{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Church Answers","provider_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com","title":"What Bill Gates Can Teach Us About Discipleship | Church Answers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MjfO3X8e6e\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/what-bill-gates-can-teach-us-about-discipleship\/\">What Bill Gates Can Teach Us About Discipleship<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/what-bill-gates-can-teach-us-about-discipleship\/embed\/#?secret=MjfO3X8e6e\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What Bill Gates Can Teach Us About Discipleship&#8221; &#8212; Church Answers\" data-secret=\"MjfO3X8e6e\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Perseverance.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":628,"description":"In his book The Road Ahead, Bill Gates wrote, \u201cWe always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don\u2019t let yourself be lulled into inaction.\u201d Of course, Gates was writing primarily about technological advancement, which he knows well. But he was also writing in a more general sense. As a humanitarian and philanthropist, Gates has also borne witness, both good and bad, to the monumental changes that can happen over a sustained period of time. He\u2019s right. We tend to have a minimal scope of vision. Perhaps it\u2019s the society we have been raised in, one in which the demand for immediacy permeates everything from the way we want our food to the way we want our entertainment. We want \u201cit\u201d how we want \u201cit,\u201d and we want \u201cit\u201d right now. Consequently, we as a people have very little taste for the long game. But perhaps that\u2019s not even forceful enough. If we can\u2019t see the impact, if we can\u2019t see the effect, if we can\u2019t see the immediate change, then we conclude that there is no impact, effect, or change coming at all, and so we move on."}