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How do we integrate our faith and work in a way that is pleasing to God? We must first rediscover that our primary vocation is the call to...
How do we affect culture? How can an understanding of economics get us there? We can look at history to get an understanding of many instances of culture...
The separation of faith and calling by Christians, along with the loss of the Biblical doctrine of work, had a devastating effect on the landscape of American culture...
This week we’re concluding our series on “The Work of Our Hands.” Yesterday we explored the extremes people take in their view or work: either as an idol...
I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards…I bought male and female slaves…I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before...
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act brings larger questions about poverty and morality to the forefront of our national discussion. We all want to care...
We’ve been talking about shaping culture – but there is one question we haven’t explored: is cultural change even possible? It is thought that cultures are profoundly resistant...
What is culture? We talk a lot about changing it – but what is it we’re trying so hard to change? Theologian Donald Bloesch writes that culture “is...
We have already seen a number of the historical and theological reasons for American Christians’ cultural retreat: the two-chapter gospel the influence of Enlightenment thinking the Industrial Revolution...
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