Work is the meaning of life.Got your attention?Your identity is tied to what you do.I bet I have it now.So argues David Bahnsen in his book Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life. Bahnsen is the founder, managing partner, and chief investment officer of The Bahnsen Group, a national private wealth management firm. He’s also the author of several books, including Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It.In This Episode00:00 – Why Christians shouldn’t pit work against family or church01:10 – Why Full Time Work and the Meaning of Life matters so deeply to Bahnsen02:11 – Losing his father and discovering purpose through work03:56 – The church’s discomfort with ambition and vocation06:00 – Identity, salvation, and what our work says about us09:06 – “Work is the meaning of life?” A biblical case from Genesis12:55 – The crisis of men not working and its social consequences16:12 – How Reformed theology shapes Bahnsen’s view of vocation19:41 – The influence of Tim Keller and Every Good Endeavor23:14 – Rejecting the zero-sum view of family vs. career31:41 – Productivity, early mornings, and modeling joyful work36:10 – Why in-person work still matters after COVID44:39 – Conviction, politics, and resisting tribal thinking54:21 – Overcoming resentment by telling the truthResources MentionedFull-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life by David BahnsenCrisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It by David BahnsenEvery Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work by Tim Keller— — —📫 SIGN UP for my newsletter, Unseen Things:https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/gospelbound🎁 Help The Gospel Coalition build up a renewed church for tomorrow. Let's Build Together: Donate Today at https://www.tgc.org/together🎧 Don’t miss an episode of Gospelbound with Collin Hansen▫ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gospelbound/id1499898207▫ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kRYr5FTKr5ru1N7MR65Br✅ SUBSCRIBE: ▫ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thegospelcoalition▫ TGC Updates: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/newsletters Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.