What's the hidden idol quietly wrecking your health, your marriage, and your peace, even while it looks like ambition on paper?

In this episode, Tom Nelson uncovers the subtle grip of workaholism, opening up with the story of Bob, his first boss, a gifted mentor whose relentless drive for the business slowly cost him his marriage, his time with his kids, and ultimately his health.

Drawing on Exodus 20:2-5a and 1 John 5:21, Tom makes the case that work idolatry may be the most insidious idol of the modern Monday world, one that doesn't announce itself with a statue or a shrine, but creeps in disguised as diligence, provision, and success.

You'll learn:

-Why work, which is a gift from God, can quietly morph into an idol that demands your ultimate allegiance

-Four practical indicators that your work has become too important: an inability to disconnect, an obsession with career success, eroding relationships, and neglected self-care and spiritual growth

-What Reformer John Calvin meant when he called the human heart "a perpetual idol factory" and why your career is one of its favourite products

Workaholism isn't fixed by grinding harder. It's dismantled when we remember that our worth was never meant to come from our productivity and is found only in Christ.

Released on 1 Nov 2026