In the opening chapter of Genesis we find God giving Man (male and female) a job description. It is called the “Cultural Mandate,” also sometimes called the “Creation...
Last week we talked about our fallen-ness and the implications that has for our lives on earth. Economics helps us understand how to flourish in spite of our...
The difference between barbarism and culture is, simply, work. —Lester DeKoster I have an odd collection: a business card from every job I have worked since college and...
Let’s summarize our discussion of the Four-Chapter Gospel from these past several days: For 1800 years the metanarrative of the Bible was taught in four chapters, creation, fall,...
Drawing our missional role from the metanarrative of Scripture as we discussed in our last post stands in stark contrast to the way most evangelical Christians use and...
Editor’s Note: Today we introduce Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley, a new contributor to this blog and the Vice President of Economic Initiatives here at the Institute for Faith,...
As we said yesterday, today’s evangelical church has edited the Four-Chapter Gospel (creation, fall, redemption and restoration) down to two chapters (fall and redemption). The opening chapters of...
If you are like me and have been in an evangelical church, you probably understand the gospel as: God made you and wants to have a relationship with...
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen 1:1) The Book of Genesis opens with the account of creation, the start of the most...
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