Theology of Work

“God doesn’t need our work. That’s not the point. Paul gave us these instructions because this will bring the greatest joy to us when we work this way” - John Piper

“Tim Keller writes, ‘A job is a vocation only if someone else calls you to do it and you do it for them rather than for yourself.’ Vocational calling isn’t found within; we receive it from another.” - TGC

“Once I realized that our final destination is not going up to heaven, but that a heavenly city would come down to a renewed creation (see Rev 21:10), I began to wonder what other tools, machines, and devices might be in that new city.” - Word by Word

“everyone who does any kind of work will be heavy laden. No one is exempt from the curse God pronounced on work after Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:16-19). This is true for believers and unbelievers.” - IFWE

“After the fall, outside the garden, work is not a pretty picture. Yet that’s the context in which we all work today. Every fallen weakness described above is present in every workplace every day.” - Common Good

“As we bring these real-world questions to Scripture and look at them through a biblical lens along with our basic understanding of the theology of work, I think we can agree on a few things.” - IFWE

“Finding a job is always going to be a spiritual journey for the Christian. Here are a few practical tips from my own experience that I can share with you” - IFWE

“A humble man, his point was that work often seemed like a necessary evil…. But is this how we should think of our jobs, as meaningless?” - Ligonier

“He works through us to love our neighbor; he works in and through and with us in his presence to meet our neighbors’ needs….Work is a response to the work that he did for us.” - IFWE

“At the height of World War 2, British novelist Dorothy Sayers wrote an influential essay… [on] the value and importance of the biblical doctrine of work….Her essay was a pivotal watershed for her nation in her day, and her insights are still important for the Church today.” - Baptist Press