B4T Blog
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.
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Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during that day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, every day of...
MERRY MORE OF CHRIST
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. Revelations 3:19-20If you look for Me at Christmas,...
CHRISTMAS REALITIES
The joy comes quickly. The joy goes quickly. Jesus is in Bethlehem, and then he is gone. The shepherds who looked at Jesus, are looking again after their sheep. The wise men are no longer revering the Lord, but ruling their subjects. Joseph is back in his carpentry...
GOD IS SUPREME
I'll be honest with you. Sometimes it's a real pain to embrace the diversity in our movement. Working with strong personalities, bridging denominational differences, mission backgrounds and juggling various agendas is demanding. I often hear a cacophony of voices...
KEEP PLOWING
An OPEN worker writes, This past week I was doing a quarterly review with one of our designers and one of the things he said to me was, “Boss, you need to be meaner to me, even if it’s just a little bit.” I said to him, “I don’t understand?” He went on to explain that...
GIVING THANKS
We just celebrated Thanksgiving here in the USA. I know that it's not always easy to be thankful when you are facing customer deadlines, monies to make payroll, co-workers’ complaints, and trying to fit in some time for your spouse, and children. Like many of us, I...
THE PURPOSE OF B4T
The following was told as part of a message, given at the B4T Expo in San Jose this past weekend. I recall the story by a professor in Greece. He was speaking at a business conference in Eastern Europe. On the last day of the conference, he was participating in a...
B4T IS NOT MISSIONS
The B4T Expo the past 3 days was a solid success. Several who have been to previous Expos commented, “This was the best ever!” The following an email from Kevin, a businessman who last attended a B4T Expo in 2010. Thank you and your team for a great B4T OPEN EXPO A...
THE IDEAL PAINTING
This blog is contributed by an OPEN worker, serving in the Arab world. There is a painting that is the result of a marketing survey, which asked people “What would be included in an ideal painting?”The most popular answers were; George Washington, deer, mountains,...
JUSTICE
The following is contributed by a tentmaker, working in the Middle East. I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings...
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