Knowing & Doing

According to William Fullilove, one of the joys of the past twenty years has been seeing a renewed emphasis on the doctrine of vocation in many Protestant churches—the understanding that God is pleased when each man and woman pursues his or her calling, whether that is to religious or “secular” work. He argues, however, that this has led to some unintended consequences. In this article, Fullilove considers Joseph’s story in Genesis 37-50, which he argues is a useful corrective.

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The Gospel at Work: How the Gospel Gives New Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs by Sebastian Traeger and Greg Giblert.

Christianbook: https://www.christianbook.com/gospel-working-gives-purpose-meaning-ebook/sebastian-traeger/9780310513988/pd/42071EB

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Work-Gives-Purpose-Meaning/dp/0310562074/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

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Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God by John F. Kilner

Eerdmans: https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/6764/dignity-and-destiny.aspx

Christian Book Distributers: https://www.christianbook.com/dignity-destiny-humanity-the-image-god/john-kilner/9780802867643/pd/867643?product_redirect=1&Ntt=Dignity%20and%20Destiny:%20Humanity%20in%20the%20Image%20of%20God%20(Eerdmans,%202015)&item_code=&ps_exit=RETURN|legacy&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCG

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dignity-Destiny-Humanity-Image-God/dp/0802867642

Dan Osborn dares to wonder why some prominent Christians don’t persevere. As painful as the topic is, he rightly warns us not to ignore it. He also shares biblical insights as to how we can avoid the same tragic mistakes.

Jana Harmon interviewed fifty former atheists who had come to saving faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior. She tells us what she learned in the process, both from what her conversation partners said and how they told their remarkable stories.

Full Article URL: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Surprised_by_God_Reaching_the_Resistant

Childlike faith is relevant not only to mature believers in their walk with the Lord, but also in the workplace, especially in terms of how we lead, interact with others, and make decisions.  

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To read the full article  https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/The_Importance_of_Childlike_Faith_in_the_Workplace

In this last of his series of four articles written to help people read God’s Word with profit, Bill Kynes considers the questions: What can we expect the Bible to do for us? What is it for? He explains that the end or goal of the wisdom the Bible gives us is our “salvation” and offers practical advice for how to read the Bible with this in mind.

READ: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/How_to_Read_the_Bible_Part_4_How_is_the_Bible_Useful

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Recommended Reading:
Howard G. Hendricks and William D. Hendricks, Living by the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible (

https://www.amazon.com/Living-Book-Science-Reading-Bible/dp/0802408230

Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Zondervan Academic, Fourth edition, 2014)

https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Bible-All-Worth/dp/0310517826/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

Bill Kynes continues his series on how to read the Bible by zeroing in on the task of interpretation. He rightly reminds us that Jesus is the center of all of Scripture and any effort to interpret a part of the Bible without remembering that bigger picture is doomed to failure.