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.
NEWTON’S LAW & THE FUTURE OF B4T
Dan Cobley gives a TED talk titled, “What physics taught me about marketing.” It’s not one of my Top 10 TED talks but in this talk he makes one point that I wish to put into my own words. Dan reminds us of Newton’s Law: F= m x A, or "Force equals mass times...
LESSONS ON FAILURE
I have been lost on more than one occasion in the woods. In those situations, given the choice between someone who says, “I’ll tell you the way” versus someone who says, “I’ll go with you”, I will always choose the latter. It is always best to travel with someone who...
ARE YOU AN ENTREPRENEUR?
I am frequently asked, “How do I know if I am an entrepreneur?” Estimates vary but on the average only 10% of all people are natural entrepreneurs. Many non-entrepreneurs have succeeded in starting B4T businesses, but in most of the successful cases they had a great...
RISK EQUALS FAITH
“God works as long as His people live daringly. He ceases to work when they no longer need His aid.”—A. W. Tozer Jesus regularly asked people to do difficult things. To the paralytic He said, “Pick up your bed and go.” (Matthew 9:6) To Peter He said, “Drop your nets...
ARE YOU GENEROUS?
A generous man will prosper – Proverbs 11:25a He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed –Proverbs 11:25b. It is more blessed to give than to receive – Acts 20:35 These three biblical phrases are statements that contain an exhortation and a promise. I’m...
FISHING
Several people have asked me questions about doing EV in the workplace. My new book has a chapter on this and there will be at least two workshops on witnessing in the workplace at the OPEN Connect in August, but I wish to remind ourselves of several key issues that...
A REMINDER
How can we combine the holy and the ordinary in our everyday lives? This is a question I was recently confronted with. Balance, an integrated life that glorifies Jesus is what we are striving for whether we are working in our home country or doing B4T. During the...
YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU
Have you heard, “You can't take it with you?” I am beginning to believe that’s wrong. Yes, you cannot take it with you if it's an idol, or you cling to it, or you lust after it, but if you are stewarding God’s things, God’s money, God’s stuff, yes you can take it...
IN ALL YOUR GETTING – GET WISDOM OR A COACH
Steve Forbes is known for saying, “In all your getting – get wisdom.” Often, you will need to do something you're not knowledgeable about or skilled at yourself. You can spend many hours learning the skill, but at what cost? There's a time trade-off. You can give the...
DO NOT BE DECEIVED
We just finished a report on some of the teams we supervise. This is the second time in 3 months we’ve had a team leader who is operating B4T businesses report 10+ conversions recently. Both of these leader who are seeing breakthroughs have been working their...
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