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Entrepreneurship and Christian Principles
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Entrepreneurship and Christian Principles
Entrepreneurship occupies an unheralded place in the Christian worldview due to the
knowledge and skills it encompasses. It equips entrepreneurs with the attributes that seek and
grasp opportunities as they surface while constantly envisioning the dimension that is likely
to be affected by their interests. In the process, they can recognize and possess opportunities
as they develop, a crucial notion in the Christian vocation. This is contrary to the typical
opinion that entrepreneurship gives people tremendous income, representing a failure to
recognize that it equips people for a given role.
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Historians are compelled by the biblical
worldview founded on the principle that God establishes order, intelligence, and the truth
experienced in the universe and throughout history. Significantly, the Bible provides guiding
principles of ethics that inform how people from different backgrounds evaluate others while
detailing the significance of people realizing and recognizing their limitations as mortal
beings. As such, this essay aims to assess how entrepreneurship in a capitalist environment
integrates the aforementioned biblical principles.
God equips human beings with strength, intelligence, the truth of their surroundings,
and order which compels them to utilize their talents and abilities in His honor. This is
because humans are depicted in God's image, and their engagements should be focused on
praising and glorifying Him. Talents and abilities are utilized to showcase the purpose of
human life, and the establishment of truth and intelligence allows for the total exposure of
God's intentions.
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Entrepreneurship provides a platform where people can showcase their
talents and utilize God-given gifts. Humans are called to ensure full utilization of their gifts
and talents in glorifying his name as exhibited in various parts of the Bible where it states,
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Patricia Tsague, Biblical Principles for Starting & Operating a Business: The Biblical Entrepreneurship
Marketplace Series, p. 15
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Degner, Jeffery. "The Biblical Ethic of Free Market Exchange." MISES: Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy,
Law, and Economics 9
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"…who has given much, much will be demanded…."
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This paints entrepreneurship in the
free market as a way of allowing humans to seek opportunities to showcase their talents as
they are required to access risks and resolve encountered problems.
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In the process, they
engage in business stewardship encompassed in the Bible, and the profits generated are
rewards for their intelligence and talents, as incorporated in the biblical principles.
The entrepreneurial landscape is uncertain, and the biblical principles require business
individuals to pray daily while carrying out their routine practices to ensure God is honored
through their deeds. The desire to utilize their God-given gifts prompts people to seek
opportunities to showcase their potential by developing goods and services that can benefit
the masses.
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Reality integrates God's established order and truth concerning the universe and
history, and the human order, which comprises the government, ought to promote order,
intelligence, and truth. This takes into account the business environment in a free market to
ensure civil laws are upheld, and injustice is alleviated in line with principles.
The Bible details ethical principles that facilitate the people's evaluation of others and,
subsequently, ensure their actions are warranted and they can accept their replication onto
them. This implies human beings feature God-given resources bestowing responsibilities onto
them and ensuring they are committed to His virtues and values. According to the Bible,
everyone is equal and, as such, will be rewarded equally.
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The talent a person is blessed with
is supposed to be advanced to yield fruits and rewards, which in this case, are the profits. The
significance of entrepreneurship, based on biblical principles, highlights the importance of
people knowing the consequences of their actions and responsibilities.
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They are called to
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Luke 12:48 - New International Version
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Schweikart, Larry., Doti, Lynne Pierson. American Entrepreneur: The Fascinating Stories of the People who
Defined Business in the United States. United Kingdom: American Management Association
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Schweikart, Larry., Doti, Lynne Pierson.
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Patricia Tsague, Biblical Principles for Starting & Operating a Business: The Biblical Entrepreneurship
Marketplace Series, P, 18.
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Patricia Tsague, Biblical Principles for Starting & Operating a Business, P. 20.
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ensure their actions benefit others in society as their core goals and consequently refrain from
exploitation of others. Entrepreneurs in the free market are able to align their activities with
biblical principles, eliminating greed and selfishness and instead working towards ensuring
the prosperity of everyone and benefits for the consumers they serve.
The biblical principles hold that men ought to recognize their limitations as mortal
beings and, as such, should ensure they remain productive, as God rewards humans'
productivity and shuns unproductivity through punishment. This implies that human beings
have an obligation to ensure the land and the God-given resources are protected for elevated
productivity. The inability to be productive implies the nation's economies will be highly
impacted and, consequently, the people's livelihood due to underdevelopment. Organizations
that participate in social responsibility enhance the communities' livelihood and ensure they
tap the existing resource to spur development.
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Even though the business environment in a
free market may be marred by unfairness, God's people have an obligation to ensure their
actions pleases God. As such, the Christian vocation aligns with the need to advance
entrepreneurship and consequently contribute to the wealth development of the nations to
ensure they are self-sustainable.
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Through innovation, entrepreneurs can impact society
positively as they ensure human society is advanced in line with the promotion of free
markets and biblical principles.
In conclusion, the biblical principles are compatible with entrepreneurship in the free
market. The Bible instructs people to ensure they carry out their activities in a way that serves
to honor God. This implies an entrepreneur in a free market should be governed by the
intention to make a difference and contribute to the positive development of people's lives,
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Blanchard, Kathryn D. The Protestant ethic or the spirit of capitalism: Christians, freedom, and free markets.
Wipf and Stock Publishers,
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Tsague, Biblical Principles for Starting & Operating a Business: The Biblical Entrepreneurship Marketplace
Series, p. 10
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and their focus should not be glued to profit making. Making a difference in their doings
equates to honoring and glorifying God despite human limitations as mortal beings.
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Bibliography
Blanchard, Kathryn D. The Protestant ethic or the spirit of capitalism: Christians, freedom,
and free markets. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010.
Degner, Jeffery. "The Biblical Ethic of Free Market Exchange." MISES: Interdisciplinary
Journal of Philosophy, Law, and Economics 9 (2021).
Tsague, Patrice. Biblical Principles for Starting and Operating a Business: The Biblical
Entrepreneurship Marketplace Series. AuthorHouse, 2006.
Schweikart, Larry., Doti, Lynne Pierson. American Entrepreneur: The Fascinating Stories of
the People who Defined Business in the United States. United Kingdom: American
Management Association, 2010.
