The Theological Context of Business Ownership Part VII: The Value of Faith and Money

The Theological Context of Business Ownership Part VII: The Value of Faith and Money

Part 7 of 7. This seventh and final section finishes the theological context for business ownership by elevating our faith and relationship with God far above our businesses and any wealth we might have. I felt God wanted me to coalesce into one section several passages which form the Biblical truth that faith is (much) more valuable than wealth. Some of what I present in this section...
Comparing the Value of Faith and Money

Comparing the Value of Faith and Money

I was reading through First Peter 1 the other morning and was again struck by how our faith is worth more than precious gold: In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though...
Christian Business Owners Never Stop Learning and Growing

Christian Business Owners Never Stop Learning and Growing

Proverbs 8.10-11 says this: 10 Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold, 11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her The command is pretty clear: choose instruction and knowledge over money and wealth, because the wisdom that you gain from instruction and knowledge is more precious than any wealth you can accumulate. There are many things worth...
Leadership Lessons – Part VI: David Fights Goliath – Part III

Leadership Lessons – Part VI: David Fights Goliath – Part III

Being Yourself in Your Calling The Companion Podcast on this Article can be found here. Reading from 1 Samuel 17.15-40: Now the Israelites had been saying, "Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family...