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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.
LESSONS FROM A FARMER…
3. BEFORE YOU SOW, KNOW YOUR SOIL We’ve been studying in Matthew 13, the parable of the sower. Jesus begins the story by saying, A sower went out to sow. Last week we clarified that of the three main characters; the sower, the seed, and the soil, only one character...
LESSONS FROM A FARMER…
2. BEFORE YOU SOW, YOU FIRST MUST CLEAR THE ROCKS & PULL THE WEEDS I was sitting in a living room of a farmer’s home in Illinois, looking out over his farm, praying and meditating over the parable of the sower in Matthew 13. I’d been asking the Master Farmer,...
LESSONS FROM A FARMER…
1. BEFORE YOU SOW, YOU MUST PLOW! When back in your homeland have you ever given a talk about your adopted country and people – where you talk about the food, the culture, the language, and how you love the people, but then say – there's no fruit because the soil is...
STIRRING THINGS UP
And let us consider how we may stir up one another toward love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another–and all the more as we see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 Most of us tend to be lazy. We wish...
IF THE FATHER ASKS
Years ago when I was working in China, I went with a friend to visit his family who lived in a rural village. It was harvest time so as we rode the bus we passed farm after farm of workers cutting and bundling the stocks or rice. When we arrived at his village, I...
IS WHO I AM IN THE MARKETPLACE – WHO I AM IN JESUS?
I did a study today on authority and power in the New Testament. The key words are δύναμίσ (dunamis) and εξουσία (exousia). Both words are translated “authority” in multiple places. Yet the emphasis of Jesus, and commentators agree, is that δύναμίσ (dunamis) refers...
ON MEETING NEEDS
One team we have been working for four years just completed the transition of moving from an NGO model to a business model. Let me state upfront that an NGO model for blessing communities and reaching people in Jesus’ name is a great model. My research shows that the...
B4T EXPO
The B4T Expo is just three weeks away. This will be the premier B4T event of the year. Two key goals are: 1. Present business solutions for reaching the unreached Business for transformation is centered in relationships; relationships with God, people and communities....
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Mrs. Smith entered the maternity ward at 2pm on August 7, 1801, and after a natural labor of four hours gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Abraham. The baby was healthy, and at first all looked well. Then at midnight on the 9th, Mrs. Smith began feeling severe chills....
IT’S ALL ABOUT GOD
One of my favorite Bible leaders is Moses. He seems so real, so down to earth, so human. No matter what he did, the people grumbled. It is easy to identify with many of Moses’ struggles, right down to the time when he takes the grumbling personally and strikes the...
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