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Justice is Never Enough

In an effort to gain justice while ignoring forgiveness, family members in family businesses suing each other is not uncommon. In the last couple of years, I’ve run across several situations in which family members sue each other to find justice. Nevermind that justice is never enough....

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October 3, 2020Family BusinessLawsuits, Love

Bible Business 166 Risk, Uncertainty, and Christian Theology

Carmen Sometimes you find out things about your Smarty Pants friends or friends that you have in one... You are their friend because of one thing, but in fact, you have other people who know them for something else. I had a World Collide moment related to...

Executive Insights

Getting Out of Balance

One way the forces who oppose God can neutralize us as Christian business owners is by getting us off-balance.[1] For example, you become overly focused on following God’s laws at the expense of loving others, or you become too cavalier in following his laws and nearly all...

July 5, 2024Executive InsightsImbalance

Current Events

The Divisive Mix of Politics and Religion

Because we all tend to associate with those like us, we will also tend to select media sources that give opinions with which we agree. When we allow ourselves to be discipled by these external forces by consuming too much of their content, we necessarily disallow the...

July 5, 2024Current EventsDanger, Politics, Unity

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Protecting Another’s Reputation

Reputational damage is type of division that is long-lasting, quiet, and ambient yet difficult to repair. People say things about each other in a church or business setting that may appear benign but in reality can be highly damaging to others. Managing Your Reputation I have seen...

July 5, 2024Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessReputation

Bible Business 165 Shoplifting, Fantasy Gifts, and Finding Freedom

Carmen LaBerge All right, our friend Bill English is here. Bill, good morning. Bill English Hey, good morning, Carmen. Carmen LaBerge A picture is worth a thousand sheets. Bill English I don't even know what that means. Carmen LaBerge I heard you say that. America has a...

Executive Insights Governance, Risk, Compliance Theology and Business

A Primer on Risk

The definition of risk varies from source to source. Steinberg (2011:75) defines risk as “uncertainty surrounding a potential event. It is the possibility that something will happen—that is, an event will occur—with a negative outcome.” Lupton (2013:3) describes risk as “deviation from the norm, misfortune, and frightening...

December 2, 2023Executive Insights, Governance, Risk, Compliance, Theology and BusinessAssuming Risk, Risk, risk management

Bible Business 164 What Does the Bible Say a Christian Business Owner Should Value When Establishing Core Values for a Business

This episode is part of a series on Christian ethics for Christian business owners. Broadcast on November 3, 2023, Bill English and Carmen LaBerge @carmenlaberge talk on @myfaithradio about those things the Bible says Christians should value over other things. @connectfaithfr. Carmen LaBerge If you haven't been...

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Christian Business Reference Architecture Explained

A reference architecture is a document or set of documents an interested party can refer to as a blueprint for developing a new entity based on the architecture (Muller, 2020:4). An ‘architecture’ is “…the fundamental organisation of a system embodied in its components, their relationships to each...

November 15, 2023Executive InsightsChristian Business Ownership, Christian Stewardship

Bible Business 163 Hearing the Voice of God in Ethical Decision-Making

This episode is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian Ethics for Christian Business Owners. This episode was broadcast on October 18, 2023 on @myfaithradio with @carmenlaberge @connectFaithfr. In this episode, Bill English, Publisher of Bible and Business and Carmen Laberge talk about hearing God's...

Bible Business 162 The Starting Point of Christian Ethics and Tolerating Boorish Behavior

This episode is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian Ethics for Christian Business Owners. Broadcast on @myfaithradio @connectfaithfr on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Bill English and Carmen LaBerge @carmentlaberge talk about the starting point for Christian ethics and then apply that starting point to...

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The Center of a Biblical Worldview of Christian Business Ownership

What is the center of a biblical worldview of business ownership? How should a Chrisitian business owner view the owner's role as a steward before God? This is how I define this center, in one sentence: Christian business owners live with an eternal perspective derived from their...

November 1, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessChristian Business Ownership, Christian Stewardship

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Common Types of Ethical Decisions Christian Business Owners Face

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Schwartz (2017:234-235) suggests there are different ethical situations that a business owner may face: Moral temptation: the owner can benefit or avoid loss. Moral temptations require moral willpower. Stand up...

October 30, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsChristian Business Ownership, Decisions7 Comments

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What Should Christian Business Owners Value?

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. What values does the Bible prescribe for a Christian business owner to adopt and bake into his business? Happily, comparisons in the Bible teach us what to value. These values...

October 21, 2023Ethics, Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessCore Values, Values

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Should Corporations Tithe? Not Necessarily.

Some strongly believe that a business owned by a Christian has its responsibility to tithe in addition to the owner’s tithing. Since the corporation is considered a separate legal entity, some believe it has a spiritual responsibility to tithe. In addition, it is not uncommon for ministries...

October 19, 2023Christian Stewardship, Executive InsightsGenerosity

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Taking Too Much Compensation as the Owner of a Business

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Description of the Problem: Most business owners take cash out of the business as compensation without any link to the business’s success (Mikaloniené, 2020:919). Cash is often taken because the...

October 19, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsCEO Salary, Overcompensation

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Business Formation and Christian Theology: Partnerships

A three-part Bible and Business series on what the Bible says about the legal formation of a business. This post on partnerships will be abnormally long when compared to Sole Proprietors or Corporation. The reason for this is simple: many partnerships do not work well and seem...

October 17, 2023Christian Stewardship, Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessPartnerships

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Business Formation and Christian Theology: Sole Proprietor

A three-part Bible and Business series on what the Bible says about the legal formation of a business. A sole proprietor is an individual who is engaged in business activities. A sole proprietor does not register a business entity with government authorities. A sole proprietorship is the...

October 10, 2023Christian Stewardship, Executive Insights, Theology and Business

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Hearing the Voice of God in Ethical Decision Making

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Ethical decision-making is not merely an intellectual exercise for the Christian business owner. It is also a dynamic spiritual activity. Coupled with filtering the situation’s details through the two great...

October 7, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsChristian Ethics, Ethics, Hearing the Voice of God

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Overworking Your Staff to Save on Payroll Expenses

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. In this scenario, an owner expects the employees to work sixty, seventy, or even eighty hours each week without additional compensation, such as bonuses or stock options, for working longer...

October 7, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsChristian Ethics, Contentment, Employees, Profits, Stewardship, Work Life Balance1 Comment

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Right-sizing a company to save it from bankruptcy

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Nearly every company will need to be right-sized[1] at some point in its lifecycle. No business ever has sustained growth. There are always downturns which owners face. Description of the...

October 6, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsChristian Stewardship, Ethics, Turnaround

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Manipulating Accounting Entries to Save on Taxes

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. This ethical situation is created when the owner commingles business and personal expenses. As a result, expenses that would normally be personal expenses, such as leasing an automobile, become business...

October 3, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsChristian Ethics, Ethics, Taxes

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Tolerating Boorish Behavior Because of the Benefits an Employee Brings to the Company.

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Description of the problem: Some organisations, including Christian ministries, make conscious tradeoff decisions to accept a level of egocentricity, arrogance, callousness, or insensitivity in key employees because of the talents,...

October 2, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsChristian Ethics, Christian Stewardship, Ethics

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Generating fake online reviews for the owner’s products or service

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Word-of-mouth advertising has always been considered the best kind of advertising because it costs nothing and is one of the most trusted forms of marketing (Tan, 2015:Online). Description of the...

October 1, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsChristian Ethics, Ethics, Lying, Truth

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The Starting Point for Christian Ethics

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian ethics for Christian Business Owners. Ethics in Business Making correct ethical decisions matters for two reasons. First, when one allows small compromises to encroach into one’s ethics, those compromises will become larger and larger until...

September 29, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive Insights, Theology and BusinessEthics1 Comment

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Compromising Product Quality

This post is part of the Bible and Business series on Christian Ethics for Christian Business Owners. Product quality refers both to the manufacturing of the product as well as to the marketing of the product. If the marketing suggests that the product is an average quality...

September 29, 2023Christian Stewardship, Ethics, Executive InsightsEthics, Products

Current Events

Friday Five August 11 2023

In today’s Friday Five, I note that diversity is taking a step backwards in the workplace. I’ll also discuss an article that reveals that Christians are more likely to not be ready financially for retirement compared to the population at large. And finally, I’ll discuss the Peterson...

August 11, 2023Current Events

Bible Business 161 Working for a Difficult Boss Introduction

In this episode, Bill English will discuss a bit about his person and work as well as the publishing schedule for this series that is based on his book Working for a Difficult Boss: Lessons from the Life of Daniel.

Bible Business 160 Working for a Difficult Boss: Book Release Interview on Faith Radio

In this interview, Bill English discusses why he chose Daniel as the subject of his book. He also describes the core elements of managing down, managing out, and managing up. This interview will introduce listeners to Bill's book, Working for a Difficult Boss: Lessons from the Life...

Christian Stewardship Theology and Business

Growing New Entrepreneurs for God’s Kingdom

I'll offer several ideas here on what a local church ministry could do to be intentional about growing new stewards who own for-profit businesses. Being a Christian business owner is a much a calling as being a missionary to a foreign land. The macro point is not...

June 8, 2023Christian Stewardship, Theology and Business

Christian Stewardship

Who I am in Christ

This post is a reminder of the truth of who we are in Christ. These truths apply as much to Christian business owners as anyone else. This list is taken from Neil Anderson's book, Victory Over the Darkness (Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 36-37.) John...

May 12, 2023Christian StewardshipIdentity