Summary:
Is hard work a thing of the past for Americans? Should we enjoy our jobs? Why is unemployment so high? Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Pastors Keith Simon) andhttps://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ ( Patrick Miller) as they investigate these questions in this discussion on work ethic.
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Outline
0:30 - Is the American work ethic dying or defining us?
5:30 - “https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-american-work-ethic-dying-11620858123 (Is the American Work Ethic Dying?)” and https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209:35-38&version=ESV (Matthew 9.35-38)
10:30 - Is the issue economics or our relationship with work?
13:45 - The gamification of life: working vs. playing games
20:45 - https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/why-im-not-going-to-heaven-my-favorite-verses-acts-3-21/ (Why I’m Not Going to Heaven)
23:15 - “http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf (Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren)” by John Maynard Keyes
25:05 - Derek Thompson’s “https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/ (Workism is Making Americans Miserable)”: The religion of work
32:25 - https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/does-jesus-have-a-purpose-for-my-life-who-is-jesus-proverbs-16-4/ (Does Jesus Have a Purpose for My Life?)
36:10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI (David Foster Wallace on Worship) in Kenyon Commencement Speech
38:50 - God’s first command: Work
44:20 - How Daniel’s work served God
45:15 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+29.7&version=NIV (Jeremiah 29.7): Following God’s calling
46:20 - https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-to-love-your-neighbor-an-interview-with-chris-and-elizabeth-mckinney/ (How to Love Your Neighbor)
48.35 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Thessalonians+3.10&version=NIV (2 Thessalonians 3.10) and https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+5.8&version=NIV (1 Timothy 5.8)
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Passages
Matthew 9.35-38: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209:35-38&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209:35-38&version=ESV)
Jeremiah 29.7: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+29.7&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+29.7&version=NIV)
2 Thessalonians 3.10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Thessalonians+3.10&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Thessalonians+3.10&version=NIV)
1 Timothy 5.8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+5.8&version=NIV...
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