Biblical Economics and the Workplace | Module 2
How understanding biblical economics creates value and ownership
Executive summary
This module builds upon the worldview connections we discovered in Module 1 and applies them to our understanding of how God intends for us to interact with markets, value ownership and private property, uphold biblical justice, and establish godly governance in every sphere of life.
You will assess the degree to which secular belief systems are operating in your own life so that you can replace those thoughts with biblical principles that will fuel your leadership with life, productivity, and value.
Contents
Session 1:
Markets Built on Biblical Law and Order Produce Blessing
Session 2:
Private Property: The Cornerstone of Freedom
Session 3:
The Beauty of Justice
Session 4:
Godly Government Produces Peace and Productivity
Session 5:
God Loans, Transfers, and Takes Away Property
Objectives
Examine the degree to which you are applying God’s law in your work.
Discern what is preventing you from maturing and taking responsibility in the areas of life God has called you to steward.
Evaluate how you apply the power of your knowledge, resources, and relationships to extend what is good to others.
Resources
Access to all audio and video lecture presentations through our online platform and Kajabi mobile app.
Rich session notes of the lectures, with reflection questions, team discussion points, probing worldview questions, inter-generational discussion prompts, and strategic application assignments.
Thought-provoking interviews that set the material within recent economic and business trends.
A printed spiral-bound workbook.
Course content and conversations
Markets Built on Biblical Law and Order Produce Blessing
Session 1
Cultural trends make a Christian revival in the marketplace seem further away than we were 20 years ago. Here, we discuss how we are both closer and further away from Christian revival in the marketplace today.
Private Property: The Cornerstone of Freedom
Session 2
In this conversation, we discuss how private property ownership produces responsibility and maturity and why this is so crucial in responding to the current economic difficulties.
The Beauty of Justice
Session 3
In this conversation, we discuss the unique differences between people in terms of their skills and natural talents that result in different economic levels while at the same time recognizing the “equal playing field” on which all humans should be able to operate.
Godly Government Produces Peace and Productivity
Session 4
In this conversation, we discuss how wise leaders effectively balance vertical and horizontal components of authority and decision-making.
God Loans, Transfers, and Takes Away Property
Session 5
In this conversation, we balance the truth in tension, that in one sense, we own nothing since God owns all things, yet He gives us limited ownership and stewardship of property that produces both personal and cultural maturity. We also discuss why socialism has become more attractive in the current political and economic climate.