

Christian Business Leader with Darren Shearer
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This show is a ministry of the Center for Christianity in Business at Houston Christian University.
Christian Business Leader is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God’s will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Christian business | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | https://www.christianbusinessleader.org/
Christian Business Leader is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God’s will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Christian business | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | https://www.christianbusinessleader.org/
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Apr 22, 2015 • 18min
How I Went from Seminary into Business (Darren's Story)
Are you called to make disciples in the marketplace? If you're a Christian, I already know that you're called to make disciples. Have you tapped into your spiritual gifts? Do you know where God has called you to serve him in the marketplace? (Comment at www.TheologyofBusiness.com)
Theology of Business helps marketplace leaders to partner with God in business to make a greater impact in society and in eternity. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. This is a podcast by Christian business leaders for Christian business leaders. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Apr 20, 2015 • 30min
Does God Want Us to Set Goals? (with Stephen McGhee, leadership coach & author)
Is goal-setting biblical? (Comment at www.TheologyofBusiness.com)
For the past 25 years, Stephen McGhee has guided business executives and influential leaders across the globe, to go beyond self-imposed limitations to new levels of leadership. An international keynote speaker and author of three books on leadership, Stephen has transformed accomplished individuals around the country and initiated cultural change with major corporations such as Microsoft, Merck, Georgia Pacific and Firestone. He recently completed his first film, Climb For Freedom, a documentary about the transformation of seven men summiting one of the world's highest peaks and the profound impact of that journey on their lives and relationships.
Theology of Business helps marketplace leaders to partner with God in business to make a greater impact in society and in eternity. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. This is a podcast by Christian business leaders for Christian business leaders. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Apr 8, 2015 • 19min
Why Business is Full-Time Ministry
As a Christian working in business, do you view yourself as being in full-time ministry? (Comment at www.TheologyofBusiness.com)
Theology of Business helps marketplace leaders to partner with God in business to make a greater impact in society and in eternity. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. This is a podcast by Christian business leaders for Christian business leaders. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Apr 1, 2015 • 40min
Spiritual Gifts in the Marketplace (Part 2, with Paul Williams, Cyber Security Expert and Entrepreneur)
Paul Williams is regarded as one of the foremost experts on secure network design in the U.S. today. Mr. Williams has thirty-five years of breakthrough innovation and invention in cyber security, artificial intelligence, high speed databases, professional software development, software quality test engineering, electronics, communications, mechanical engineering, weapons development and defense related technologies. Currently Chief Technology Officer at White Badger Group, Mr. Williams was previously Chief Technology Officer of Houston-Based counter-terrorism and security consulting company International Shield, Inc. and former Chief Technology Officer of Gray Hat Research Corporation of Houston and Galaxy CSI of Washington D.C. Mr. Williams possesses extensive experience developing effective security solutions and conducting security risk assessments for large commercial and government customers, including the United States intelligence community. Mr. Williams has consulted for numerous Fortune 500 businesses, U.S. government agencies, and is a regular lecturer and highly sought after speaker. He is certified by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA IAM and IEM) and is a nationally recognized authority on the white hat side of network security. As a Licensed Private Investigator in the state of Texas, Paul is an expert in rapidly solving complex cyber-crime investigations through a variety of innovative and proprietary techniques.
Theology of Business helps marketplace leaders to partner with God in business to make a greater impact in society and in eternity. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. This is a podcast by Christian business leaders for Christian business leaders. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Mar 25, 2015 • 17min
Spiritual Gifts in the Marketplace (Part 1)
Are Christians supposed to be doing business in the marketplace with natural abilities or with spiritual gifts? Should it be a combination? Should it be mostly one or the other? Is there even a distinction between natural abilities and spiritual gifts?
Theology of Business helps marketplace leaders to partner with God in business to make a greater impact in society and in eternity. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. This is a podcast by Christian business leaders for Christian business leaders. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Faith | Success | Leadership
www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Mar 18, 2015 • 59min
How Businesses Are Transforming Nations for Christ (with Ken Eldred, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur of the Year)
Why is business such a powerful means of making disciples of Jesus? What are some companies around the world that are using their businesses to transform their communities for Christ?
Ken Eldred is currently CEO of Living Stones Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Advisors of Parakletos Ventures. Ken is the co-founder of Inmac, which he built into a $400 million company during his 20 years as the CEO. He has assisted in the founding of several other successful companies, including Ariba Technologies. Ken is involved in ventures in the US, China, Europe and India, and he advises various Kingdom business ventures and ministries. He has an MBA from Stanford and was a Visiting Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. Ken is the author of God is at Work, The Integrated Life, and coeditor of On Kingdom Business, winner of a 2004 Christianity Today Book Award. Ken and his wife, Roberta, have three sons and spend their time in Northern California and Colorado.
Theology of Business helps marketplace leaders to integrate their faith into their businesses to make a greater impact in society and in eternity. If you want to learn more about how to partner with God in your business, this show is for you. This is a podcast by Christian business leaders for Christian business leaders. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Faith | Success | Leadership
www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Mar 11, 2015 • 12min
God as a Businessman (and Other Reasons Why Business Professionals Like the Parable of the Talents)
Based on my experience, if you ask a Bible-believing business professional to name a passage of the Bible that relates to doing business, the person will most likely first mention the "Parable of the Talents" (Matthew 25:14-30). Here are five reasons why I think this parable resonates with Christian business professionals.
Theology of Business helps marketplace leaders to integrate their faith into their businesses to make a greater impact in society and in eternity. If you want to learn more about how to partner with God in your business, this show is for you. This is a podcast by Christian business leaders for Christian business leaders. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Faith | Success | Leadership
www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Mar 4, 2015 • 53min
Are Nonprofits More Noble than For-Profits? (with Jeff Spadafora of The Halftime Institute)
Jeff Spadafora spent 20 years as a leadership and executive development consultant for Fortune 1000 companies such as Ford Motor Company, Sears & Roebuck, Compuware, Domino's Pizza, Visteon, Northern Trust Bank, Helene Curtis, and Sky Chefs. In 2005, he began working as a leadership coach with the Halftime Institute. Since then, he has coached over 130 men and women through the Halftime Journey and continues to make this a primary part of his ministry. He is the lead designer of the curriculum at The Halftime Institute.
www.Halftime.org
Theology of Business helps marketplace leaders to integrate their faith into their businesses to make a greater impact in society and in eternity. If you want to learn more about how to partner with God in your business, this show is for you. This is a podcast by Christian business leaders for Christian business leaders. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Faith | Success | Leadership
www.TheologyofBusiness.com

Feb 25, 2015 • 21min
Marketing Like Jesus
Marketing lessons-learned from the ministry of Jesus Christ
Comment at www.TheologyofBusiness.com.
Theology of Business is the podcast that helps marketplace leaders to integrate their faith into their businesses to make a greater impact on society and eternity. Visit TheologyofBusiness.com to comment and get more resources about how to partner with God in your business.

Feb 24, 2015 • 38min
Biblical Models of Business Leadership (with Ford Taylor)
Bible-based leadership is transforming the marketplace.
Comment at www.TheologyofBusiness.com.
Ford Taylor had built a $300 million company that had 2,000 employees at the time when he left to begin teaching about transformational leadership full-time. He is the Founder of The FSH Group, which is comprised of Transformational Leadership Training, the FSH Strategy Consulting division, and the charitable FSH Foundation. Ford is the co-author of the book, "the Hike" which contains many of the principles found in his Transformational Leadership training. The material is a result of specific solutions to a long history of leading the transformation of multiple companies and individuals.
Theology of Business is the podcast that helps marketplace leaders to integrate their faith into their businesses to make a greater impact on society and eternity. Visit TheologyofBusiness.com to comment and get more resources about how to partner with God in your business.