Work and Our Labor in the Lord: SHORT STUD (Short Studies in Biblical Theology)

"You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you." 
―Psalm 128:2

Work has been a part of God's good creation since before the fall―created to reflect his image and glory to the world. What are we to make of this when work today is all too often characterized by unwanted toil, pain, and futility? In this book, pastor, professor, and biblical scholar James Hamilton explores how work fits into the big story of the Bible, revealing the glory that God intended when he gave man work to do, the ruin that came as a result of the fall, and the redemption yet to come, offering hope for flourishing in the midst of fallen futility.

Part of the Short Studies in Biblical Theology series.

• Includes discussion questions at the end of each chapter
• Author is a well-known biblical scholar, professor, and pastor
• Written for laypeople, students, and church leaders as an accessible introduction to the biblical theology of work
• Part of an ongoing series of insightful, accessible, and practical volumes focused on key themes in biblical theology
• Explores how the fall affected work and how that impacts humanity's identity in relation to vocation today

James M. Hamilton Jr. (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church.

Dane C. Ortlund (PhD, Wheaton College) serves as senior pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of Gentle and Lowly and Deeper. Dane and his wife, Stacey, have five children.

Miles V. Van Pelt (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Alan Hayes Belcher, Jr. Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages and the director of the Summer Institute for Biblical Languages at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, where he has been serving for almost twenty-three years. He is passionate about teaching the biblical languages, biblical theology, and how the whole Bible, even the Old Testament, always points us to the person and work of Jesus Christ.