They supply a set of checks to ensure the stupid but critical stuff is not overlooked, and they supply another set of checks to ensure people talk and coordinate and accept responsibility while nonetheless being left the power to manage the nuances and unpredictabilities the best they know how.

Baptism incorporates us into the unity of the Body of Christ, and the Lord’s Supper fosters and sustains our fellowship and communion in that Body.

Boundaries without consequences are not boundaries.

Debate. It must be a discussion where “individual egos and self-interest don’t get in the way of an objective quest for the best answer.” Debates take time and emotional energy, but are very productive.

The most important sentence in any article is the first one. If it doesn’t induce the reader to proceed to the second sentence, your article is dead. And if the second sentence doesn’t induce him to continue to the third sentence, it’s equally dead.

Obedience to the word of Christ will bring inward revelation of the Godhead.

The right way to think about the product development process in a Lean Startup is that it is responding to pull requests in the form of experiments that need to be run.

The key to influence is always to first be influenced, that is to first be open and seek understanding.

We come by them honestly. We don’t intend to retreat from the world or stick our heads in a hole. We want to help. But the problems are immense...

If you ignore the ups and downs of the market and the endless speculation about interest rates, in the long term (anywhere from five to fifteen years) your portfolio will reward you.