In the news, Monday, January 15, 2018

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from American Enterprise Institute

The general public thinks the average company makes a 36% profit margin, which is about 5X too high, Part II
How do the public’s estimates of corporate profit margins compare to reality? Not surprisingly they are off by a huge margin. According to this NYU Stern database for more than 7,000 US companies (updated in January 2018) in many different industries, the average profit margin is 7.9% for all companies and 6.9% for more than 6,000 companies excluding financials (see chart above).

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from Psephizo  (Blog)

Paul’s Understanding of Resurrection (i)
When I came to faith as a teenager, I was taught that I could know the forgiveness and love of God because of Jesus’ death on the cross for my sins—and that this made all the difference. It did indeed, and the sense of security I found from encountering divine love gradually seeped into and transformed every section of my life. But I remember very clearly one day, as I was walking to church, thinking ‘If Jesus’ death achieves everything, why does the resurrection matter?’ A common answer is that it was the proof that Jesus was who he said he was, and that his death really does mean forgiveness. Debate then follows about the historical evidence for the resurrection, and whether it is ‘objectively’ true.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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