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John the Baptist: Entrepreneur and Rabble Rouser

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21st in a series on how men and women in the Bible deal with waiting, disappointment and unemployment John the Baptist: Entrepreneur and Rabble Rouser Reflections on Matthew 3:1-12 The great thinkers, entrepreneurs, movers and shakers are often the people who struggle socially and have a hard time fitting into the prescribed categories of society.   Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, was a difficult man to work with.   One early employee wrote, “He made you feel that you were an important part of something much bigger than yourself — or even bigger than the company.   His use of harsh language, humiliation and intimidation were simply hardships to be endured.” And more recently someone who worked with Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said, “I highly doubt that there is a cooler company in the world than SpaceX, but if you want a family or hobbies or to see any other aspect of life other than the boundaries of your cubicle, SpaceX is not for you and El