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Work is Good
Get Your Free e-Book HereWant to learn more on what the Bible says about work? Sign up below for a free e-Book on the subject! First Name * Last Name * Email * God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1:31a) Growing up I was warned by my parents to watch out for "bad" 4-letter words. For some reason they would pop into my head just trying not to think about them. One has...
Work is Good
Get Your Free e-Book HereWant to learn more on what the Bible says about work? Sign up below for a free e-Book on the subject! First Name * Last Name * Email * God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1:31a) Growing up I was warned by my parents to watch out for "bad" 4-letter words. For some reason they would pop into my head just trying not to think about them. One has...
Work as Worship
Get Your Free e-Book HereWant to learn more on what the Bible says about work? Sign up below for a free e-Book on the subject! First Name * Last Name * Email * Nursing is my profession, my daily work. But it is also an important way I worship God. For me, work and worship have become like two blades of a scissors; one is useless without the other. I now see that work is a ministry performed...
Office Politics: Daniel, a Workplace Hero
Sometimes I feel like somebody stole my Bible and slipped me a poor substitute. After all, the characters in it seem like strangers. From pulpit after pulpit, they’re portrayed as full-time prophets, priests and ministers—the kind of people who go to seminary and get paid to live a Christian life. Get Your Free e-Book HereWant to learn more on what the Bible says about work? Sign up below for a...
Supervisor-Employee Relationships
This article deals with the unique problems experienced by Christians when they supervise others or are employees. In the focus group discussion that formed the basis for part of this chapter, much of our conversation dealt with the supervisor’s perspective. The points that were raised, however, are equally relevant to those who are being supervised. What difference does being a Christian make...
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Knowing God Through Our Work
At the heart of Christianity is God’s call to us to know Him personally. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, ministered to men and women to show the reality of God’s invitation to ordinary people to be His friends. When we look at what’s happening here, we see that all...
Work and Human Relationships
Work is one of the three vital dimensions in human relationships which are ordained by God. Worship, wedlock, and work stand together in the Creation story… Work reflects our relationship with God and our neighbor as well. Therefore, we can advance to the principle...
Gossip, Backbiting and Jealousy at Work, Part 2
We've been looking at the unpleasant reality of dealing with gossip, backbiting and jealousy. Certainly many work environments are filled with those things, and we need guidance on how to deal with this. But before we can deal with it in others, we must clean any...
Gossip, Backbiting and Jealousy at Work, Part 1
Gossip, backbiting and jealousy—these are topics I would prefer to avoid because they're not much fun! But these are very real issues facing marketplace Christians. Gossip is defined as mischievous or idle talk about the affairs of others. It is usually degrading and...
Church: Nothing More Than a Sunday Affair
I fear, wherever riches have increased the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion. Therefore I do not see how it is possible, in the nature of things, for any revival of true religion to continue long. For religion must necessarily produce both...