PROVERS 1917 “WHOEVER IS KIND TO THE POOR LENDS TO THE LORD, AND HE WILL REWARD THEM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.” COMPASSION is a hugh part of Christian Agape Love. Before Jesus coming, one way to recommend COMPASSION was to stress the REWARD that accrues to those who love. Jesus displayed a whole new Read More
Author: Paul Serwinek, PhD
Biography for Paul Serwinek, PhD
Doctor Serwinek has earned a Ph.D. in Sociology with a concentration in Social Psychology and Sociology of Religion from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and a Masters Degree from the University of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan. He is the CEO of several productive businesses and educational foundations and has served as an adjunct professor at several of Christian colleges.. Paul Serwinek is most proud of the fact that he has attempted to live a life as a Christian for over 40 years and can testify that there is nothing to compare to a close relationship with the Lord. He is especially grateful to attest to having a happy marriage of over 35 years and having 3 children who are all college graduates and pursuing their own careers of choice.
Dr Serwinek has been a life long researcher in Biblical interpretation using his expertise in the fields of cultural and social interaction as an entry point. He has also been a researcher, writer and consultant in the areas of Personal and Spiritual Growth and Human Resources for over thirty years. Serwinek has had numerous articles published in trade and academic journals and his book, “Finding Fulfillment – Wisdom for Practical Living” published by Vision Books, 1997, is used in training sessions and seminars. As a director of the Christian Sociological Association (An association of over 700 international Christian sociologists) his responsibilities include editor of the group’s newsletter and webmaster of the organization’s website.
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Paul J. Serwinek, Ph.D.
Education:
Ph.D. in Sociology with a concentration in Social Psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Masters of Business Administration from the University of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan.
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts from Thomas Edison College in Princeton, New Jersey.
Experience:
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DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND YOU’D GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR?
JOHN 15:3 “GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS: TO LAY DOWN ONE’S LIFE FOR ONE’S FRIENDS.” Do you have a friend you’d give up your life for? Fortunate if you do and blessed if you have the SACRIFICIAL LOVE such a deed requires. I’d like to think many of us would be willing to Read More
FOR DAILY LIVING, THIS IS ABOVE ALL ELSE
PROVERBS 4:23 “ABOVE ALL ELSE, GUARD YOUR HEART, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FLOWS FROM IT.” Essential advice for living. Regularly meditate on the motives for our actions. The HEART here is figuratively the seat of our motivation and EMOTIONS. Think about WHY we do what we do. There is always a selfish component in there Read More
THE GIFT OF CONTENTMENT
HEBREWS 13:5 “KEEP YOUR LIVES FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY AND BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE GOD HAS SAID, ‘NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU;NEVER WILL I FORSAKE YOU.’” One of the most marvelous gifts God’s Spirit will give to all believers is the gift of CONTENTMENT. We do our part as best Read More
WHAT IS THE GLORY OF GOD?
EXODUS 33;18-9 “THEN MOSES SAID ‘SHOW ME YOUR GLORY.”‘THEN THE LORD SAID, ‘I WILL CAUSE MY GOODNESS TO PASS IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I WILL PROCLAIM MY NAME, THE LORD, IN YOUR PRESENCE. I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I WILL HAVE COMPASSION. Read More
STAND BACK AND PAUSE
NEHEMIAH 9:6 “YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD. YOU MADE THE HEAVENS, EVEN THE HIGHEST HEAVENS, AND ALL THEIR STARY HOST, THE EARTH AND ALL THAT IS ON IT, THe SEAS AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM. YOU GAVE LIFE TO EVERYTHING AND THE MULTITUDE OF HEAVEN WORSHIP YOU.” Once Nehemiah was asked to complete a Read More
HOLDING OUR HEADS HIGH
PSALM 3:3-4 “YOU, LORD, ARE A SHIELD AROUND ME, MY GLORY, THE ONE WHO LIFTS MY HEAD HIGH. I CALL OUT TO THE LORD AND HE ANSWERS FROM HIS HIGH MOUNTAIN.” From ancient times, God’s servants intuitively knew how important a healthy SELF-ESTEEM is. The writer realizes how fulfilling it is to be associated with Read More
HOW DID WE MAKE IT THROUGH?
2 CORINTHIANS 4:7-9 “THIS ALL SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM US. WE ARE HARD PRESSED ON EVERY SIDE, BUT NOT CRUSHED; PERPLEXED, BUT NOT IN DESPAIR; PERSECUTED, BUT NOT ABANDONED; STRUCK DOWN BUT NOT DESTROYED.” At times we look back and wonder, “How did I ever get through that?! Our bodies, minds Read More
A SURE PLAN FOR FAILURE
ISAIAH 7:9 “IF YOU DO NOT STAND FIRM IN YOUR FAITH, THEN YOU WILL NOT STAND AT ALL.” This is a basic life principle for all Christians. Have you learned it yet? Isaiah admonished King Ahaz with these words above. The concept is this: If you don’t have FAITH that what you’re doing is right Read More
