The Atonement of Christ Really Does Matter
Originally preached on January 3, 2016 at the Maple Grove Evangelical Free Church. Learn how the Atonement of Christ answers our culture's most difficult questions.
A New Year and New Opportunity
Originally preached on December 28, 2014 at Maple Grove Evangelical Free Church. God calls you as He has gifted you into areas of ministry in the public square in which you can be salt and light in our society. There will be "derailers" as God calls you...
Suffering Draws Us to God
Originally preached on October 5, 2014 at the Maple Grove Evangelical Free Church. Learn about the ways in which suffering can draw us to God.
Curses and Blessings in Business – Part II
Originally aired April 20, 2016 on Faith Radio with Dr. Bill Meier. Learn how a lack of tithing and other common sins place Christian business owners under a curse, which lessens their ability to be as productive and successful as they could be if they were living under...
Curses and Blessings in Business – Part I
Originally aired March 30, 2016 on Faith Radio with Dr. Bill Meier. Learn how habitual sin can lead to bondage and how that bondage can lead to living under one or more curses. Curses degrade our success in business and life and yet many Christians choose to live...
How Sin Lessens Your Ability to Be Successful in Business
Originally aired on Faith Radio on March 23, 2016 with Dr. Bill Meier. Learn how your personal sin can affect the success of your business and how the bondage of sin can lessen your ability to fulfill God's purposes in your business.
How to Manage People using the DCOM Method
Originally aired on March 16, 2016 with Bill Arnold on Faith Radio. Listen to Bill English as he describes how to manage employees using the DCOM Method: Direction Competence Opportunity Motivation
God’s Purpose for Business – Part II
Originally aired March 2, 2016 on Faith Radio with Dr. Bill Meier. Join Bill English as he talks with Dr. Bill Meier on the subject of God's purposes for Business. In this episode, Bill focuses on Products, Profits and Philanthropy.
Networking for Referrals Part II
In this two-part series, two experienced professionals discuss how they network with other professionals to gain new leads for their own organization and what they do to invest in new professional relationships. Recorded at the studios of Faith Radio in Minneapolis.
Networking for Referrals Part I
In this two part series, two experienced professionals discuss how they network with other professionals to gain new leads for their own organization and what they do to invest in new professional relationships. Recorded at the studios of Faith Radio in Minneapolis.
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Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part III
The Life of Joseph can be highly instructive for Christian business owners, if we are willing to look at ourselves through the examples we find in Scripture. Joseph became a man of integrity and forgiveness, which was a result of God's work in his life over a...
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Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part II
Genesis 37.26-36: "23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it. 25 As they sat down to eat their meal,...
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Lessons from the Life of Joseph Part I
The Life of Joseph is a portrait of a man of integrity and forgiveness. Joseph was a highly talented guy. In today's vernacular, we'd say he was "crazy smart". His strongest gifting from God was his ability to interpret dreams, yet his greatest ministry to mankind would...
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Being Responsible for Another’s Debts Shows Lack of Judgement
There are four passages in the book of Proverbs which discuss the scenario in which one person (Guarantor) takes on the responsibility to pay the debts of another person (Debtor) should the debtor default on his payments. Here are the passages: Proverbs 6.1-6 My son, if you...
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In Conflict Resolution, Focus First on Reaching an Agreement
"It's about fighting for fair and equitable treatment", said T. Boone Pickens recently about the $700 million in damages he is seeking for future losses related to bids that his wind power company, Mesa Power (web site is offline), lost in wind power auction in Ontario recently....
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Background on blessings
What are the different types of blessings? There are many different types of blessings in the Bible. Here is the Hebrew word grouping for the English word “bless”: In the New Testament, the Greek words translated “bless” look like this: What do I need to know...
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73 Undeniable Truths of Business Ownership
The longer I'm in business, the more convinced I am that certain truths exist when it comes to leading a business. What follows is a list of the Undeniable Business Truths: Starting, growing, and building a business is part of “subduing the earth” Genesis 2.18 God calls some...
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Managing Office Politics in a God-honoring Way
Here's an understatement for you: office politics sucks. The reason its' an unpleasant experience is because we experience it before we think about it. We often can't explain the particulars of our situation, but we know our emotions are swirling and we sure would like to let...
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Revenue or Profit?
I was meeting with an energetic entrepreneur this morning. As part of our conversation, he mentioned that sales should not be focused on revenue. Instead, they should be focused on profits and customers. I think he is right. One of the mistakes I made as a business...
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Ten Principles to Remember When You’re Vocal about Your Faith as a Christian Business Owner
I walked into a business in Indianapolis when I was in high school that was owned by a classmate' father. There on the wall, in raised lettering was this: "This business is dedicated to the glory of Jesus Christ". If I remember correctly, this man had an...
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The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil
Taken from 1 Timothy 6.6-16 6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich fall...
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The Value of “Paying it Forward”
I just got off the phone talking with a representative of an industry research group whose research I'm interested in. This was a scheduled, introductory call in which I was asking questions about their organization and how I might use their research in my new business, Elevate....
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A Man of Understanding
"Seek to understand before being understood" is a phrase I've heard repeatedly in my 12+ years as a Christian Business Owner. It's good advice, frankly, because when you can understand what the other person is saying or understand the "why" behind their actions, the root of the...
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Partner Principles for a Better Business
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Chris Myers outlined 3 Principles for Managing a Co-Founder Relationship: Seek out complimentary skills Clearly define roles Work with someone you trust, respect and admire These principles are well and good, but incomplete. Much can go wrong even when these...
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Leadership Lessons Part XV: Building Your Team While Taking Greater Risks
David begins to build his team right after his disgraceful journey through Philistine territory and having to act insane in order to evade capture and death. Our text comes from 1 Samuel 22.1-5: David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and...
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Leadership Lessons Part XIV: Living Under a Government that is Opposed to Your Faith
Christians in America find themselves living under a Government that is increasingly opposed to our faith. It's not as strong here as it is in the United Kingdom or Canada, or Australia, but it is a growing element that we must factor into the running of our...
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Leadership Lessons Part XIII: Ignoring Your Intuition
After David has lied to Ahimelek and Saul kills him for not reporting where David was (see the balance of 1 Samuel 22), David was informed that Ahimelek had been killed and his response was recorded for us in the last part of 1 Samuel 22: "But...
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Leadership Lessons Part XII: Going without God
In 1 Samuel 21, we find that David is going to let his anger drive his decisions and move forward without consulting and following God's leading. David makes some crucial mistakes that are both understandable and damaging to him. Here is the text: David went to Nob,...
Philanthropy: God’s Purposes for Business – Part V
The fifth purpose of business is to provide business owners with unique opportunities to be financially generous toward God. Because God has been generous with God’s followers (John 3:16), God’s followers are generous with those in need. Christ reminds us of this truth in Matthew 5:42, “give...
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Leadership Lessons Part XI: The Value of a Close Friend and Supporter
Find the companion podcast here. David had a huge gift from God in the form of Jonathan, his friend. Even though Jonathan was the rightful heir to the throne since he was Saul's son, he God had long since given the kingdom to David because of his...