Your Work Today Matters: It Advances God’s First Commission
Issue #420, April 8, 2026 Do you ever wonder if what you do today really matters? In this series we’ll explore why our daily work carries deep and lasting significance*. Our daily work occupies most of our time and energy—whether teaching students, building kitchens, plumbing homes, farming fields, writing software, or working in an office. […]
#327 A Flourishing World: Failure is Anticipated
June 22, 2022 God’s world was beautiful and perfect! It was filled with all the ingredients that would allow flourishing to continue for generations. Yet, while God had created a perfect and flourishing world, He was not caught off guard by the failure of Adam and Eve! As He cursed the serpent, He revealed His […]
# 326 A Flourishing World: Accountability is Natural
June 8, 2022 God’s flourishing world included clear standards as we have already observed. God told Adam that there was one tree from which he was not to eat. Sadly, it wasn’t long before that command was broken. 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to […]
# 324 A Flourishing World: Relationships are honored
May 11, 2022 God created a lovely world that was flourishing, alive, and good in every regard. But then, for the first time, something in this world was described as “not good.” The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Genesis […]
#322 A Flourishing World: Work is purposeful
April 13, 2022 God created a flourishing world abounding with life and beauty. He created abundant plants and all kinds of animals and then added humans made in His own image. God assigned specific roles to the man and woman. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the […]