Jeff Van Duzer - Why Business Matters To God 
Too often Christian businesspeople think that their work’s sole purpose is to generate money that they can donate to more “spiritual” causes. But what about business itself? Does God care about that? Jeff Van Duzer is the Dean of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University. Drawing from his book Why Business Matters to God, Van Duzer lays out the Biblical foundations for how humans were called to work. Since God created us to work, God desires businesses to provide opportunities for individuals to express their God-given identity through meaningful and creative endeavors. In this paradigm, profit ceases to be an end in itself. Instead, profit becomes the means by which a business can help to enable a community’s flourishing.

Why Business Matters To God - Jeff Van Duzer

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The Biblical God is a God who delights in all of his creation. Even before God created humans, he delighted in the world and the creatures he had made. Now, however, we live in a fallen world, and that fallenness has impacted every area of life. Yet, God delights in every step that all people take, Christians and non-Christians alike are to reclaim the goodness that was lost in the fall. Theologian Richard Mouw explains why in this talk from CFW’s 2011 Gospel and Culture conference.

Why Business Matters To God - Jeff Van Duzer

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