He didn’t sit in the temple and say “come and see”; He modeled an active “go and be.” Consider his example of integrating faith and work: • Of Jesus’ 132 public appearances in the New Testament, 122 were in the marketplace. • Of 52 parables Jesus told, 45 had a workplace context. • Jesus spent his adult life as a carpenter until age 30 before he

The corporate world is starving for the influence of Christians who bring their faith—including integrity, honesty, and truth—to the marketplace.

In God’s economy, there is no sacred vs. secular; there is only sacred vs. sinful. Everything in heaven and earth belongs to God, and we either use the resources of the material world to glorify him or to sin against him. This is true of our work just as it is every part of our life.

apostle Paul, too, merged his work with his ministry. In Acts 18:2-4, we’re told that Paul practiced his tent-making vocation with Priscilla and Aquila while he ministered in Corinth.

Robert opened a community café in a Dayton, Ohio suburb where one in three children go to bed hungry every night. ONE (“Our Neighbors Eat”) Bistro offers an open door and healthy, fresh, affordable food to all comers, regardless of ability to pay. Paying customers are encouraged to “pay it forward” to support the ministry; those who cannot pay may

God intended work to be worship. In fact, the Old Testament uses the same word, avodah, for both “work” and “worship.”

Ethics for a Christian mean obedience to God—whether at home, at church, or in the work world.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. – D. Elton Trueblood

Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler, was asked what advice he would give to the younger generation coming up the corporate ladder. He said he would tell them when you get to the top, there’s nothing there.