Malyon Workplace

Christians and Work – “The End of Work”

Distinct Disciplesdistinctdisciples??Andrew Laird recently presented an overview of what the Bible teaches about work at Sydney Missionary and Bible College.?SMBC has made the audio of the lecture available here.

The lecture is divided into four parts:

  • Original Ends?(God?s original purposes?for work)
  • Frustrated Ends?(how those purposes have been frustrated by sin)
  • Renewed Ends?(how those purposes have been renewed by Jesus)
  • The End of Work?(how our daily labour can echo into eternity)

“I am what I do” – a sermon from Dr. Chris Wright

Rev. Dr. Chris Wright preaches at All Souls Langham Place (May 2011) on the topic, ‘I am what I do” in a sermon series entitled, “Urban Myths of London Life”.

He explores the myth that “I am what I do” in the context of our working lives.

  • Ambiguity – “The human person hands who has … the hands to make ?a knife as a tool also has the heart that is sinful enough to use the knife as a weapon to kill somebody” (Genesis 4:19-24). ?Work can deceive you.
  • Futility – “No matter how hard we work, there is no guarantee that what we strive for will actually be accomplished or that when it is accomplished that it will last or that we will be there in the end to enjoy it.” ?(Ecclesiastes 1,2) ?Work can depress you.

Relationships at Work – a sermon series from All Souls Langham Place

All Soul’s Langham Place (London) run a regular lunchtime service with a focus on teaching to assist Christians in the workplace.

Here are the links to a series of short talks (maximum of 20 minutes) focusing on relationships in the workplace:

  1. Relating to Colleagues (based on 1 Peter 2:13-25) – Jonny Dyer
  2. Relating to the Boss (based on 1 Peter 2:13-25) – Jonny Dyer
  3. Relating as the Boss (based on Ephesians 6:9) – Dan Wells
  4. Relating to Difficult Colleagues (based on Luke 6:27-36) – Mark Jackson

If you are into listening to podcasts, we highly recommend the linking up with the All Soul’s Langham Place RSS feed.

Four workplace sermons from DistinctDisciples

The people at DistinctDisciples?have put together a sermon series on work and faith that is well worth a listen. ?Here are the topics:

  1. Wired to Work (30:32)
  2. By the sweat of your brow (32:44)
  3. Work as worship (29:53)
  4. Loving others through work (27:29)

On the same webpage, there is an additional audio recording of an?interview on Open House with Mark Bilton, author of Monday Matters and Group Managing Director of Gloria Jeans (18:22)

Cultivating God’s presence through a Farmer – a sermon from Pastor John van Sloten

Pastor John Van Sloten comes from New Hope Community Church, Calgary, Canada. He regularly preaches about faith and work choosing different occupations as lenses or metaphors to help us better understand God – his ways and his purposes for his people.

The ‘God at Work’ series of sermons?are available on Vimeo and we will be posting them regularly at Malyon Workplace. ?The sub-title of the series is “Work: God means for you to know and experience Him on the job!”

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‘A Call For A ?New? Faith & Work Movement’ – David H. Kim

Center for Faith and WorkDavid H. Kim of the Redeemer Center for Faith and Work consider the necessity of an integrated faith and work movement that takes seriously the sovereignty of Christ, remembers the?renewing work of the Spirit and emphasizes the importance of a narrative comprehensive enough to drive forward the challenge of humanizing work.

You can watch the presentation here (21.33)

This presentation was given at the 2013 CFW Humanizing Work Conference.?