Hey everybody. I'm Tim Mackie, and this is my podcast, exploring my strange Bible. I am a card-carrying

Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you

have. On this podcast, I'm putting together the last 20 years worth of lectures and sermons where I've

been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites us into the mission

of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can all be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts and classes about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find all those resources at Bibleproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Hey there, thanks for listening to Strange Bible Podcast. This is the second of a two-part series

that I did a long time ago about thinking theologically about work.

Should the fact that I'm a follower of Jesus mean that I think uniquely or differently

about my work and career than somebody who's not a follower of Jesus?

I think so.

I think the storyline that Jesus invites us to live and be a part of has a dramatic effect

and significance for how we think about

our day-to-day work. In this message, which was the last part of the series, we think about

what, how do we think about our day-to-day efforts at work in light of history's ultimate

outcome in the renewed and redeemed creation.

There are many versions of a Christian story out there that say,

your day-to-day life efforts, you know, they don't really ultimately matter

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