In a 1967 sermon, Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Before I was a civil rights leader, I was a preacher of the Gospel. This was my first calling and it still remains my greatest commitment. You know, actually all that I do in civil rights I do because I consider it a part of my ministry. I have no other ...
Rarely do I see a spiritually encouraging article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, but recently I read, “Bible Sales Grow 22%.” Even though print books only grew 1% this year, Bible sales soared 22%. Since some estimate that the average household owns 3.5 Bibles, the more pertinent issue is how many of these new Bible owners ...
As we begin a new year, many people have pulled out their strategic plan, their marketing plan, or their financial plan for the year. How many businesses, however, have ever considered developing a ministry plan? If you’re sincere about your faith, wouldn’t it be helpful to have a plan as to your ministry goals and how to best minister to ...
As we start a new year, a theme that King Solomon highlights in Ecclesiastes is that the best we can hope for in this life is to find joy in our work. In Ecclesiastes 8:15, Solomon wrote, “And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with ...
On Christmas Eve 1968 our nation was reeling from a very bad year. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated, and the Vietnam War raged on. But a bright spot surfaced as three brave astronauts orbited the moon. As the world observed Apollo 8, Astronaut Bill Anders read from the Bible. "In the beginning, God created the ...
When I was at a low point in my job, I prayed intensely to God for either a dramatic change in my work or a new start. I cried out because I couldn’t imagine continuing the current situation. God answered my prayers with a new job that I gladly did for another 15 years. But while my prayers were intense ...
In a devotion from several years ago, Dr. Richard Bouch contemplated the conversion of Saul to Paul. Saul, as a Pharisee, was educated and energetic in persecuting the followers of Jesus. He needed a supernatural encounter with Jesus to recognize that his perspective was wrong. Bouch notes that before this conversion, Paul was convinced he was working for God. He ...
A 2021 study by Lifeway Research found that 66% of Americans are at least open to discussing the Christian faith with a friend. Forty percent said they were very open to the conversation. That compares with a third of respondents who said they were not at all open to a social media conversation about Christian faith. People prefer a personal ...
Religionnews.com featured an article from some researchers on religion in the workplace. They surveyed 15,000 people of all faiths to better understand the role of faith in the workplace. One survey question was whether the respondents “conceal their religious beliefs at work for fear of others’ perceptions.” Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists ranked much higher in their desire to conceal their faith. ...
One of the core values of Unconventional Business Network is to be open to God-sized opportunities. God’s ways, however, often seems unattainable or crazy. For example, Gideon was charged by God to defeat Midian. The only problem was that Midian’s army “was as numerous as locusts.” Gideon had rallied 22,000 men to go to battle, but God wanted the credit ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
