LGBTQ Activists Protest Hiring Practices of Seattle Pacific University

LGBTQ Activists Protest Hiring Practices of Seattle Pacific University

These protests against the university for upholding a policy prohibiting hiring LGBTQ people are coming from the university's students. Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is (effectively) supporting the students in their litigation against the school. In response, the university is suing the State of Washington over its probe into the school's LBGTQ exclusion, claiming a violation of its first amendment rights. This is another example of...
Leadership Lessons from the Life of Daniel Part III

Leadership Lessons from the Life of Daniel Part III

While this site is focused on business ownership, our lesson today from Daniel 3.1-30 is really about those who work for difficult bosses. Let’s start by reading the Scripture: King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges,...

The Generosity of God Should Evoke Our Gratefulness

I have been spending time in Revelation because I want to learn how to praise and worship God as they do in heaven. I must admit that I really don't know how to do this. But I want to learn. Hence, I'm mulling over Revelation since it's the only place in Scripture where we have such clear accounts for how those in heaven worship God and why...
Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part III

Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part III

The Life of Joseph can be highly instructive for Christian business owners, if we are willing to look at ourselves through the examples we find in Scripture. Joseph became a man of integrity and forgiveness, which was a result of God's work in his life over a 13-year period to prepare his character and skills for a work that would save millions of lives. You might recall...
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...