Why ALL Your Work Matters with Jordan Raynor

The Family Discipleship Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family

5.0 • 597 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Adam Griffin is joined by Jordan Raynor to have a conversation about the joy of work and the promises of eternity.Questions Covered in This Episode:

Can you tell us some about your work and your family?
What kicked off all your thinking and writing about how Christians consider their work?
How did Genesis 1-2 change the way you thought about being a father?
What advice would you give to parents who struggle to see the significance of their daily tasks at home in God's larger plan? What encouragement would you offer to parents who feel overwhelmed or undervalued in their role at home?
How do you cast a vision for your family to view everything they do as unto the Lord?
Why are so many people afraid or disinterested in heaven?
What did you write the “The Royal in You”?
What are the promises in scripture about eternity?
How do parents answer the questions; are pets and animals in heaven, will mom and dad be in heaven, will I know them?

Guest Bio:Jordan Raynor is a leading voice of the faith and work movement. Through his bestselling books (The Sacredness of Secular Work, Redeeming Your Time, The Creator in You, etc.), keynote speeches, podcasts, and devotionals, Jordan has helped millions of Christians in every country on earth connect the gospel to their work. In addition to his writing and speaking, Jordan serves as the Executive Chairman of Threshold 360, a venture-backed tech startup which Jordan previously ran as CEO following a string of successful ventures of his own. Jordan has twice been selected as a Google Fellow and served in The White House under President George W. Bush. A sixth-generation Floridian, Jordan lives in Tampa with his wife and their three young daughters. The Raynors are proud members of The Church at Odessa.Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Genesis 1-2, 1 Corinthians 15, Isaiah 65, Ephesians 2, Colossians 3, Revelation 21-22, Isaiah 11, Isaiah 25, Isaiah 60
“The Royal in You” by Jordan Raynor

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Family Discipleship podcast, a podcast of Training the Church.
0:13.0	This is Adam Griffin, and I'm here without my usual co-hosts today, but I do have a fantastic
0:18.2	guest, a mere Christian, an author, a speaker, a podcaster.
0:22.7	Jordan Rainer, how you doing today, Jordan?
0:24.7	Come on, Adam. I'm hanging out with you. I'm great. Great. Wow. That's, man, I don't,
0:29.6	your expectations need to be lowered right now. Lower the bar. Lower the bar.
0:33.8	Much lower. If this is the highlight of any part of your day, even your hour, you are in for a huge disappointment. But I am excited for this conversation. I think there's really two major things I want to talk to you about today. But before we get into that, for the listener who's less familiar with your writing, with your ministry, with what you've accomplished, what you've cast vision for. Tell us a little bit about Jordan Rayner, your kind of your work, but also maybe as a family man. Tell us about your family.
0:59.4	Yeah, I'd love to. Hey, guys, Jordan Rayner coming to you from Tampa, Florida, where according to
1:05.8	my grandmother's math, my family's been here for seven generations. She's 85, though, so like take it with a grand
1:11.2	assault. I don't know. Somebody needs to check her work. But yeah, I'm happily married to Kara.
1:17.1	We've been married for 15 years. And we got three little girls, Ellison, who's 10, Kate, who is
1:22.7	eight, and Emery, who we had the joy of adopting five years ago. And so professionally, I've spent most
1:29.2	of my career as a tech entrepreneur. I still have a foot in that world as executive chairman of
1:33.4	the last venture that I ran to CEO. But for the last five years, I've spent most of my time
1:38.2	helping my kids and their parents understand and respond to this crazy biblical truth that the work that they do
1:46.0	here in this life matters for eternity. And that eternal future is very different than what most
1:53.3	of us have grown up believing in the church, that eternal future according to God's word,
1:57.8	is here on earth and includes work. And so that's what I'm writing about
2:03.9	these days. Adam. I love it. Well, I want to talk to you about you have a new kids book out.
2:07.6	You want to get into that specifically here in a second. But before that, I want to segue a little bit
2:11.7	of what you just talked about. I want to kick off thinking about all this work you've done to
2:16.5	help people think about what they do for a living.
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