The Theological Context for Business Ownership Part IV: Perseverance
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The Theological Context for Business Ownership Part IV: Perseverance

Part 4 of 7 View the companion video. While God’s redemptive faithfulness is expressed through His covenants, our response of faithfulness is expressed in the Scriptures through perseverance. We are said to be faithful when we have persevered. If we don’t persevere, we’ll eventually break our covenant with God. Consider 2 Peter 1.3-9. His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through...
December 31, 2020Posted inTheology and BusinessTags: ,
Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part IV
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Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part IV

Genesis 39.21 – 40.23: "But while Joseph was there in the prison,the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because...
May 31, 2016Posted inLeadershipTags: , , , , ,
Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part III
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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...
February 9, 2016Posted inLeadershipTags: , ,
Leadership Lessons Part X: God’s Protection
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Leadership Lessons Part X: God’s Protection

God's Preparation of David for leadership led Him to put David into a multi-year (well over a decade, actually) experience in which he was on-the-run and without a "base" that many of us take for granted: he was a hunted and wanted man by the government, he lacked a physical home and he spent years away from his first wife. Leaders go through "desert" experiences. God refines...
August 31, 2014Posted inLeadershipTags: , , ,