This is an excerpt from Creation and New Creation by Theology of Work Project Biblical Studies Editor Sean McDonough. Notes have been omitted. This excerpt originally appeared in the Oikonomia Network March 201...
Sean McDonough introduces key topics in the Theology of Work, focusing on the good news. Our labor is a good thing that...
Texts: Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 2:15 Dominant Thought: The nature of work is good and the purpose of...
It’s almost 2017, and you may be making a list of New Year’s resolutions. Planning to get in shape? Read the Bible...
For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in...
Gordon Conwell uses Theology of Work Project materials in a video course on faith and work.
Alistair Mackenzie gives a biblical overview of what the Bible says about work.
So many times, our attempts at making resolutions have their roots in a belief that the person God created us to be...
I’m 41 years old, and I’m still afraid to jump off the cliff.
Humanity was (and is) intended to extend the garden of God’s presence throughout the world.
Too many people think being ordinary is just another way to fail.
My worldview journey to understanding that God will redeem the creation.
Those who believe that Christ makes all things new are contributors of hope.
Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! ...
The first thing you need to know about Ari Handel, co-writer of the 2014 film adaptation of...
Growing up on top of a mountain guaranteed woods to explore, but to find water I had to go down. After a...
A recent book from the publishers of Time magazine catalogs the world in photos. Page after page, up close and from great distances, the camera unveils beauty, marvel, mystery. From the intricate...
Even as we once put off our old self and put on our new self, we are to choose to live into the new each day. At times, we fall back into our...
The middle section of Isaiah 52 celebrates the coming of God’s salvation to the whole world.
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves...
“Heaven is important, but it’s not the end of the world!” ...
Psalm 24 begins by proclaiming that the earth belongs to God, including everything and every person in the world. His ultimate ownership...
“I think he was a silly little man. Worthless, in fact; no use to Society at all. No practical or economic use...
Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. Your righteousness is like the...
Yes, the date on the calendar is new today. But will you live as part of Christ's new creation?
The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Psalm 19:1 I grew up in Southern California. The combination of smog and ambient light from Los Angeles and its suburbs...
Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in...
You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority. Psalm 8:4 At this time of year, many churches focus on stewardship. For sixteen years as pastor of Irvine...
Groaning is a thread woven through the middle of Romans 8. As we saw in last week’s reflections, creation groans as it awaits the new creation yet to come. We join the natural...
Three times within ten verses, Romans 8 uses the unusual language of groaning. In today’s reflection, will focus on the first of these instances. Future reflections will examine the other two.In...
Romans 8:11 is, first of all, a word of hope. The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead “will give life to [our] mortal bodies.” This refers to the resurrection that is...
So many of our bloggers have clearly learned much from our hoofed, webbed, clawed, and four-legged friends.
In Genesis, we see God's power displayed through his work, the work of creating the world.
All creation displays God’s design, power, and goodness, but only human beings are said to be made in God’s image.
Power is essential to most work, and it must be exercised rightly. Psalm 136 lays out the proper use of power by...
Unlike Psalms 146, 147, and 149, Psalms 148 and 150 do not depict God at work, but skip directly to our response of praise for the work he has already done. Psalm 14...
Jesus’ discussions with Nicodemus and his disciples hold innumerable treasures. We will begin with a verse that has profound implications for human...
If it sounds as if Paul is calling us to grit our teeth and try harder to be good, then we are...
The first half of Paul’s letter to the Colossians can be summarized in nine words: Jesus made it all. Then Jesus paid...
Critical to the theology in Hebrews is that Christ created and sustains the world. He is the Son “through whom [God] also...
John’s vision in chapters 4 and 5 is at the heart of Revelation. It is in essence a visualization of the Lord’s...
Camping is the experience of moving from a familiar environment into a new one, usually simpler and almost always in the out-of-doors or wilderness.
Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questions.
Contemporary concern about climate change arises from the observation that human activities are altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere and the inference that this is significantly and dangerously shifting global climatic patterns.
One of the central themes of Christian theology is that God is the Creator of the world.
Culture in the broadest sense is everything that people do with creation.
