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An interview with one of the world's most interesting economists about Christianity and growth.

An interview with one of the world's most interesting economists about Christianity and growth.

Getty For many, the term "public speaking" conjures impressive mental images of huge crowds and perhaps a politician or self-help guru at a podium. Because most of us aren't politicians or self-help gurus (thank goodness), we don't have to worry about what it takes to be a good public speaker, right? Wrong. Giving a presentation at work, preaching at your church, giving a speech at a wedding, delivering a prepared message to your Bible study group -- all are forms of public speaking. It turns out the need to be at least a decent public speaker hits closer to home than we might initiall...

It is imperative in this time of economic crisis that the Church establish a firm understanding of the basic principles of Biblical economics. In order to do this, we must deal with one of the most misunderstood and misused passages in Scripture: the account about the early church’s sharing practices described in Acts Chapter 4.

We're currently in annual shareholder meeting season, which runs roughly April through June. Being part of a team which helps design, update and maintain Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), and also being an investor in those funds personally, I set out to take responsibility for what is in the portfolios by attending the shareholder meetings of the companies I own. But the point was not just to show up, but also to speak up, so I researched ways in which these companies were taking positions on divisive political issues which were not necessary to serve shareholder interests, and which might even ...