1: Not according to Martin Luther, the German priest, theologian, and leader of the Protestant Reformation.

Back in the middle ages, “the only way to be called by God into service was as a monk, priest, or nun,” writes Timothy Keller in Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. “They were called ‘the spiritual estate.'”

Everyone else? Their work was seen as worldly and a “demeaning … continue reading