Providing relevant news, analysis, and opinion on all things faith, work, and economics. What ‘Made in the Image of God’ Really Means Relevant Manufacturers make things with raw...
There are three misconceptions about profits that arise in most conversations I have with people about businesses seeking profit: 1. Businesses seeking profit codifies greed and encourages corruption....
A friend-of-a-friend once told me that she didn’t care if the government wasted 90% out of each dollar, that we absolutely needed government to help the poor in...
In a series of articles, we have looked at the relationship of rich and poor and the roles of government and the church in dealing with problems of...
Remembering the Poor In the previous article, we looked at New Testament models of poor relief, noting that the early Christians were very generous in sharing what they...
The Church and the Poor In the last article, we began an examination of the role of the Church in dealing with poverty. While it is abundantly clear...
Shifting the burden to the state In the previous article, we looked at what we can learn from Scripture about the role of government in addressing problems of...
The wealthy, the Church, and the Poor It is clear from Scripture that God holds the rich accountable for how they use their resources. The wealthy are particularly...
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