February 14 – Chapter 4a

1. How does God serve you in His earthly kingdom?
2. List all the vocations in which you currently serve.
3. Describe how an understanding of the doctrine of vocation can be a comforting doctrine.
4. What is a good work?  What makes it good?
5. How would you respond to someone who tells you, “I don’t know why I’m working at this dead-end job!  I’m never going to get promoted.  How am I ever going to start my own business if I can’t get ahead in the world?”
6. Extra Credit: Which parts of the Small Catechism deal with the doctrine of vocation?