February 2012
Part 1 in a series on Economics 101
Editor’s Note: Today we introduce Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley, a new contributor to this blog and the Vice President of Economic Initiatives here at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics. While Hugh Whelchel will continue to post on the Biblical doctrine of [...]
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Part 3 in a series on The Four-Chapter Gospel
As we said yesterday, today’s evangelical church has edited the Four-Chapter Gospel (creation, fall, redemption and restoration) down to two chapters (fall and redemption). The opening chapters of Genesis are now only used to argue creation vs. evolution and not [...]
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Part 2 in a series on The Four-Chapter Gospel
If you are like me and have been in an evangelical church, you probably understand the gospel as:
God made you and wants to have a relationship with you. Your sin separates you from God, and there is nothing you can do [...]
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Part 1 in a series on The Four-Chapter Gospel“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen 1:1)
The Book of Genesis opens with the account of creation, the start of the most encompassing story [...]
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“…Remember that Paradise wasn’t a vacation—it was a vocation.”
—Stuart Briscoe, Choices for a Lifetime
God is a worker. From the very beginning of the Scriptures we are faced with the inescapable fact that work is part of God’s character and nature. As my friend Steve [...]
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There is a website called Despair, Inc. which makes fun of the signs and motivational posters that adorn the walls of so many offices. My favorite is one that shows a picture of a sinking ship. Under the pictures the caption reads, “It could be that the purpose [...]
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The doctrine of vocational calling has fallen on hard times in today’s contemporary postmodern world. I recently heard a young man talk about how he was leaving his secular job and following his “call” into full-time ministry. What’s wrong with this picture?
As evangelical Christians we should acknowledge that all of life is to [...]
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It has been interesting to see the reaction to President Obama’s use of scripture from the New Testament to support his tax policy at the National Prayer Breakfast last week. I wanted to take a moment to comment on this myself as it’s relevant to our [...]
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