How is work connected to a person's purpose and meaning in life?

What can churches do to foster a biblical view of work?

How do certain lower-paying jobs contribute to a person's sense of purpose?

We answer these and more with our guest, David Bonson, around his new book entitled,

Full-Time, Work and the Meaning of Life.

I'm your host, Scott Ray.

I'm your co-host, Sean McDowell.

This is Think Biblically from Tablet School of Theology at Biola University.

David, so glad to have you with us.

Your book was just terrific.

Lots of good stuff in here that I'm looking forward to getting into.

Well, thank you so much for having me.

Looking forward to discussing it with you.

So what do you see as the way in which the culture in general views work today?

Well, it's interesting because the book is actually sort of divided a little bit, or it was

certainly inspired in my writing, by the dichotomy between how

the culture views work and how the church views work. And in the year plus change since the

initial book came out, I've multiple times reflected on the fact that if it were merely a problem with the church,

where my own view is that the church's view of work has become deficient,

I'm not sure that I would have written the book or at least written it when I did.

I always had a passion for the church having a sort of refreshed and renewed vigor

around a theology of work and vocational calling. And I know it's something, Scott, that's

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