There are many verses that one can use to make the case that man is commanded to work. So why not start at the beginning? God clearly commanded Adam in Genesis 2:15 (AMP) So the Lord God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep … More Friday’s Feature Quote – “WORK” – 07/18/2025
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Study and Sermon on Aging, I saw this in my email today. . The work doesn’t just stop when you turn 65. So, how’s a Christian to look at retirement? READ NOW
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The Necessity of Grateful Prayer “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6). Genuine believers will react thankfully to trials and suffering . THANK GOD FOR SUPPORT UNDER YOUR AFFLICTIONS Flag at half-staff Peace Officers Memorial Day is Monday, May 15. … More Devotional -Plus Interesting Reads – 05/15/2023
Philippians 2 Chapter CONTEXT from Gill’s Exposition of the Whole Bible: Philippi was a Roman colony, and the chief city of one part of Macedonia, Acts 16:12, it is by Appianus called Datos which was its original name; and by Diodorus Siculus it is called Crenidae a, from, the fountains about it; and it took its … More Sunday Sermon Series – 02/26/2023
What We Learn About Productivity from the Ant in Proverbs The book of Proverbs is about wisdom. Throughout the book, the author of Proverbs contrasts wisdom and folly through character types. One such character type is the ant, who is viewed positively and is a model for productivity. What can we learn from the ant? READ … More Weekly digest for Gospel Relevance, on October 31, 2022
For those of us born in the USA, we have been blessed to be part of a nation that recognizes the equality of mankind based on their humanity. This came about as a result of persecution by the king of England. This famous line is found in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence: We … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/19/2022
Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth If you were told you had five years to live, would you live more in those five years than in the decades you might have had left? By “live” I cannot mean “lifespan,” or the question isn’t worth asking. I mean to live wide awake, live purposefully, live undistracted by … More The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life
“Trust is to capitalism what alcohol is to wedding receptions,” suggests Jerry Useem in an article in The Atlantic last November, “a social lubricant… ‘If trust is sufficiently low,’” he continues, quoting economists Paul Zak and Stephen Knack, “‘economic growth is unachievable.’” Public trust, specifically of the federal government, began to erode in the 1960s… READ MORE > … More America Has a Trust Problem
“The Big Quit.” is not just a shift in the employment of millions, it’s an expression of our culture-wide search for purpose. According to The Washington Post, “a record 4.3 million people — about 2.9 percent of the nation’s workforce — quit [their jobs] in August.” And, Gallup polling suggests that nearly half of working Americans are actively considering finding a … More The “Big Quit” and our Cultural Search for Meaning
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