Category Archives: Godly Character

Steve Went Looking for Grace

May 22nd, 2013

The angels rejoiced when Steve finally laid down his burden and surrendered his life to Christ. He was 39 years old, which is older than many converts, but his switch from death to life was clear, and not a person who knew Steve before could stop from marveling at the change they saw come over [...]

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The Church, Tech, Ethics, Jaron Lanier, and the Destruction of the Middle Class

May 20th, 2013

After reading my recent post “‘Free’ and the Destruction of Worth,” reader Brian Auten sent notice of a compelling Salon interview with tech futurist Jaron Lanier—“The Internet Destroyed the Middle Class”—in which the polymath suggests he and other prognosticators underestimated the negative impact the Internet would have on our lives. As a musician, Lanier thought [...]

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“Free” and the Destruction of Worth

May 16th, 2013

It takes time to prepare a bid on a project. Time is money. You make no money preparing bids. A bid is simply a hope for a future realization of money. I don’t think the man requesting bids on one particular project was a bad person. He simply was misinformed. Or maybe he knew exactly [...]

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