Punctuated with godly wisdom and liberally dusted with real-life stories that illustrate biblical principles, this compact hardback is a gem!
Costa acknowledges it is difficult and getting even harder to be a Christian in the workplace – particularly in the financial sector where markets have become more volatile and decisions more complex, making choices less clear cut. Ken Costa chairs Alpha International so it is no surprise that this book is written to appeal not just to Christians…
High: A book to regularly return and dip into to be reminded of timeless truths.
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Rediscovering the religious debate in the corporation
The title for this talk is easier to formulate than it is to answer. Where does one begin? A discussion on success raises as many questions about definition, objectives, and values as there are people in the room. Groucho Marx once pronounced, ‘The key to success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made!’ I am trying to look at success, stress, and purpose from a distinctive perspective. That is a values-based, or specifically Christian, point of view.
But are the two concepts, ‘success’ and ‘Christian teaching’ not diametrically opposed? Surely to be successful one needs to thrive in the competitive, cut-throat demands of the marketplace. There is a widespread popular view that God and the pursuit of success simply don’t mix. Was CNN founder Ted Turner right when he said that Christianity is for losers? As you can imagine, I think not.
The Inconvenient Truth
The Inconvenient Truth of our time is not climate, important as it is, but Christ. After 2000 years he continues to make his presence felt…
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Ken Costa, one of the most influential bankers in London, writes about how his faith impacts his working life
A book by one of the country’s leading bankers, Ken Costa, Deputy Chairman of UBS bank, is published this month. In this extract, he describes how he became a Christian and the influence his faith has had upon his working life.
‘As an investment banker in the City of London, I have read the Financial Times and the Bible almost every day for the last thirty years. People often ask how I reconcile being a banker and a Christian. There is a widespread view that God and business simply don’t mix. The competitive, cut-throat demands of the marketplace are seen as the obvious enemy of Christian compassion and love. But I have found that the God who created and sustains the world is also the God of the workplace. If the Christian faith is not relevant in the workplace, it is not relevant at all.
But where did this journey of faith start? I was born in a nominally Christian country, South Africa, and grew up in the brutally oppressive apartheid era.’
Read more in UKFocus, in association with Alpha News.
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