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Love & Money: Audio Interview with Rodney Cox and Don Blanton

September 1, 2015
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Rodney Cox and Don Blanton explain how love and money intersect in marriage — and how couples can blend their strengths to build a strong marriage — in this 30-minute interview with wealth managers and radio personalities Terry and Deborah Owens on their NPR show, “Love and Money.” Rodney and Don explain how their book,…

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Insight: Conflict Can Lead to Multiplication

July 28, 2015
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God Builds Ministry Using our Differences Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. Conflict between Christ-followers takes various forms. It is not always destructive. Consider the conflict between Paul and Barnabas, a formidable ministry team. The two had completed Paul’s first missionary journey (planting new churches and leading many to…

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Insight: Change the Way You Think, Part 2

June 1, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths Change the Way You Think, Part 2 of 2 “What is God’s will for my life?” Like most of us, you’ve been drawn to that question. And you have likely have sought answers. If God would simply send you a memo outlining…

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Insight: Change The Way You Think, Part 1

May 25, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths Change the Way You Think, Part 1 of 2 Just 5% of a group can influence the entire group’s direction. The other 95% follow without realizing it, according to researchers at the University of Leeds. The data reveals concrete evidence for the…

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Exercise: Do Differences Divide Your Team or Unite Your Team?

April 20, 2015
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Lead Your Team through the Profile, Part 2: Activity to Understand Differences This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About When you are first introduced to a new co-worker, you may recognize a strength set and style different from…

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Insight: Do You Know Your Strengths … or Are You Simply a Know-It-All?

April 6, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. A know-it-all: it’s that irritating person who claims to know everything. And because he knows everything, he cannot learn new things from others. When it comes to individual differences, you might be a know-it-all … and not know it. What separates a…

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Insight: Renewing Your Mind Means Choosing With Your Head

March 9, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. The Law of Differences holds that there are just two paths you can take as you observe others’ differences. You can judge another’s individual differences (you see another’s differences as weaknesses) You can value another’s individual differences (you see another’s differences as…

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Strengths of the Heart, Part 2: An Understanding Heart

February 9, 2015
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A series that examines how God uses the strengths of the human heart to build relationships In scripture, the term “heart” is used to denote a person’s inner self. The heart is the center of spiritual activity, moral understanding, and human will. God uses the human heart to build relationships. In particular, He is able…

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Strengths of the Heart, Part 1: A Teachable Heart

February 2, 2015
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A series that examines how God uses the strengths of the heart to build relationships In scripture, the term “heart” is used to denote a person’s inner self. The heart is the center of spiritual activity, moral understanding, and human will. God uses strengths of the human heart to build relationships – specifically a heart…

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