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FABcast #494 - Every Good Endeavor Book Review

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Reflecting on Tim Keller’s Book: Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work By RBAR I am amazed how God constantly shows me the theme of freedom in Christ. The point of Every Good Endeavor, by Tim Keller, is that the gospel of Jesus Christ sets the believer free finding identity in career or work. The freedom declared in Galatians 1:1 is applicable to the bondage of self-condemnation and false identity: “For freedom, Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” There is a temptation in any job to fall towards pride or shame. Many experience shame from their past which has prohibited opportunities for a particular career. In the words of pastor and counselor Jack Miller as quoted by Keller, “Cheer up: You’re a worse sinner than you ever dared imagine, and you're more loved than you ever dared hope” (p. xix). Finding identity work is also a deception as true identity is found in the fact that all humans are created in the Imago Dei - in the image o