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Faith & Cultureby Rod D. Martin
November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. God has blessed us in so many ways, and we are so prone to overlook many of the biggest. It would be good to reflect today, for instance, on the fact that a billion people were lifted out of poverty in the last 20 years. Or the fact that we’re very close to curing liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, which affect five times as many people as cancer. Or the fact that for many people, like Sherri Martin, cancer is no longer a death sentence. Or the fact that Elon Musk has reduced the cost per pound to orbit from $10,000 to under $1,000, unleashing a new age like the Wright Brothers and opening the door to new worlds. Or the fact that over half the populations of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras came to faith in Jesus Christ in just this last generation.
We too frequently get caught up in the negatives, of which there are plenty. But God is always at work, always weaving together His perfect redemption of the whole world, physically every bit as much as spiritually. He’s doing that in our relationships as much as in the big things, and in our circumstances, and in our hearts. There is much brokenness in a world populated entirely by sinful, rebellious men; but the Great Physician, the Savior, the One who died in our place to pay the price for our rebelliousness, so that His Father could adopt each of us as sons and daughters? He makes all things new.
Enjoy this piece from the Economist. We are about to enter a Golden Age, if we don’t let the leftists screw it up too much. But we’ve beaten the left before, with its deliberate divisiveness, it’s manufactured victim groups, and its eternal class warfare. Cooperation and brotherhood are so much to be preferred, and will be, if we as Christians model them, and show the better world that can be.
Be thankful that we are given the opportunity to do so.
Rod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.