The Ghost of Christmas Present showed Ebeneezer Scrooge a wider world. Charles Dickens tells us in his Christmas Carol that Scrooge’s cramped vision hardly ranged from his counting...
Bob calls himself an Uber Missionary. As long as I’ve known him, he has been a professional photographer. In July 2015, in addition to this long-standing career, he...
It’s been another great year on the IFWE blog! We’re grateful for our subscribers and those who share our blogs with friends, colleagues, and family. After 230 blogs,...
What are the responsibilities of the church to the poor? Has the church historically been a force for change? Examples from the Early Church In the Jerusalem church,...
My least favorite day of the year is a Sunday in November—the end of daylight savings time, the day we “fall back” an hour. Suddenly, it’s dark all...
Why do cities matter to God? We looked earlier at the nature of cities: this included the aim of God’s redemptive scope—starting in a garden in Genesis and...
In my last post exploring “who are the poor?”, I discussed biblical definitions of the poor and the rich. Let’s take this analysis further. What responsibilities does the...
I puzzle throughout December: “Is all of our holiday stress a recent-days phenomenon?” And in my most reflective moments, I ask, “Is there any way to find deeper...
Solomon presents a remarkable case of both a life lived wholly for God and a life tragically fragmented by divided loves. At his best, Solomon shows how every...
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