Strategies@Work Podcast

Gleanings - July 2008

In Colossians 3:17, the apostle Paul gave us a mandate for business standards. Paul was saying that whatever you say or do in life, including work, should reflect the values that Christ embraced. In other words, we should be incarnating Christ’s values.

Gleanings - June 2008

Everyone wants to enjoy success and prosperity in life. The question is how. What is the secret? Is it hard work or networking or a great idea or a rich relative or so called ‘luck’ or all of these or a combination of these —or something else?

Gleanings - May 2008

For most people the purpose of Christianity is to insure that they will not go to hell. Apart from this, many do not see much purpose. Certainly, it is difficult to see much connection between Christianity on Sunday and work during the rest of the week. At best, Christians believe that they should be ethical in the workplace and, when possible, share their faith. Is this the only connection betwee...

Gleanings - April 2008

Enjoy this month’s teaching, which illustrates that separation of church and state and its corollary, separation of church and business, are wrong assumptions about reality because God makes all the rules for the universe that He created.

Gleanings - March 2008

If we want to prosper in God's creation, we need to learn His rules. Hence, just like Elisha's servant, we need to learn to see the spiritual reality that is at work behind every physical manifestation that we see.

Gleanings - February 2008

Interview with Dr. Chester

Gleanings - January 2008

A dream job is one that causes your heart to sing. The passion within is so great that you will go to extreme measures to perform the work. And you would gladly do it for free.

Gleanings - December 2007

What is the nature of reality? It is easy for most of us to acknowledge that there is a spiritual dimension to life, particular in regard to personal, family, and church life. But what about business?

Gleanings - November 2007

The story of a man named Pepper is a great illustration of this truth. Pepper was a Christian who owned a fledgling company. Living hand-to-mouth, he struggled just to make a living until he had a near-death experience that led to revelation from God about the truth of Joshua 1:8. He then committed to operating his company based on biblical principles and built one of the great companies of the tw...

Gleanings - October 2007

One of the most common reasons for a broken company is poor company morale. Many times poor company morale is rooted in unequal yoking. Unequal yoking happens when people seek to work together but do not share a common vision and values, which means there is a lack of relational harmony.

Gleanings - September 2007

How do you proceed to start and build a business or organization in accordance with God’s will? Listen to this month's teaching to learn how to use the Beyond Babel Model to build an organization aligned with the will of God.

Gleanings - August 2007

Ephesians 2:10 teaches that people are purposefully created by God to do specific "good works".  The common view is that "good works" refers to spiritual activities such as evangelism, teaching, and pastoring.  However, the word translated works is ergon which refers to all types of work including business and artistic activities.  And the adjective good refers to one of the attributes of God (See...

Gleanings - July 2007