Resources on Work and Vocation
Resources, Industry, Community
Proverbs 6:1-19 1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.3 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:Go—to the point of exhaustion— and give your neighbor no rest!4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of…
Beautiful Citizenship
1 Peter 2:11-25 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. 13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those…
The Gospel and Rest
This week, we ask how the gospel informs our rest. The Lord created us as spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual, and social beings. Rest, in all these areas, becomes essential to our overall well-being. Though there are practical steps we can (and should) take to rest well, the goal of rest is ultimately to point us to the One in whom are souls find their deepest rest: Jesus. Mark 6:30-36 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all…
The Gospel and Work
This week, we ask how the gospel informs our work. In our passage, we learn that the Bible teaches that work is a gift of God and deeply significant. More than that, the gospel informs the manner in which we work, our motivation for our work, and, finally, the opportunity we have to work on mission. Colossians 3:23-4:1 3:22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their…
The Calling of Matthew
Matthew 9:9-13