Mark Schlechty

“Israel is not free to exploit the land at will. Israel always lives in the land with the Lord, and his laws contain many instructions about how to manage the land properly. In particular, the law of the Sabbath is a powerful reminder that the Lord is the one who sustains the creation and”
― Craig G. Bartholomew, The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story

“Kingdom Professionals do not define success in terms of money, job or status. They do not seek to maximize their income or their security or their status, or to advance their careers. Instead they seek to maximize their impact on the people and places to which God has called them. They measure success by their contribution to what God is up to in their neck of His woods. They see themselves as successful to the extent they are doing what God has called them to do, in the place to which He has led them, in such a manner that their giftedness can be well utilized. Nothing less will suffice; not the shallowness of status, not the ephemeral illusions of wealth, not the corrosive effects of power. What matters to Kingdom Professionals is that there is congruence between their daily lives and the further in-breaking of God’s Kingdom where they live and work.64”
― Craig G. Bartholomew, The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story

“Poverty with freedom from debt is great wealth. If”
― John Wortabet, Arabian Wisdom

“If we cannot attain unity of opinion, “perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment” (1Co 1:10); at least let us cultivate unity of spirit—“Whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule; let us mind the same thing” (Phi 3:16).”
― Charles Bridges, Proverbs: Selected comments on twenty-two proverbs