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Ignite The Most Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook Today!The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century by Gerald HornePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497744to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century
Author: Gerald Horne
Narrator: William Andrew Quinn
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes
Release date: June 15, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Acclaimed historian Gerald Horne troubles America's settler colonialism's 'creation myth'. August 2019 saw numerous commemorations of the year 1619, when what was said to be the first arrival of enslaved Africans occurred in North America. Yet in the 1520s, the Spanish, from their imperial...2021-06-158h 18
Strategies@Work PodcastGleanings - July 2020Gleanings - July 20202020-07-0135 minStrategies@Work PodcastWork in the Cosmic BattleManagement must learn to think big—beyond the superficial pedestrian thinking of delivering goods and services, making a profit, and employing people. Given the metanarrative and a sovereign, intentional, and strategic Creator, organizational leaders must engage the battle between good and evil by guiding their organizations into alignment with the will and ways of God. This is a matter of prayer and spiritual discernment that leads to wise actions. Profound organizational leadership must be committed to Scripture and a godly walk to be able to see beyond tangible reality to the bigger story of history and properly align the organization wi...2020-06-1534 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - June 2020Gleanings - June 20202020-06-0231 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - May 2020Gleanings - May 20202020-05-0134 minStrategies@Work PodcastEqual Yoking AppliedDon’t think like a naturalist; think biblically with metaphysical awareness. Don’t be unequally yoked! This is a divine imperative. Wise organizational leaders must always seek alignment with God’s will and ways. This is the path to excellence and efficiency. One of the marks of equal yoking is conflict that facilitates improvements. Unequal yoking will produce unhealthy conflict that will manifest in inefficiencies and poor productivity. Equal yoking will empower organizations. Unequal yoking will impair and eventually destroy organizations. Equal yoking is manifested by the right people in the right places doing the right things serving the right people...2020-04-1520 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - April 2020Gleanings - April 20202020-04-0141 minStrategies@Work PodcastKnowing the Will of God Isn’t EnoughKnowing God’s will about a matter is necessary but not sufficient. Organizational leadership must learn how to execute God’s will according to God’s ways. Therefore, organizational leaders must be both students and practitioners of divine precepts, and they also must develop spiritual discernment to know how to execute God’s will when explicit biblical guidance is not provided. This requires developed spiritual wisdom and discernment that is a mark of excellent leadership.2020-03-1533 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - March 2020Gleanings - March 20202020-03-0134 minStrategies@Work PodcastHoly Living in the WorkplaceOrganizational leaders should seek to build with people who are clearly submitted to the lordship of Christ as demonstrated by their lives. Organizations with a culture of discipleship will properly utilize stakeholders to increasingly produce excellent products and services as their stakeholders grow in maturity in Christ. Their customers or clients will experience outstanding value. Such organizations will deliver excellent value and build stellar reputations. And, in the process, Christ will be glorified.2020-02-1530 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - February 2020Gleanings - February 20202020-02-0132 minStrategies@Work PodcastBuilding on ChristWise organizational leaders seek to discern both the level of maturity and the call of God on people. Such leaders develop people by facilitating the formation of Christ in them, understanding that maturity in Christ is a key to release calling. Leaders must avoid the temptation to use people for their own agendas, which is abuse. Instead leaders must disciple people into maturity in Christ. This is the predicate to organizational success, that is, the right people serving the right customers or clients by doing the right things the right way in the right place at the right time for...2020-01-1535 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - January 2020Gleanings - January 20202020-01-0237 minStrategies@Work PodcastThe Principle of Equal YokingWise senior leaders will seek to build organizations using the principles of equal yoking and C4. These principles will enable an organization to build an excellent workforce and organize effective teams that deliver world-class value to its customers and clients. Organizations that function at this level will enjoy internal harmony and an outstanding reputation plus enduring success and profitability.2019-12-1631 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - December 2019Gleanings - December 20192019-12-0252 minStrategies@Work PodcastThe M&M SyndromeWise managers understand the M&M syndrome is the default condition of mankind. Even professing Christians can revert to living in this state. Therefore, to detect the M&M syndrome, wise organizational leaders will consider more than just a person’s profession of faith. They will look deeper—they will seek to discern the person’s heart (his or her worldview). To do this, organizational leaders should consider many factors, such as a person’s key relationships (both family and friends), overall deportment, work history, outside activities, and prior work reputation. All of these will reveal truth about a person’s worldvie...2019-11-1641 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - November 2019Gleanings - November 20192019-11-0137 minStrategies@Work PodcastDress CodeWhile it is commendable to simplify codes of conduct and allow decisions to be made at the lowest possible level, one must not forget the reality of human depravity. Don’t assume that all workers will consistently make wise choices—choices aligned with biblical standards. Only those who are self-governed under God will make wise choices because they are internally motivated to obey God’s standards. However, those who are not self-governed under God will be governed by their depraved nature and will not consistently make wise choices. These people will need detailed codes of conduct and accountability. This will cost t...2019-10-1530 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - October 2019Gleanings - October 20192019-10-0157 minStrategies@Work PodcastTranscendent Values and PrinciplesFor organizational leaders to build excellent organizations requires submission to the transcendent values and principles of the Creator who singularly has the authority to define TUP. This means that organizational leaders need to be students of Scripture seeking to comprehensively understand TUP so that they can discern right and wrong in every area of organizational behavior: leadership, management, ethics, team building, finance, sales, marketing, pricing, service, customer support, personnel policies, and so forth. In every area, organizational leaders must engage in discovering TUP as revealed in Scripture to properly lead organizations and produce the fruit that pleases the Creator.2019-09-1548 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - September 2019Gleanings - September 20192019-09-0137 minStrategies@Work PodcastCity of Man vs. City of GodWise organizational leaders and managers understand that organizations exist to serve the will of God. Accordingly, they recognize that all stakeholders, by default, are not inclined to align with God. Therefore, organizational leadership must proactively engage in training all stakeholders to align with the values, principles, and practices that emanate from a Christian worldview. A culture marked by repenting from the default thinking of fallen mankind and embracing biblical thinking is a predicate for building an enduringly successful organization.2019-08-1523 minStrategies@Work PodcastConsequences of Fig LeavesIn a universe created by a spirit being, spiritual reality is primary and physical reality is secondary. To enjoy sustained blessings and favor in the physical universe requires proper understanding of and alignment with the Creator. Management must always recognize the importance of alignment with the will and ways of the Creator. When misalignment occurs, the organization’s ability to function properly will be impaired. Misalignment is sin, and sin has negative consequences. Sin, such as the wrong gospel, will manifest in people’s work product. Wise managers will learn how to discern sin in workers by evaluating their work, know...2019-08-1434 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - August 2019Gleanings - August 20192019-08-0137 minStrategies@Work PodcastThe Curse of LegalismManagement must build organizations with stakeholders who live submitted to the lordship of Jesus and, therefore, are being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Attempting to build with legalists is building with people who are under a curse; the end will be judgment as happened at the Tower of Babel.4 A true Christian lives under the lordship of Jesus submitting to his will and ways. Wise management understands that to build a God-honoring organization requires building with humble, submitted, and teachable people. Therefore, management must identify the legalists in the organization and seek to remediate them. If they cannot be remediated...2019-07-1533 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - July 2019Gleanings - July 20192019-07-0143 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - June 2019Gleanings - June 20192019-06-0141 minStrategies@Work PodcastFinding Your GoshenKingdom management is bringing order out of chaos, that is, aligning everyone and every initiative in an organization with the will and ways of God. Management must always seek this objective with all stakeholders. One aspect of alignment with God is the prudent use of debt. Management should always be aware of the peril associated with the imprudent use of debt associated with Keynesian economics. Given the record levels of global debt, at all levels, there is looming peril. Wise management will recognize this risk and seek the Lord for wisdom to prepare for a financial reset by finding and...2019-05-1533 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - May 2019Gleanings - May 20192019-05-0141 minStrategies@Work PodcastThe Gospel and Excellent WorkManagement can observe the gospel of each worker because it is manifested in what and how the worker delivers work-product. When a person is full of shame and performance, is not transparent, or refuses to take responsibility, such a person has embraced the gospel of cooperation and will never be an effective worker. To remedy this situation, the worker needs to embrace the gospel of the grace of Christ—the singular gospel. Wise managers recognize the traits of the gospel of cooperation in workers and will seek wisdom to introduce the true gospel of the grace of Christ to these wo...2019-04-1533 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - April 2019Gleanings - April 20192019-04-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastAutonomy Is Not a VirtueStrategic planning is a process of discerning God’s will (James 4:13–17). Managers must be interdependent to be able to discern God’s will. Such managers will progressively display Christlike character and be the clearest strategic thinkers and consequently the best organizational leaders because they can discern and align with God’s will. Workers should follow the lead of those who have authority over them. They must develop their skill and ability under the tutelage of wise, godly leaders and managers. An enemy of this process is autonomy—the presumption of independence and self-commissioning. When a person acts independently, there is no humilit...2019-03-1536 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - March 2019Gleanings - March 20192019-03-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastLeading Called PeopleOrganizations that train people in a Christian work ethic and employ people aligned with their individual callings maximize the opportunity for temporal success. God works with intent and purpose in every area of life—individually and organizationally. Consequently, people are not fungible; they must be employed according to their callings. Failure to do so is abusive. In addition, workers must embrace a sound work ethic including valuing temporal work as part of their individual calling. When organizational leaders build based on biblical principles, excellent products and services will be delivered, all will be blessed, and God will be glorified.2019-02-1534 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - February 2019Gleanings - February 20192019-02-0112 minStrategies@Work PodcastLiving the Gospel at WorkWise managers build organizations with people who display the fruit of the gospel of the grace of Christ. These people no longer live in the fig-leaf state, seeking to gain God’s acceptance through their own works. Nor do they work for money, power, or fame. They work out of profound gratitude for the gift of eternal life given to them through the gospel of the grace of Christ. They obediently find and fulfill the call of God on their lives, including their workplace assignments. In every aspect of life, they live intentionally, seeking to discern and align with the wi...2019-01-1525 min
Ignite The Most Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook Today!Rastafarian Children of Solomon: The Legacy of the Kebra Nagast and the Path to Peace and Understanding by Gerald HausmanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366746to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Rastafarian Children of Solomon: The Legacy of the Kebra Nagast and the Path to Peace and Understanding
Author: Gerald Hausman
Narrator: Gerald Hausman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Release date: January 8, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Shares the spiritual wisdom of Rastafari through the stories, teachings, and traditions of practicing Rastas in Jamaica • Includes the author’s interviews with bush doctors, healers, and Rastafarians gathered during his 15 years of living in Jamaica • Reveals the old ways of the Ra...2019-01-085h 05Strategies@Work PodcastGleanings - January 2019Gleanings - January 20192019-01-0210 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - December 2018Gleanings - December 20182018-12-0211 minStrategies@Work PodcastThe Singular Gospel and WorkManagers must be clear that spiritual reality drives physical reality. Long-term success is rooted in sound spiritual reality operative in the individual stakeholders of the organization. This is a nonnegotiable truth. One of the primary roles of managers is to walk circumspectly in this truth. They must diligently work with each stakeholder to help them grow and mature in Christ—doing the will of God in the ways of God in the timing of God. They must also help stakeholders find their specific callings, develop their skills to fulfill their callings, and set a context for them to succeed. This is...2018-11-1529 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - November 2018Gleanings - November 20182018-11-0112 minStrategies@Work PodcastThe Singularity of CallingWise organizational leaders understand the singularity of personal calling. Accordingly, these leaders will seek to build organizations by utilizing people congruent with their individual vocational callings. This demonstrates faith that God pays for what he orders and holds leaders accountable to properly utilize people. Leaders should understand that, if there is a genuine need for a person in a position, there will be divine provision. When management places a person in a position inconsistent with their calling, this is abuse. Consequently as an act of faith, leaders understand that for every bonafide personnel need, there is a specific divine provision.2018-10-1530 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - October 2018Gleanings - October 20182018-10-0210 minStrategies@Work PodcastWealth More Valuable Than MoneyThe correct measure of organizational success is not temporal wealth but true wealth. Wise managers understand that temporal wealth (money) is a tool—it is an asset to be stewarded for a higher purpose. The higher purpose is alignment with the will and ways of God. Money should be used to acquire true wealth. For example, use money to build a stellar reputation. True wealth is seen in the quality of the stakeholders and the excellence of their value proposition. An excellent value proposition will reflect values that are important to God and bless those the organization is called to se...2018-09-1531 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - September 2018Gleanings - September 20182018-09-0112 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - August 2018Gleanings - August 20182018-08-0111 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - July 2018Gleanings - July 20182018-07-0111 minStrategies@Work PodcastCorrectionWise leaders and managers understand that the standard for best practices is defined by the truth of the Bible. To build excellent organizations requires alignment with the truth. It is therefore imperative that all stakeholders are accountable to deportment defined by the truth. When stakeholders deviate from this standard, correction must be administered. Correction is not easy or pleasant, nor is it necessarily successful every time. But building a culture aligned with the truth is an essential mark of wise leadership and management and is the predicate for building excellent organizations.2018-06-1638 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - June 2018Gleanings - June 20182018-06-0109 minStrategies@Work PodcastCulture of PrayerThe purpose of organizations is to produce excellent work product. To do this requires sound spiritual reality in the hearts of all stakeholders. A culture of transparency and prayer is therefore essential. The only prayers that will be heard and answered by God are prayers aligned with his will and ways. And the only people who can offer prayers of alignment are righteous people—people growing and maturing in Christ. These people are not perfect but over a prolonged period time display evidence of consistent growth and maturity in Christ. This should be the standard by which all stakeholders are me...2018-05-1531 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - May 2018Gleanings - May 20182018-05-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastCulture of ContentmentLeaders and managers should model for all organizational stakeholders a life of meekness expressed by the proper use of the tongue. Organizational cultures populated with people prone to grumble against one another will be toxic. But organizational cultures built with people who are meek will be healthy. The difference is that grumbling against one another reflects discontentment with and lack of gratitude toward God, but meekness reflects contentment with and gratitude toward God. One of the marks of excellent, enduring, and productive organizations will be a culture of meekness that will facilitate the delivery of world-class value.2018-04-1536 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - April 2018Gleanings - April 20182018-04-0112 minStrategies@Work PodcastWealth Without WisdomOrganizational leaders must recognize that one of the key tools—a means—for strategically aligning with the will of God is temporal wealth. God provides these resources to enable organizations to fulfill their mission in the divinely ordained metanarrative. Wise leaders recognize the purpose of temporal provision is to support God’s will for the organization and all stakeholders. This means, among other things, that management will use temporal resources to fulfill obligations on time, on scope, and on budget. This includes timely payment of workers, vendors, and subcontractors. Management will also guard against worker abuse and all forms of greed...2018-03-1534 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - March 2018Gleanings - March 20182018-03-0111 minStrategies@Work PodcastManagement as a Pastoral Function, Part IIGod is sovereignly in control of his universe and therefore ordains the existence of every person and organization. Leaders and managers are, therefore, sovereignly placed in positions of authority. Like shepherds or pastors, leaders and managers would be wise to learn from the failures of the shepherds of Israel. Every leader and manager is sovereignly given authority to represent God and therefore must seek to fulfill the purpose of God both individually and organizationally. Pastoring organizations well leads to blessings. Failure to pastor well leads to divinely determined consequences that will negatively impact the leaders and managers and, very likely...2018-02-1527 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - February 2018Gleanings - February 20182018-02-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastManagement as a Pastoral Function, Part IManagement must guard against using workers for their own personal agendas, such as, using workers as pawns to make money. This is abuse. One of the key roles of management is to utilize workers according to their divine design and shepherd them into alignment with the will and ways of God. Shepherding workers correctly will produce healthy workers and healthy organizations. Healthy organizations will produce good results and will serve customers with excellence. In all this, God will be glorified.2018-01-1527 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - January 2018Gleanings - January 20182018-01-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastA Predicate for SuccessManagement must develop strategic plans aligned with the will and ways of God. Care must be taken to humbly develop plans by seeking divine wisdom and guidance. Strategic planning is therefore a spiritual activity that requires prayer, obedience to scriptural principles, and spiritual discernment. The motive must always be pure—to seek alignment with the will and ways of God. When management functions accordingly, an efficacious predicate for success will be established.2017-12-1533 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - December 2017Gleanings - December 20172017-12-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastGoing Low Raises the BarManagement must humble themselves (go low) before God to raise the bar of excellence. Accordingly, management must recognize that God is engaged in his creation and grants favor when individuals and organizations work in alignment with his will and ways. Therefore, humble management will seek humble workers. Such workers will enjoy the favor of God in their work and display traits such as submission to authority and teachability. An organization built on humility as a seminal virtue will enjoy God’s favor, which will be manifested by healthy, efficient, and productive individuals and organizations. Going low will raise the bar of...2017-11-1536 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - November 2017Gleanings - November 20172017-11-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastCompetitionGuard your heart from the sin of mammon worship. Disdaining competition is an indicator of mammon worship. The opposite of mammon worship is the worship of God expressed in the principle of stewardship. Management must model and teach stewardship to all stakeholders. When this view takes hold in the organization, competition is valued because it challenges the organization to be more effective, efficient, and creative. Competition makes organizations better and serves the interests of the customers and clients. Also, competition facilitates mutual learning. Therefore, put aside mammon worship with its narcissistic hedonistic greed. Seek to serve God’s purpose through yo...2017-10-1544 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - October 2017Gleanings - October 20172017-10-0109 minStrategies@Work PodcastGod and MoneyOrganizational leaders must guard against the temptation to seek to worship God and money, which is impossible. The primary goal of organizations should not be financial profit but alignment with the will and ways of God. Profit is a by-product of alignment with God. And given the intentional strategic nature of God, the profit that God grants an organization is what is needed for the organization to fulfill God’s purpose. Organizational success is therefore measured by the degree of obedience to the will and ways of God. Financial considerations are secondary to the primary objective of alignment with God. Th...2017-09-1623 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - September 2017Gleanings - September 20172017-09-0111 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - August 2017Gleanings - August 20172017-08-0209 minStrategies@Work PodcastMeekness of WisdomWise people are recognized by the excellence of their attitudes and actions. They are divinely blessed people who build their lives based on a sound knowledge of God and, therefore, enjoy the favor of God in every area of life, including their work. Such people are the only ones who consistently enjoy divine favor and therefore consistently deliver excellent value. Consequently, organizational leaders should seek to build their organizations with wise people—people whose conduct displays the internal virtue of meekness of wisdom. Organizations built on this standard will deliver excellent value that will bless all stakeholders. And excellent value is...2017-07-1533 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - July 2017Gleanings - July 20172017-07-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastSin in StakeholdersManagement must recognize the bias to sin—the inclination to think and act contrary to God’s standards—in all people and, therefore, in all stakeholders: owners, managers, workers, associates, suppliers, subcontractors, customers, and regulators. One way to detect the level of sin in anyone is to listen to what he or she says. Wise managers are good listeners and understand that to deliver excellent value requires stakeholders who are internally motivated to obey God’s standards, that is, people who are self-governing under God. The best way to build people who are self-governing under God is to build a culture...2017-06-1532 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - June 2017Gleanings - June 20172017-06-0115 minStrategies@Work PodcastGambling on HypocrisyManagement must understand that people cannot compartmentalize their private lives from their work lives. The core values of workers will be manifested in every area of their lives. To deliver excellent value, organizational leaders must embrace biblical core values, such as sacrificial faithfulness. Correspondingly, organizations must have workers whose core values are defined by Scripture. This means that an organization must build with workers whose personal core values are truly congruent with the organization’s core values. Failure to do this means that the organizational leaders are gambling on worker hypocrisy. This is a bad bet.2017-05-1531 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - May 2017Gleanings - May 20172017-05-0109 minStrategies@Work PodcastMaking Right DecisionsOrganizational leaders who are committed to a Christian worldview must develop a well-defined scripturally based code of conduct and/or statement of core values to guide the expected deportment of stakeholders and provide the primary metric for all organizational decisions. Pragmatism should never be the primary metric, but it can be a secondary metric. The primary metric must always be alignment with virtues that emanate from a Christian worldview. To deliver excellent products and services, organizational leaders must model and require a high level of compliance to the code of conduct or statement of core values by all stakeholders.2017-04-1628 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - April 2017Gleanings - April 20172017-04-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastCorollaries of Economic AxiomsFor fallen mankind, the default thinking about wealth is unbiblical. By nature, we value tangible (temporal) wealth over intangible (eternal, true) wealth. Learning to think biblically about wealth requires training. Organizational leaders must make sound biblical training about both tangible and intangible wealth a high priority. In addition to training, the actions and practices of organizations must reflect the truth that accumulating intangible (eternal, true) wealth is the true definition of success, significance, and security. Tangible temporal wealth must be properly stewarded by seeking to use it to serve the purposes of God. The fruit of sound stewardship of tangible...2017-03-1528 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - March 2017Gleanings - March 20172017-03-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastSelf-Deception Impairs BusinessFor the workplace to function well, management must promote equitable dealings. All stakeholders must subscribe and be committed to this standard. Anyone associated with an organization and who is self-deceived will be unable to profoundly live up to this metric. When management discovers self-deceived stakeholders, prompt remediation must be offered. And if remediation fails, then timely replacement must be executed. Cultures that tolerate self-deceived stakeholders will be toxic and impaired in their ability to conduct business equitably.2017-02-1527 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - February 2017Gleanings - February 20172017-02-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastPrinciples of EconomicsLeaders must recognize that they are stewards and that organizations exist to serve the will and ways of the Creator. Economics should therefore be rooted in biblical truth about the will and ways of the Creator. The best sources of revelation about the will and ways of the Creator are Scripture (special revelation) and creation (general revelation). Since God funds his will, long-term success requires alignment with God’s economic principles, which are best revealed in Scripture. Furthermore, any principles gleaned from general revelation must be congruent with Scripture.2017-01-1522 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - January 2017Gleanings - January 20172017-01-0110 minStrategies@Work PodcastHiring the Right PeopleOrganizational leaders and managers must hire the right people (those in the process of transformation) and build cultures that support Christ-centered transformation. People limited to common grace have limited ability to reach their potential. Workers, however, who are being transformed by Christ are empowered to fulfill their potential. And in the process of fulfilling their potential, these people will facilitate organizational excellence by delivering world-class value to those the organization serves.2016-12-1532 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - December 2016Gleanings - December 20162016-12-0109 minStrategies@Work PodcastThe Context for EconomicsFrom a Christian worldview, the starting point (arche') for economics must be sound biblical thinking about God and his purpose for mankind in history. All economic activity must support God’s purpose by enabling mankind to fulfill the Creation Mandate in the context of the metanarrative. This is the correct context to support economic activity. Economic activity executed based on common grace can only be marginally effective. Economic activity executed by true disciples of Jesus who are doing the will and ways of God will be efficacious in glorifying God and producing excellent value for those served. Wise management understands th...2016-11-1529 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - November 2016Gleanings - November 20162016-11-0210 minStrategies@Work PodcastThe Importance of Sound ThinkingOrganizational leaders must work to teach and train all stakeholders to think correctly about God, that is, to embrace sound (biblical) theology. Innate in all humans is the propensity to blame God for difficult situations and circumstances. Blame is bad theology and will lead to bad results. Sound theology is to take responsibility for our sin and its implications and to think correctly about God. Sound theology is the only antidote for the error chain of sin. And only sound theological thinking will lead to good results. Wise organizational leaders understand this truth and will build cultures designed to promote...2016-10-1621 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - October 2016Gleanings - October 20162016-10-0209 minStrategies@Work PodcastAligning with God in BusinessNo organization can be all things to all people. Management must recognize the divinely appointed boundaries of an organization and function within those boundaries. There are divinely ordained principles that must be mastered to do this well. First, management must understand the nature of seasons and how to prioritize activities according to the seasons. Second, management must function in alignment with God’s limits such as identifying the right customers, the right scope of services, the assigned geography, and the correct timing. Third, management must adroitly steward time, talent, and treasure to accomplish the work assigned to an organization. And fo...2016-09-1656 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - September 2016Gleanings - September 20162016-09-0210 minStrategies@Work PodcastTrading UpManagement must recognize that the primary objective of business is not to produce temporal wealth. Business exists first and foremost as a vehicle to produce true wealth. Temporal wealth, such as money, is simply a tool that management should use to trade up to acquire true wealth. True wealth is manifested in workers' lives in traits such as wisdom, righteous living, excellent reputation, respect, and godliness with contentment. To build an organization focused on acquiring true wealth requires management who is willing to invest temporal wealth in training to develop true wealth in stakeholders who will then produce excellent value...2016-08-1630 minStrategies@Work PodcastGleanings - August 2016Gleanings - August 20162016-08-0209 min
CHESTER COUNTY JAZZ FESTIVALFestival Producer and owner of Sugarbaby Events Anita Broady joins us to talk about the inaugural Chester County Jazz Festival, June 29 through July 1, 2012! The festival will be presenting live concert events at both the Asplundh Concert Hall on the campus of West Chester University, and at Hoopes Park in West Chester, PA. Scheduled artists include, Gerald Veasley, Peter White, Warren Hill, Tom Braxton, Dotsero, and more!2012-05-051h 04Strategies@Work PodcastJanuary 2008 - Interview with Dr. ChesterInterview with Dr. Chester2008-01-1536 minStrategies@Work PodcastJanuary 2007 - Biblical Worldview of WorkToday’s episode is entitled, Biblical Worldview of Work. This is the 11th part of a 12 part worldview study titled: Developing a Worldview That Works. The full study is available online at Strategieswork.com
In this episode, Dr. Chester discusses the question, Does God care about our work or is it just a tool for making money? You will look at a biblical perspective on what you spend most of your life doing, work.2007-01-1543 minStrategies@Work PodcastNovember 2006 - Tony Givens Interview (part 2)Dr. Chester talks with Tony Givens, a client, about how Biblical principles have helped his business. Part 22006-11-1513 minStrategies@Work PodcastOctober 2006 - Tony Givens Interview (part 1)Dr. Chester talks with Tony Givens, a client, about how Biblical principles have helped his business. (part 1)2006-10-1511 minStrategies@Work PodcastSeptember 2006 - Interview with Dr. Chester (part 2)Part two of an interview with Dr. Gerald Chester about his book, Beyond Babel.2006-09-1514 minStrategies@Work PodcastAugust 2006 - Interview with Dr. ChesterPart one of an interview with Dr. Gerald Chester about his book, Beyond Babel.2006-08-1515 min