This week we’re discussing the value of becoming what we call an Unconventional Business Leader. Unconventional Business Leaders are people with courageous faith. Their faith drives their decisions, and also impacts those around them. When challenged by God to deed his entire company over to a foundation to fund evangelism, although this plan didn’t make sense, Stanley Tam took that ...
The Barna Group’s research discovered that 20% of practicing Christians believe that their meaning and purpose are based only on “earning as much as possible so you can make the most of life.” God wants more for us. Yesterday, we discussed that only 8 million people have a biblical worldview at work. That leaves 147 million working without the timeless ...
When we apply Barna’s research, out of 155 million people now in the workforce, only 8 million approach life with a biblical worldview. For almost 20 years I worked in a variety of workplaces before I ever experienced a boss who not only had a biblical worldview, but also applied it to business decisions. Because that man applied God’s Word ...
Many people pursue wealth at the expense of relationships with family and friends. Why is that? I think it’s because, Money appears easier to achieve than healthy relationships, and We mistakenly think money will insulate us and give us the upper hand when we have relationship problems. Proverbs 23 teaches, “Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise ...
In February of 2013, Phil and his management team decided to pursue God and see what would happen in their business. They agreed to spend a year using the Bible and prayer to drive personal and professional growth. The results have been beyond what could have been imagined: A peaceful, productive workplace. Depression and other mental and physical health problems ...
Opportunities to compromise just this one time because so much is at stake will open paths to more compromise. Integrity is a straight path. Crooked paths, even toward justifiable causes will destroy our peace, our marriages, and our businesses. Abraham desperately wanted a son and couldn’t wait for God to come through. He violated integrity when he impregnated his wife’s ...
Years ago, Matt told me he wanted to make a year-end gift to Integrity Resource Center, but he needed to sell some stock first. I asked Matt if the stock had increased enough to be taxable. When he replied, “Yes,” I urged Matt not to sell the stock, but instead to donate it directly to the ministry. This strategy allowed ...
Have you ever forced yourself to the front only to be pushed to the back? I wonder how many people in the front were invited and how many pushed their way up? We’re wired to want to be seen. After all, if we spend a lifetime struggling, shouldn’t we expect a position, a trophy, or our story in the news? ...
Phil Vischer, creator of Veggie Tales, had a dream that died when Veggie Tales was forced into bankruptcy. As Phil’s dreams disintegrated, the story of the Shunamite woman in 2 Kings provided Phil some answers. The prophet Elisha repaid a Shunamite woman’s kindness by asking God to give her a son. Later the son died, as did the woman’s dream ...
Bruce was meeting with Terry, whom he had not seen since Terry had launched a new business. When Bruce asked Terry how the new business was going, Terry quietly said, “It didn’t make it.” Bruce was crushed! “What are you going to do?” he asked. Terry said, “I’m going to pray and trust God for what’s next.” In that moment, ...
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