Business By the Book by Larry Burkett is a hard read. Not becuase of how it is written, but becuase of the points made in the book. The book does not mislead the reader on what its intent is, to show business principles supported by biblical verses, as well as pointing out where the Bible and "standard business practice" disagree. While the book has several anecdotes that showcase where people followed and succeeded and the inverse of where they violated the bilbical principles and failed, I can see difficulty in finding the conviction to follow these, becuase there will be numerous people who cannot understand your reasoning.
While it does offer insight on running your company and talks to some extent your personal finance side of life, it offers very little on being an employee (not to say there is none, but it is far more focused on the employer perspective, rather than the employee).
I'm glad I read it, and should the "be your own boss" bug should bite me, I will revisit this while working through my thought process, but for now, I can only really apply the few nuggets I found that referenced employees.
I'll say this is a 7 out of 10, which I'm doing as an average. It is a 5 out of 10 for employees wanting to find out how to be better Christian employees, but it is definitely a 9 out of 10 for business owners, managers, etc. who want to do business the right way.
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