Ryan Bailey

Making Christ Our 1st Principle, Part 2

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-17 /

In our last post, we looked at why Christ is our first principle.  If Christ is going to be our first principle, then we need to focus way more on Him than we do on overcoming our sins, loving our families, dreaming about success, or anything else.  We are going to discuss several ways to…

Principles of the Gospel, Part 1

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-17 /

In the early 1990’s, I was sitting in Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York City, listening to Tim Keller preach. In that sermon, he said something to the effect of “the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not only the way to be saved but is the primary way we grow.” I was captivated by that…

Principles of the Gospel, Part 3

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-17 /

Ok, now we have the word Gospel defined as good news, and we saw the dilemma that though God loves us and desires us to always be with Him, our sin demands that an eternity’s worth of God’s wrath be poured out to satisfy justice.  Now, let’s get into the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The…

Principles of the Gospel, Part 2

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-17 /

In yesterday’s post, we learned that the word Gospel means good news.  What about the Gospel of Jesus Christ that makes it good news? To answer that question, we need to go to the beginning. God is the Creator. As with any creator, He knows our purpose and how we are designed.  Out of all…

How to Address Existing Nepotism in a Family Business, Part 2

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-16 /

In the second part of our series on how to address existing nepotism, we look at steps you can take to remedy the problem and rebuild trust with employees.

How to Address Existing Nepotism in a Family Business, Part 1

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-16 /

Family businesses may engage in nepotism with the best of intentions to support and care for their families but can end up with many problems.  This blog post series discusses what to do if you realize that nepotism has already taken root in your business and how to rectify the situation, using four steps.

Having Difficult Conversations in Family Business

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-16 /

In this post, we delve into why tough conversations are essential to a healthy family business and how to have effective, fruitful conversations.

How to Help Children in a Divorce, Part 4

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-15 /

In our last post, we looked at how to help your child cope and process their emotions around a divorce.  Today, we will look at how to work with your co-parent and how you can disciple your children. Respecting your co-parent as another person made in God’s image, even if you have a broken or…

How to Help Children in a Divorce, Part 2

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-15 /

Our last post discussed how to talk to your child about a divorce.  We will look at how to help your children cope during and after a divorce. Children may feel many different emotions and respond differently to a divorce.  Some common emotions and ways you can help are: Only some emotions will likely be…

How to Help Children in a Divorce, Part 1

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-15 /

God hates divorce.  He intended that a couple would be married for life. We see in Scripture that a Biblical divorce can happen because of adultery or desertion(s). In over three decades of working with Christians, most of the time when a divorce happens, it is because one spouse doesn’t really believe the Gospel.  There…