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Monday, May 22
View Article  Is The Islamization of Corporate America next?
by Mike McLoughlin on Mon 22 May 2006 02:11 PM PDT

Michelle Malkin writes today (GOD - NO; ALLAH - YES) on the success that Muslims are having in penetrating public schools in America with their religion under the cultural banner of tolerance and acceptance. It will not be long, I think, until Corproate America requires Islamic Sensitivity Training for Christians at work.

Consider this quote from Sandro Magister’s report on the Islamization of the West - The ...   more »

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Thursday, August 4
View Article  Salon.com on the Rise of Christian Business in America
by Mike McLoughlin on Thu 04 Aug 2005 03:15 PM PDT

Salon.com asks a good  question - Are they bringing godliness to Main Street -- or making hay on holiness?

Salon.com Life | Verily, I sell unto you. By Lynn Harris

Christian Business owners who use the name of Christ to serve their business interests domesticate the gospel to the dominant capitalistic culture. That is bad news for Christianity!

According to Colossians 2:10, the gospel is about "the powers" (including capitalism) ...   more »

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Saturday, June 18
View Article  It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you.
by Mike McLoughlin on Sat 18 Jun 2005 11:35 AM PDT

Companies that aspire to the title "kingdom Company" must prove the reality of the kingdom of God, by demonstrating it with sound honest compassionate business practice with a kingdom difference that is readily evident to customers, staff and suppliers. It is great to have good intentions, but those intentions must translate into everyday kingdom business practice, otherwise they live a lie.

To borrow a line from the recent Batman movie. ...   more »

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Wednesday, June 15
View Article  Blogging, Faith at Work and the Future of Capitalism.
by Mike McLoughlin on Wed 15 Jun 2005 08:45 PM PDT

I am having a conversation on the e mail with Jay Gary of the Christian Futures Network about blogging, faith at work, business as mission and the future of capitalism. Here it is in slightly edited format

Good to hear the "faith at work" movement is active, and self-reflective.

[MIKE REPLY:] Thanks. Blogging is a means to be self reflective in community with others. It's a great technology to connect ...

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Thursday, January 20
View Article  Back to the Future of Missions - The Marketplace is the Next Mission Frontier
by Mike McLoughlin on Thu 20 Jan 2005 09:00 AM PST

 

A

wise man once said, “Nothing is more obscure than the obvious” (1)   The purpose of this essay is to explore the “obvious” implications for the modern missions movement of future  trends both from a Biblical perspective and a societal perspective.  This is an obvious future that seems to be rather obscure in the thinking of the modern Church. It is a future that will require ...   more »

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