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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.
WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?
This is part two of a 7-part series on the sacred/secular divide.We are taking a deep dive into the “Sacred/Secular Divide” and probing it for lies. A helpful starting question is: “What is our purpose?” That can help us discover what we should be focused spending our...
THE SACRED/SECULAR DIVIDE
This is part one of a 7-part series on the sacred/secular divide.There is a hideous lie roaming throughout Christian circles, deceiving us into to thinking that some people, activities, and occupations are more important or “spiritual” than others. The "Sacred/Secular...
NO LASTS WITH GOD
The following is a guest post, contributed by one of the OPEN Services team members in USA.One thing I've been thinking about a lot lately, especially since becoming a mother in 2021, is that there will be a "last" for everything. There will be a last time I rock my...
“CLOSED” COUNTRY?
The other day I was speaking with a friend who lives in what is commonly called a “closed country.” I asked him how things were going and he mentioned how much impact he’s seen on the employees in his business. Because of the way they view work, they are transforming...
WORK FOR JUSTICE: PART 2
This is part 2 of a 2-part mini-series on Work for Justice. In Isaiah 1:2, the LORD accuses his children of rebellion against Him. The rebellion is named in 1:10. The LORD compares the rulers and people of Judah to the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah and then in 1:11-17...
WORK FOR JUSTICE: PART 1
This is part 1 of a 2-part mini-series on Work for Justice. What do the following verses have in common? Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the...
BUSINESS AS WORSHIP
Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good. -Proverbs 20:23 (ESV) The Hebrew word “toaybah” for abomination is a strong word. It is used 116 other times (117 in total) in the Old Testament for all sorts of things the LORD finds...
JETLAG FAITH
What Jesus calls us to do by faith sort of feels like experiencing jetlag. Jetlag occurs when you travel by plane to a time zone far away from your own and your experience of what time it is no longer matches what your mind and body expect it to be. Now Similarly,...
WHY ARE WE HERE?
30,000-foot View Genesis chapters 1 and 2 cause us to ask, "Why are we here?" This is an important question to answer for any Philosophy 101 class, and we are going to tackle it right now. Our most common answer for this question comes from the Westminster catechism,...
B4T STORY: HUMBLED BY HELP
This is a guest post by a B4Ter's wife in East Asia.It was a cold, dusty day as my husband sat in the change room of his factory with a handful of his workers. It had been about two years since the opening of our factory, and in that time, my husband had built deep...
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