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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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The real cost of the win-at-all-costs mentality

Posted on September 21, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Tunnel

We like winners In American society, we like people and teams who win. We like those who come out on top. No-one wants to come in second. This is why we have the saying, "second place is first loser." In no sport is this truer than in competitive … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: cheating, lance armstrong, scandal, win

Defending God’s honor? A response to the Islamic riots

Posted on September 19, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

Cross

Riots for honor? In a blog post in response to the riots in the Islamic world, Tom Gilson asks the question, "what good is there in defending God's honor?" In that post, Mr. Gilson highlights some differences between Islam and Christianity with … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: Cross, honor, Islam

A failure to launch: 5 failures to avoid in implementing strategy

Posted on September 17, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Rocket Launch

Strategy is not enough I have been in a lot of meetings which produced strategies geared toward moving the organization closer to its goals. More often than not, the strategies that came from those meetings did not produce the desired result. In … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: failure, implement, implementation, strategy

The law of unintended consequences

Posted on September 15, 2012 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Airplane

Every decision has consequences. Good leaders anticipate those consequences and will take them into consideration when choosing a path forward. Recently I had an experience where an airline implemented a policy of charging $50 to fly standby on an … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: consequence, law

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