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Author: Hugh WhelchelHugh Whelchel was the founder of the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics and author of How Then Should We Work? Rediscovering the Biblical Doctrine of Work. Hugh earned a Master of Arts in Religion and had over 30 years of diverse business experience. He passed away on Good Friday in 2024, four years after being diagnosed with ALS.

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The difference between barbarism and culture is, simply, work. —Lester DeKoster I have an odd collection: a business card from…

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Let’s summarize our discussion of the Four-Chapter Gospel from these past several days: For 1800 years the metanarrative of the…

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Drawing our missional role from the metanarrative of Scripture as we discussed in our last post stands in stark contrast…

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In the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers the main characters Jake and Elwood said they were on a mission from…

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As we said yesterday, today’s evangelical church has edited the Four-Chapter Gospel (creation, fall, redemption and restoration) down to two…

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If you are like me and have been in an evangelical church, you probably understand the gospel as: God made…

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“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen 1:1)   The Book of Genesis opens with the…

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What Does the Bible Say About Work?

By: Hugh Whelchel

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“…Remember that Paradise wasn’t a vacation—it was a vocation.” —Stuart Briscoe, Choices for a Lifetime God is a worker. From…

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Your Work: A Sign of the Times

By: Hugh Whelchel

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There is a website called Despair, Inc. which makes fun of the signs and motivational posters that adorn the walls…

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What is My Calling as a Christian at Work?

By: Hugh Whelchel

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The doctrine of vocational calling has fallen on hard times in today’s contemporary postmodern world. I recently heard a young…

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