The Conflict of a Christian Salesperson -- Part 2
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Here’s part two of my response to this question: Dave, I’m a salesperson. I feel really conflicted between the culture of the job and my commitment to Christ. Do you have any suggestions as to how I reflect my Christianity in my job?
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The Conflict for Christian Salespeople
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Be Strong and Be Brave
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Sometimes, when the Lord really wants us to understand something, He repeats it. This may be one of only a couple of times in the entire Bible where he repeats Himself, word for word, not just once, but three times, in just a few passages. He tells Joshua, as the Hebrews are about to enter the promised land, to “Be strong and be brave.” Is there a lesson in this for us?
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When You Are in a Financial or Career Crisis
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Chances are you will find yourself in a financial or career crises at some point in your life. Reflecting on those points in my life and career, when I've gone through those times, I’ve crystalized some ideas that may help you.
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How to Navigate These Difficult Times
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We are in the middle of some difficult times. What do we do? We need to answer that question in an immediate, urgent basis: What do we do right now?
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Are You In The Christian Closet?
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Too many Christian business people remain in the Christian-closet, afraid to publicly acknowledge their Christianity on the job. The results, for those individuals and our society at large, are devastating.
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4 Fears Keeping Christians on the Sidelines in the Culture Wars
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The culture in the US continues to slide away from a conservative Christian culture toward to a secularized, anti-God position. Contributing to this is the tendency for Christian business people to remain on the sidelines, unengaged in the culture wars. Fear is the motivating force that keeps them in the Christian closet.
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Marketplace Evangelism
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The dilemma of how to be evangelistic on the job has plagued Christian business people for decades. In this article, we exam the issue and provide a four-phase, Biblical, easily adaptable model.
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How Should a Christian Business Give?
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Giving is one of the hallmarks of Christian living. No one argues with the idea that giving, and giving generously, is expected of every Christian. But what about Christian businesses? Is there an expectation that Christian-owned businesses – as entities that exist separate and apart from their owners – should also give?
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Is Your Business on a Mission?
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The idea that business can be a mission is, in our cultural Christianity, a relatively recent idea. But God established business as a ministry with some of the very first words he spoke, and he continued to model that throughout the Bible. Your business is a ministry, waiting to be unleashed.
info_outlineWork—and by extension, business—is so important to God that he has created “works” for each of us to do, and he prepared them way in advance of our being ready to do them. Just as he gave Adam the task of naming the animals and then worked with him on that task, so he gives each of us tasks to do and works with us to do them. It is how he designed his creation to operate.
While we are familiar with the grand movements of God and the great stories that describe them, we have missed one of the underlying truths: that the primary way God works with man is through our labor and the businesses that emerge from it.