When Work Becomes Worship: Biblical Business Lessons | Dr. John Bergsma

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Work was never meant to compete with worship. It was meant to become an offering. In this episode of Eleven Talents, biblical scholar Dr. John Bergsma returns to the Garden of Eden to present Adam as the first CEO, a leader entrusted with people, resources, responsibility, and a mission. Adam’s fall becomes history’s first leadership failure, revealing what happens when stewardship is separated from obedience to God. Dr. Bergsma also draws business lessons from Solomon, the wisest king of the Old Testament, whose life demonstrates that wisdom, wealth, and success are not enough when ambition loses its proper order. The conversation then becomes deeply personal as Dr. Bergsma reflects on the…