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.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
It was a beautiful Wisconsin Saturday, in late October. Wanting to take advantage of the weather, my family decided to go over to my Uncle Tom’s house for a BBQ. My cousin Jeff and I were both 11 years old. We had a knack for making easy chores hard, and safe jobs...
THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD
I was asked, “Do you know who’s the richest man in the world?” When I replied, “Yes, I know him personally,” my friend looked at me surprised, and exclaimed. “You know Bill Gates!” To which I related, “Bill’s the second richest man in the world, the richest man in the...
AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE
Two times this past month I have been asked about the authority of Scripture and the authority of the sending church in the life of a B4Ter. This blog centers on the authority of Scripture in the church. Arron Curin writes on his blog: Imagine that we have a kingdom...
MENTORING
The following was contributed by a young man I work closely with. So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among...
DO B4Ters DOUBLE DIP?
Last month a pastor in the USA called me, a bit annoyed. He said, "I just learned our worker is being paid a good salary by the business he’s working for, yet we are still supporting him $2,500/month!" And this week I received the following question: My church has...
SECURE? SECURITY?
A B4T worker wrote me… Do you know the thing I feel most judged for in life from other workers? That I don't have a secure email or an encrypted hard drive. Just the other day a guy from Africa emailed me and said he knows these two great guys he met at a conference a...
LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Here’s another report from a B4T worker, this time about the power of prayer. This past week I was challenged again in my understanding of just how much God cares. As you know, it has been quite a rough season for me and the business God put me in charge of. We have...
FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 1 Corinthians 4:18 We lived in Pasadena in 1982. At the time the smog was at historically high levels. Sometimes you could barely see across...
STUCK? IT’S LIKELY YOUR OWN FAULT
A B4Ter in the Arab world wrote to RPH, one of our coaches and copied me. Here is his email. RPH, this is outstanding. I haven't really considered the potential of having a great overseas system of coaching for B4T teams like mine before. I just assumed that...
TO RECEIVE, FIRST YOU MUST ASK
My friend Bill, who many of you know, has a habit of “putting God on the clock.” Whenever he cannot find something he prays, “Jesus help me find _____” and looks at a clock to see how long it takes for God to answer his prayer. Here is a story he told me: I was...
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