Business Ownership and Philanthropy
Posted inCurrent Events Theology and Business

Business Ownership and Philanthropy

The Associated Press recently reported that only half of Americans are giving to charity. They cited a study conducted by Indiana University's Lilly Family School of Philanthropy: "The findings confirm a trend worrying experts: Donations to charitable causes are reaching record highs, but the giving is done by a smaller and smaller slice of the population." Philanthropy is one of the four core purposes of business. If...
July 30, 2021Posted inCurrent Events, Theology and BusinessTags: , , ,
The Life of Christian Stewardship
Posted inChristian Stewardship

The Life of Christian Stewardship

View Bill's sermon here. Good morning. We’re in the 3rd Sunday of a four-part series focusing on Christian stewardship. The central idea which we’re working with is this: Disciples of Jesus Christ are faithful to God in stewarding all that He owns by disadvantaging themselves in order to advantage His kingdom. On the first Sunday, we looked at the Context for Stewardship. We learned that the context...
May 11, 2021Posted inChristian StewardshipTags: , ,
Greed, Christians and Business Ownership
Posted inTheology and Business

Greed, Christians and Business Ownership

Also known as an intense Love of Money, Greed is characterized by an excessive or rapacious desire for money and is often linked with selfishness and, more generally, corruption of character. This is aptly illustrated in Ezekiel 33.30-32, where the Lord describes his people as those who “express devotion” to God but their “hearts are greedy for unjust gain”. Greed can be applied to a deep desire...
August 11, 2020Posted inTheology and BusinessTags: , , , ,