 1960s exerted a magnetic draw on the discipline. One of Grey’s best examples of not being solely a business study is detailed in his 2012 book — Decoding Organization: Bletchley Park, Codebreaking and Organization Studies — about the (now) famous British World War II codebreaking campus. As he describes in this podcast, Bletchley Park harnessed many of the current cultural trends and personality traits of its selected workforce so well that even spouses didn’t know of each other’s wartime exploits for decades after V-E Day. Even if organizational studies is boiled down to issues of economic efficiency, he continues, “we have to open up the question of what does efficiency mean and for who?” He adds: “We needn’t give the answer, ‘efficient for the powerful’.” And while admitting that his “take” is far from universal among his colleagues, “Fundamentally the problems of organization are not soluble and they’re not amenable to the kind of prediction and control that is sometimes promised.” While he has wide ranging research interests and a love of detective novels, Grey remains well-represented in the management field. He was editor-in-chief of Management Learning for six years. Grey co-edited the 2016 book Critical Management Studies: Global Voices, Local Accents and was co-author of another 2016 volume, Secrecy at Work: The Hidden Architecture of Organizational Life. His most recent book for SAGE is the cleverly named A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations.
I am resigned to the fact that I am aging; my declining vision reminds of this. I can no longer simply buy a pair of prescription glasses and go on my merry way. My continually declining vision demands that I regularly replace my lenses. Recently I went in to have my lenses replaced, left my current glasses at the store, and had to resort to wearing an older pair of glasses. This was not good... I experienced headaches, got drowsy while reading, and couldn't read fine print. It was evident I was seeing my world through the wrong lenses! I contend that our default financial lens is the temporal–the here and now. But Scripture teaches of another lens that may seem ethereal or fictional–eternity. In This Episode We Look At: We as Christians are already citizens of Heaven. "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ." Phil. 3:20. Conversation, as used here is not dialogue. The Greek word politeuma (pa -lē-tyu-ma) means, "the commonwealth of citizens". This life is very short. Very Short! We often hear the world proclaim, "Life is short so…live it! Have fun while you can, Carpe Diem!" The world believes that this life is the best there is. That is wrong The reality is that this present life is infinitely shorter than our eternal life. We are wise to put more effort into preparing for our eternal life, rather than allowing this temporary life to distract us from what really matters. This life and this earth will soon pass away with all its lusts. Everything that we may treasure here on earth will be destroyed. This is NOT the best that God has to offer. The best is coming: a new heaven and a new earth without sin and corruption–as God had originally intended. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Rev. 21:1 The correct perspective is an eternal one. In Acts, we see that all their wondrous works were done "in the name of Jesus Christ"–giving Him glory and impacting eternity! If we pause and consider our own daily actions, which can we truthfully say we are doing in the name of the Lord Jesus? Today's Resources and Links: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom" Psalm 90:12 "Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cast down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." Job 14:1-2 "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves, treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal". Matthew 6:19-20 One Thing You Can Do Today to Improve Your Faith and Finances: Begin each day prayerfully, acknowledging that it is "…appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement." and purpose in your heart - by God's strength - to live fully for Him today. Our words and actions do impact eternity. What Are Your Thoughts? If you have a question or comment about today's topic, we invite you to share your thoughts.
Five outstanding picture books reviewed. - Pool by Jihyeon Lee (Chronicle Books) - The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton (Arthur A. Levine Books) - Melissa's Octopus and Other Unsuitable Pets by Charlotte Voake (Candlewick Press) - Peanut Butter and Brains: A Zombie Culinary Tale by Joe McGee; pictures by Charles Santoso (Abrams Books for Young Readers) - One Day, The End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-Than-Ever Stories by Rebecca Kai Dotlich; illustrated by Fred Koehler (Boyds Mills Press)
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This has been a crazy week for me. I recorded this VERY SHORT episode just to give you a quick update of what's happening. I mean - it's less than 5 minutes. That's pretty quick. I also put in a little teaser for what's coming in 2014, so stay tuned.
A Lesson From Washington The American Revolution was all but lost. Powerful British force had crushed the American colonial force at New York City and put them to flight that summer. The British and their Hessian allies had then occupied free colonies, effectively cutting the rebels in two, they had advanced within side of Philadelphia, the rebel capital by their perspective. George Washington had lost 90% of his army, and had been driven... What was left of his army, driven across the Delaware River. Many soldiers had been lost to death, to disease, to injury, and to capture. Many more had deserted. And as the year 1776 came to a close, Washington stood to lose even more soldiers legally at the end of that year, December 31st, when their terminate enlistment would end, and they could just walk away. The morale of his army was in an all-time low. But on Christmas night of 1776, as the howling Nor'easter struck the region, George Washington crossed the Delaware River and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison in Trenton, killing or capturing over 1000 men. The Second Battle of Trenton followed within a few days, as the rejuvenated Americans held off a counter attack by some of Lord Cornwallis' best troops. Almost trapped at that point, Washington slipped away under cover of darkness, stole behind the enemy and hit them a third time at Princeton and won another victory over British Brigade at Princeton. The course of the entire war was changed with those events. More than anything, General Washington had given his army what it could not fight without, and that is confidence in final victory. Without that confidence, an army will quickly surrender in the face of the foe. But with confidence, an army will overcome even appalling odds and when shocking victories of it, genuinely believes it can win, no matter what the odds. Well, if confidence was important for General Washington's Army, how much more for the army of Jesus Christ in this world? We are faced with at foe so powerful that if we could see all of his power unleashed against us, we would quickly surrender. As Martin Luther put it, "Did we in our own strength confide our striving would be losing, we would quickly give up." We must have absolute confidence, unshakable confidence in our final victory in order to fight well. And without that confidence, we will easily, we will quickly crumble in the face of the battle that faces us. I. The Reward of Holding Our Confidence And now, the author of the Book of Hebrews is giving the readers these Hebrew Christians the confidence that they will need to fight their fight or another image would be to run their race to conclusion. So we're talking about the issue of confidence. Look at Verse 35, there he says, "So do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded." It's a negative command. Do not throw it away this confidence. So what do we mean by confidence? Well, confidence is spoken of as a hard attitude or a hard disposition, a sense of internal security or certainty based on the faithfulness of God and the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Absolute confidence that comes from the fact that Jesus Christ cannot fail, that He came from Heaven, He took on a human body, He lived a sinless life, and He died on the cross for sinners like you and me. It's a trustworthy saying that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Paul says, "Of whom I am the worst, even the worst sinner, and Jesus Christ came to save sinners like you and me." And is it even possible that he could fail the omnipotent God incarnate? Is it possible that he could fail? It is impossible. For he said Himself, "I have come down from heaven not to do my own will, but to do the will of Him who sent me and this is the will of Him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that He has given me. But I will raise them up at the last day, for my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Sun and believes in him will have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." This unshakable confidence that God is pleased with us in Jesus, that God will welcome us into His presence. We feel it first and foremost in that vertical relationship that we have with God, the freedom that we have with God, to come right into His presence and receive blessing from him. We saw it earlier in Hebrews 4:16, "Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with confidence," because we have a great high priest who died on the cross, who shed His blood for sinners like you and me, since He was raised from the dead, since He has ascended and is now seated at the right hand of Almighty God, "let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Let's have that confidence. So first and foremost, we have a vertical confidence with God, that God loves us, that He has adopted us, we are His children, his sons and daughters, and nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ. But then it flows out inevitably in a kind of a horizontal confidence to the outside world, especially in the context here in the face of persecution, before human opposers. Unshakable confidence in the face of human beings who had opposed us and persecute us, and would be hostile toward us. I think, for example, of the confidence of Peter and John after the day of Pentecost, you remember how the ministry continued? And there was a beggar there by the temple gate called Beautiful. And he wanted some money and Peter and John said, "Silver, gold, I don't have, but what we do have, we give you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise and walk." And then they're arrested for doing this miracle. Brought in before the Sanhedrin, the very group that had condemned Jesus to death. Remember that just a very short time before that, Peter in a cowardly act of selfishness had denied Jesus three times. But God had worked in his heart, Amen, hallelujah. He transformed him. Jesus had shown Himself alive from the grave, the Holy Spirit had come, he was a different man. And John was with him and the two of them are so bold, so confident in front of the Sanhedrin, they're unshakable. They haul these men in and ask... They're asked to give an account for this miracle that was done. And Peter and John filled with the Holy Spirit said, "Rulers and elders of the people! If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. He is "'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone.' Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Oh, what unshakable confidence they had. Were they afraid of dying at that moment? Not at all. Not at all. They were fearless and bold, and it was note worthy in the text. When they saw the courage of Peter and John, they realized that they were un-schooled ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. That kind of boldness that goes first vertically with God, that God loves me, my sins are forgiven, I'm going to heaven when I die. That God has adopted me. Nothing can separate me from the love of God. Then flows outward in times of persecution, that sword, famine, nakedness, danger cannot separate me from that love. The Apostle Paul writes about it in Philippians, talks about the persecuted church there in Philippi. And he said he wanted them to stand firm as one man contending for the cause of the Gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed and that you will be saved and that from God, for it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him. So there is that confidence of not being frightened in any way. What a sign it is to the outside world. So what's going on here in Hebrews 10? Well, in this chapter, the author is summarizing all the benefits that Christ gives, the benefits of that superior Priest, Jesus the Son of God, superior in every way, to the Levitical, the ironic priest, superior in every way offering a perfect once for all sacrifice, the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sin, but Jesus offered for all time, His own blood as a perfect final offering for our sins, that's the Gospel. I prayed at the beginning that I would preach the Gospel, friends, that's the Gospel, the blood of Jesus shed on the cross for sinners, you trust in him and your sins will be forgiven, that's it. And it brings in a New Covenant, because in the Old Covenant, Jesus could not have been a priest. But in a New Covenant, now establish this New Covenant in His blood, promises the full forgiveness of sins, there are adoption as sons and daughters, a transformed heart, it's a better Gospel. And as a result, we have a boldness, a confidence to enter the most holy place by a new and living way, into the very presence of God by the new living way that is the body of Christ. We have this incredible access and confidence. He's saying, "Don't throw that confidence away." That's what he's talking about. Does that makes sense? That's the confidence that He is discussing here. It's based on the word of God, it's based on the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. We're going to get later in the Book of Hebrews, sometime in the year 2014 or something. I don't know what pace. We're just moving along slowly, but in Hebrews 13:5 and 6, "Because God has said, 'never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.' And so we say with confidence, so we say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid, what can man do to me?'" What Does it Mean to “Throw Away” Confidence? Okay, well, that's the confidence. What does it mean to throw away your confidence? It's a negative command here. Do not throw it away, don't throw that confidence away. Well, I think you do it actively by sinning, by yielding to temptations. Or passively by having the root of that confidence, that root system eaten away little by little. And so, you're drifting away from Jesus, little by little, by little compromises, by little works and actions, by things you do and don't do, little by little the confidence withers and shrivels, and it's not what it was. So, either quickly actively by gross sin or passively by little accumulated actions that are sins, in a way you throw away your confidence by sin. That's how you do it. I thought about how could I illustrate this? Let me give you two practical illustrations; one, a Christian man, let's say, walking with the Lord, attending church, going to Bible study. Faithful, serving, confident, excited about Heaven, but he's got to besetting sin that comes in and he starts to make some compromises and he starts to sin and he violates his conscience. And then starts to do this more and more. You go talk to that individual after a period of time, and he has thrown his confidence away. If he's a genuine Christian, he can be restored, God can reach out and reclaim him, but he's in a dire situation. He has in effect taken an axe in his own hands and chopped the root system of his confidence down by his sin. He has shriveled it up himself by his own hands. Or take a second illustration, let's talk in a foreign culture. Let's say a Muslim country, maybe Indonesia or something like that, and there's a Muslim woman there, young woman, and she has a dream one night, and in that dream, she finds out that there's a woman who will meet her in the capital city of her country and tell her a message by which she can be saved. And she believes that dream and goes to the city. And there sure enough, a woman finds her, introduces herself to her and knows her name, miraculously. She's never met her before, and that woman is a Christian and she shares the Gospel and this young Muslim woman believes, trust in Christ. And the woman evangelist gives her a Bible, she takes it home and hides it from her father, and her brothers, and secretly starts feeding on the Word and growing and her assurance starts to grow. One terrible day her father discovers the Bible and beats her. Her brothers yell at her. She's a shame to the family, but her faith is strong. She knows she's going to heaven. Little by little, she can't stay there anymore. The persecution level gets too great and she goes and moves to the city. She finds some low-paying job as a seamstress there, struggling to make ends meet, exhausted every day, leaves off reading the Bible, starts to grow weaker and weaker in her faith, has no good Christian fellowship, and she meets a young Muslim man at a coffee shop, and he shows her some interest and the relationship proceeds and she has warnings through the spirit not to pursue it, but it's hard to say no, because her life is so tough and so bleak. At one point, she reveals to this young man that she's a Christian, he's not really much of a Muslim frankly, and he's not interested in religion, he he's not interested in Christianity, and he says I don't really care what you do in your private life, just don't bring me any public shame. She's at a fork in the road isn't she? What does Hebrews 10:35 say to her? Do not throw away your confidence. Do not throw it away on a relationship, don't throw it away on a sin, because it will be richly rewarded. What is the rich reward of confidence? What are we talking about, this rich reward? We often associate the word reward with merit, right? Something you deserve, something you have earned. But it is not the case here dear friends. What is the rich, the lavish reward that's going to be, the Greek is really interesting here, bestowed on you in some way. A richness that's going to be bestowed on. It's hard to get across in the English. But it's going to be richly, this confidence will be richly rewarded. Well, the first time reward has ever mentioned is the final reward in the end. "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield, I am your very great reward." It is God Himself, who is the reward of confidence, it is fellowship with God forever in heaven, it is to be able to see Him face-to-face and be His servant and stand by His side and serve Him forever and ever and find the joy and blessing of that new heaven and new earth, that is the rich reward of confidence. That's what you get. Because Without faith, it's impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him. There's your reward, it's God Himself. And so don't throw away your confidence, because it has a rich reward and it's God Himself in Heaven. II. The Need for Perseverance And so therefore, the author gives us this simple statement. You need to persevere, you have need of endurance. Look at Verse 36, "You need to persevere, so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised." Hebrews is the book of perseverance. Hebrews 12:1, we are to "run with endurance the race marked out in front of us." You need perseverance, you must have it. Without perseverance, you will not finally be saved. So endurance or perseverance in the faith is part and parcel of our salvation. It's what God promises to do for you, not only to begin your faith, but to nourish it, and sustain it until you need it no longer. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen, and when you are seeing what you want and when you are receiving what you have hoped for, you don't need faith anymore, it's temporary. But while you're in this world and while Jesus is still invisible to you, you must have faith. And so, therefore, you must have endurance in faith. You need endurance. In Luke 8:15, in the parable of the seed in the soils, the seed goes out, the Gospel message goes out and there are different kinds of heart reactions to it. But there is that fourth soil, that rich soil, it produces a crop 100, 60, 30 times what was sown. And Luke 8:15 says, "The seed on the good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart who hear the word of God retain it and by persevering in it produce a crop." That is the Christian life, friends. You might wonder, where in the world did I get a noble and good heart? It's a gift of God to you. And so also is the endurance and perseverance needed to bring forth the harvest. It's a gift too, but you have to have it. And so, here is that mystery of divine sovereignty, human responsibility, God's action on you, your requirement that you must persevere. Romans 2:7 teaches the same thing. "To those who by persistence in doing good, seek glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life." That's the Christian life. It's a persistence in doing good, a persistence in the Christian life, perseverance. So, this endurance I say to you, is part of the equipment, the sovereign God gives to His elect. It's part of what He gives them so that they may be finally saved. It's the work of God in you, but it's also your work and your responsibility too. You are to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, because it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose. There it is, Philippians 2:12 and 13. You must have perseverance. It is given by the Spirit, alright? The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace. What's the next one? Long-suffering or patience, perseverance. It's a gift of the Spirit of God. It's something the Spirit works in you. It's part of the Christian life. Revelation 1:9, John from the island of Patmos, wrote these words, he said, "I John, your brother and your companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus." It's part of being in Jesus; patient endurance. But it is our responsibility to develop that perseverance. We must endure. We must persevere. 2 Peter 1:5-6. "Make every effort to add to your faith goodness, and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control, and to self-control perseverance." You are to make every effort to add to your faith, endurance or perseverance. It's your job. It's your responsibility. How Do You Develop Perseverance? Well, how does it happen? How do you develop perseverance? How do you grow in perseverance? Well again, God gives it, Romans 5:5, sorry, Romans 15:5 says, "May the God who gives endurance and encouragement…" may He give you endurance. Alright. He gives it. Verse 4 of that chapter, Romans 15:4, says this, "For everything that was written in the past, was written to teach us so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures, we might have hope." So endurance flows from the pages of the Bible. You will gain endurance as you're in the word of God, as you are saturating your mind in scripture, feeding on the word, you're going to get stronger in the Christian race, you're going to have greater and greater endurance from the Bible. So you feed on God's word. If your endurance is low that means you're really not in the word. May be other reasons, but I think that's a fundamental reason why. But endurance also comes through God ordained trials, doesn't it? As you go through certain things God has got the hammer out and He is tinkering with your heart. He's working on you like a blacksmith or something, or a skilled craftsman. And He is working endurance into you through those trials, alright? And those trials either maybe yours alone, something you're going through, but it could be trials of those that you know about, people you know about. So first, your own trials. It says in Romans 5:3, "More than that we rejoice in our sufferings." Because we know that suffering produces perseverance." So as you go through trials, as you suffer through trials, God is working perseverance in you. Or even clearer, I think, is James 1:2 through 4, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance, and perseverance must finish its work, so that you'll be mature and complete, not lacking anything." So as you go through trials, God is building endurance in you. But you can also benefit from the trials that other people go through. You don't even have to know them personally. But you can benefit from the trials that others go through. Listen to this. 2 Corinthians 1:6. Paul was going through a terrible trial, and he wrote about it to the Corinthian Church. This is what He says, 2 Corinthians 1:6. "If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer." Let me put it in simple terms: We're going through a hard time for your benefit oh Corinthian Church, so that by you, from afar watching what we're going through, you can get stronger in your Christian life too. Your endurance comes through my suffering. That's what he's saying. Again, Philippians 1:14, the Apostle Paul says, "Because of my chains, because of my imprisonment, most of the brothers of the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly." In other words, because someone else is in chains, they aren't afraid of being in chains anymore. Do you see that? So you can grow in endurance by reading about the persecuted church. You can grow in endurance by reading about martyrs, people who died centuries ago. Just as you read their stories you can grow in endurance. I think that's part of the whole point of Hebrews 11, we're about to head. What a magnificent journey we're about to embark on in Hebrews 11. But as we have this great cloud of witnesses, we start to see how they have lived their lives, these men and women of God, who went before us and courageously lived for the Christian faith, and we can grow in endurance by that. So, be in the word, expect God to give you endurance, suffer well as you go through your trials and learn from the sufferings of others. That's how you grow in endurance. I say to you endurance is necessary. You must have it or you will not continue, obviously, in the Christian life. Perseverance for a Purpose You must have it so that, the Scripture says here, the passage says here, so that you can serve God's purpose in your own generation. Look what he says, "You need to persevere so that, when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised." God has a will for you. He has measured out good works for you to do. He's got works for you to do. He wants you to do them. He wants you, as it says in Acts 13, "When David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep." So God has a purpose for you, and when God is done with you, He's going to take you home. Until then you've got work to do. And so you need perseverance so you can do the will of God, you can finish the race in front of you, and do all those good works that God has. So, when God's done with you, He will kill you and take you out of the world and bring you to Heaven. He'll take your life. Does He have that right? Does God have that right? Yes, He does. He has the right to give life and to take it back, but He's doing it to bring you home. It's better by far, dear friends. And so when you have served God's purpose in your generation, when you have finished this race, you will lay aside all these burdens and He'll take you home. But in the meantime, all day long, we are being killed like sheep for the slaughter, Romans 8:36, that's what we're here for, to do God's work. So we need to have endurance, and at the life of that, at the end of a life of that kind of endurance, comes that promised reward. III. The Time is Very Short (vs. 37) Because, dear friends, Verse 37, the time is very short. The time is very short. "For in just a very little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay." The author here is quoting Habakkuk in Chapter 2:3-4. More on that in a moment. But he says, "He who is coming... " In the original context, in Habakkuk, the verse refers to the; vision is coming, the vision is coming and will not delay. The author to Hebrews here makes it just Christ-centered at that point, the one that the visions pointing to. He just makes it Christ when He says, "Christ who is coming will come and He will not delay." So Christ is coming to us in a very little while. So how does Christ come to us in our suffering? Well, He comes to us in our life. He comes to us in our death, and He comes to us at the end of history. In our life, He comes to restrict the trial so that they're not worse than we can bear. He measures out that trial, so that it's not worse than we can handle. Think about the church and Smyrna. It says in Revelation 2:10, "Do not be afraid of what you're about to suffer. I tell you the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for 10 days." 10 days. So Christ has limited the suffering of the church in Smyrna. It's going to be 10 days. I don't know if it's a little 10 days, but a short time, He's going to limit it. So He comes to us in our suffering to limit our trial, so it's not worse than we can bear. And in the middle of it, the spirit of Christ rests on you and He helps you. Think about the Apostle Paul, alright? He was going through a hard time. He was tired of getting beaten up. I think about. He's not a robot. He's a human being. Every city where he went, preached the gospel, he was getting beaten up. He was getting stoned. He was getting beaten with rods. He was getting imprisoned. His blood was being shed. And I think he reached the point where he said, "I can't keep doing this anymore, Lord." And so the church at Corinth there, in Acts 18, it says, "One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision. He said, 'Do not be afraid. Keep on speaking and do not be silent. Because I am with you and no one is going to attack you and harm you, because I have many people in this city." So while you stay here in Corinth, I'm going to give you a break. I'm going to give you an island of peace. So settle in here for a while and preach and go get the elect, go get the people of Christ in the city, and preach for them. I'm going to give you that." And then at the very end of his life, when he was going to die, and He knew it, still he says, 2 Timothy 4, "At my first defense no one came to my support. Everyone deserted me. I'm all alone. May it not be held against them. But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me, the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth. The Lord is going to rescue me from every evil attack and bring me safely into His Heavenly Kingdom, to Him be the glory forever." What does it mean, "The Lord stood at my side and gave me strength."? Jesus in some amazing way, came and stood by Paul and helped him when he preached the Gospel to Nero. I mean, what an incredible moment that was in redemptive history, but he stood there and preached the Gospel to the Roman Emperor, and Jesus helped him do it. He wasn't alone. So in a very little while he who is coming will come. He will come in your life to restrict the trial, so it's not more than you can bear and to help you get through it. Then He's going to come to you in your death, as I said, and He's going to take you out of this world. 2 Corinthians 4:17 says that our light and momentary troubles are not worth comparing, but the glory and those trials are preparing us for a glory that the Lord is bringing us to. And so, at the time of death, He comes for His own and brings you out of this world into heaven. But in just a very little while, Jesus is coming to end human history. Amen? He is coming soon. "He who is coming will come and He will not delay." Now, you would say, "I don't know that that's what it's talking about here, because it says, "In just a very little while." The Greek word, micron, is in there. In just a micron of time, He's coming. You're like, "Well, it's been 2000 years. That's a long micron there. That's an awfully long time." But you know, the final chapter in the Bible, Revelation 20:2, Jesus says three times He's coming soon, "Behold I am coming soon. I am coming soon." "He who testifies to these things says, 'I am coming soon.'" "I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have." And then John says, "Amen, come Lord Jesus." It is a very short time compared to eternity, isn't it? A day is like a thousand years. A thousand years is like a day. He's coming soon. "He who is coming will come and will not delay." IV. The Righteous Live by Faith... for the Rest of their Lives Verse 38, "But my righteous one will live by faith and if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with them." So here we have Habakkuk 2:4, a key text in the Bible. It's one of the most important texts of the Old Testament. I know that because it's quoted in such strategic places in the New Testament. For example, Romans 1:16-17. Romans is the best, clearest exposition of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It's the best. In Romans 1:16, he says, the apostle Paul says, "I'm not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed, the righteousness that is from faith to faith, just as it is written, the just or the righteous will live by faith." That's Habakkuk 2:4. What a key moment for that text of scripture. "You will be justified or made righteous in God's sight by faith alone, apart from works." So he quotes it also in Galatians 3, because the Galatians had lost track of the Gospel. They didn't seem to understand justification by faith, apart from works anymore. And so he quotes it there in Galatians 3:11-12, "Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for the righteous shall live by faith." And now he quotes it here at the end of Chapter 10, to show I think what kind of life comes from true justifying faith. That life, the life you live, you ongoingly live a life of faith, the righteous will live by faith, not just at that moment, the moment of the crusade where you came forward or you heard the gospel and prayed the prayer. But this is the kind of life you will live. It's a life of endurance in good works, right? It's a life where you're running the race right to the end. That's what it means, the righteous will live by faith. That's the kind of faith that saves. Now, what's going on in Habakkuk 2? Remember the prophet Habakkuk, was grieved by the wickedness of Israel. He cries out against it. God says, "I know what I'm going to do, I'm going to send the Babylonians, and they're going to destroy this place and kill most of the people." Not the answer Habakkuk was hoping for. When I preached it I called it, out of the frying pan into the fire, alright? This is worse. And so, he says, "Look, I don't get it. I don't know what you're doing. I'm going to stay here. I'm going to station myself, and I'm going to wait until you give me an answer, because I just don't get it." And that's where he says, "The Revelation is coming. It's coming. It's not going to delay." The author personifies it and points to Christ. But the answer of Habakkuk is marvelous. There's an individual answer. There's an answer that talks about the wicked Babylonians, and what's going to happen to them, but it doesn't name them, because it's true of any world conquering pagan empire. And then finally, God's kingdom; a three-fold answer in Habakkuk Chapter 2. The individual, through the rise and fall of history, the ebbs and flows of all of history, individual sinners are justified by faith. That's the first answer that God gives Habakkuk. Secondly, if you're worried about the Babylonians, what goes around comes around. They come in as a conqueror. They're going to go out conquered. That's what happens, the rise and fall of the world. You know why? Because ultimately, third answer, The Earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. I am building a kingdom and empire that's going to cover the whole Earth. They're competing with me. They will lose. I win. So I am building an eternal kingdom of glory, and that will not be stopped. Individuals will come into that kingdom by faith. That's the full answer Habakkuk 2, one of the great chapters in the Bible. And that's what the author reaches for to say, "You need to live an enduring life, the rest of your life running this race with endurance." That's what you need to do. And if so, then with Habakkuk, you can celebrate, no matter what happens. It doesn't matter how bad things get. In Habakkuk 3:17-19, it says, "Though the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be joyful in God my Savior. The sovereign Lord is my strength. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. He enables me to go on the heights." Do you want to live a life like that? Do you want that kind of joy and energy and power just coursing through your spiritual veins? And say, "I don't care what happens to me in this world. I am free to serve Christ, because I'm going into that glorious kingdom that he's building by faith. I'm going to go there and I will live that kind of life." V. The Eternal Danger of Shrinking Back And the faith that justifies continues through all of that adversity right to the end. That's what he's saying here, "My righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him." Do you hear that tone of warning? It's consistent with the Book of Hebrews. Book of Hebrews is a serious warning epistle, and he's just recapitulating what he's been saying all along. You can't shrink back from Jesus and go on into Heaven. You can't look Jesus and the gospel in the face, study it, know it, come to understand it, and then turn your back on it and walk away and go to Heaven. You can't shrink back. If you shrink back you will be destroyed. We'll get to that in a moment. But that's what it's saying here. Here it just says in Verse 38, "If he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him, but we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed." So the shrinking back leads to hell. It leads to destruction. He's saying, "If you shrink back, I will not be pleased with you." You're thinking, "Well, is that a big deal for God not to be pleased with you? Oh yes. It was for pleasure that God shows us before the foundation of the world, right? "Praise be to the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love, He predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ... " Listen, "In accordance with His pleasure and will." It pleased Him to choose you in Christ. And as Jesus put so sweetly, I love this, this is Luke 12:32, "Fear not little flock," This is Jesus speaking, to you, "Fear not, little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom." Oh, that's one of those three by five card verses. Put it up in here. I mean, "Fear not little flock, the father enjoys giving Heaven to you." Doesn't that just dispel bad views of God the father? I mean, He loves giving you Heaven. It's His good pleasure. Well, this verse says, if you shrink back however, He will not be pleased with you. Romans 8:8, says. "It is impossible for the carnal mind, to please God." He is at enmity with God. So this is a big deal if God is not pleased with you. God takes no delight in a cowardly person who shrinks back, who will not persevere. So, in order to make us pleasing to Him, He works endurance in us. VI. Final Salvation is Assured to those who Persevere (vs. 39) And so, Verse 39, final salvation is assured only to those who persevere. "We are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but are those who believe and are saved." Oh, praise God if you can say that with confidence, Amen? I am not included among those that shrink back. I'm not going to drift away. I'm not going to turn away and I'm not going to fall away from Jesus. That's not going to happen to me. Why? Because God is in me sustaining my faith, and I'm not included among those that are going to turn back to destruction, and that's what we're talking about. Hell. It's hell. "Enter through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it." That's the destruction. If you shrink back you're destroyed; Verse 39. Romans 9:22, "What if God, choosing to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction." It's the same word. This is hell that we're talking about here in 10:39. Those that shrink back are destroyed in hell, but we are not among them. Amen? We are not among them. We are of those who persevere, literally, to the saving of our souls. That's literally what it says. So, in persevering you receive the goal of your faith, the salvation of your soul. That's what this text is teaching. VII. Applications So what application can we take from this. First and foremost, look to Christ crucified again. I've already preached the Gospel. I never tire of it. God sent His son in a human body, who lived a sinless life, died on the cross, His blood shed for sinners like you and me. If you trust in Him, simply trust in Him, you will be justified or forgiven of all your sins. Look to Him again. For me, I've been hearing that now for 29 years. I am not tired of it yet. I want to feed on that truth. I want to come to Christ again today. I want to feed on Christ crucified and risen. I want to look to that and say, "That is my salvation. That is the power of God, to get a sinner like me to that heavenly place. I look to it again. I embrace it again. That is my confidence and I'm not going to throw it away. So if I could give a simple three-part summary of what I've said today. Hope, leading to obedience, leading to inheritance. Hope, obey, inherit. Is that clear enough? Hope based on the promises of God filling your heart with Heaven. Hope then obey His word consistently, persistently walking with Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, obey and you will inherit. That's what this text is telling us. So therefore, can I urge you to cherish your assurance, your confidence. Cherish it. Don't damage it. Love your assurance. Embrace your assurance. Feed your assurance. Don't damage your assurance. You can be justified and have a very weak, or a practically non-existent assurance. It can happen from time to time. There's a journey that leads to that deplorable state. I would urge you, don't go that journey. Don't test how much can a justified person sin and still go to Heaven? That's not a worthy journey, friends. Can I commend you to turn away from it? Let's not try to find out how much a justified person can sin and still go to Heaven. Instead, cherish your assurance. Feed your assurance by meditating on the word, by learning God's laws, holy law, and by the power of the Spirit obeying Him, doing what He's commanded you to do by the power of the spirit, live that life and your assurance is going to get stronger and stronger. Every temptation that comes, every flaming arrow of temptation that comes, you lift up the shield of faith and you extinguish that flaming arrow, your assurance will go up. I guarantee it; guarantee it. Every flaming arrow that finds its mark your assurance will be drained a bit. Satan can't kill us. Amen, Hallelujah. He can't kill us, but he sure can damage us. So you lift up that shield of faith and you hold it against every flaming arrow of the evil one. You fight the good fight of faith. Feed your assurance. Be in church. Meditate on God's word. Have your daily quiet time. Be in good Christian fellowship. Be in accountability relationships. Men with men and women with women, find somebody who can pray with you, and hold you accountable. Be part of that. Cherish your assurance. Think often of your rich inheritance. Think about Heaven a lot, more than you do. Read Revelation 21 and 22, I think once a week at least. Read those chapters. Just find out just how beautiful the place is that you're going to. Remind yourself again and again, of what is your inheritance. Think about it. Fear shrinking back. Fear that. I think the Christian life is to be run with an amazing balance of fear and confidence. All the time. You're fearing sin and fearing the assaults and all that, in your own flesh. You're serious about that. Those are serious threats. But at the same time, you're totally confident that God, through the power of His Word, can enable you to overcome them. Let's run together, shall we? And if I can just put in a plug for the men's retreat. Men, we need each other to fight this fight. That's what this is all about. The men's ministry is to help men fight together. Let's not fight alone. We're such independent people so often. So if you can make time, November 4th and 5th, to be at the men's retreat, please do it. I know it's a sacrifice. And now, I am shamelessly appealing to your wives. Bug your husbands. Pray for them. Persuade them. Encourage them. Exhort them. Provoke them and spur them on to love and good deeds. And say, "Hun, I can do without you for that period of time." And make the sacrifice. Let's band together, shall we men? And pray for each other and run this race with endurance. Close with me in prayer.
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