The Gospel-Centered: Life at Work

The Gospel Centered Life: At Work
(Leader's and Participants Guide)

Author: Robert W. Alexandar
Publisher: New Growth Press

Tired of the Daily Grind?

If you asked a dozen Christians why their work matters, you’d probably get a dozen different answers. Whether paid or unpaid, skilled or menial—each of us longs to find meaning in what we do from day to day. Can the gospel really help us in our quest?

The Gospel-Centered Life at Work invites CEOs and homeschooling parents, doctors and plumbers, white, blue and pink collar-workers to sit down and discuss our work as a common call to follow Jesus in all of life. Whether we struggle with complaining at work, defensiveness, fearing the future, frustration, or troubling ethical decisions—work brings challenges to each of us that we cannot handle apart from Christ. The Gospel-Centered Life at Work shows us how to turn to Jesus in repentance and faith and to both work and rest in Him.

The 10 lessons in this small group study help participants to build a bridge from personal faith to the difficulties and drudgeries of the daily grind. Each lesson in The Gospel-Centered Life at Work is self-contained, featuring clear teaching from Scripture, and requires no extra work outside of the group setting. The self-explanatory Leader’s Guide helps small group leaders with discussion questions and background material that clearly explain and apply the gospel truths from each lesson.

• Provides a gospel-centered framework and a common language by which Christians from all walks of life can understand their work
• Examines two gospel dynamics of work: how God shapes Christians through our work and how God shapes workplaces through the labors of Christians
• Addresses the real work of unpaid workers like stay-at-home moms, students, and retirees
• Features 10 self-contained lessons with clear biblical teaching and no homework required

Testimonial:

“This is an incredibly important guide. I know of no other book that so fully incorporates the meaning of the Gospel and of our work and what it means for my life as a Christ follower in the marketplace. It is equal parts illuminating, practical, inspiring, and encouraging. In the truest sense of the word rich, I am a richer man for having read it. I will recommend it to all that I come across.”

- Henry R. Kaestner, Managing Principal, Sovereign's Capital; co-founder and chairman, Bandwidth

Number of sessions: 10
Category: Spiritual Growth/Community/vocation

There is both a leaders guide with additional questions and participants guide.