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November 2016

November 01, 2016

Embracing the True, the Good, and the Beautiful

(re)integrating faith and art. The true, the good, and the beautiful: through the ages, these ideals have been...

September 2016

September 13, 2016

Can a Cardiologist’s Life Matter to God?

In this six-minute video, Skye Jethani talks succinctly about how a theology of vocation (or...

September 07, 2016

Churches are Not Reaching the Young Adult Generation: A Solution

So you are concerned about losing a whole generation from the church. We all are....

August 2016

August 26, 2016

Moving from “Balance” to “Harmony”

I just heard a Christian talk show host talk about how "men, in particular, are...

August 18, 2016

Church Ministry Nurturing Marriage is Not More Important than Church Ministry Nurturing Work

Just listened to one of Phil Vischer’ excellent podcasts, where Phil and co-host Skye Jethani...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

To be a Human is to be a Steward

God putting us in charge of his stuff all started way back with Adam and...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Commencement Addresses that Truly Inspire

I don’t remember the commencement address at my college graduation. He or she did not...

April 26, 2016

Shalom is the Way it is Meant to Be

PEACE. It has the connotation in English of quiet tranquility and calm restfulness. But in...

April 12, 2016

Work is a Part of the Good Creation

"Hi Ho, Hi Ho - It's off to work we go..." We don't usually sing...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Finland’s Educational System Works. Why? Because of Subsidiarity and Sphere Sovereignty.

In a recent Op-Ed piece, William Doyle, an American who recently accepted a position as...

March 22, 2016

“Give us a king to lead us!” And they got Trump.

Max Ehrenfreund, the editor of the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, recently wrote an article entitled “A...

March 14, 2016

Overcoming Narcigesis: A Preaching Matrix to Help Pastors in Sermon Preparation

Introducing the (re)integrate preaching application matrix. Chris Rosebrough (the "Captain" of Pirate Christian Media)...

February 2016

February 12, 2016

As Image-Bearers, We’ve Got Work to Do

In Genesis chapter 1, we read of God creating the world in six days. In...

February 08, 2016

“Time, Talents, & Treasure” – Overcoming False Dualism

We need to be very careful in how we articulate things. I’ve been teaching stewardship...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Your Calling and the Holy Spirit

A major problem with our modern conception of vocation is that we preceive our “spiritual”...

January 13, 2016

You Backsliders! You Chose a Career in Politics?! And You Chose a Career in Business?!

So, you are in a career other than pastor or missionary. How does your church...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

2015 top 10 posts to (re)integrate faith, life, and vocations

It’s been a busy year for me writing about how to reintegrate faith, life, and...

December 17, 2015

The Holy Spirit and Vocation: Spiritual Gifts for Work

The role of God’s Spirit cannot be ignored in the concept of calling. For if...

December 08, 2015

What is Vocation?

Stephen J. Nichols offers a concise (31 pages) and lucid biblical explanation of vocation in...

December 05, 2015

Quotable Saturdays: Garber Defines “Vocation”

"The word vocation is a rich one, having to address the wholeness of life, the...

December 04, 2015

I Don’t Believe in Being Platonic

The Greek philosopher Plato can be blamed for a lot of our misperceptions about the...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Secular/Sacred Dualism is Destroying Our Mission

There is an ongoing assumption in much of North American Christianity that salvation is focused...

November 18, 2015

Vocation is Not Just One Aspect of the Christian Life; It is the Whole of Life (“Calling” Part 2)

Vocation is what humans do, and if humans are to participate in the mission of...

November 14, 2015

Quotable Saturdays: Stott – The Gospel is perceived as trivial

"One of the major reasons why people reject the Gospel today is not because they...

November 06, 2015

Video Podcast: Bob Robinson – “The Roadmap”

In this sermon preached at Trinity Chuch in Mentor, Ohio, Bob Robinson gives an overview,...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Quotable Saturdays: Martin Luther – All Christians are of the “Spiritual Estate”

“It is pure invention that pope, bishop, priests and monks are to be called the...

October 24, 2015

Quotable Saturdays: John Stott – The False Hierarchy of Christianity

“We often give the impression that if a young Christian man is really keen for...

October 21, 2015

“Calling” Part 1: Os Guinness and Skye Jethani

The word vocation comes from the Latin vocatio (summons), from vocare (to call). Therefore, a...

October 16, 2015

Your Work is Not in Vain – Because of Resurrection!

N. T. Wright on Resurrection as it applies to 1 Cor. 15:58. "What we can...

October 14, 2015

Video: Mark Greene on the Sacred / Secular Divide

In this 3-minute video, Mark Greene, Executive Director of the London Institute of Contemporary Christianity,...

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