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Full-Time Work and the Meaning of Life

David L. Bahnsen

We were created to work, and our work provides unique meaning and purpose in our lives. Yet today we are living in a crisis of apathy and ignorance regarding work’s theological and existential nature. There is no shortage of books pleading with people to work less, to find “balance,” to think less...

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The Ben Shapiro Show

The book argued that work provides unique meaning and purpose in life, contrary to narratives suggesting it causes societal pain. It made the case that separating one's identity from what they do is false and that a low view of work leads to flawed policy and cultural attitudes.

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In a time where work is being heralded as the cause of societal pain, depression and anxiety, full time is screaming the exact opposite that we're created to work and that our work provides unique mea...

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The book argued that work provides unique meaning and purpose in life, contrary to narratives suggesting it causes societal pain. It made the case that separating one's identity from what they do is false and that a low view of work leads to flawed policy and cultural attitudes.

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In a time where work is being heralded as the cause of societal pain, depression and anxiety, full time is screaming the exact opposite that we're created to work and that our work provides unique meaning and purpose in our lives.

We are living in a crisis of apathy and ignorance regarding work's existential nature.

There's no shortage of books telling people to work less, to find balance, to think less of career and more of things that bring them happiness.

It is in work of every kind that we discover our meaning and purpose. A significant and successful life is when rooted in full-time productivity and cultivation of God's created world.

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