Mixing faith and business is hard work, especially when determined to do it with faith as the foremost integral value, it’s always going to be hard – after all man cannot serve two masters as the book says.

However if we can’t blend faith and business and make it work then somewhere we are probably in trouble, because at the end of the day we would be conceding that there are parts of our life where God doesn’t work.

I figure there must be a way to do it, but it probably is darn hard, after all it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom than a camel to pass through the eye of the needle, and though none of us may be rich the intent is much the same.
However I remain convinced we can do it if we really try, I know it can be done – afterall there are longstanding businesses in the Jewish community where they have and do follow the biblical principles of a much more rigorous life than ours. Though perhaps that’s part of it, perhaps in some ways that’s a boon and not a hinderance as we are often led to think these days?

I do concede with you though that it is hard, and if it can’t be done by some then it would be better to be honest and opt out of the ‘Christian’ banner and just work to good secular principles as at least this way we don’t bring the community into repute.

One things for sure it’s not something with an easy answer because at the end of the day we are all just less than perfect people trying to live a better life – but sometimes we just miss the mark – by a long mile ;0)
Luckily we have a forgiving father who understands us and allows us to actively repent and try again.

It’s not about whether the products, content etc are good or bad, I’m sure we all love a lot of the kingsway stock, but rather how, as Christians, we go about dealing with one another.

I don’t know. Perhaps we should just turn over control of our larger christian organisations to secular leadership, and avoid much of this conflict. Perhaps Christianity and business are fundamentally incompatible.

It does seem that, in general, companies who are primarily secular, or owned by secular groups are often a lot easier to deal with than those which exist as “ministries”. I know that Christians can forge really brilliant partnerships, but i am starting to come to the conclusion that sometimes it would make my life much easier if my faith and my business were not related.

How cynical do i sound right now!

sigh! ha

Have to confess I’m now at something of a loss as to where to go next with the Kingsway situation. What is it with Pacman that he’s slammed the doors on dialogue? Do we need to shame the entire Christian trade by calling in the OFT or presenting the case to BBC Watchdog before Kingsway will wake up?

Am I turning into one of Ally’s assholes because I won’t let go of the situation?

Challenging times for us all…

To quote Ally Simpson (Better known as supersimbo round these parts)

I have seen, experienced and know ‘Christians’ who turn into assholes when money is at stake! The reason?

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”

Actually he made a really good post about this a few days before Phil posted this one

http://supersimbo.com/2010/07/its-kicking-off-in-the-shack/

And i think he hit the nail right on the head.

It’s sad that when dealing with Christian brothers it is no longer good enough to:

“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.” (Matt 5:37 ESV)

Clearly, when it comes to these sorts of agreements, much more was said than yes, or no.

It is such a shame that the Christian community now needs to resort to legal routes to resolve disputes between Christian Brothers.

But it is always the dodgy ones who do the most ranting about others.