Mere Christians

Why some Christians need less Bible study and more Bible doing, how to translate Jesus in today’s post-Christian culture, and how to avoid making co-workers feel like “salvation projects.”

Links Mentioned:

• Shauna Pilgreen
• Shauna Pilgreen on LinkedIn
  Shauna Pilgreen on X
  Shauna Pilgreen on Instagram
• Translating Jesus: How to Share Your Faith in Language Today's Culture Can Understand
• Alpha
• Basic Christianity
• Mere Discipleship: Growing in Wisdom and Hope
  Madeleine L'Engle on Amazon
• He Restores My Soul: A Forty-Day Journey Toward Personal Renewal
• The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)
• Jordan Raynor

Why Kevin quit his job as a pastor SO THAT he could better minister to people through his work, how NOT being explicit about his faith has led to more conversations about faith than most people ever have, and 3 things you can do to bless the most pained workers in our culture.

Links Mentioned:

• Kevin Finch on LinkedIn
• Kevin Finch on X
• Kevin Finch on Instagram
• Big Table
• Start with Why
• ‘How to care while eating and sleeping’
• ‘Highest-Paying Careers’
• Eugene H. Peterson
• Acts 2
• Isaiah
• Rocket Fuel
• Cues
• Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
• Sandra McCracken
• ‘Request unexpected 20s’
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor

How to ensure you don’t end your life describing your work as “meaningless” like Solomon does in the book of Ecclesiastes, the biblical case for enjoying more of the fruits of your labor, and one thing you can do to renew your awe of God and his Word.

Links Mentioned:

• Michelle Myers
• Michelle Myers on LinkedIn
• Michelle Myers on X
• Michelle Myers on Instagram
• She Works His Way
• She Works His Way
• Conversational Commentary on Ecclesiastes: Wisdom to Live for Heaven While on Earth
• ‘Episode 51: Michelle Myers (Founder of She Works His Way)’
• Acts of the Apostles
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Songs
• 1 Corinthians 15:58
• Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work
• Redeeming Your Time
• Philippians 4:11
• Life Together
• John 15:5
• Proverbs 21
• Hebrews 6:10
• Lead Like a Shepherd
• Becoming Elisabeth Elliot
• Donna Gibbs on Amazon
• When Breath Becomes Air
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor

What Aarti expects coffee to taste like on the New Earth, symptoms that work has gone from a good thing to an ultimate thing, and how to “punch light into the darkness” via your work.

Links Mentioned:

• Aarti Sequeira on Instagram
• Aarti Sequeira YouTube
• Aarti Sequeira on X
• Aarti Sequeira on Facebook
• Unwind: A Devotional Cookbook for the Harried and Hungry
• The Mere Christians Podcast Episode: Aarti Sequeira (Food Network Host)
• Food Network
• The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)
• The Jesus storybook Bible
• The Illuminated Bible
• Alisa Keeton
• Jordan Raynor

How to fire your neighbor as yourself, why Christians should lean into automation and AI as a means of blessing—not eliminating—people, and why excellence is “your ticket to entry” in sharing the gospel at work.

Links Mentioned:

• Jason Woodard on LinkedIn
• Jason Woodard on X
• Biblical Leadership @ Work Podcast
• Josh Thompson (Janitor Josh) Episode
• The Adventures of Janitor Josh
• Strengths Finder 2.0
• The Word Before Work Podcast
• '5 reasons to give thanks for “thorns and thistles” that make work difficult'
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
• Chosen by God
• The Whole Christ
• Holiness
• The Five Temptations of a CEO
• Jordan Raynor

The biblical grounds for doing work some see as vain, how to display Jesus when you get fired, and how God uses even the curse to bless and sanctify us.

Links Mentioned:

• Bethany Brown on LinkedIn 
  Bethany Brown on X
  Bethany Brown on Instagram
• Bethany Brown on Facebook
• The Aesthetics Lounge and Spa
• ‘Wilberforce’s List of “Launchers”’
• James 1
• Every Good Endeavor
• How Then Should We Work?
• Lean In
• If Disney Ran Your Hospital
• Creating Magic
• The Prodigal God
• Emily Lincoln on Instagram
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor

How to work and rest from a place of belovedness, what types of rest can save you from burnout and exhausting vacations, and how ridiculous songs like “You Make the Poops” can honor God.

Links Mentioned:

• Justin McRoberts
• Justin McRoberts on Linktree
• Justin McRoberts on Facebook
• Justin McRoberts on X
• Justin McRoberts on YouTube
• Justin McRoberts on Instagram
• Sacred Strides: The Journey to Belovedness in Work and Rest
• The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring the Sabbath
• John O’Donohue
• In the Name of Jesus
• New Seeds of Contemplation
• God Walk
• Prayer: Forty Days of Practice
• Jordan Raynor

How to serve AND be served in your marketing, Hayden Flour Mills’s redemptive approach to wheat, and the simplest way your work matters to God.

Links Mentioned:

• Debbie La Bell on LinkedIn
• Hayden Flour Mills
• The Bible App
• The Perfect Loaf
• Chiles and Smoke
• The Miller’s Daughter
• Kendall Vanderslice
• Seven Loaves of Bread
• Pat Gelsinger on LinkedIn
• Jordan Raynor

Why everything you do at work is an act of theology, why Christians should view even mundane work as “infused with supernatural meaning,” and how Genesis 1 democratizes human dignity.

Links Mentioned:

• J.T. English on LinkedIn
• J.T. English on X
• Jen Wilkin
• Jen Wilkin on X
• You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well
• None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us (and Why That's a Good Thing)
• Gospel Coalition
• The Knowledge of the Holy
• Delighting in the Trinity
• Hannah Anderson
• Andy Crouch
• Jordan Raynor