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How to Read the Bible with Workplace Eyes

Article

All parts of the Bible can relate to life's work, if you have eyes primed to see it.

An Author’s Perspective on Reading the Bible with Workplace Eyes

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This article, originally titled "Bridging the Marketplace Gap" by Andy Stanley comes from The Art and Craft of Biblical...

Commissioning our People for the Workplace

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This essay was originally written as a Mockler Memo, January 2014, by David W. Gill. We believe and we say that Jesus...

Where’s God On Monday? Study Guide by Alistair Mackenzie & Wayne Kirkland

Study Guide

In both the marketplace and in the church, questions are being raised about the meaning of work and about the...

Go and Make Disciples (Matthew 28:16-20)

Bible Commentary

The Great Commission is to “make disciples,” not merely to “win converts.”

Obadiah Saves a Hundred People by Working Within a Corrupt System (1 Kings 18)

Bible Commentary

At least two episodes during this period deserve our attention. The first, Obadiah’s saving of a hundred prophets, may...

God’s Guidance in our Work (Psalm 25)

Bible Commentary

Human life is a series of choices, and many of these involve vocation.

Equipping Churches Encourage Everyone to Take Responsibility

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This article has been produced by a mixture of pastors and marketplace people and homemakers. We are very aware that,...

“You Shall Have No Other Gods before Me” (Exodus 20:3)

Bible Commentary

The first commandment reminds us that everything in the Torah flows from the love we have for God, which in turn is a...

God’s Call to Moses (Exodus 2:11-3:22)

Bible Commentary

Although Moses was a Hebrew, he was raised in Egypt’s royal family as the grandson of Pharaoh. His revulsion to...

God’s Care for Those Who Respond to His Call (Jonah 1:3,12-14, 17; 2:10; 4:3-8)

Bible Commentary

In light of Jonah’s experience, we might fear that God’s calling will lead us into calamity and hardship. Wouldn’t...

Jonah’s Call and Response (Jonah 1:1-17)

Bible Commentary

As is typical with Twelve Prophets, the Book of Jonah begins with a call from God to the prophet (Jon. 1:1-2). Unlike...