Steve the Stouthearted; it has a nice medieval ring to it, maybe even middle earth overtones. I noticed that word “stouthearted” recently in Psalm 138, verse 3: “When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted.” (NIV, 1973) The word stouthearted is used in the Bible to describe individuals who exhibit courage, determination, and resilience, often in the face of adversity or opposition. This characteristic is seen as a virtue, reflecting steadfastness in faith and purpose. The stouthearted are those who remain firm in their convictions and are not easily swayed by fear or doubt (from The Bible Hub website). And yet to be bold and stouthearted for most is not something that just comes naturally, we need the Lord to make us bold and stouthearted. And, from the verse above, it appears that he does so in response to us calling on him. So it probably wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that those who have been made bold and stouth...
Value proposition: it’s a marketing statement that summarizes why a consumer should buy a product or use a service. It should clearly and concisely communicate what customers can gain from selecting a particular brand over that of its competitors. In a value proposition, you don’t want your product to be viewed as being worth less than what your competitors offer. But even worse, in a bit of a quirk of how letters and spaces can fall, if you take out the space between “worth” and “less”, you get “worthless”, which means something of no value. If that word is used in conjunction with how your product is viewed by customers, it’s a word that will likely kill your brand. In the book of Philippians, the Apostle Paul, in a sense, communicated some value propositions. In chapter three, he starts off with describing the value of some things that many considered as extremely valuable in that day and age. They had to do with status and achievement in the reli...