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Is The Islamization of Corporate America next?

Mike McLoughlin — Mon, 22 May 2006 14:11:00 -0700

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 ...

Salon.com on the Rise of Christian Business in America

Mike McLoughlin — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:15:00 -0700

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) ...

It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you.

Mike McLoughlin — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:35:00 -0700

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. ...

Blogging, Faith at Work and the Future of Capitalism.

Mike McLoughlin — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:45:00 -0700

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 ...

Back to the Future of Missions - The Marketplace is the Next Mission Frontier

Mike McLoughlin — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:00:00 -0800

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 ...

Planning A Successful Small Business Seminar Introduction

Mike McLoughlin — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:37:00 -0800

ver the past 10 days I have posted a series of articles that were written for the workbook - Planning a Successful Small Business. Here is a list of the articles and a description of the seminar.

Seminar Content

Serving God's Purposes in Business

Most of all, Succeed in Love

Purpose beyond Profit - Principles for True Success

Commit Your Plans to God - Planning for Success

Conduct ...

Fireproof for God - True Success in Adversity AND Prosperity

Mike McLoughlin — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:12:00 -0800

avid Livingstone came to Africa with a vision to end the slave trade. He proposed to accomplish his vision by preaching the gospel to the people of Africa and opening the interior of Africa to lawful commerce.

He said to a friend in a letter written in 1865: "I would not consent to go simply as a geographer, but as a missionary, and do geography by the way, ...

Source for Eternity - Budgeting for Success

Mike McLoughlin — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:50:00 -0800

udgeting. What is it? A fundamental maxim in the discipline of accounting is the principle of Conservatism. This principle states that revenues should be underestimated and expenses overestimated so that the risk of loss will be minimized in the business enterprise. Risk is an ever-present reality in the planning of a successful small business. Entrepreneurs risk their capital investment to produce products and services. Banks risk their money when ...

Exalted by Faithfulness - Managing for Success

Mike McLoughlin — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:26:00 -0800

ree enterprise is based upon the supposition that the individual has the freedom to choose what he will do, where he will do it and when he will do it. An independent spirit is what characterizes most entrepreneurs. The businessman is "his own boss". He has his ideas of what needs to be done and so he does better working for himself than for another person. To manage his ...

Purpose beyond Profit - Principles for True Success

Mike McLoughlin — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:24:00 -0800

urpose in Business - What is it? In the first chapter, true success was defined as eternal relationship with God and with others. This is not the definition of success that is emphasized in most business schools or seminars. That type of success is primarily concerned with monetary profit, increased production, and achievement of business goals. Business people want success in these areas because they are looking ...