On page 114 of the book, what does Van Duzer mean by, "business must concern itself with redemptive as well as creative work"? Elaborate with possible (or real) examples of businesses engaging in redemptive and creative work. In addition, do you believe that Christians in business have a moral imperative to keep their business going? Always? That is, is the survival of the business the highest value that a Christian in business will pursue or, at times, might a Christian be called to take choices that will end up destroying the business? Please explain and elaborate.

OBSERVATIONS FOR BUSINESS First, business must concern itself with redemptive as well as creative work. God's overall intention did not change as a result of the Fall. The car is still going to Boston. Similarly, the purpose of business, seen through a Christian frame of reference, remains unchanged. The pur- pose is still to serve in two key respects: (1) to serve the community by providing goods and services that will enable the community to flour- ish, and (2) to serve employees by providing them with opportunities to express at least a portion of their God-given identity through meaning- fuland erootive work But while the purpose remains unchanged, in many cases specific business activities will be different. Those goods and services that en- able a community to flourish will now often take on a redemptive qual- ity. Rather than simply adding to a community's stockpile of available goods, Christians in business will need to look for opportunities where the service or product that they provide may be used to heal or restore. In other words, a business should seek to serve its community by pro- viding not only additive products but also products that reach back and help to redeem broken situations. For example, a business could provide services that would help clean up polluted waterways and toxic dumps. It could provide aesthetically pleasing designs for urban renewal proj- ects. It could produce vaccines for diseases that are decimating com- munities, make available Internet access to economically oppressed communities or publish books that will increase understanding be- tween communities torn apart by racial hatred, and so on." In addition, business managers will be called to work to redeem the character of the jobs assigned to company employees. By virtue of the Fall, work is not as God intended it. Often it is toilsome and burden- me. While it is unlikely that the consequences of the Fall can be re- versed entirely, Christians in management should seek to re-inject a some