When you scroll through LinkedIn’s news feed, you see success stories, happy people, and (supposedly) sage advice that will propel your career and business into the stratosphere of success. However, business ownership has a dark side that few talk about.

In this deep dive post, I discuss how covenants affect key decisions for a Christian business owner. These key decisions affect the governance model and one’s perspective on a host of key issues in any business.

One way the forces who oppose God can neutralize us as Christian business owners is by getting us off-balance. For example, you become overly focused on following God’s laws at the expense of loving others, or you become too cavalier in following his laws and nearly all sin becomes acceptable. You become overly focused on truth and justice, or you become too careless in guarding truth and justice. Both lead to destruction and should be considered a spiritual warfare issue. Balance is required if you’re going to blaze for Christ.