Category: Religion, Theology & Ministry
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How to Make Your Work Last Forever
I had a guest post at Blue Letter Bible over the weekend: How to Make Your Work Last Forever. The post is about some recently realizations I’ve had on what the Bible actually says about our work and how some of it will survive into the new Earth! It’s all about building with gold, silver,…
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Joy in Bi-vocational Ministry
Yesterday I wrote a post at Challies.com, sponsored by MereChurch, on a topic that is exceedingly relevant to my life (and many others, I gather!): Three Roads to Joy in Bi-vocational Ministry. The three roads are: 1. EMBRACE ALL YOUR VOCATIONS AS FROM AND FOR GOD. Because each of the roles you find yourself right…
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Sermon: God’s Work and Ours
My most recent sermon, from our series on stewardship, with a focus on vocation, is now available at the Stonebrook Web site. “God’s Work and Ours”, a meditation on the parable of the talents. Listen to “God’s Work and Ours” from the Stewards series.
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What it means to “Glorify God”
The Apostle Paul (in 1 Corinthians 10:31) exhorts us to do whatever we do to the Glory of God. Most contemporary worship songs contain some reference to God’s glory. We throw around phrases in our prayers together that we “just really want to bring you glory”. But do we know what we mean when we say “God’s…