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Faith and Work: Why Your “Secular” Job Is Instantly Sacred--Jordan Raynor

FamilyLife Today®

FamilyLife Network

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Journals, Kids & Family, Christianity

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Jordan Raynor joins Dave & Ann Wilson on FamilyLife Today, dismantling the sacred/secular myth of faith and work, to show how every job carries eternal purpose.

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This episode is supported in part by the Christian Standard Bible, a translation designed to be faithful to the original text and clear for everyday readers.

0:10.0

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0:15.6

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0:23.4

I think if you ask Jesus about his spiritual life, he'd look at you like you had three heads.

0:27.0

Like, oh, you're talking about my life?

0:28.9

Yeah, I hear a lot of people use this term secular work.

0:31.4

Here's the deal.

0:31.9

Secular literally means without God.

0:33.8

That's what it means.

0:34.7

If you are a Christ follower, you believe that the one true God literally dwells inside

0:40.8

of you, everywhere you go.

0:42.1

And so the only thing you have to do to instantly make your quote unquote secular workplace

0:47.7

sacred is walk through the front door or log on to Zoom.

0:58.8

Yeah. front door or log on to Zoom. Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.

1:04.1

I'm Dave Wilson.

1:05.1

And I'm Ann Wilson.

1:06.4

You can find us at FamilyLife Today.com.

1:09.2

This is Family Life life today.com. This is family life today.

1:17.7

So early, I think first five years of being the Detroit Lions chaplain, I don't

1:22.7

know if you even knew this. There was a belief among owners in the league that teams should get rid of their

1:29.6

chaplains because chaplains are telling their players that what they do as an athlete and

1:35.6

their work is not important. Only God is important. I remember this because you were worried

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