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Business For The Glory Of God Summary

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Book review of Business for the glory of God
The author, Wayne Grudem, clearly communicates the answer to the question of how does business and God’s glory connect. The book is unique in that it gives insight to how business can be a blessing to the world. God gave His people abilities to conduct business in order to glorify Him, and this is not the typical business thought in an age of increasing corruption and distrust. Grudem believes that business has been long neglected as an important avenue to glorify God. By putting God in business first he says “we should also consider how God belongs in the following:
• Ownership
• Productivity
• Employment
• Commercial transactions
• Profit
• Money
• Inequality of possessions
• Competition
• Borrowing …show more content…

That is the definition of a good business, period. Chick-fil-A is a great example of this. It is a favorite fast-food restaurant to many, and it is managed according to Christian principles. You will not find Chick-fil-A trumpeting this on its website. Most non-Christians believe they do this because of being closed on Sundays. People neglect the rest of it: the focus on friendly service, on diligent cleanliness, on delicious food, on an environment accommodating to families. Chick-fil-A is a thriving business because it does business well” (Woodlief, 2011). Chick-fil-A is the example used by most Christians when told you cannot have a successful business in today’s business environment solely run by Christian principles and closed on Sundays. The fact is, yes you can, and Chick-fil-A proves running your business on sound Christian principles will glorify …show more content…

According to Grudem, it is the negative attitude toward business for any failure to solve world poverty through business. This thought emanates from client, customer, abuse by companies, often large corporations paying Hugh salaries and bonuses to the CEO, CFO, or other high ranking executives while being dishonest to its clients, or even to its employees. This is a major concern in the banking and finance industries as recently witnessed with the housing bubble collapse less than a decade ago. As a result, major business such as Leman Brothers failed, while AIG was bailed out by the taxpayers. This is about greed, and greed is a breakdown of ethics. Everyone in the business world is not evil, but the few that are drag the perception of how business operates is due to the abuse and misuse of a few

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