The Wisdom Calling Podcast

If you think about it, we often spend 40+ hours a week devoted to our jobs and our work and only 2-3 at church. So we actually have more opportunity to serve and please God through our work each week. Our work can and should be a means of worshipping the Lord, of offering a sacrifice to Him. In this episode we look at the story of Cain and Abel from Genesis 4 and the topic of "work-worship&qu...

In this episode, we consider Genesis 3 and the fall of the first humans into sin. This cataclysmic event has had ripple effects throughout history and into our current day. There is no part of our lives and work that is untouched. We will consider the subtle half truths that we are tempted to believe and how those impact our belief in God and His Word.  You can order the devotionals at https://amz...

Episode 1 lays the groundwork for the entire Wisdom Calling Podcast as well as provides helpful background on the name and companion Wisdom Calling devotional. The names comes from Proverbs 1:20 in the Old Testament where wisdom is personified as a lady walking through the busy marketplace, calling out to whomever had ears to hear her voice and willingness to apply her message. Wisdom is still cal...

In this episode we consider Genesis chapter 1 and God's creation of the cosmos and human beings. We are reminded that He alone is God and we are not, a reality we need to be constantly reminded of in our busy professional lives. Many moderns try to create their own god out of a mixture of various religions and world views. But the Creator demands worship in Him alone, a worship warranted when...

What exactly does it mean to be created in the image of God? In this episode we are going to discuss God's creation of mankind and the unique distinction we are humans have over plants and animals and why that matters. Much of our current laws and ethics originate with this reality of image bearers and this has massive implications for our lives and work.  You can order the devotionals at htt...

The reality that work in and of itself is not a curse is pretty countercultural today. It’s commonplace to gripe and complain about having to go to work. Our jobs, though necessary for income, seem only to get in the way of our weekends and vacations. What is your current attitude regarding work in general? How does your job or career in particular play into this mindset? In this episode we discus...

Some Christians don’t observe a day of rest because they think they can’t afford to take a day off, that work still needs to be done, or that less economic production will be detrimental to their goals or to the expectations others have of them. But this mentality couldn’t be further from the truth. Deeply rested people are the most productive. In this episode we look at Genesis 2 and God the Crea...