Distinctively Christian Retirement: A Biblical call to serve Jesus well in older age

Most of us simply assume that we have a right to retire from work and spend the rest of our lives doing whatever we want. While the idea of a long holiday sounds wonderful, this ideal picture is not the whole truth. Retirement often brings relationship challenges, health problems, and crises of purpose and motivation; it is not the paradise we have been promised.

God's word never encourages us to take an extended holiday towards the end of our lives; retirement is not a Biblical idea. The Bi...