Hosted by The Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics

We typically think of the Sabbath in individualistic terms: I work, and then I rest. But is the world itself destined for a Sabbath rest? If so, how does it get there, and what would such a Sabbath be like? Join us as we explore what the Scriptures say (and don’t say) about the ultimate end of the world. Specifically, we will address the questions (and welcome yours):

• How do the ideas of “counter-creation” (humanity’s misuse of its creative capacities to suit its own end and not those of God) and ‘de-creation’ (the tendency of things in this world to fall apart) affect your daily work?
• In what ways do you see your work pointing towards the new creation?
• What might “sabbath rest” look like in the new creation?
• Can there be a “restful work” or a “working rest” that goes beyond the opposition between these two things in the present order of things?

Tune in on April 14 at 7:00 p.m.

Presenters

Dr. Ken Barnes is director of the Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Public Square and the Mockler-Phillips professor of workplace theology and business ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Dr. Barnes spent many years as a senior international executive for several multi-billion dollar companies doing business on six continents.

Dr. Sean McDonough is the Mary French Rockefeller Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He came to Gordon-Conwell in 2000 from Pacific Theological College in Suva, Fiji, where he had served as the Chair of the Biblical Studies Department and as a lecturer in New Testament. His research interests include creation/cosmology in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Hellenistic Judaism, Greek philosophy and religion and the Book of Revelation.

Dr. Euntaek David Shin is Visiting Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College. He previously taught interdisciplinary humanities at Baylor University and holds degrees from Wheaton College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the author of Rest: A Theological Account (Baylor University Press, 2024).