Faith and Work News ~ Links to Interesting Articles
- Faith & Work: How Do I Affirm Goodness in the Workplace? In this episode of TGC Q&A, Missy Wallace answers questions about why work matters.
- When Your Boss Expects You to Lie. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions “My high-pressure job requires me to mislead clients to meet quotas. That’s the blunt reality. Jesus says in Matthew 5:37that my ‘yes’ should be a firm ‘yes.’ I should mean what I say. To mislead is evil, and I don’t think any good can come from being evil, as Paul says in Romans 3:8. And if I am a new creature in Christ, I should not lie to others, as Colossians 3:9 says it. I tell my children all these things. So, how do I live out this life of honest virtue in such a cutthroat industry that requires coercive practices? Is it permissible to be reserved and not always forthright with clients about what I know? If I refuse to compromise, I risk losing my job, and my family depends on my income. How do I navigate ‘small’ daily compromises without losing my integrity?”
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- The Top 10 Faith and Work Quotes of the Week
- Faith and Work Book Review ~ The Redeemed Man, edited by Joel Beeke, Richard Phillips and Paul Smalley
- Quotes from the book Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work by Elaine Howard Ecklund and Denise Daniels
