Internet Safety
Oct 28, 2009 • By David Murray • 0 CommentsTwo important reports on internet safety.
Scottish Worthies
Oct 27, 2009 • By David Murray • 0 CommentsThanks to Nick Batzig for compiling this list of online books from some of the best Scottish Theologians - Chalmers, Erskines, etc.
http://feedingonchrist.com/18th-and-19th-century-scottish-presbyterian-works-… Now we just need Apple to bring out their Tablet/Slate/Netbook/Kindle, etc.Wisdom from the world’s richest man?
Oct 26, 2009 • By David Murray • 1 CommentWhat can the Christian learn from perhaps the world’s richest man?
One of Warren Buffett’s favourite sayings about the market is: “be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy”.
Over the years, the numbers have grown, as Mr Buffett’s financial universe has expanded: from the millions to the hundreds of millions, to today’s multibillion-dollar deals.
And yet his modest office remains defiantly low tech.
“I’ve never had a computer in there, I’ve never had a calculator in there, I’ve never had a stock ticker in there,” he boasts.
He believes that if a deal needs complicated calculations before you can decide if it is right, then it probably is not. He always leaves a “margin of safety”, he says, so that if things don’t work out as he’d hoped, he does not lose money.
Mr Buffett has one personal assistant, and hates meetings or having a busy schedule.
He drives himself to work from his house, a few miles along the same street.
His daughter Susie says that most evenings, he will probably have a ham sandwich, and settle down to several hours of online bridge.
Those who work for companies Mr Buffett owns say when they call him up, he often picks up the phone himself, or if not he will always call back promptly.
Read the whole article here.
Antidepressants work fast?
Oct 26, 2009 • By David Murray • 0 Comments“Antidepressants get to work immediately to lift mood, contrary to current belief, UK researchers say.”
Read the whole of this fascinating article on the BBC website.How to turn ministry into idolatry
Oct 24, 2009 • By David Murray • 0 CommentsTim Keller on turning the ministry into idolatry.
“I was using people in order to forge my own self-appreciation. I was looking to my sacrificial ministry to give me the sense of “righteousness before God” that should only come from Jesus Christ. People make idols out of money, power, accomplishment, or moral excellence. They look to these things to “save them” — to give them the sense of purity, value, and acceptability that only Jesus can give. In my case, I was using ministry (and my own people) in this way.” Read the whole article here.
