Wayne Grudem is known for his book Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, a mainstay in many Bible college and seminary classrooms, and a hallmark of scholarly, yet clear biblical exegesis.
In Business for the Glory of God, he takes on the often controversial practices of ownership, profit, hiring, competition that characterize business. Are these practices unbiblical? Unloving? Unjust? Fundamentally they are not, Grudem argues.
He does a good job of giving scriptural support for how each of these characteristics can and should be God-honoring. Each chapter follows a familiar pattern: introduction of the business practice (for example, hiring someone for a wage), gives the biblical support for this practice, and then talks about how the practice could be evil if mishandled, but isn’t inherently evil. Actually this gets a little repetitive, and I would say this is a weakness of the book.
The narration is well done. Also, the chapter on leveraging business to combat world poverty is excellent.
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