Originally aired on March 6, 2019 with Carmen LeBerge on Faith Radio, Bill and Carmen discuss how to hold good meetings and what to do to stop holding bad meetings. We reference this Bible and Business article.

Originally aired on WCCO Radio, Minneapolis, with Cory Hepola on February 28, 2019. Bill discusses with Cory the Lund’s family business litigation that continues to play out in public in the Minnesota court system.

Originally aired on January 16, 2019 with Peter Kapsner on Faith Radio, Bill discusses the partial government shutdown as well as passages from Ecclesiastes 5. We discuss the myth of financial security as a result of our discussion of Ecclesiastes 5. We also discuss how to manage the interaction of wealth and friendships. Show Notes: What can learn about stewardship from Ecc 5? If you love money...

Originally aired on March 13, 2019 on Faith Radio with Carmen LeBerge, Bill discusses the corruption and greed revealed in the recent college admittance bribe scandle. We also discuss Trump’s 10-year budget that adds $10T to our national debt.

Here are the notes we used to air this spot:

Trump’s proposed 2019 budget calls for the addition of $7.5T of debt over the next 10 years.Two kinds of debt at the Federal level:Public debt – $16.2T (today)Intragovernmental debt – $5.8T (today)

Trumps budget calls for an increase of public debt to $23.6T by 2028 (Table S-1)Calls for the shrinking of our deficits to 1.1% of GDP by 2028 – Today: 4.4%Calls for national debt to be 72.6% of GDP by 2028 – Today: 78.8%We pay $389B each year just on interest for our national debt. – projected to grow to $914B in 2028. Our entire budget in 1984 was only $851B.  In just under 45 years, our Federal budget will have ballooned from $851B to over $5.5T by 2028Deficits = amount of debt we incur in one fiscal year;  Debt = total summation of our deficits since the inception of our countryOur 50 states have a combined debt of $7.7TUnfunded Medicare future liabilities plus Federal Employee and Veterans Benefits total $87TTotal personal debt is $19.5TLiability per tax payer has exceeded $1MAs a society, we are happy to fund most of what we want from government, but not all of it – so we borrow to pay for the services and goodies we get from governmentEvery President since I can remember has campaigned against the growing debt and then added to it once in officeWhich is more responsible?  To take  the wealth of future generations to pay for our government services today or full fund our government today?In business – which is more responsible?  To continuously borrow against future earnings to pay for today’s expenses or to fully fund today’s expenses?

What can you do personally?

Stay out of debt AMAPDiversify your

investments – if all your savings is in paper – probably not a good ideaDevelop a lifestyle of

giving – God loves a cheerful giver and rewards those who give away their

wealthMake sure you debt has

collateral – something you can sell to cover the debt if needed

http://www.bibleandbusiness.com/tag/debt/

You don’t pet a burning dog

We can’t tax our way out of this

mess

We can’t grow our way out of

this mess

Debt is probably the #1 reason

Christians are not available to God to move out in ministry.

Originally aired on WCCO Radio, Minneapolis, with Cory Hepola on February 28, 2019. Bill discusses with Cory the Lund’s family business litigation that continues to play out in public in the Minnesota court system.

Originally aired on March 6, 2019 with Carmen LeBerge on Faith Radio, Bill and Carmen discuss how to hold good meetings and what to do to stop holding bad meetings. We reference this Bible and Business article.

Aired on February 27, 2019 on Faith Radio, Carem LeBerge and Bill discuss this article previously posted here at Bible and Business.

On Faith Radio with Carmen LeBerge, Bill English discusses the recent revelations about child sexual abuse which has been occuring in the Southern Baptist Church for the foreseeable past.

Here are the show notes Carmen and I used to do these two segments:

If it isn’t for the grace of God, I could have been an abuser.  You  might have too.  A reaction that include arrogance is unchristian.Autonomous churches must take extra precautions about vetting those who work with children and youth – whether or not they are formally employed by the church – the status of employed vs. volunteer is irrelevant.Run background checks annuallyThe availability of private sin (aka pornography, chat, private video, sexting, hook-ups with local/out-of-town swingers) *requires* our vetting processes be much more invasiveWhen a pastor has been found to have abused another person, the *only* appropriate response is “We’re sorry” and “We should have done better”.  The organization should endeavor to “make it right” with the abused victim and family – though this will be very hard work.Our desire to protect the church/organization legally should take a back seat to caring for the abused victim, the abuser’s family and honestly, the abuser too (though the latter will be tough).The SBC had 10 years to get this right – God is cleaning them out.  If they were pro-active, God would not have had to have done this.

Aired on February 13, 2019 with Carmen LeBerge on Faith Radio, Carmen and Bill discuss America’s debt. In the 2nd segment, we discuss the leadership lessons we can all learn from football, with the Super Bowl having recently passed.