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Business in the Kingdom

Business in the Kingdom

Every part of life is, or at least should be, in the Kingdom of God. As the great theologian Abraham Kuyper once said, “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’” Business, finance and economics are every bit as much part of the Kingdom as churches and ministries. And Jerry Bowyer believes that, in our day, the marketplace will be key to revival, reformation and renewal. Hear him discuss these essential issues on “Business in the Kingdom.”

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  • How "Socially Responsible Investing" is Hurting our Food Supply How "Socially Responsible Investing" is Hurting our Food Supply Play in Edifi Player

    How "Socially Responsible Investing" is Hurting our Food Supply

    In a recent article in National Review Online, Nebraska Treasurer John Murante (https://ballotpedia.org/John_Murante) demonstrates that the ESG investing approached (Environmental, Social, Governance) being promoted by giant asset managers hurts not only the fossil fuel industry, but agriculture as well. Since the poor spend a much larger proportion of their income on food and energy, an investment approach that attacks those industries attacks the poor. Treasurer Murante also discusses with …

  • America’s Problems Get Solved from the Bottom Up America’s Problems Get Solved from the Bottom Up Play in Edifi Player

    America’s Problems Get Solved from the Bottom Up

    Rick Graber, President of the Bradley Foundation, talks with Business in the Kingdom about the genius of our founder’s system of federalism. Bradley focuses on helping to create local solutions which then become models for other parts of the country, something made possible only by our decentralized political system. He discusses the new video series Expressions of Educational Freedom | K12 | The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (bradleyfdn.org), which point to models of excellence in …

  • Religious Liberty Group Denied Service by Chase Bank Religious Liberty Group Denied Service by Chase Bank Play in Edifi Player

    Religious Liberty Group Denied Service by Chase Bank

    Former Governor, Senator, and Ambassador Sam Brownback tells Business in the Kingdom how the religious freedom organization he founded had its bank account cancelled, suddenly, without warning and without explanation. Instead of slinking away, the group has launched Chased Away (https://thencrf.org/chasedaway), a campaign to stop banks from discriminating based on religious and political views.

  • Christian State Official Stands up to ESG Agenda Christian State Official Stands up to ESG Agenda Play in Edifi Player

    Christian State Official Stands up to ESG Agenda

    Allison Ball, Treasurer of Kentucky, is an attorney and a person of faith. As such, she takes her legal and ethical obligation to oversee state finances, including pension funds, as an inviolable duty. That is why she has resisted industry pressure to embrace the financial fad of ESG investing, which replaces the goal of the best financial outcome for retirees with goals of political and social outcomes. Whether it's pushing to eliminate profitable fossil fuel investments from portfolios or to …

  • Fighting for the Unborn in Corporate America: Pro-life Activist Investor Shares 32 Years of Experience Fighting for the Unborn in Corporate America: Pro-life Activist Investor Shares 32 Years of Experience Play in Edifi Player

    Fighting for the Unborn in Corporate America: Pro-life Activist Investor Shares 32 Years of Experience

    **Sponsor** : Learn more and buy  _Leadership Not by the Book_ by clicking here. Tom Strobhar first got involved in fighting against corporate funding for Planned Parenthood in 1989. Since then he has been the most consistent and long-lasting voice for Christian witness on behalf of the unborn and against the degradation of pornography in corporate life. He convinced scores of companies to stop funding Planned Parenthood, including Chevron, AT&T; and Berkshire Hathaway. He tells Business …

  • Why People of Different Faiths and Politics Should Still Oppose ESG Investing Why People of Different Faiths and Politics Should Still Oppose ESG Investing Play in Edifi Player

    Why People of Different Faiths and Politics Should Still Oppose ESG Investing

    **Sponsor** : Learn more and buy  _Leadership Not by the Book_ by clicking here. The Treasurer of Utah recently wrote a letter to the ratings service S&P; to object to agencies beginning to downgrade states' creditworthiness based on political, not financial, factors under the guise of ESG Investing (04-21-22 -Utah-Letter_SP-Global_ESG-Indicators.pdf). Treasurer Oaks (www.marlooaks.com) found himself having to defend his state's pristine credit rating, not because of any financial …

  • New Survey Shows Which Company has Become Least Liked by Conservatives New Survey Shows Which Company has Become Least Liked by Conservatives Play in Edifi Player

    New Survey Shows Which Company has Become Least Liked by Conservatives

    On this episode of Business in the Kingdom, Tom Carter of investconservative.org talks about his company’s on-going survey of conservatives’ unfavourability ratings towards large well-known publicly traded corporations. He talks about the shifting views conservatives have had towards Facebook, Disney and Tesla, as well as problems with the politicization of corporate board rooms and investing through the ESG movement. In addition, he talks about conservative alternatives to companies such as …

  • America’s Top Christian Financial Talk Show Host on the Single Most Important Thing Christians Need to Know About Money America’s Top Christian Financial Talk Show Host on the Single Most Important Thing Christians Need to Know About Money Play in Edifi Player

    America’s Top Christian Financial Talk Show Host on the Single Most Important Thing Christians Need to Know About Money

    Rob West is the host of MoneyWise, which is on both Moody and American Family Radio networks, airing on over 1,900 stations. He is also the CEO of the largest professional association of Christians in the financial industry, Kingdom Advisors. Rob joins this week’s Business in the Kingdom Podcast to talk about the single most important thing both ordinary Christians and top financial professionals need to know about money. **Links to Rob West** * MoneyWise Show * Kingdom Advisors * …

  • Why Christians Should Care About the Ideological Capture of Corporate Boardrooms Why Christians Should Care About the Ideological Capture of Corporate Boardrooms Play in Edifi Player

    Why Christians Should Care About the Ideological Capture of Corporate Boardrooms

    “It’s your money, and it’s being used against your values.” On the latest Business in the Kingdom, Andrew Olivastro, Vice President of Outreach for the Heritage Foundation, talks to Jerry about DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), ESG (Environmental, Social Governance), and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), and how they are killing corporate America and why Christians should be concerned about how activist groups on the left have hijacked corporate America.

  • Christian Employers Are Under Attack Christian Employers Are Under Attack Play in Edifi Player

    Christian Employers Are Under Attack

    Christian business entrepreneurs face enormous challenges. In addition to the problems all business leaders confront, such as stagflation and labor shortages, Christians in business bear the pressure of living in a culture that is increasingly anti-Christian in its moral orientation and coercive in its tactics. Mandates regarding the funding of abortion and sexual- reassignment surgery are no longer future threats, but have become present realities. How can Christians in positions of top …

  • Corporate America is Taking Sides in a Culture War, but These Public Officials are Standing Up to Them Corporate America is Taking Sides in a Culture War, but These Public Officials are Standing Up to Them Play in Edifi Player

    Corporate America is Taking Sides in a Culture War, but These Public Officials are Standing Up to Them

    Derek Kreifels from the State Financial Officers Foundation explains why Christians should be concerned about how ESG and other current financial trends are being used by activists to push companies to join the culture war instead of focusing on their day jobs. Kreifels shares stories about unsung public officials in flyover country who are refusing to give in to gigantic financial institutions’ political bullying. Link to State Financial Officers Foundation

  • 'Come Now, Ye Rich, Weep and Howl'; Understanding James in Proper Context 'Come Now, Ye Rich, Weep and Howl'; Understanding James in Proper Context Play in Edifi Player

    'Come Now, Ye Rich, Weep and Howl'; Understanding James in Proper Context

    Jeff Meyers, author of Wisdom for Dissidents, an extensive new commentary of the Epistle of James, discusses James's denunciations of the rich in their historical and political context. Instead of being universal condemnations of wealth for all times and places, James wrote his letter at a time when a particular power faction in Jerusalem was using its wealth and power in an attempt to destroy the Jesus movement. **Get Wisdom for Dissidents: The Epistle of James Through New Eyes on Amazon** …

  • New Survey Finds Corporations Failing to Protect Religious and Viewpoint Freedom New Survey Finds Corporations Failing to Protect Religious and Viewpoint Freedom Play in Edifi Player

    New Survey Finds Corporations Failing to Protect Religious and Viewpoint Freedom

    The Alliance Defending Freedom (Alliance Defending Freedom - Protecting Religious Freedom (adflegal.org)), the leading First Amendment legal protection organization in America, has released a new index that grades corporations on how well they protect religious and viewpoint diversity for their customers, their suppliers, their employees, and the nation (Viewpoint Diversity Score). The average grade is a 12 out of a possible 100. Corporations are failing, miserably. The ADF point-man on …

  • A Christian Strategy to Influence Corporations for Good A Christian Strategy to Influence Corporations for Good Play in Edifi Player

    A Christian Strategy to Influence Corporations for Good

    In the past when companies have taken anti-Christian positions, Christians invested in them have either ignored the problem or tried to screen the sin out of their portfolios. Strive Asset Management's Justin Danhof argues for a third approach: one in which Christians use their voices and their votes as shareholders to steer companies in the right direction.

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