Entrepreneurship, Pt. 8

Nick Logan began his teaching on "The Rebirth of Family-Friendly Entrepreneurship" with this verse: "For I the Lord do not change." Neither has his plan, or his dominion mandate. Mr. Logan said that before we can pursue this mandate and entrepreneurship, we must focus on three disciplines, disciplines which have been ignored by many American Christians as of late. The Church, family, and Christ honoring economics.

He stated that the average church today does not honor God. Inside, there is not much of a difference between the believer and non-believer. Most churches are seeker friendly, and geared to "saving" as many people as possible. The LORD'S DAY is now Sunday, a day of relaxation and fun. We need to set ourselves apart from the rest of the world. We need a reformation.

In recent years, the family unit has disintegrated. The fathers have stopped leading their families, the children are in government school, and women are part of the workforce. Our culture has attacked the family and tried to break it up. We need to understand the truth. Men are meant to be leaders of their households, and women are meant to train their children and help their husbands in taking care of the home. Culture does not like children, and consequently, neither does the average parent. They send them off to school, they kill them in the womb, they let them go off at age 18 and breathe a sigh of relief. This was not the way it was meant to be. Children are a "blessing from the Lord", and we should treat them that way.

Finally we turn to Christ-honoring economics. The average American suffers from FDH syndrome(Fat,Dumb,and Happy). As Christians, we can even finance ungodly businesses and expose ourselves to ungodly influences by where and what we buy. If we sacrifice buying products from these businesses, we can affect the economy our decisions. We should care more about our families than about our material gain.

In short then, to accomplish these goals we need leadership in the family. If we go back to the model of living that God has provided for us, we will prosper in what we do.