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Can Biblical Interpretation Change the World?
Note: From Mere Christian Hermeneutics (Zondervan, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it. Karl Marx It may be a moot...

How Can I Be a City on a Hill When I Feel Like a Smoldering Pile of Rubble?
Note: From When Work Hurts (IVP, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Once upon a time, I felt excited about work. I had a vague sense of calling – that God was inviting me to help people develop deeper relationships with...

Changing the Collar Color on Our Theology of Work
Our peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, is pleased to publish its latest scholarly article: “Faith and Labor: Expanding Theologies of Work for Blue-Collar Inclusion," by Dylan Parker, which is being published in Faith &...

Desire Is Good! What We’re Really Made For
The Economic Wisdom Project is best known for our Economic Wisdom Project Talks, which are short, accessible, engaging and rich presentations suitable for use in classrooms and group discussions. But the EWP also features print resources, including our vision paper...

Countless Sects with a Common Morality
Note: From A History of Christianity in America (Baker, 2025). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The story of the Christian people in the United States of America is one of endless change – the ebb and flow of vitality and...

Member Spotlight: Work that Loves You Back
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Meryl Herr. A transcript of the interview appears below. If you are a Karam Fellowship member and would like to be in the spotlight, drop us a line! https://youtu.be/SalF_hBheNI Greg Hello, I'm Greg Forster with Karam...

Karl Marx and Critical Theory: Feuerbach to the Future
Note: From To Change All Worlds (B&H, 2024). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Perhaps the most dramatic example that Marx gives of ideology is that of religion. In this area he draws on the concept of alienation that is found...

Lessons from a Life in Christian Higher Education
Note: From Academically Speaking (Eerdmans, 2024). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. I have spent three decades in academia, have visited nearly one hundred campuses and have made a concerted effort these past few years to keep...

For the Civic Good, against the Civic Gods
Faith & Flourishing is delighted to publish the essay "For the Civic Good, against the Civic Gods: Cultural Catechesis in Aristides" by Timothy Paul Jones, our latest publication in Volume 4 (2025). Jones shares how the apologetic situation of the church has...

When God Made Eve, He Made the Economy
The Economic Wisdom Project is best known for our Economic Wisdom Project Talks, which are short, accessible, engaging and rich presentations suitable for use in classrooms and group discussions. But the EWP also features print resources, including our vision paper...