Called to Create: A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate, and Risk

by Jordan Raynor

with striving for excellence in everything we do and prioritizing people over profit. In part 3, we walked through a series of challenges that are unique or especially acute for those who are called to create. We wrestled with the tension between trusting and hustling and how we as driven entrepreneurs can find true rest. We thought deeply about how we might respond differently to failure to show the hope we have in Christ. And we learned about the challenge of continually renewing our minds through regular communion with God, our partners, and other believers. In this fourth and final part of the book, we have been exploring “the bottom line” for our ventures, beginning with a look at how our entrepreneurial endeavors can be powerful vehicles for fulfilling our command to create disciples, and then moving into an analysis of the purpose of profit. Each of these topics significantly impacts our creating today, challenging us to reimagine our work as service to the One who has called us to create. But the question we’ve been building to is this: While our creating clearly matters for this life, does it really matter for eternity? An Entrepreneur and a Theologian Hordes of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs rushed to find open seats in the auditorium, eager to hear from one of their greatest heroes, Peter Thiel. In 1998, Thiel cofounded PayPal, serving