It’s often hard to find hope in this world. Even in the midst of celebrating Christmas, we may feel more stressed than...
Ever feel like a zombie on Monday morning? Or are you spooked by troubling conflicts, bad bosses, and overwhelming schedules? This week...
Although it is often difficult, work is not a curse, Tom Nelson explains in this introductory sermon.
Genesis 3:8-21 (NRSV) Theological Point: The burden and sometimes meaningless nature of work is the curse we all know too well. Contentment...
Will there be technology in heaven? If so, what technology will we take to heaven? And what is technology, anyway? God placed...
God slouches at the front of the universe leaning against his desk, taking roll with a red pen in his spiral book of life. He teaches every subject himself, every grade, every student...
We carry God’s kingdom to all kinds of workplaces, including schools. So as you go back to school, don’t be surprised if...
I work in corporate communication. It's simultaneously wonderful and terrible.
Give us great wisdom to show others that we care.
My worldview journey to understanding that God will redeem the creation.
Those who believe that Christ makes all things new are contributors of hope.
By using the imagery of darkness and light in this way, Ephesians weaves us into the biblical story, a story in which...
This is John’s dispatch to Jesus from his prison cell after hearing “the deeds of Christ.” The sobriety of the question and...
Below is my graphical representation of the Gospel. It is the four-chapter story of God’s working in history for the restoration of the cosmos that He created. ...
It's not uncommon for Christians to think of reality as having three layers. The top layer is Heaven, the place of God...
“Do you knit?” I asked my friend Stacey, who sat beside me at a table near our sons’ fine arts classes. I...
About five years ago, I heard a phrase that I had never heard before: "earnest money." When...
Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was. Luke 9:21 Have you ever wondered why Jesus “warned his disciples...
But he replied, "I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why...
In yesterday's reflection, we noted how both past and present are central to our celebration of the Lord's Supper. Through the elements of bread and wine, we remember the death of Jesus, an event...
Praise be to you, Lord Jesus, our healer!
Have you ever had an experience like that of Jacob? I'm not thinking so much of his dream as I am of his surprised recognition that "the Lord is in this place, and...
God called Abraham into a covenant of faithful service, as is told at the beginning of Genesis...
While we seek to honor God in our work, this does not mean the road will be easy.
If work has no single, unchanging purpose, perhaps it has a myriad of purposes, each meaningful in its own time. The Teacher explores this in the famous chapter beginning, “For everything there is...
What are we to make of this mix of good and ill, meaning and vanity, action and ignorance, which the Teacher finds in life and work? Work is a “chasing after wind,” as...
As he did earlier in the book, here Ezekiel presents his readers with a general rule (not...
Ezekiel's theology of work would be incomplete if not placed in the full context of future restoration alluded to throughout the book...
The hope we have lies not in making the best of the present situation, but in the...
We live in what theologians call “the already, but not yet.” The kingdom of heaven has already been inaugurated by Jesus in...
The good news is not a story of God abandoning the universe and retreating to heaven with a few special people.
The book of Acts begins with a post-resurrection interaction between Jesus and his disciples. Jesus teaches his disciples about “the kingdom of...
Romans 5:12–21 reflects a dense and complex theological argument involving a number of different contrasts between the...
Being “glorified” with Christ (Rom. 8:17) is our hope for the future. But according to Paul that...
Paul's letters to the Thessalonians highlight that God expects Christians to work, and to work with excellence.
Following Jesus is hard work, and only faith in the eventual fulfillment of his promises can keep us going. “Now faith is...
It is surprising that few systematic theology texts or courses demonstrate interest in exploring the meaning of work from a theological perspective...
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