Module 2: Being Human
Donald McGilChrist
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Being Human—module two in the Scriptural Roots of Commerce—is about understanding the nature and character of humanity—what we can expect from each other and hope for each other every day.
“Love God, love people. Nothing else matters,” Bart Campolo likes to say, echoing the words of Jesus:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
The daily question for all of us in business is, “how do I do that? How do I love the God I cannot see? And how do I love my boss, my customers, my employees, suppliers, partners, lenders, competitors, accountants, attorneys and a whole host of people I sometimes wish I didn’t have to see?”
In 1536, John Calvin began the Institutes of The Christian Religion with the words, “Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.” This module explores the Bible from beginning to end for insights on integrating what we‘re learning about God with what we’re learning about ourselves and each other.
How we carry that into the workplace has something to do with what other people come to believe about us and how we relate to God.
