As a man of the faith (I'm not shy at all in announcing that), at times I like to review some of the contrast in the common professional philosophies and biblical teachings. In this case, there is a seemingly strict divergence between the biblical and worldly philosophy on the growing of professional gifts and the results that they provide in the arena of opportunity. Biblically, it would seem that a gift (assuming that it has been manifested and matured) is the catalyst by which those...

Every working professional has to deal with other people in some form or another. The workplace is the corporate professional’s representation of the field, court, track, slope or other place in which a sport is played. While execution of work in these arenas are generally not considered a game, one must admit that we are grouped into teams, we each have a position, there is generally a way to score goals through tasks, sale or project execution and we draft (hire) fire...