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Editorial: Reflections on Vocation

Living is Christ and Dying is Gain: Paul’s Reimagining of Human Flourishing in Philippians

The Diligence, Justice, and Generosity of the Wise: The Ethic of Work in the Book of Proverbs

The Sluggard and Covenant Faithfulness: Understanding the Nature of True Virtue and the Call to Industry in Proverbs

“They were not Brought up in Idleness”: Matthew Henry, the Old Testament, and Work

Editorial: Thinking Theologically About Vocation and Work

A New Testament Professor’s Rediscovery of the Doctrine of Vocation

Imagine the average layperson in your church—the owner of a bike shop, a truck driver, a doctor, a secretary, a lawyer, a school teacher.  If you were to ask him or her, “How does your pastor expect you to apply your Christian faith to your work,” What would they say? I can imagine the average…

“The Labors of our Occupation”: Can Augustine Offer Any Insight on Vocation?

“Some Kind of Life to Which We Are Called of God”: The Puritan Doctrine of Vocation

Why Are You Here? Heavenly Work vs. Earthly Work

Overview This brief article examines the nature of human work from a biblical and theological perspective. Creation frames human work because God created humans as his image bearers, giving them the task of building civilization through procreation and vocation. But humanity’s purposeful work became cursed work through sin. Now the gospel transforms and restores our work…