When the Small Becomes Great
Michael White
Matthew 13: 1-15
From humble beginnings can come greatness. A couple of friends who met in high school started a computer company in a garage in 1975. They built the first personal computer. The case was actually made out of wood- looked ike some sort of deranged type writer. Their names were steve wozniak and steve jobs. And the rest as we know is history. The company is now the largest company on the NYSE worth over 700 billion dollars, boasts around 80,000 employees. And made around 175 billion dollars in the last year. When the company went public in 1980 its shares were worth 22 dollars ea. Since then there have been several stock splits, most recently a 7-1 split, there have been dividends which could have been reinvested. All in all, let's say you invested 5,000 in apple stock in 1980. It would now be worth over 1.5M. That means your stock went up by 30,000 percent. For every dollar invested you would make 3000 Probably almost all of you own some type of mac product whether it be a computer, phone, or ipod.
Perhaps some of you are wearing the nefarious apple watch. It has been calculated that if you divide Apples gross receipts by the population of the world, it means every single person on earth spends about 25 dollars a year on apple. From small beginnings came something so huge its mind-boggling. Things that start out very small ca have huge overwhelming effects. From 12 notes on a musical scale, we have symphonies. From 26 letters in the English alphabet we have millions of volumes of books. From Jesus and his 12 ordinary men we have the church against which the gates of hell cannot prevail. For the past several weeks you have been studying ecclesia- the church- and particularly, what is the purpose in the church and how does it fit into God's overarching plan of redemption?
And I'd like to add to that- what is the church's relationship to the Kingdom of God- and how does being part of thi ...
Michael White
Matthew 13: 1-15
From humble beginnings can come greatness. A couple of friends who met in high school started a computer company in a garage in 1975. They built the first personal computer. The case was actually made out of wood- looked ike some sort of deranged type writer. Their names were steve wozniak and steve jobs. And the rest as we know is history. The company is now the largest company on the NYSE worth over 700 billion dollars, boasts around 80,000 employees. And made around 175 billion dollars in the last year. When the company went public in 1980 its shares were worth 22 dollars ea. Since then there have been several stock splits, most recently a 7-1 split, there have been dividends which could have been reinvested. All in all, let's say you invested 5,000 in apple stock in 1980. It would now be worth over 1.5M. That means your stock went up by 30,000 percent. For every dollar invested you would make 3000 Probably almost all of you own some type of mac product whether it be a computer, phone, or ipod.
Perhaps some of you are wearing the nefarious apple watch. It has been calculated that if you divide Apples gross receipts by the population of the world, it means every single person on earth spends about 25 dollars a year on apple. From small beginnings came something so huge its mind-boggling. Things that start out very small ca have huge overwhelming effects. From 12 notes on a musical scale, we have symphonies. From 26 letters in the English alphabet we have millions of volumes of books. From Jesus and his 12 ordinary men we have the church against which the gates of hell cannot prevail. For the past several weeks you have been studying ecclesia- the church- and particularly, what is the purpose in the church and how does it fit into God's overarching plan of redemption?
And I'd like to add to that- what is the church's relationship to the Kingdom of God- and how does being part of thi ...
There are 22596 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
