New Posts For Thread: Vocation - A Useless Teaching?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/18661447/Vocation_-_A_Useless_TeachingOne of the 'gifts' of a Lutheran understanding of human/divine agency has traditionally been the understanding of being called by God by various means to one's place in life.With the scriptural data in mind, the 'street value' of this doctrine has geI believe that the reduction of this doctrine to a justification for the office of minister of word and sac and its backing with eisogesis is additionally problematic. I doubt that one is often hired when walking into an interview and saying to thehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/18661447/Vocation_-_A_Useless_Teaching?post_id=378444641#378444641I believe that the reduction of this doctrine to a justification for the office of minister of word and sac and its backing with eisogesis is additionally problematic. I doubt that one is often hired when walking into an interview and saying to theWed, 18 Nov 2009 23:10:47 -0600Throughout Scriptures all of man was given a vocation. Even in the Garden, Adam was give names to of His creation (Genesis 1:19). Even in the most seemingly meanial & frustrating of tasks, God is glorified. One is only called to be a "good stewardhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/18661447/Vocation_-_A_Useless_Teaching?post_id=346808797#346808797Throughout Scriptures all of man was given a vocation. Even in the Garden, Adam was give names to of His creation (Genesis 1:19). Even in the most seemingly meanial & frustrating of tasks, God is glorified. One is only called to be a "good stewardWed, 16 Sep 2009 20:41:16 -0500Shortly: I don't think so.I think there is an emphasis on searching for our calling to particular vocations. While it is true that in many circumstances we are not in the place which best suits our gifts and abilities, our gifts are only one thinghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/18661447/Vocation_-_A_Useless_Teaching?post_id=317420569#317420569Shortly: I don't think so.I think there is an emphasis on searching for our calling to particular vocations. While it is true that in many circumstances we are not in the place which best suits our gifts and abilities, our gifts are only one thingWed, 05 Aug 2009 22:28:34 -0500One of the 'gifts' of a Lutheran understanding of human/divine agency has traditionally been the understanding of being called by God by various means to one's place in life.With the scriptural data in mind, the 'street value' of this doctrine has gehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/18661447/Vocation_-_A_Useless_Teaching?post_id=317202247#317202247One of the 'gifts' of a Lutheran understanding of human/divine agency has traditionally been the understanding of being called by God by various means to one's place in life.With the scriptural data in mind, the 'street value' of this doctrine has geTue, 04 Aug 2009 21:02:44 -0500