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Greg M, Patrick Lai, and guest bloggers write about the joys, challenges, and rewards that come with taking the Gospel to the least reached through real business.
COME ON IN ANYWAY!
Author unknown 'Twas the night of the big Christmas play at the church. All the boys and girls had rehearsed their lines over and over. Now each child knew his part by heart. The dress rehearsal had gone without a hitch. Each memorized line was recited flawlessly. The...
ARE YOU A WISE MAN?
We actually know little from Matthew about these men, but speculation is rampant about their names, homeland, how many of them there actually were. The three (perhaps) Magi who traveled (possibly) 1,000 miles, for (likely) many weeks, on a quest to meet the “King of...
GETTING TO KNOW THE NETWORK
Our B4T Network's conference, with workers from around the globe, took place in Italy this summer. Here are some excerpts from one of the messages. GETTING TO KNOW THE NETWORK We are revisiting the mental models that have shaped missions. Authors Kim and Mauborgne of...
WHAT ARE THE LIMITS TO GOD’S POWER
The following is contributed by a B4Ter in the Middle East. In The Circle Maker, M. Batterson asks, “IS THERE A LIMIT TO GOD’S POWER?” Your answer to this question, the question, will determine the size of your prayer... A B4Ter in the Middle East writes: I want to...
SELLING
In his book, Priceless USA, author, William Poundstone explains what happened when a leading retailer placed a $429 bread making machine next to its $279 model: sales of the cheaper model doubled even though practically nobody bought the $429 machine. The lesson is if...
ORDINARY TO GREAT
The following was submitted by a B4T worker in the Muslim world. When I was at the recent OPEN Connect conference, I heard a lot of talk about B4T’ers just being ordinary people without “enough” training in how to do business, and without enough training in how to...
DEFINING MOMENTS
Peter writes, Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. A B4T worker wrote me today, Things are still very unclear with our situation. I could lose the company anytime or...
B4T & Prayer
The following is contributed by a worker in the Middle East. I recently spoke to a business owner in South Asia who said they pray every morning at the office, before they begin work. By the way, by “they” I don’t mean a bunch of western workers, but rather, a few...
RESTORING TRUST
This post has been contributed by a tentmaker working in the Middle East. In Dan Ariely’s book, Predictably Irrational, there lies nestled tightly between chapters titled, “The Power of Price” and, “The Context of our Character,” a chapter titled, “The Cycle of...
SHALOM
A group of B4T workers are sending out bi-weekly prayer requests for their Middle Eastern country. They are currently centering their prayers around the names of God. This week’s requests center around the word Shalom (שׁלום) and God is our Peace. Nowadays, I am using...
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