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  • Will this be on the exam? – an intro

    Will this be on the exam? – an intro

    If you have spent your life in school like this: Years Kindergarten 2 Grade school 6 High school 4 Undergrad 5 Graduate studies 2 This is the number of years I spent in school. …you have spent almost one-third of your life in school, assuming a 75-year life-span. Podcast highlights “I was taught that if Read more

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  • Are you ready for a world in which…?

    Video-faking algorithms are so advanced that faked videos are impossible to distinguish from real footage. These algorithms can completely replace people’s faces and speech to make it appear they’ve said or done anything the author intends. With this technology, anyone can manufacture video “proof” to back up any claim. These video fakes flood major video-sharing, Read more

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  • Moving out of fear

    Fear, if allowed to rule, paralyzes you. Fear drains you out of hope and fuels you with anxiety. In the face of fear, you must remember to stand firm, be confident, and undismayed, knowing that the Lord your God goes before you. I do not speak of any other gods of the nations but the Read more

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  • What is the biblical meaning of holiness?

    That’s right. Your definition of holiness might not be the kind of holiness the Bible tells us about. Read more

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  • What killed the project before it was born

    Have you ever experienced planning for a project for so many months only to have it crumble over the last minute before launching? Why? Because too many hands got involved at the last minute. Often, last-minute collaboration is what keeps the project seeing the light of day. Here’s Thrashing, an excerpt from the book Linchpin: Read more

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  • Beginnings are lonely

    … most of the time. But it doesn’t have to stay that way because building connections is essential for growth. So if you are just here to entertain yourself, go on. But time and time again, experience tells us that we will never be established if we only live for ourselves and our ideas die Read more

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  • Lies after lies

    You can only cover up so much with a small patch of land. The more you need to cover up a lot of things, the more you need some space. First, you alienate people around you as you conceal the truth from them. And as you try to remember all the lies you’ve said, you Read more

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