“It is not enough for the skeptic, then, to simply dismiss the Christian teaching about the resurrection of Jesus by saying, “It just couldn’t have happened.” He or she must face and answer all these historical questions: Why did Christianity emerge so rapidly, with such power? No other band of messianic followers in that era concluded their leader was raised from the dead—why did this group do so? No group of Jews ever worshipped a human being as God. What led them to do it? Jews did not believe in divine men or individual resurrections. What changed their worldview virtually overnight? How do you account for the hundreds of eyewitnesses to the resurrection who lived on for decades and publicly maintained their testimony, eventually giving their lives for their belief?”
― The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
― The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
“Empowerment requires a major shift in attitude. The most crucial place that this shift must occur is in the heart of every leader.”
― Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
― Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
“Hearken to God, if you would have peace with God. Hearken to conscience, if you would have peace of conscience.”
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“Empowerment means that people have the freedom to act. It also means that they are accountable for results.”
― Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
― Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
― The Money Code: Become a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code
― The Money Code: Become a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code
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