| Leading Businessman States that Best Business | | | | commendable. Know and recognise what it has |
| Book is The Bible! That was quite a powerful | | | | done and what it has accomplished. Appreciate |
| affirmation. | | | | the value of your faith. |
| This leading Businessman recently opened his | | | | Consistency - in the Christian Faith there is a |
| address at a Christian Conference where he was | | | | Consistency. |
| addressing Christian Leaders with these words, | | | | Do not give up. We are moving away from the |
| "Your contribution to society is immense. Do not | | | | values we used to have. Material well-being has |
| undervalue yourself." | | | | advanced, but we have to return to those |
| He read the concluding verses Matthew Chapter | | | | spiritual values. It is up to believers in Jesus Christ |
| 28 - the first book in the New Testament. These | | | | to do this. This is our only hope. |
| words are frequently called "The Great | | | | Our speaker quoted from Bishop Ryle, the |
| Commission" - no - they are the greatest | | | | nineteenth Century Christian Preacher, Teacher |
| commission! Go - Make - Baptise - Teach - these | | | | and Leader - "The atonement and substitution of |
| are four positively powerful verbs. Take great | | | | Christ, the personality of the Devil, the miraculous |
| encouragement from these words. They are not | | | | element in Scripture, the reality and eternity of |
| the words of a man, but of Jesus Christ and he | | | | future punishment, all these mighty |
| gives you have that authority. | | | | foundation-stones are coolly tossed overboard, |
| He pointed out some changes in society since he | | | | like lumber, in order to lighten the ship of |
| came into business - Education - National Health | | | | Christianity. Stand up for these great verities, and |
| Service - Judicial system - Business World and the | | | | you are called narrow, illiberal, old-fashioned, and a |
| Banking World in particular where the Royal bank | | | | theological fossil! Quote a text, and you are told |
| of Scotland and the Halifax Bank of Scotland are | | | | that all truth is not confined to the pages of an |
| running out of money. This is unprecedented. | | | | ancient Jewish book." |
| There are three ways of dealing with problems - | | | | The best business book in the world is the Bible. |
| Human - Intellectual - Spiritual. | | | | When it comes to business it is all there in the |
| Because you are Chaplains, I have six C's. | | | | Bible. |
| Community - do not separate yourself from the | | | | In turning us to Ephesians Chapter 6 - we were |
| Community. That is so important and that is why | | | | reminded that we fight not against flesh and |
| many of us are so involved in chaplaincy work in | | | | blood. The world Paul walked in - talked in and |
| the prisons and schools and wherever we are | | | | taught in - is similar to ours. The world was no |
| invited. | | | | different then. It is a struggle. It was a struggle |
| Compassion - this so needed. | | | | then and it continues to be a struggle - a battle - |
| Care - Jesus Christ showed compassion and care. | | | | but we are not fighting people! |
| You have been given this greatest commission to | | | | He drew his superb address to an end by reading |
| show Christ's compassion and care. Compassion | | | | the concluding words of the letter of Jude in the |
| and care have almost gone from society. | | | | New Testament and summarised them as - good |
| There are only two forces in life - the Force of | | | | overcoming evil - the positive overcoming the |
| Evil and the Force of Good. | | | | negative. |
| For the "Politically Correct" people, they seem to | | | | Many other encouraging and practical aspects |
| think there is something in the middle - it does not | | | | were mentioned, but how uplifting to realise that |
| exist - there isn't anything there. | | | | such a man is speaking out so strongly in the |
| The Christian Element in Society is highly | | | | business world. |