Redemptive Economics

Most people would agree that the youth sports industry has gotten out of hand. From parents yelling obscenities from the stands and beating up coaches, to kids struggling with mental health issues from performance anxiety. According to Matt Diesel, the Founder and CEO of Diesel Sports Complex in Cranberry, the biggest problem is finding our identity in wins and losses. Matt is taking a unique, red...

Melissa Laughlin always had an entrepreneurial spirit, and was motivated to make a lot of money through her successful residential cleaning company. That is, until God made it clear to her that He wanted her to start cleaning people's homes for free! As a result, Melissa started a non-profit called The Blessed Home Project which serves people and families in their most challenging times by pr...

As we move through this season of Thanksgiving, and begin looking forward to 2025, it can be easy to focus on the what, rather than the who... What are you thankful for? What are your goals for 2025? Instead, what if we focused on who? Who God is and who God is calling you to be. What did you see God do this last year that makes you grateful for who he is? In light of who God has revealed himself...

Matt DeHart was on a walk, minding his own business, when God struck him with a vision for a new kind of school. This would catapult he and his wife on the adventure of a lifetime, buying a building and starting a school that will teach both kids and parents in Arnold, PA. Matt is a trailblazer in education, and God is using his innovative ideas to make a redemptive impact on a Pittsburgh town in...

Recently, in an unprecedented move, Howard Winklevoss, an alumni of Grove City College, donated $4 million worth of Bitcoin to the school . Today, that Bitcoin is now worth over $6 million! Very few people understand how historic this donation is and how impactful it could be for Grove City College and Western Pa. With the college's foundation of Austrian Economics and it's emphasis on b...

Linda Miller is on a mission to inspire and equip the next generation of leaders who will make a kingdom impact here in Pittsburgh. Last year, Linda started The Amazing Shake competition at Harvest Baptist Church in Natrona Heights where over 100 students participated. The Amazing Shake is a dynamic and exciting live competition that rallies leaders and role models in a school’s community together...

SUPPORT US WITH BITCOIN Geyser Bitcoin Fundraising Campaign (https://geyser.fund/project/redemptiveeconomicspodcast) Tip through Strike (https://strike.me/redemptiveeconomicsllc/) 12 twelve years ago Mike McCormick decided to start the Live2Lead John Maxwell Conference and it has grown into a large annual leadership event. Mike retired from the financial services company that he cofounded in 1998...

SUPPORT US WITH BITCOIN Geyser Bitcoin Fundraising Campaign (https://geyser.fund/project/redemptiveeconomicspodcast) Tip through Strike (https://strike.me/redemptiveeconomicsllc/) In a world where competition and the drive for success are emphasized, it's easy to overlook the redemptive impact we have in our business relationships. God wants to use you to reclaim and redeem His image in the p...

SUPPORT US WITH BITCOIN Geyser Bitcoin Fundraising Campaign (https://geyser.fund/project/redemptiveeconomicspodcast) Tip through Strike (https://strike.me/redemptiveeconomicsllc/) It can be challenging trying to secure funding for your business or non-profit. Tamara Bey specializes in finding alternative funding for organizations that have had challenges with traditional routes. You'll be ins...

SUPPORT US WITH BITCOIN Geyser Bitcoin Fundraising Campaign (https://geyser.fund/project/redemptiveeconomicspodcast) Tip through Strike (https://strike.me/redemptiveeconomicsllc/) As God's chosen people we, as Christians, have been entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation. God is making his appeal to redeem mankind through us. Your business plays a significant role in God's redempti...

SUPPORT US WITH BITCOIN Geyser Bitcoin Fundraising Campaign (https://geyser.fund/project/redemptiveeconomicspodcast) Tip through Strike (https://strike.me/redemptiveeconomicsllc/) The recent Howard Winklevoss Bitcoin donation to Pittsburgh's Grove City College has opened the door to so many possibilities. Not only does this raise awareness of Bitcoin in the Pittsburgh region, but it could be...

Most people have no idea how our monetary system works. For example, very few people could explain the way dollars are created. Unfortunately, the truth is hard to come by, but as Christians, we cannot be ignorant any longer. Today, we discuss Principle #5 and Mike begins to pull the curtain back on the way banks and our government utilize "unjust weights and measures" to defraud the Ame...

Entrepreneurs are at the forefront of redeeming creation in the marketplace. In fact, every Christian is playing this role for God's kingdom in the workplace. The question is how intentional are you about this? Darrin Grove , CEO of Truefit, a software development company, helps us unpack a theology for work and vocation. Darrin is not just an academic but a practitioner who's been worki...

Nowadays you might hear a lot about passive income or passive investments that promise streams of effortless income. However, as Christians, there is no such thing as passive investing. Instead, we are called by God to be actively involved in our investments and business ventures as people who will be held accountable to how we manage His resources. We look at Jesus' parable of the rich fool...

No one is more isolated than business owners. As a result, these business leaders need an authentic and confidential community of like-minded peers where they can let down their guard and be transparent. Dave Hartman is a Truth At Work Chapter President who has spent many years in corporate leadership. He devoted the last 5 years to pursuing business leaders and facilitating Truth At Work peer adv...

Most Christians believe all they have to do is follow a formula for investing, prescribed by Wall Street, to guarantee retirement. However, this is not what the Bible teaches. Today, Mike discusses the third redemptive economic principle which involves leveraging our wealth of knowledge and unique, God-given gifts to contribute to human flourishing. We can't do this with our wealth trapped in...

Many towns around Western Pennsylvania never recovered from the steel industry rug pull of the 70's and 80's. Beaver County native, Chuck Verrett , and his partner, Nick Trombetta (Founder of PA Cyber Academy), discovered an innovative way to make a redemptive economic impact in some of these forgotten steel towns in Beaver County. This is an inspiring story of how Chuck and his partner,...

It can be easy as Christian business leaders to say that God is good. However, do your attitudes and actions in your business reflect the truth of God's goodness? Do you believe that no matter what God has your best interest at heart? Or do you feel that God is holding out on you for some reason? Mike unpacks Redemptive Economic Principle #2 , under the category of God's Dominion and Our...

After solo backpacking across Africa Valerie Bowden fell in love with the continent. Little did she know that God was planted seeds in her heart through that experience that would one day blossom into a tremendously redemptive business, CRDLE . Sadly, most efforts to empower Africa economically have done much more harm than good. That's why Valerie started, CRDLE , an outsourcing business tha...

As a Christian entrepreneur you are probably trying to run your business based on biblical principles. However you might be unknowingly compromising more fundamental economic principles from the bible. Our current monetary system is corrupt, and by participating in it we become complicit in the sins of Babylon. Revelation 18:4 says, “‘Come out of her, my people,’     so that you will not share in...

Very few Christians step into God's entrepreneurial call on their lives because they're often too fearful. Many people lack faith and resign themselves to being wage slaves, in bondage to their golden hand cuffs. Where do you find the courage to overcome your fears and GET STARTED? Executive Coach, Jeff Hancher, gets vulnerable about his own entrepreneurial journey - the good, the bad, a...

God chose you, and your business, for the benefit of the whole world. Or at least your sphere of influence, however small or large that is. Like Abram, God called you out to trust him in your entrepreneurial adventure and enter into the unknown. Your business is not your own - in fact, God entrusted it to you for His redemptive purposes. How will you allow God to use you and your business as a con...

Something amazing is happening in Kittanning, PA. The once struggling and neglected steel town is now an up-and-coming borough that is attracting more and more local investment. This is due, in part, to the vision of Kittanning Pastor, business owner, and investor, Andrew Laddusaw . From real estate investing, to small business investment, to working with the local government to clean up blight. A...

Click here to learn how to become a ministry partner. Money is so much more than just a medium of exchange. In fact, money reflects profound biblical truths about who God is, and who we are as God's people. The transfer of value through money is a sacred exchange. It validates us as being made in God's image, as well as being the vessel of God's presence through the indwelling of th...

Click here to learn how to become a ministry partner. You may be familiar with the start with why concept, but Rick Newton helps us understand the significance of start with who . He opens up about his own identity crisis that led him to a deeper understanding of who he is in Christ, and the importance of our unique role in the kingdom of God. We also gain some great macroeconomic perspective as R...