Links To Go (January 19, 2015)

How to Move People to Action? Give Them Something Attainable (and Make It Big)

In a business context, the takeaway is to make sure your presentation–the vision you’re outlining, the hope you’re inspiring–is tangibly tied to actions that you and your organization have already taken and can continue to stand behind. The text of King’s speech is special, but it meant all the more because of the leadership actions already embodied by the man, the moment, and the March on Washington.


The #1 Reason Why College Students Leave the Church Could Surprise You

Of all the youth group participation variables we’ve seen, being involved in intergenerational worship and relationship was one of the variables most highly correlated to young people’s faith. So in other words, while it’s great that there are better trained, more called, more specialized paid and volunteer youth leaders—the downside is that the gap between the overall congregation and the youth ministry is growing, which ends up being toxic to young people’s faith.


Unearthing the World of Jesus

Archaeology showed once and for all that the people and places closest to Jesus were deeply Jewish. To judge by the bone finds, Galileans didn’t eat pig. To judge by the limestone jugs, they stored liquids in vessels that complied with the strictest Jewish purity laws. Their coins lacked likenesses of humans or animals, in keeping with the Second Commandment against graven images.
Craig A. Evans, an eminent New Testament scholar at Houston Baptist University, says that the “most important gain” of the last few decades of historical Jesus research is a “renewed appreciation of the Judaic character of Jesus, his mission and his world.”


10 Habits Remarkable People Give Up Every Day

  1. Remarkable people give up playing it safe.
  2. Remarkable people give up self-doubt.
  3. Remarkable people give up being baffled.
  4. Remarkable people give up self-judgment.
  5. Remarkable people give up disillusionment.
  6. Remarkable people give up being controlled by others.
  7. Remarkable people give up being stuck.
  8. Remarkable people give up being derailed.
  9. Remarkable people give up negativity.
  10. Remarkable people give up being perfect.

Greyhound Driver Stops At Motel To Rest With Bus Full Of Passengers

Dozens of passengers said they were left stranded on the bus for hours outside the La Quinta motel in Salina while the driver went inside to catch up on some sleep.
The bus pulled into the motel late Tuesday afternoon and passengers initially thought it was going to be a quick stop, but when the driver didn’t come back they called both the bus company and police.


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