In this week’s podcast, Dan and Howard discuss how too often we as leaders can treat people like objects — or means to end — as we try to achieve personal and corporate goals.

It has never been more important to articulate the wonder and enchantment of the Christian message. Yet the traditional approaches of apologetics are often outmoded in an age of profound disenchantment and distraction, unable to meet this pressing need. This winsome apologetics book for a new generation makes the case that Christianity offers a compelling explanatory framework for making sense of our world. Pastor and writer Gavin Ortlund believes it is essential to appeal not only to the mind but also to the heart and the imagination as we articulate the beauty of the gospel. Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't reimagines four classical theistic arguments--cosmological, teleological, moral, and Christological--making a cumulative case for God as the best framework for understanding the storied nature of reality. The book suggests that Christian theism can explain such things as the elegance of math, the beauty of music, and the value of love. It is suitable for use in classes yet accessibly written, making it a perfect resource for churches and small groups.

Most of us don’t place a high enough value on relationships at work. Yet, there has never been a more important or strategic time to turn from the temporary aspects of our work and make time to care for people.

Money does not make a good boss in work or in life, because money is a means, not an end. When money is an end goal in someone’s life it causes worry and anxiety about not having enough and about running out too soon.

In this article from Desiring God, John Piper examines what it means to dwell in the shelter of God. According to Piper, "dwelling in the shadow of the Almighty and abiding in the shelter of the Most High means trusting implicitly in the love of God, the power of God, to give you everything you need to do his will and glorify his name, whether you live or die."

Greg Spillyards, CEO of Cushman Wakefield | Commercial Advisors, shares how God called him to go to seminary to redeem corporate real estate.

Good questions are applicable to everything we face in life. Good questions are helpful for leaders. Every good question helps us take a part of our life and order it to our larger purpose.

We are at war — a war we feel deep inside our own chests: we are at war with lies. The problem isn’t so much that we tell lies but that we live them. We let them into our bodies, and they sabotage our peace. This book taps into ancient wisdom from saints of the Way and translates the three enemies for the modern era, with all its secularism and sophistication.

God created us in His image, gave us the entire planet to be His co-creators, and causes us to bear fruit for His kingdom.