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Get the Summary of Horst Schulze's Excellence Wins in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Horst Schulze knows how to win. In Excellence Wins, Schulze, in his absolute no-nonsense approach, shares the visionary and disruptive principles that have produced immense global successes over the course of his still-prolific 50-year career.
As the co-founder and former president of Ritz-Carlton Hotel...
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Of this work as published by the Author, the following was the title: 'Gildas Salvianus: The Reformed Pastor, showing the nature of the Pastoral work, especially in Private Instruction and Catechizing, with an open CONFESSION of our too open SINS: Prepared for a Day of Humiliation kept at Worcester, December 4, 1655, by the Ministers of that County, who subscribed the Agreement for Catechizing and Personal Instruction at their entrance upon that work,...
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#1 A gentleman knows that incessant use of his cell phone can only make it clear that he values the person on the other end of the telephone conversation far more than the people present with him. A gentleman's telephone calls are still his personal affair.
#2 When he is behind the wheel of a vehicle, any type, he should not be using his phone. When he is in a church...
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#1 Apologetics, or giving reasons or evidence to support Christianity, has a bad reputation among many believers. It is too easy for skeptics to ignore our facts and deny our claims. But sometimes they don't walk away. They stand and fight.
#2 When someone tries to convince you with clever use of words, be careful. That person probably has a weak position.
#3 When dealing...
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The Prophetic Parables of Matthew 13 is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by Arthur Walkington Pink (1 April 1886 — 15 July 1952) was an English Bible teacher who sparked a renewed interest in the exposition of Calvinism or Reformed Theology. Little known in his own lifetime, Pink became "one of the most influential evangelical authors in the second half of the twentieth century."
Arthur Walkington Pink was born in Nottingham,...
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#1 God is the Creator of all that is good, beautiful, and true. God is also a sadistic monster who made ancient Hebrews eat their young. For me, the far more interesting question was always, What in the world is God like.
#2 We become like what we worship. If you think of God as a Left-Coast, educated, LGTBQ-affirming progressive, that will shape you into the stereotype...
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#1 I am a private detective. For the past seven years, cases involving the FLDS Church, and its pedophile prophet have consumed most of my waking hours. I live just outside of Cedar City, Utah, a stunning high-desert community of some thirty thousand residents.
#2 I was unwittingly drawn into a desperate battle to bring Warren Jeffs to justice that has lasted for more...
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#1 Jesus' anger should make us gasp. He knows that if we don't get to God, invaluable treasures will be lost or obscured. We lose the space where we experience God's unfailing love and amazing forgiveness.
#2 We must take the time to be silent and contemplate, especially those who live in big cities like London and New York. God is the friend of silence, and we must...
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#1 The enemy's most deadly and deceptive trap is the offense trap. It severs relationships, widens the existing breaches between us, and handicaps us from fulfilling our full potential.
#2 The Greek word skand-alon, which is used to describe the offense of Luke 17:1, originally referred to the part of the trap to which the bait was attached. It is used in the New Testament...
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#1 There are many things that resist hurriedness. Like quicksand, they are called non-Newtonian materials. If you try to run your fingers through a non-Newtonian fluid, the substance becomes hard and almost like a solid, but if you move your fingers slowly through it, the material yields effortlessly.
#2 Mister Rogers knew how hurried children are in all aspects of their...
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#1 The intellectualist model of the human person assumes that learning and discipleship are primarily a matter of depositing ideas and beliefs into mind-containers. But this model ignores the power of habit.
#2 That is, even versions of Christian faith that are hostile to intellectualism are still intellectualist in how they approach discipleship and Christian formation,...
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#1 The supernatural is not a limited experience for Christians, because our God is supernatural and has no limits. It is normal for Christians to see and experience angels and demons, visions and dreams from God, and a variety of miracles.
#2 When non-Christians experience the supernatural, it creates a hunger in them to know more. They do not know how to discern or...
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#1 We have all been fascinated by the world of magick as children, and we have all grown up and forgotten about it. But now we are ready to reawaken that interest and bring magick back into our lives.
#2 The truth is, everyone has psychic ability, including you. witches do not consort with or battle demons, vampires, zombies, or other monsters. They have better things...
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“From the Gospel of John” is a message of meditation based on The Bible and written by James Russell Miller (20 March 1840 — 2 July 1912) was a popular Christian author, Editorial Superintendent of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and pastor of several churches in Pennsylvania and Illinois.
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#1 I met with Mme Lourdes, the woman who was supposed to be my guide for the pilgrimage. She did not have time for me, so she gave me a small card that would help me get lodging at the monasteries along the Road.
#2 The Road to Santiago is a path of obedience, and the only thing you need to do is follow the laws and requirements of the road. You must swear total obedience...
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#1 I was raised in a rural environment, and as a result, I inherited a practicality that says when something doesn't work, get rid of it. I chucked religion, and then education, as I searched for answers.
#2 I began to think that I could find happiness and meaning in prestige. I would find a noble cause, devote myself to it, and in the process, become well known...
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No one could ever imagine Gods perfect holiness, for we cannot call Him holy, we must call Him holy, holy, holy. He is the designer of the universe. His almighty magnificence is well beyond our imagination. We are not capable of realizing how mightily He loves us. A love so beautiful and perfect we could never understand. We have tried to capture a tiny bit of His glory in the bits and pieces of the knowledge He has given us. You will want to leave...
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#1 Religion can be a major barrier to world peace. It can create a slippery slope in the heart, and lead to the marginalization of others or even active oppression, abuse, or violence against them.
#2 There have been several attempts to control or even ban religion in the twentieth century. Soviet Russia, Communist China, the Khmer Rouge, and Nazi Germany were...
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#1 The Baptist General Convention of Texas held a statewide conference in 1989, and I went to learn about new church development. I had begun thinking that it was time for me to start a new congregation, and I wanted to know the hardships as well as the pitfalls to avoid.
#2 I was driving to Houston to preach at a church, when I was hit head-on by an eighteen-wheeler....
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