GRADUALLY THEN SUDDENLY

The unusual title of Mark’s latest book is actually a quote from the 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway. A character is asked, “How did you go bankrupt?” to which he cleverly replies, “Two ways. Gradually then suddenly.” Mark took that concept and developed an entire book on how small, faithful actions grow into profound results and leave a lasting legacy. The three main ideas are: long vision, long obedience, and long legacy. The first of those, long vision, takes time and eternity into account. “It’s doing what you do with the third and fourth generation in mind.” Long obedience, he says, is living for the applause of nail-scarred hands. “(It’s) the key that unlocks our potential and God’s promises.” Lastly, Mark explains long legacy as not wha

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