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"You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you." --Psalm 128:2 Work has been a part of God's good creation since before the fall--created to reflect his image and glory to the world. What are we to make of this when work today is all too often characterized by unwanted toil, pain, and futility? In this book, pastor, professor, and biblical scholar James Hamilton explores how work fits into the big story of the Bible, revealing the glory that God intended when he gave man work to do, the ruin that came as a result of the fall, and the redemption yet to come, offering hope for flourishing in the midst of fallen futility. Part of the Short Studies in Biblical Theology series.
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5 released booksShort Studies in Biblical Theology is a 5-book series first released in 2016 with contributions by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., James M. Hamilton Jr., and Sidney Greidanus.
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This book is edifying, concise, and deeply theological. I'm sure i'm not the only one who sometimes struggles to reconcile pursuing a ‘secular' career with living a life honoring to God. It's easy to think careers doing worldly work are less God-honoring than ministry, however, Jim Hamilton in this book shows our God-given design as workers made in His image to rule and subdue the earth. At only 100 pages, I'd encourage anyone looking to understand their work better as an avenue for glorifying God to give this short treatise a read