Connecting Belief and Behavior at Work (1 Timothy 1:1–11, 18–20; 3:14–16)

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One of the repeated and stressed themes in 1 Timothy is the tight connection between belief and behavior, or teaching...

Serving the Word and Serving Tables Are Equally Valuable (Acts 6:2-4)

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The work of administering justice is just as important as the work of preaching the word.

God Allows Satan to Destroy Job’s Prosperity (Job 1:13-22)

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The problem of pain comes when times are hard. When we are passed over for promotion or lose a job, when we become...

1 John: Walking in the Light

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Although written under greatly different circumstances than James,[1] 1 John also challenges the notion that faith can...

Working Outside the Camp (Hebrews 13:11-25)

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Fish Guts and the Kingdom of God Nancy Matheson Burns, CEO of food distributor Dole & Bailey,...

Tent Making and Christian Life (Acts 18:1-4)

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The passage most often connected to work in the book of Acts is Paul’s tent making in Acts 18:1-4. Although this...

In the Beginning Was the Word (John 1:1-18)

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“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning....

Taxes and Caesar (Mark 12:13-17)

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The issue of taxation has arisen obliquely already, in terms of the call narrative of Levi (Mark 2:13-17, see above)....