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Taking care of business
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1. Taking care of business

2. P asters and the flock
The word "pastor" means, literally, a "shepherd".

Being a pastor of the flock of sheep has been described as trying to lead a "herd of cats".

How can a pastor get a "herd of cats" into a meaningful Bible study?

3. Cat Bible study
A "perfect" solution to the cat Bible study, meaningful to the cats if not the pastor.

The group is growing.

Was it a cat I saw? (palindrome)


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4. Ancient Greek palindrome
Ancient Greek palindrome
An ancient Greek palindrome, from the 4th century, is the following. Ancient Greek was all uppercase and did not have spaces.
Greek: ΝΙΨΟΝ ΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΝΑΝ ΟΨΙΝ
Greek: νιψον ανομηματα μη μοναν οψιν
English: Wash your sins, not only your face.
The most famous place for this acronym is in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople which features two peacocks. The work is attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus (329-390) also called Gregory the Theologian. More precisely, the "Trinitarian Theologian".

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5. Ancient Greek mirror ambigram
Palindrome
Ancient Greek palindrome

The original palindrome in the Hagia Sophia is also a "mirror ambigram" (try reflecting on that) in that the uppercase letters in Greek are symmetrical (vertical axis), except "N" which is reversed on the right half.

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6. Both love your God and love your neighbor as yourself needed
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Jesus clearly states the two laws on which the law and the prophets hang in Mark 12:30-31 (and elsewhere).
Some churches omit the "as yourself" in order to help get world culture (that goes against the rules of God) into their church.
The religious establishment at the time of Jesus emphasized law 1, "Love your God", but ignored law 2, "Love your neighbor as yourself" rule. This is, literally, "against the law" (of God).

According to Jesus, both rules are needed. What happens if the religious establishment ignores "Love your God" and emphasizes only "Love your neighbor" and often leaves out "as yourself"? This is, literally, "against the law" (of God)


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7. Gospels - love neighbor as yourself
Verse routeMatthew 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [kjv]
Verse route22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [kjv]
Verse routeMark 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. [kjv]
Verse routeLuke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. [kjv]

What happens if the "as thyself" is omitted - as is often done in modern times in order to justify bringing the world's culture into the church even when it violates God's laws?

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8. Paul and James and OT - love neighbor as yourself
Verse routeRomans 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [kjv]
Verse routeGalatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [kjv]
Verse routeJames 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: [kjv]
Verse routeLeviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. [kjv]

What happens if the "as thyself" is omitted - as is often done in modern times in order to justify bringing the world's culture into the church even when it violates God's laws?

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9. John
Verse routeJohn 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. [kjv]
Verse routeεντολην καινην διδωμι υμιν ινα αγαπατε αλληλους καθως ηγαπησα υμας ινα και υμεις αγαπατε αλληλους [gnt]
Verse route13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. [kjv]
Verse routeεν τουτω γνωσονται παντες οτι εμοι μαθηται εστε εαν αγαπην εχητε εν αλληλοις [gnt]
Verse route15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. [kjv]
Verse routeαυτη εστιν η εντολη η εμη ινα αγαπατε αλληλους καθως ηγαπησα υμας [gnt]
Verse route15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. [kjv]
Verse routeταυτα εντελλομαι υμιν ινα αγαπατε αλληλους [gnt]

The context of these statements is that the command is addressed to "disciples" or "followers" rather than to the world in general.

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10. Matthew and Revelation
Verse routeMatthew 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. [kjv]
Verse routeελθατω η βασιλεια σου γενηθητω το θελημα σου ως εν ουρανω και επι γης [gnt]

In the "Lord's Prayer", Jesus asks for God's kingdom to come. Jesus then prays that the will of God from heaven will come to earth. This appears to be part of Jesus coming again. Is it a valid purpose for the church to decide to bring God's kingdom to earth?
The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized. Malcolm Muggeridge (British broadcaster)

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11. Matthew 6:10
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KJV: Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Greek: ελθετω ελθατω η βασιλεια σου γενηθητω το θελημα σου ως εν ουρανω και επι της γης

12. New heaven and new earth
Verse routeRevelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. [kjv]
Verse routeκαι ειδον ουρανον καινον και γην καινην ο γαρ πρωτος ουρανος και η πρωτη γη απηλθαν και η θαλασσα ουκ εστιν ετι [gnt]

Verse routeMatthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. [kjv]
Verse route24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. [kjv]
Verse route24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. [kjv]


13. Revelation 21:1
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KJV: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Greek: και ειδον ουρανον καινον και γην καινην ο γαρ πρωτος ουρανος και η πρωτη γη παρηλθεν απηλθαν και η θαλασσα ουκ εστιν ετι

14. Matthew 24:14
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KJV: And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Greek: και κηρυχθησεται τουτο το ευαγγελιον της βασιλειας εν ολη τη οικουμενη εις μαρτυριον πασιν τοις εθνεσιν και τοτε ηξει το τελος

15. Matthew 24:31
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KJV: And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Greek: και αποστελει τους αγγελους αυτου μετα σαλπιγγος φωνης μεγαλης και επισυναξουσιν τους εκλεκτους αυτου εκ των τεσσαρων ανεμων απ ακρων ουρανων εως των ακρων αυτων

16. Matthew 24:36
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KJV: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Greek: περι δε της ημερας εκεινης και της ωρας ουδεις οιδεν ουδε οι αγγελοι των ουρανων ουδε ο υιος ει μη ο πατηρ μου μονος

17. Matthew 11:12-14 Exploring the Kingdom of Heaven
Verse routeMatthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. [kjv]

It is not clear if what Daniel describes as the "kingdom" of "heaven" is related to what Jesus says.

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18. Kingdoms
Kingdoms 1 Kingdoms 2 Kingdoms 3 Kingdoms 4 Kingdoms 5 There are many viewpoints on the "kingdom" of "God" and the "kingdom" of "heaven/air".

Gospel Kingdom
of heaven
Kingdom
of God
Matthew 32 5
Mark 0 16
Luke 0 32
John 0 2

Sometimes Jesus just says "kingdom". The TR (Textus Receptus) adds "of God" in one of these verses.

It appears that Jesus uses the noun phrase "kingdom" of "heaven/air" as a code word. Matthew just wrote down what was said. The others merged these together in their minds before writing what they remembered.



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19. Matthew and Luke
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Luke records and correctly reports what people remembered as to the meaning of what Jesus said, sometimes using other words. This often loses the additional meanings as recorded in Matthew.

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20. Differences
Many of the differences between Matthew and Luke can be explained by the context in which each was written.

21. Model of the kingdoms and births
Verse routeJohn 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. [kjv]
Verse routeαπεκριθη ιησους και ειπεν αυτω αμην αμην λεγω σοι εαν μη τις γεννηθη ανωθεν ου δυναται ιδειν την βασιλειαν του θεου [gnt]

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Four parts: "earth", "air", "fire", "water".

The "ask", "seek", "knock" sequence is part of the "flame" and "sword" progression.


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22. Details

23. Matthew 13:44 Fifth kingdom parable: treasure in a field
Verse routeMatthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. [kjv]
Verse route ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων θησαυρω κεκρυμμενω εν τω αγρω ον ευρων ανθρωπος εκρυψεν και απο της χαρας αυτου υπαγει και πωλει οσα εχει και αγοραζει τον αγρον εκεινον [gnt]

The fourth kingdom parable in Matthew 13, just one verse, has treasure hidden in a field. What is the "treasure"? Why is the "treasure" hid again? When does the "sell" and "buy" take place?

In the parables, the "man" is "Jesus as God". Is the "kingdom of heaven" the same as the "kingdom of God"?

How might these parable relate to John 3:16? Can we, in addition, make reference to the story of Ruth?

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24. Matthew 13:45-46 Sixth kingdom parable: pearl of great price
Verse routeMatthew 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: [kjv]
Verse routeπαλιν ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων εμπορω ζητουντι καλους μαργαριτας [gnt]
Verse routemargaritas [v]
Verse route13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. [kjv]
Verse route ευρων δε ενα πολυτιμον μαργαριτην απελθων πεπρακεν παντα οσα ειχεν και ηγορασεν αυτον [gnt]

The name "Margaret" comes from the ancient Greek word "μαργαρίτης""pearl". The word "pearl" appears in the GNT (Greek New Testament) but not in the LXX (Septuagint), although the KJV (King James Version) uses "pearl" in Job.

It is easy to confuse the "pearl of great price" parable with the "treasure in a field" parable (one verse earlier). To what or who does the "pearl of great price" refer?
To understand the "merchant" and "selling" and "buying", it helps to have an understanding of "business".

The word "pearls" in Matthew 7:6 appears to be used in a figurative or code-word sense.

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25. Taking care of business
Should the church be run as a business?

26. Taking care of business
Should the church be run as a business?

Is the customer always right?
To answer this question, one needs to define the following. Definitions are important! A lot of deception happens when the words are assumed the same but the definitions are different - called equivocation as in making unequal things equal.

27. Defining a definition
The ancient Greek word (rough breathing) "ὅρος""boundary, definition" and is the source of the English word "horizon".
Aristotle often emphasizes the importance of "definitions" in identifying bad logic. Of course, Aristotle then defines what he means by a "definition".

English: A definition is a phrase indicating the essence of something. (Loeb#391, p. 281)
Greek: Ἔστι δ´ ὅρος μὲν λόγος ὁ τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι σημαίνων, [Topica, 101b-102a]
The aspirated rough breathing comes through in Latin and into English in the sound of the letter "h". Aristotle used this word for "definition" many times. This was only used for a while in the first century BC and discontinued but persists in ancient Greek notations to this day.

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28. Prophecy and profits
Verse routeMatthew 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. [kjv]
Verse routeπαντες γαρ οι προφηται και ο νομος εως ιωαννου επροφητευσαν [gnt]

The ancient Greek word "προφήτης""speaker for a god". Paul continues with "prophecy" and "tongues". In English, the word for "prophet" and "profit" have the same sound. These words are sometimes used to make puns. The Greek words, however, are different.
Verse route1 Corinthians 14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? [kjv]
Verse route νυν δε αδελφοι εαν ελθω προς υμας γλωσσαις λαλων τι υμας ωφελησω εαν μη υμιν λαλησω η εν αποκαλυψει η εν γνωσει η εν προφητεια η εν διδαχη [gnt]



 
Why did the IRS audit the church?



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29. MBA
Let us cover some business ideas as might be covered in an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) degree (started at Harvard in 1908).

  • Organizational behavior,
  • Management
  • Human resource management
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Financial accounting
  • Managerial accounting
  • Quantitative methods
  • Information systems
  • Business statistics (data science)
  • Data communications
  • Information security
  • Internet marketing
  • Networks, Database, Multimedia systems
  • Systems analysis and design, Software engineering
  • Software project management

  • 30. Matthew 16: Calling a masterful gathering of outgoing church believers
    Verse routeMatthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [kjv]
    Verse routeκαγω δε σοι λεγω οτι συ ει πετρος και επι ταυτη τη πετρα οικοδομησω μου την εκκλησιαν και πυλαι αδου ου κατισχυσουσιν αυτης [gnt]

    Most people agree that the church should represent the "gathering of believers" that are "called (out) together". The word "church" comes from "Lord" or "Master".

    Verse route12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. [kjv]
    Verse routeκυριος γαρ εστιν του σαββατου ο υιος του ανθρωπου [gnt]

    Discuss: Is your "church" a "gathering of believers" or an entity that wants to be "Lord" or "Master" of those in the "church"?

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    31. Rock and sand
    Rock and sandBuild your house on the granite rock of Jesus and not on the human sand (or stones) of man, Matthew 7:24-27. Sand is a chip off the old block of granite and made in the image of granite. The higher one goes up the human sand hierarchy or sand tree, the more the temptation to ignore the foundation of the rock and to start to "influence" or "manipulate" others as "leaders" for one's own purposes.
    To the extent that the Church of believers built on the sand of man helps one do what Jesus wants them to do, it is good. To the extent it does not, it is not good.
    Some birds will make "stones" (sand on which to build their birdhouse) appear as "bread". That is, give "bad" "gifts" or "houses" to their "children".

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    32. Throwing pearls build
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     5 Gates with thrown pearls 
     6 Gates with swine 

    This chart build is to summarize Matthew 7.

    The end result of giving what is "holy", control of the group, to a wolf-dog and having white and then gray "pearls" cast to "swine" to be trodden down to become black pearls is to divide the group into "few" and "some". Only the "few" who have otherwise ignored the "wolf" will find and knock on the gate to life and have it opened.

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    33. Taking care of business
    Movie: Taking care of business
    The 1990 comedy film "Taking care of business" is named after the song "Taking care of business" (and working overtime) by Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
    This idea "Taking care of business" is in contrast to "Taking care of sparrows" or "God will take care of you".

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    34. Song: God will take care of you
    The song "God will take care of you" was written in 1904 by Civilla D. Martin (1866-1948). Her husband, W. S. Martin (1862-1925) wrote the music. Because of her health, she remained home most of the time.

    In 1905 she wrote "His eye is on the sparrow". Charles H. Gabriel wrote the music.

    Born in Canada, she spent most of her life in Atlanta, GA, as a member of the First Christian Church.
    Music: God will take care of you


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    35. Verse 1
    Be not dismayed whate’er betide,
    God will take care of you;
    Beneath his wings of love abide,
    God will take care of you.

    God will take care of you,
    through ev'ry day, o’er all the way;
    He will take care of you,
    God will take care of you.

    36. Show me the money
    The phrase "Show me the money" cames from the film Jerry Maguire featuring Tom Cruise. The line is spoken by Rod Tidwell (played by Cuba Goodling, Jr.).
    In Matthew, Jesus says, "Show me the money".

    Verse routeMatthew 22:19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. [kjv]
    Verse routeεπιδειξατε μοι το νομισμα του κηνσου οι δε προσηνεγκαν αυτω δηναριον [gnt]


    Denarius of Mark Anthony and Octavian
    The ancient Greek word "δηνάριον""denarius" comes from the Latin word "denarius""coin" and meaning, literally, "of ten things" from the Latin word "deni""ten each". In Bible times, it was a silver coin of about a days wages. The (initial) value was 10 assarions or asses and varied (devalued) over time but provided the name of a "denarius".

    37. Matthew 22:20-21 Render
    Verse routeMatthew 22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? [kjv]
    Verse routeκαι λεγει αυτοις τινος η εικων αυτη και η επιγραφη [gnt]
    Verse route22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. [kjv]
    Verse routeλεγουσιν καισαρος τοτε λεγει αυτοις αποδοτε ουν τα καισαρος καισαρι και τα του θεου τω θεω [gnt]

    Many non-profit organizations have a lot going for overhead (salaries, etc.) and very little going to their claimed mission.

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    38. Romans 12:11
    Verse routeRomans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; [kjv]
    Verse routeτη σπουδη μη οκνηροι τω πνευματι ζεοντες τω κυριω δουλευοντες [gnt]
    Verse routeslowbisynesse… [wy]
    Verse routebusynestedious … [ty]

    The ancient Greek word "σπεύδω""be keen, make haste" in the sense of an urgent focused priority. The Old English word for "busy-ness" became the modern word "business".

    The KJV "slothful" is "ὄκνος""shrinking, hesitation" as in being "fearful".

    Paraphrase: Make it an urgent and immediate priority not to shy away or be fearful of ... serving the Lord.

    Anyone in business knows not to be fearful or shy away from approaching a customer rather than have them walk out of the store without buying anything.

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    39. Strongs - hesitate
    • *G3636 *3 ὀκνηρός (ok-nay-ros') : from G3635; tardy, i.e. indolent; (figuratively) irksome:--grievous, slothful.
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      • οκνηρε
        •   Matthew 25:26 ... unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that ...
      • οκνηροι
        •   Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
      • οκνηρον
        •   Philippians 3:1 ... to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

    40. Usage - hesitate
    *G3636 *3 ὀκνηρός (ok-nay-ros') : from G3635; tardy, i.e. indolent; (figuratively) irksome:--grievous, slothful.
    Word usage per chapter Words: οκνηρε οκνηροι οκνηρον

    The ancient Greek word "ὄκνος""shrinking, hesitation" and is related to the Latin word "cunctor""delay, hold up, hesitate" and to the English word "hang" as in "hang back". Think of hard "k" going to "kh" and then softening to "h".

    Verse routeNumbers 22:16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: [kjv]
    Verse routeκαι ηλθον προς βαλααμ και λεγουσιν αυτω ταδε λεγει βαλακ ο του σεπφωρ αξιω σε μη οκνησης ελθειν προς με [lxx]
    Verse routecuncteris … [v]


    41. Romans 12:11

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    KJV: Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
    Greek: τη σπουδη μη οκνηροι τω πνευματι ζεοντες τω καιρω κυριω δουλευοντες
    Latin: sollicitudine non pigri spiritu ferventes Domino servientes
    Wycliffe: not slow in bisynesse, feruent in spirit, seruynge to the Lord,
    Tyndale: Let not yt busynes which ye have in honde be tedious to you. Be fervet in ye sprete. Applye youre selves to ye tyme.
    Gothic: usdaudein ni latai; ahmin wulandans; fraujin skalkinondans;
    Spanish: Diligentes, no perezosos; fervientes en espíritu, sirviendo al Señor.

    42. Numbers 22:16

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    KJV: And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
    Hebrew: ויבאו אל בלעם ויאמרו לו כה אמר בלק בן צפור אל נא תמנע מהלך אלי׃
    Greek: και ηλθον προς βαλααμ και λεγουσιν αυτω ταδε λεγει βαλακ ο του σεπφωρ αξιω σε μη οκνησης ελθειν προς με
    Latin: qui cum venissent ad Balaam dixerunt sic dicit Balac filius Sepphor ne cuncteris venire ad me

    43. Plastic words and merchandise
    Verse route2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. [kjv]
    Verse routeκαι εν πλεονεξια πλαστοις λογοις υμας εμπορευσονται οις το κριμα εκπαλαι ουκ αργει και η απωλεια αυτων ου νυσταζει [gnt]

    Credit cardPeter says that these false teachers will use "plastic" words to make "merchandise" of their followers as in selling at an "emporium".
    In Romans 16, Paul make a play on words between "useful words", "subtle sermons" in Latin, and "Christ words".

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    44. Merchandise
    The KJV uses "merchandise".

    The English word "emporium" is from the Latin word "emporium""trading station" from the ancient Greek word "ἐμπόριον""trading station, market" which is from the ancient Greek word "ἔμπορος""traveler, merchant" as in one who makes a journey.

    The modern Greek word "εμπορικό κέντρο" (ehm-po-ree-KO KEHN-tro) ≈ "shopping center", has roots in the word Peter uses, «εμπορευσονται», from which comes the English word "emporium".

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    45. Smalltalk
    Byte Magazine Book: Smalltalk-80

    Alan Kay wanted to make a computer so easy to use, a child could use it. Then maybe adults could use a computer. Steve Jobs saw what Alan Kay was doing and hired him away from Xerox to create the Apple MacIntosh computer, introduced in 1984.

    Alan Kay (American computer scientist) was the originator of object-oriented, having developed the Smalltalk system in 1971, since "Children should program in smalltalk". I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. Alan Kay (American computer scientist)

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    Book: Smalltalk-80Smalltalk is an object-oriented language developed by Alan Kay (and others) at Xerox PARC in the 1970s.

    Alan Kay wanted to make a computer so easy to use, a child could use it. Then maybe adults could use a computer. Steve Jobs saw what Alan Kay was doing and hired him away from Xerox to create the MacIntosh computer, introduced in 1984.

    46. Business Process Reengineering
    Book: Reengineering the corporation
    Business process reengineering is the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measures of performance, such as cost, quality, service, and speed.
    Hammer, M., & Champy, J. (1993). Reengineering the corporation. New York: HarperBusiness., 83.

    Michael Hammer (co-founder of business process reengineering) , has a PhD in computer science. He applied object-oriented methodologies to business problems as the business community had never come up with a model of why they did things the way that they did them. A business got "lucky", made lots of money, then went out of business. Why?

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    47. BPR and TQM
    BPR (Business Process Reengineering) is a radical change in what you are doing.

    By contrast, TQM (Total Quality Management) uses continuous process improvement to make incremental changes in what you are already doing. This resulted in many ISO (International Standards Organization) standards such as "Six Sigma". The main idea of TQM is to look for the root cause of problems.
    Book: The Dilbert PrincipleDilbert (paraphrased): If you don't know enough to look for the root cause of a problem, what are the chances that a course will help you do so?

    Scot Adams, creator of the Dilbert cartoon, made the observation that TQM, as opposed to TBM or "Totally Bad Management", was making small incremental changes to something you should not be doing. Because that requires BPR.


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    48. Business
    Book: Reengineering the corporationWhat is the purpose of business?

    The goal of "business" is not to make money! In that sense, one should make more money (net income) than one loses (not out-going). However ...

    Business advice (not really): If you lose money on each item sold, just make it up on volume sales.

    The goal of "business" is to provide value to the "customer" - whoever those customers are. The customer is willing to contribute for that value.

    This applies to business for profit, for non-profit, to political and educational organizations, etc.

    BPR = Business Process Reengineering defined business, for the first time, in the 1990's. BPR provides a way to "do more with less". One has to re-think how things are done and make the necessary changes.
     
    Provide a real world example of getting more by doing less.

    49. Customers
    A customer is someone who gets value from the business.

    For people who have trouble abstracting the idea of a "customer", the term "stakeholder" can be used.

    Facebook Spider web

    50. Facebook graph
    The Facebook graph is a data structure of users and who they know, are friends with, etc. The Facebook graph is huge, with hundreds of millions of nodes (people, groups, organizations, etc.) and billions of edges connecting those nodes.


    51. Customers
    Who are the customers for the following? What is the value provided? Three types of work in BPR: By definition, all management is non-value-adding work (if not waste work).

    52. Church
    Who are the customers for a church? That is, to whom is the church providing value? What type of value is the church providing? Here are possible customers. Who is the primary customer? What value is provided?

    When the division of value is not clear, an objective function is needed.

    53. Objective function
    Feasible region
    To provide value, a business needs an objective function that can be maximized or minimized.

    A simple objective function, such as with linear constraints, has a feasible region for which an optimum value of the objective function needs to be determined.
    What might the objective function be for the following? What happens if the objective function of the person doing the work does not match the objective function of the institution?

    54. Optimization
    Linear programming feasible region
    Not every constraint can be maximized or minimized at the same time.

    The idea of "optimization" means finding a solution that maximizes or minimizes the combined constraints.
    Reality status bar Logic status bar
    It is not all or nothing for each part, but both are needed. How well can you succeed if you provide just one value?


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    55. Marketing techniques
    Verse route2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. [kjv]
    Verse routeκαι εν πλεονεξια πλαστοις λογοις υμας εμπορευσονται οις το κριμα εκπαλαι ουκ αργει και η απωλεια αυτων ου νυσταζει [gnt]

    Modern marketing techniques have become the business of many churches. The "business" becomes more important than the "church". Messages can be tailored to avoid losing (paying) customers.
    One business motto is that "the customer is always right". Is this a good principle?

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    56. The customer is always right
    One business motto is that "the customer is always right". How do you really know what Jesus wants? That is where knowing the truth and detecting deception are important. And that starts with definitions.

    Discuss: If Jesus is to be the primary customer of the church, then what are the objective functions to be maximized or minimized. Provide evidence from the Bible.

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    57. Human activities and God
    Verse routeRomans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? [kjv]
    Verse routeτι ουν ερουμεν προς ταυτα ει ο θεος υπερ ημων τις καθ ημων [gnt]

    Many use this verse as a "battle cry" or puffed-up-in-pride "badge of honor". Some pastors (and others) promote this misconception.
    Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. President)

    If God is the primary customer, then the customer is always right.

    58. Review of taking care of business
    Question: Should the church be run as a business?

    Answer: Yes. The church is already being run as a business.

    Appropriate questions: More questions:

    59. Business decisions
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     1 First decision 
     2 Second decision 
     3 True positive: yes-yes 
     4 True negative: no-no 
     5 False positive: yes-no 
     6 False negative: no-no 
     7 Complete decision tree 

    60. Business decisions

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