Seminary Time Waster #6: Saying yes to every request.
Seminary students who can’t say no give permission to others to waste their time.
We’re nice people. We like to say yes. Jesus knew this. He advised us, “Ask and it shall be given to you.” (This verse is not primarily about prayer; it [...]

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The average American watches 4 hours, 35 minutes of television every day. (Center for Screen-Time Awareness, 2007 Fact Sheet)
Annually, that’s 1,673 hours. Can you believe it? Almost 10 weeks a year, just watching TV. It is a waste of your life!
We understand the need for a little entertainment or down-time, but TV is a time [...]

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Technology has given us the Internet, and the ability to instantly communicate worldwide. Wonderful isn’t it?
It has also given us

email in-boxes full of spam
stupid forwards you’ve seen a thousand times already.
access to millions of webstores where we can spend all the money we don’t have
video games, the most fun way to waste your life
other entertainments [...]

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It’s mid-semester, and lots of projects and tests are coming due. Final exams and papers are not that far off, and I’m sure you feel the crunch coming.
With that in mind, we’re going to talk about reclaiming desperately needed time by eliminating the things that waste it.
The Enemy’s main strategy for people in ministry is [...]

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Part one was addressed to the grade nerds. Today, I speak to the rest of you.
No one else may care what your grades are in seminary…. but you should.
(Fair warning. Those who know me know that one of my finger wagging episodes is only moments away.)
You should care about your grades, to the degree that [...]

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