| 46 - The 80/20 Christian |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Wednesday, December 10 2008 10:02 |
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Excerpted from The Rest of Your Life (Zondervan) Remember the 80/20 rule? Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, first noted the principle that 20 percent of our efforts produces 80 percent of our results, and vice versa. And the rule (which is actually not a rule at all but a useful working generalization) extends into every nook and cranny of life. You know. Twenty percent of the people do 80 percent of the work, 20 percent of the people give 80 percent of the money, 20 percent of the people accumulate 80 percent of the wealth, and so on. Robert was an 80/20 man who lived an 80/20 life. He was the kind of man you could always count on to give a full 80 percent to everything he undertook. Well, actually not always, but at least 80 percent of the time. One day this 80/20 man decided he would like to become a Christian or, should we say, 80 percent of him did. For Robert could only bring himself to believe about 80 percent of the what the Bible says about the historical life of Jesus. You know, the virgin birth ("I mean, Come on"), the atonement for the sins of people not even born yet, the human incarnation of the unseen God ("Give me a break"). And then there is that part about rising from the dead ("Puh...lleezze!").
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