June 2012
Part 7 in a series on The Work of Our Hands
In the tent city in Babylon, a young man in the crowd heard Jeremiah’s letter and believed that it meant a new vocational call on his life. From that moment, he totally committed his life to working for [...]
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Part 6 in a series on The Work of Our Hands
Imagine an enormous tent city on the edge of the greatest metropolis in the world. The refugees who live here have been forcibly taken from their homeland by an invading army.
They have seen their city sacked, [...]
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Part 5 in a series on The Work of Our Hands
Hugh Whelchel has spent the past week in a series called “The Work of Our Hands.” His goal is to articulate what it means to fully live a life for Christ and how it is [...]
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Part 4 in a series on The Work of Our Hands
In a 2006 article in Christianity Today titled “Young, Restless and Reformed,” Collin Hansen noted that under the radar there has been a quiet and steady growth of interest [...]
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Part 3 in a series on The Work of Our Hands
In 1559, John Calvin began a seminary in Geneva to train young church planters. We know that Calvin sent at least 88 church planters to his native country of France, possibly many more. It was dangerous to plant [...]
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Part 2 in a series on The Work of Our Hands
Walk onto almost any Christian college campus and you can hear these two big ideas being taught:
Christians should challenge their spheres of influence with Christian truth claims. God wants us to bring all areas of [...]
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Part 1 in a series on The Work of Our Hands
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.
—Psalm 90:17
There is an [...]
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Part 10 in a series on Poverty & the Church
A friend-of-a-friend once told me that she didn’t care if the government wasted 90% out of each dollar, that we absolutely needed government to help the poor in both emergency situations and long-term poverty assistance. I was blown away [...]
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