“Son, we’re in trouble. Chiang Kai-shek has just flown to Taiwan with his family and his money.” Those words from my father in January 1949, when I was...
As I discussed in my previous post, the Old Testament perspective on the poor is made clear throughout the Torah and the wisdom literature. Now, we want to...
In the Alps of Switzerland, a wise man once lived out his religion as faithfully as he knew how. He was not a hermit who sought isolation, but...
How many of us feel our work is not “spiritual” enough or doesn’t matter in God’s grand design? Understanding this concept of a “priesthood of all believers” can...
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,...
The idea of religious liberty has emerged as one of the unique contributions of the American experiment, but where did it originate? On May 6, 1776, thirty-two “sons...
In the sixteenth century, Nicolaus Copernicus theorized that the earth was not the center of the universe. He was quickly condemned as a heretic by both the Catholic...
In When Helping Hurts, Dr. Brian Fikkert makes a bold claim: the current welfare state is the fault of the evangelical church. In The Great Reversal: Evangelism Versus...
Is private ownership of property contrary to human nature? Since the “earth is the Lord’s” (Ps. 24:1), it would seem that humans have no right to own anything....
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