You are called to WORK! – Household Words:

PROGRESS: BUILDING LIVES, BUILDING SOCIETY. Mark 5.

Pictured: the bell tower of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Houston, Texas. Americans struggle to appreciate the march of human progress because we are surrounded by it. Driving across this great nation today can seem like an endless line of truck stops and fast food, gas stations and coffee shops, oil wells and 300-foot wind turbines.Continue reading “PROGRESS: BUILDING LIVES, BUILDING SOCIETY. Mark 5.”

WORK IS GOD’S PLAN, NOT GOD’S PUNISHMENT. Psalm 104:14,23.

I was obsessed. I woke up running and did not stop till dark. After school, I put on play clothes and was back outside. Life was adventures, tree climbing, pirates, hide & seek, baseball, bicycles, and more. I BELIEVED in play the way others believed in the Dallas Cowboys. PLAY was my team. I LOVEDContinue reading “WORK IS GOD’S PLAN, NOT GOD’S PUNISHMENT. Psalm 104:14,23.”

WHY DO WE WORK? Romans 8:15-17.

Everyone works hard, right? No matter the religion or culture, there are hard-working people everywhere. But what is their motive? Most work out of a sense of duty, like a legal obligation. Most are “slaves” in effect, to the boss, the bank, or whoever. But Christians serve as sons and daughters. For example, my motivesContinue reading “WHY DO WE WORK? Romans 8:15-17.”

HARD WORK IS THE RIGHT THING. 2 Thessalonians 3:7-8, 10; 1 Thessalonians 4:11.

There is a notion that spiritual people should not involve themselves in hard work, but stay inside, keep their hands clean, think deep thoughts, and somehow make themselves more spiritual by doing less. That is ridiculous! Jesus had dirt under his fingernails. And a farmer’s tan. And scars on his hands from years of hardContinue reading “HARD WORK IS THE RIGHT THING. 2 Thessalonians 3:7-8, 10; 1 Thessalonians 4:11.”