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.
PERSERVERANCE
Do you recognize any these familiar thoughts in your thinking? Thinking a particular "method" will reach people? Being impatient to see breakthroughs in people's lives? Neglectful, lazy in really hearing from God in Scripture? Discouraged about whether God is at work...
NEGOTIATING – COMMUNICATING – THE TONGUE
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell…but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ...
B4T TRENDS IN 2014
My assignment from the Master the past 7 years has been to mentor and coach B4T workers in unreached areas. Nearly every week I have the privilege of talking with all kinds of B4T workers from farmers to high-powered execs. I also get numerous opportunities to speak...
WHERE TO START IN GETTING STARTED
I was asked this question on three different occasions this month. My new book is completely focused on this topic but until that is ready, here are some quick pointers. Question: I have a lot of ideas for new ventures. The one thing my college education hasn’t taught...
6 WAYS TO KNOW IF B4T IS NOT FOR YOU
You've moving into God’s assignment – the Promised Land. You’ve dreamed of transforming a community and running your own business. You've read the books, studied the case studies, listened to the cautionary tales, and worked through the checklists. You’ve even done...
CPMs
During a recent trip through Central Asia one team asked us to share about some B4T church planting movements to encourage their hearts as they are embarking on their own B4T journey. We were excited to share with them about two CPMs happening in two different...
ANOTHER HERO
He’s dead. Lover of Jesus. Husband. Father. Teacher. Leader. OPEN worker. My friend. And now a martyr. Shot by a sniper while out running, getting some exercise. Whether riding motorcycles, running, he was a fast paced – frontlines type of guy. We had talked on...
LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE
I recently heard Chris Heivly co-founder of MapQuest talk about incubators and start-ups. With 23 companies on his resume, he’s learned a few things about what makes a good business leader or entrepreneurs and what doesn’t: The better leaders embrace and consume every...
THE PURPOSE OF B4T
A story is told by Robert Fulghum, about a seminar he once attended in Greece. On the last day of the conference, the discussion leader walked over to the bright light of an open window and looked out. Then he asked if there were any questions. Fulghum laughingly...
ON SUFFERING
I recently was listening in on a discussion where people were talking about their hardships. Two attitudes dominated the beginning of the discussion, one was that hardship was bad, and two, God would not want His people to suffer. I find this disturbing as I am...
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