August 2012
Part 2 in a series on Caring for the Poor
I started a discussion yesterday about a phrase I’ve heard frequently this year in some Christian circles:
Caring for the poor is too big for the church.
Those wrestling with how to best address poverty alleviation [...]
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Part 1 in a series on Caring for the Poor
I’ve heard a thought-provoking phrase repeated this year in some Christian circles:
Caring for the poor is too big for the Church.
Is this true? How are Christians to think through this question from a sound Biblical and economic [...]
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Part 3 in a series on Wealth & Power
We have been discussing market-generated profit and the difference between wealth accumulation and political power. These issues raise questions of fairness in the minds of most people. How should Christians think about fairness, wealth, and power?
I think most [...]
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Christians, when rightly informed and motivated, change the character of political debate. They bring the moral standards of God’s kingdom into the civic realm and thereby become agents of His common grace — of His provision for those who believe as well as those who don’t.
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Tami Heim, president of Christian Leadership Alliance, tweeted out a Barna survey this past week that caught my eye: Christian Women Today: Part 2 – A Look at Women’s Lifestyles, Priorities, and Time Commitments. (This page links to part 2 of a 4 part series on the survey results.)
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Editor’s note: This post has been edited from its original version appearing on DoggieHeadTilt, a blog run by the Clapham Institute.
All-American rocker Bruce Springsteen took to the pages of Rolling Stone magazine this past spring to lament the existence of [...]
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Part 3 in a series on Calling
Ed. Note: This post has been adapted from its original form. Read the full paper here.
Our culture has a crisis in calling. We’ve been exploring this crisis, and looking at how a Biblical perspective on work can help us.
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