Gleanings - July 2008

In Colossians 3:17, the apostle Paul gave us a mandate for business standards. Paul was saying that whatever you say or do in life, including work, should reflect the values that Christ embraced. In other words, we should be incarnating Christ’s values.

Gleanings - June 2008

Everyone wants to enjoy success and prosperity in life. The question is how. What is the secret? Is it hard work or networking or a great idea or a rich relative or so called ‘luck’ or all of these or a combination of these —or something else?

Gleanings - May 2008

For most people the purpose of Christianity is to insure that they will not go to hell. Apart from this, many do not see much purpose. Certainly, it is difficult to see much connection between Christianity on Sunday and work during the rest of the week. At best, Christians believe that they should be ethical in the workplace and, when possible, share their faith. Is this the only connection between faith and work?

Gleanings - April 2008

Enjoy this month’s teaching, which illustrates that separation of church and state and its corollary, separation of church and business, are wrong assumptions about reality because God makes all the rules for the universe that He created.

Gleanings - March 2008

If we want to prosper in God's creation, we need to learn His rules. Hence, just like Elisha's servant, we need to learn to see the spiritual reality that is at work behind every physical manifestation that we see.