The penitent words of the brothers led Joseph to one of the finest theological points of his life and, indeed, much of...
The work of building the tabernacle may seem to lie outside the scope of the Theology of Work Project because of its...
The purpose of sacrifice was not merely to remedy occasional lapses of purity. The Hebrew verb for “offering” a sacrifice means literally...
An integrated understanding of work from a biblical perspective needs to include a clear sense of Christian vocation, or calling. As Christians...
This article has been produced by a mixture of pastors and marketplace people and homemakers. We are very aware that, even as...
The Lord gives detailed instructions for setting up the tent of meeting, the location of his presence with Israel. The tent of...
Many of Elisha's miracles restored people's capacity to work fruitfully.
Cutting wood along the bank of the Jordan River, one of Elisha’s fellow prophets loses an iron axe head into the river...
The connection between the temple and the wall is significant for the theology of work. The temple might seem to be a...
The problem of pain comes when times are hard. When we are passed over for promotion or lose a job, when we...
Psalm 113 informs us “From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised”...
God’s presence is no longer to be found only in Jerusalem or Judah, but even in the enemy’s capital city.
Justice is not merely a secular issue, as the prophets see it. Micah’s call for justice in Mic. 6:8 follows from an...
The issue of taxation has arisen obliquely already, in terms of the call narrative of Levi (Mark 2:13-17, see above). This section treats the matter a little more directly, although the meaning of...
Twice Jesus goes to people’s workplaces to call them to follow him. The first is when Jesus gets some fishermen to interrupt...
The healing of the man at the pool of Bethsaida brings to the surface a controversy familiar from Matthew, Mark, and Luke...
The work of administering justice is just as important as the work of preaching the word.
Despite the need to confront the power brokers in the wider culture, confrontation is not always the best way for the Christian...
The passage most often connected to work in the book of Acts is Paul’s tent making in Acts 18:1-4. Although this passage...
One of the repeated and stressed themes in 1 Timothy is the tight connection between belief and...
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