Tom Nelson (1)
Autor(a) de Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work
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About the Author
Tom Nelson (DMin, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is president of Made to Flourish. He has also served as senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Kansas City for over thirty years. A council member for The Gospel Coalition, Tom is the author of several books, including Work Matters and The mostrar mais Economics of Neighborly Love. mostrar menos
Obras por Tom Nelson
The Economics of Neighborly Love: Investing in Your Community's Compassion and Capacity (2017) 110 exemplares
The Flourishing Pastor: Recovering the Lost Art of Shepherd Leadership (Made to Flourish Resources) (2021) 81 exemplares
Joyful Generosity 1 exemplar
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 10
- Membros
- 566
- Popularidade
- #44,192
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 8
- ISBN
- 29
- Línguas
- 1
Christianity is a whole life activity, despite the implicit denial of this from many pulpits. This book, however, provides a refreshing look at whole life Christianity. It's key message is that work does matter.
Nelson uses many everyday experiences - including discussions in coffee shops and vignettes from those who have considered how Christianity impacts their work life.
Illustrations come from films such as Narnia, WALL-E and Mr Holland's Opus. He also draws upon a wide range of sources Paul Marshall, Os Guinness, Tim Keller, Tom Wright, Miroslav Volf, Luther and Gideon Strauss are all mentioned. He utilises the neo-Calvinist/ Kuyperian framework of creation, fall and redemption to good effect.
At the end of each chapter is a short prayer and then several questions for reflection and discussion which makes this book ideal for church small groups.
The final chapter 'The church at work' is particularly good. Here he draws upon Lesslie Newbigin's notion that 'the congregation has to be the place where its members are trained, supported, and nourished in the exercise of their parts of the priestly ministry in the world'. he offers some excellent ideas and suggestions how this can be developed. The role of church leaders is to 'prepare the saints for work of service' (Eph 4:12) Too often this gets narrowed down to church-related activities, here Nelson shows with examples that it doesn't have to be that way. Ideas include 'embracing a new vocational paradigm' as he puts it:
A primary work of the church is the church at work. Our work not only forms us spiritually; in and through our work, Christ's gospel mission is advanced in the world. (p. 190)
Many churches employ youth workers and ministers - maybe one day we'll also see work and vocation ministers too. That will certainly need a paradigm shift. Nelson's eminently readable and accessible book may well help towards that.… (mais)