The Protestant Work Ethic
The author focuses on work ethic and traces the understanding of it from the time of the Reformation. He takes into consideration the reasons why the rise of capitalism has been attributed to a change brought about by the new view among Protestants of work ethic.
A World of Tomorrows
The article focuses on the ethics of work, citing laziness as one great sin of our day.
In the Service of the King
Martin Luther refuted the view that the true Christian calling involved becoming a monk. He began affirming the spiritual value of the ordinary profession as part of one's high calling. But the Christian church has since abused this teaching as well, and man is once again faced by his own greed versus a true godly vocation.
The Ecology of the Tribute Offering
This article discusses the grain offering or cereal offering, noting its usage. The article then discusses the perspectives that the offering provides on biblical economics and ecology. It is a liturgical expression of the biblical theology of ownership and property. It is also related to human labour, and the author shows several important truths that emerge from this relationship.
Calling in the Theology of Work
The Meaning of Work A Christian Perspective
The Christ-Centred Employee
A biblical theology of work rests on four foundation stones, which this article explains. Afterwards, the author provides six qualities that describe the employee in his approach to work.
Work It Out Even in Heaven, we’ll do more than Luxuriate by the Pool
Ten Key Points about Work in the Bible That Every Christian Should Know
Your work matters to God. If this is the case, how should you approach your work? This article offers ten key points about work in the Bible. These must shape your view of work.
Enjoying Our Work
Work and Rest
Our Labour in the Lord
Work: Curse or Calling?
God's Stewards - at Work and at Play
The Sluggard Says, There Is a Lion Outside! I Shall Be Slain
The sluggard creates imaginary circumstances to justify his laziness. He imagines danger to camouflages his reluctance to work hard. (Proverbs 22:13)
Underemployed?
Work and Leisure
To Choose a Career - How Does One do It?
Seeing the Good in Your Work
Workaholism
The Christian and work - Part 1
In these articles about the Christian and work, the author focuses on labour, laziness, idleness and rest. The relation of work and sustenance and charity is also mentioned. The author also discusses our career from a Christian viewpoint, as a divine vocation. What is the purpose of work?
How Are You a Christian in Your Workplace?
Making Time for Your Work
The Christ-Centred Employer
As a Christian employer, how should you relate to your workers? This article explains that there are three things that must direct your treatment of employees: seek to please God, treat your workers well, and show no favouritism.
Three Things to Remember if You Want to Work as Unto the Lord
How do you work in such a way that your work is done unto the Lord? This article calls you to remember the purpose of work, your true authority, and where your satisfaction lies.
Don’t Waste Your Life (Part 4): Daily Work
Work and Leisure
Daily Work, a Divine Calling
What Does the Bible Say about Retirement?
How should Christians think about retirement? The article explains that retirement is the time to repurpose how and why you invest your time and resources.
What Defines Success, and How to Get There
How do you define success and how do you get it? This article explains that success is defined by faithfulness.
Two Ways to Turn Your Work into Worship
This article explains that you can turn work into worship, through honouring the Lord with love and submission in your work.
Why Hard Work Is Severely Overrated
Can hard work be overrated? Working hard is critical for achieving success in your career, but it is only one aspect. This article explains that also good mentors, clarity of mind, work=life integration, and a strong sense of your strengths and weaknesses are critical.
How to React to Conflicts with Your Boss Without Ruining the Relationship
Do you have conflict with your employer? How can you maintain a relationship with your boss and address the conflict? This article gives eight things to consider for conflict resolution.
Just a Job?
We Are All Priests All True Christians are in Full-time Ministry, Whatever We Do
Choosing a Career
The Christian at Work
How Faith Affects Our Work
Five Ways to Grace Your Workplace
How do you represent the gospel at your workplace? This article explains five ways you can turn your workplace to ministry.
Redeeming Our Offices
Working on Learning to Rest
How do you find rest in a workaholic culture? You must learn to rest from overwork. How do you learn? The article explains two things crucial to learning to rest.
Contemplating Christian Retirement
This article shows how Christian retirement can be a time for self-absorption instead of kingdom service. It lists five errors many make when thinking about retirement.
Being a Christian in Today’s Work Environment
Whose Job Is It?
The Sluggard Within: Defined and Defeated
How Christians Can Experience Deeper Rest
True Sabbath rest can only be found in Christ. How can Christians experience such a rest? This article explains how to deal with three hindirances to resting in Christ.
Why People Can’t Rest – Human Nature Revealed in the Hebrew Scriptures
Commanded to Rest: The Impact of the Fall
The impact of the fall on the pattern of rest established by God is not limited to physical rest. The fall also impacted spiritual rest. This article explains how God's commanded is directed to restoring both these aspects of rest.
Created to Rest: Entering into Joyful Communion with God
For Christians, there is more to rest than only gaining energy for production. The pattern of work and rest was established by God in Genesis 1-2, so that we could enjoy communion with God.
We Are to Change Our Personal Lifestyles
Cultivating right attitudes to provision and wealth will lead to right lifestyles. This article encourages three lifestyle changes in this area: have a community mindset, personally engage with those who struggle financially, and pursue a rhythm of work and rest.
Equipping Churches Connect Daily Work to Worship
How Does Human Work Connect to God’s Work?
How does human work connect to God's work? The article answers this question by looking at the cultural mandate, the great commission, and the great commandment.
Work: The Big Picture Unfolds
This article looks at the subject of work. It considers what the coming of Jesus Christ means for our daily work. What is the nature of Christ's dominion, and how do we share in it?
Work: The Big Picture
This article looks at the subject of work. It begins by looking at what work meant for Adam before and after the fall. Then it jumps ahead to the time of Solomon, and looks at his insights in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
Ordinary Christian Work
Is your work of lesser value because you are not involved in full-time ministry? This article explains that the answer is found in understanding the doctrine of vocation. It shows what this means by looking at 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 as applied in the areas of sexual morality, church, and work.
Thank God for Your Job (Doesn't Matter What Your Job Is!)
Are you thankful for the job you have? There are five reasons that should make you thankful for your work.
Pursue Your Vocation
The Duty of Diligence
How We Work as Christians
Idle Hands: Some Puritan Advice for the Unemployed
How Then Should We Work? Rediscovering the Biblical Doctrine of Work
To the Reformers all labour was accepted as a calling and performed as unto the Lord. This article maps the path that led the church to embrace the dualistic view of life and forget the implications of the priesthood of all believers. It shows that embracing the call to follow Christ is foundational to understand the theology of work. This is how the church can recover the biblical truth of vocation.
Calling
Vocation: Discerning Your Calling
A Christian's vocation is a part of God's work in this world, and of serving others. Let the article explain.
Off to Work? Don’t Forget Your Doctrine
Sow Your Seed
"Work with Your Hands"
Work as a Sacred Job
Little Upon the Earth, But Exceeding Wise
God's glory shines through His creation. This article draws lessons from God's small creations. Ants and bees teach the church the need to work, and to work for the benefit of the church. The best lessons on building church life can be learned from the ants of Proverbs 6.
Sharpening the Blade
Symptoms and Victims of Workaholism
Lord-Focused Living at Work
All our work should be done as work for Christ (Ephesians 6:8). We don't do it to please men. The result is that our first thought in all our work will be: How can I honor God in what I am doing?
The Art of Constructive Loafing
God's Will and the Duration of Our Work
The Christian and Work - Part 2
A Christ-Centred Antidote to Cure CEO Burnout
Making Peace at Work: Resolving Conflict Biblically
Ecclesiastes 4:4-6 - Employment and Meaning in Life
God Doesn't Reward Our Hard Work and Good Behaviour
Does God bless you because of hard work or good behaviour? Many people think that they should work hard so that God will reward them with what they deserve. The Bible teaches that what God gives is not due to merit, but to his grace in Christ.
DNA of a Christian Work Ethic
This article considers the matter of work ethic for the Christian. It stresses that Christians ought to be marked by diligence, integrity, and eternity in their work.
Working Model God Works and So Must We — Striving to Be His Image
Work It Out Work Is Part of God’s Plan, So Make the Most of It
Saving for Retirement
This article considers four principles that the believer should consider in thinking about retirement.
Work and Purpose
Work is neither a curse nor a punishment. In fact, this article explains how work is a blessing, an opportunity to imitate God.
Why Work?
Do you ever ask why you work? What is your attitude to your daily task? This article offers five reasons from the New Testament why the Christian works.
Work Matters – Created to Work
The author wants to portray work and employment as a God-given calling. Work is not a punishment, but rather a gift from God to exercise a meaningful contribution in God’s creation. Man is called to work with a stewardship posture.
Creativity and the Value of Work
What defines a man? This article looks at the relationship between identity, creativity, and work to answer this question.
Three Exemplary Jesus Practices about Money and Work
What is the Reformed Christian Worldview Concerning Work and Education?
Examining Jesus’ Inclusion of Work Roles in his Parables
Christians are called to full-time Christian service. This article argues for this by looking at the role of work in the life and teaching of Jesus.
The Dark Night of Unemployment: Reflections on Experience
The author of this article shares his and his family's experience with unemployment in order to raise awareness about this struggle. He also reflects on how they were helped to view their whole experience spiritually.
Slaves of God
According to Leviticus 25:39-43, the people of Israel are slaves of Yahweh. The author explores the function of this "slave of God" motif in the ancient Near East, and slavery in antiquity.
The Curse of Work in Qoheleth: An Exposé of Genesis 3:17-19 in Ecclesiastes
Did Genesis 3:17-19 form the background to Ecclesiastes' evaluation of work? This article offers a literary-critical analysis of Genesis 3 and its relationship with Ecclesiastes, and explores the theological implications of Genesis 3:17-19 in Ecclesiastes.
British Evangelicals and the Problem of Work
How is work to be viewed? How do we evaluate the work done by either believers or unbelievers? This article argues that there is an uncomfortable relationship between British evangelicals and ordinary work, and wants to understand the reasons for this state of affairs. It also wants to point a way forward for a better development of a theology of work. This article focuses on the work done by unbelievers in the context of common grace.