Mike Slater

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22,161 appearances 95 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard yesterday

Mike Slater’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 95 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 31.

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All right, let's bring this to the Bible. voice-verified

Work is good for your soul. voice-verified

This is why our founders, our I should say our founding grandfathers. voice-verified

They didn't create it, they lived what we now call the Protestant work ethic. voice-verified

This term came from a guy, Max Weber, in 1905, this German guy. voice-verified

So maybe it's Weber. voice-verified

He described it, so he was his historian characterizing the Protestants, like our founding grandfathers. voice-verified

And he described this Protestant work ethic as this perception that this belief that work is a duty. voice-verified

You cannot be idle. voice-verified

You you had to be continually doing something productive. voice-verified

You could earn money, money's not bad, but that couldn't be the point of your work. voice-verified

If you worked hard and you earned money, that's a blessing. voice-verified

If you worked hard to earn money, voice-verified

That's in a dangerous place. voice-verified

You were called to be frugal. voice-verified

You were called to save and invest your money. voice-verified

You didn't uh flaunt it? voice-verified

For others? voice-verified

Work of force wasn't a way to earn salvation. voice-verified

Of course not. voice-verified

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