Mere Christians

Why you should “only do vocational ministry if you can’t do anything else,” JP's terrifically freeing definition of calling, and what dirty bathrooms have to do with the worldview of mere Christians.

Links Mentioned:

• Jonothan JP Pokluda
• Jonothan JP Pokluda on Instagram
• Jonothan JP Pokluda on Twitter
• Becoming Something
• Harris Creek Church
• Why Do I Do What I Don’t Want to Do?
• Welcome to Adulting
• Outdated
• Got Questions
• Os Guinness
• Matthew 5
• 1 Corinthians 7:20
• Skye Jethani on LinkedIn
• N.T. Wright
• John 20
• The Creator in You
• Titus 2:10
• More Than a Carpenter
• Man in the Mirror
• Romans 7
• Romans 8:1
• Galatians 1:10
• Mark 10
• Bob Goff
• The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
• Timothy Keller
• Why Do I Do
• Jordan Raynor

The remarkable grace and mercy Tim was shown in the Oval Office, how to protect against pride in your career, and why we should think of every yesterday as a prologue God has written for today.

Links Mentioned:

• Tim Goeglein Focus on the Family
• Focus on the Family
• Man in the Middle
• Toward a More Perfect Union
• History of the American People
• 1776
• Jordan Raynor

How a near-death experience renewed Becky's passion for her work, how she contrasts the peace she has in Christ with the happiness many of her co-workers pursue, and why Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) can be a powerful means of sharing the gospel at work.

Links Mentioned:

• Becky Pomerleau on LinkedIn
• Becky Pomerleau on Twitter
• PayPal
• eBay
• Wanji Walcott on LinkedIn
• Believe at PayPal
• Ephesians 2:8-10
• John 1:12-13
• Ezekiel 36:26
• Pastor Roy Tinklenberg on LinkedIn
• Faith and Work Movement
• Redeeming Your Time
• John Piper
• Rise and Go
• Craig Carter on LinkedIn
• Jordan Raynor

The best “please” Mark has ever received to speak at an event (and how you can mimic it), how an intern once confronted Mark with radical (but loving) candor, and why it’s so dangerous to treat the Great Commission as the only commission.

Links Mentioned:

• Mark Batterson
• Mark Batterson on Twitter
• Mark Batterson on Instagram
• Mark Batterson on Facebook
• National Community Church
• Please, Sorry, Thanks
• Please, Sorry, Thanks Preorders
• Win the Day
• In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day
• The Circle Maker
• The Best Worst Day Ever
• How to Win Friends and Influence People
• Oliver Weldell Holmes, Jr.
• Numbers 11
• Dorothy Sayers
• Bob Goff
• Radical Candor
• Giftology
• Jeanne Mayo
• Francis Bacon
• Summer Batterson Dailey
• The Hidden Life of Trees
• From Strength to Strength
• Bono
• Max Lucado
• Shoe Dog
• Makoto Fujimura
• Art and Faith
• Makoto Fujimura (Artist) | Jordan Raynor
• Redeem the Day
• Jordan Raynor

Jordan Raynor sits down with Teena Dare, Waitress + Host of the Faith, Work & Rest Podcast, to talk about 3 ways to be distinctly Christian in any job, how to engage your industry without assimilating to the ungodly ways of your industry, and why the biblical narrative of work is so attractive to non-Christians.

Links Mentioned:

• Teena Dare
• Teena Dare on Instagram
• Teena Dare on Twitter
• Faith, Work, & Rest Podcast
• Surge Network
• In Plain Sight
• Aarti Sequeira (Food Network Host)
• Isaiah 25
• ‘The Table’
• The Missional Disciple
• Lauren Gill (Co-Author of The Missional Disciple)
• Daniel: Living by Faith in a Secular World
• Jeremiah 29
• The Symphony of Mission
• Beholding
• Charity Maurer
• 80: Jordan Raynor – Redeeming Your Time: The Way of The Way
• Jordan Raynor

How to leverage Scripture to identify, interrogate, and reimagine the stories you tell yourself, how Michael’s recent heart attack has shaped his ambition for his work, and what Jesus’s lack of an Enneagram number means for you and me.

Links Mentioned:

• Michael Hyatt on LinkedIn
• Michael Hyatt on Twitter
• Mind Your Mindset Website
• Mind Your Mindset
• Platform
• Living Forward
• Your Best Year Ever
• Megan Hyatt Miller on LinkedIn
• Marissa Hyatt on LinkedIn
• Full Focus
• Full Focus on Instagram
• Full Focus Planner Community on Facebook
• Thomas Nelson
• Dan Miller
• 48 Days to the Work You Love
• Humility
• Business Accelerator Podcast
• The Gap and The Gain
• Dan Sullivan
• Dan Cathy on LinkedIn
• Jordan Raynor

How to shift from “playing not to lose” to “playing to win,” why acknowledging that you’ll never have a pure motive is unbelievably empowering, and how to take your Christian community with you mentally as you do hard things.

Links Mentioned:

• Jordan Raynor
• Dr. Curt Thompson
• The Soul of Desire
• The Soul of Shame
• Dr. Curt Thompson on Twitter
• The Great Divorce
• Tim Keller
• N.T. Wright
• Into the Silent Land
• Dominion
• Faith, Hope and Carnage
• Sajan George

6 steps to following Jesus fully at work, how David’s view of the Great Commission has greatly expanded over time, and how to respond to gender pronouns in the workplace.

Links Mentioned:

• David Platt on Instagram
• David Platt on Twitter
• David Platt on Facebook
• David Platt Books on Amazon
• Radical
• The Gospel at Work
• Embodied
• Gospel Threads
• Knowing God
• Desiring God
• Jordan Raynor

What it means for your work that God never rescinded his claim that the material world is good, how to think about your work through the Creation, Fall, Renewal framework, and whether or not there will be gluten-free bread on the New Earth.

Links Mentioned:

• Kendall Vanderslice
• Kendall Vanderslice on LinkedIn
• Kendall Vanderslice on Twitter
• Kendall Vanderslice on Instagram
• Kendall Vanderslice on Facebook
• Edible Theology
• Duke Divinity
• By Bread Alone
• We Will Feast
• Mercy Ships
• Matthew 4:4
• John 1:1
• John 6
• Genesis 1
• Genesis 2
• Revelation 21
• Revelation 22
• Matthew 13:33
• The Large Catechism of Martin Luther
• Isaiah 65
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
• The Supper of the Lamb
• Toni Tipton-Martin
• Jubilee
• Jordan Raynor

How the “Too Narrow Gospel” and a bad theology of heaven are blocking your vision for your work, 4 pathways for stewarding your vocation for the advancement of the Kingdom of God, and why we should all think of our lives as ice cream tasting spoons.

Links Mentioned:

• Dr. Amy Sherman
• Sagamore Institute
• Kingdom Calling
• Agents of Flourishing
• Redeeming Your Time
• The World Before Work
• ‘Skye Jethani (Co-host of the Holy Post Podcast)’
• Proverbs 11:10
• Timothy Keller
• Heaven
• Thomas Nelson
• Psalm 37:23
• Being Disciples
• Surprised by Hope
• How God Became King
• Tony Bennet
• Jordan Raynor