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...
Becoming Free From the Bondage of Sin, Part 2 of 8, Bondage is More Than Addictions

Becoming Free From the Bondage of Sin, Part 2 of 8, Bondage is More Than Addictions

Listen to the podcast here. Watch the companion video here. When it comes to bondage and sin, what we’re discussing is the notion that sin is your master. Sin is believing that “our way” is better than “God’s way.” It is a violation of God’s commands: Sin is any want of conformity either of the moral state of the soul, or of the actions of a man...
Becoming Free From the Bondage of Sin, Part 1 of 8, Common Ownership Dysfunctions

Becoming Free From the Bondage of Sin, Part 1 of 8, Common Ownership Dysfunctions

View the companion video at the Bible and Business YouTube channel. Taken from Chapter 2 of A Christian Theology of Business Ownership. In observing various business owners and leaders, I’ve concluded that there are common dysfunctions into which many fall. Table 2-1 outlines some of the more common dysfunctions and likely results. Table 2-1: Common Owner Dysfunctions and Results Common Owner DysfunctionsCommon ResultsAvoids conflictLoses top talent.Incivility is...

Leadership Lessons Part VIII – Impacting the Quality of Leadership Through Righteousness

Continuing on in our study of David's life from the time he was anointed King until he actually became King, we find ourselves now in 1 Samuel 18.10-30: 10 The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand 11 and he hurled it,...