Al Lunsford thinks we are seeing a role reversal in which the influence of religious professionals is waning as the spiritual influence of ordinary workers grows. The vanguard of biblical spirituality is people who incarnate the good news of God’s kingdom by their lives in the marketplace.
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Possession and direction of the forces of wealth are as legitimate an expression of the redemptive rule of God in human life as is Bible teaching or a prayer meeting. For example, it is as great and as difficult a spiritual calling to run the factories and the mines, the banks and the department stores, the schools and government agencies for the Kingdom of God as it is to pastor a church or serve as an evangelist.Dallas Willard
The Spirit of the Disciplines , (p. 214), HarperSanFrancisco, 1991
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Bernard Moon wonders if religious professionals really mean to say they follow a higher calling than the rest of us…because sometimes that’s what it sounds like.
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Is the Idea of "Marketplace Ministries" Biblical?
Can you imagine what would happen if all the entities that make up commerce were reshaped by people with a biblical worldview?
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How Faith Can Transform the Workplace
One of an emerging genre of books helping people to see their call to the workplace with suggestions on how to transformatively live out their faith at work. As we have been speaking to this issue for over 15 years, we are glad to see the trend emerging.
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