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Why Care about Beauty When the World Is Burning?
Note: From, To Set the World Aflame (Brazos Press, 2026). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. In the Beginning We Use Beloved Tim Lowly’s life did not turn out as he had imagined it as a young man. A contemporary artist whose work is...
Pastoring People When They’re Building Babel
Note: From, Pastoring for Monday (InterVarsity Press, 2026). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The Babel Building Project When I was young, the tower of Babel (Genesis 11) was one of my favorite Bible stories – though I now see, as...
Cultural Diversity in Higher Education: How Can Christians Help?
Of the many public controversies shaking up our culture right now, one of the ones that feels most obviously like a place where Christians ought to be able to speak prophetically and pastorally is the debate over cultural diversity in higher education. If the criteria...
Classic EWP Talks: Planned, Called and Sent
How can we really, effectively, place the gospel within the larger context of who God is and his plan for all things? God’s unfolding mission of redemption in history is grounded in his eternal plan, which in turn is grounded in his own triune nature – three persons...
Later, Not Lesser: The Shorter Epistles
Note: From, Reading the Later New Testament as Christian Scripture (Baker, 2026). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. All Scripture is God- breathed (2 Tim. 3:16), though in some contexts we might get the...
Member Spotlight: Religion in Society
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Jordan Ballor. 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/7us3X2NqRjU?si=cLRkgfY43xCZyzei Greg Hello...
Deification by Transgression Degrades Humanity
Note: From, The Desecration of Man (Sentinel, 2026). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The origins of this book lie in countless conversations I have had with colleagues and friends over recent years concerning the state...
Why Some Books about Happiness Have Yellow Covers, and Others Don’t
Note: From, Happiness (Crossway, 2026). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Everyone wants to be happy. They may not always agree on what happiness is, and they certainly do not always agree on how to experience it. But...
How the “Modern German Research University” Continues to Form, and Malform, Our Thought
In this essay, Thomas albert Howard explores how the nineteenth-century German research university revolutionized global higher education while simultaneously impacted classical Christian frameworks of knowledge. Howard traces the birth of the modern academic model to...
Classic EWP Talks: Jesus as an Economic Teacher
Jesus is, among so much else, an economic teacher. How can we receive his instruction today as authoritative for our economic thought and practice? Several of our most popular Economic Wisdom Project Talks explore the possibilities: Joshua Jipp of Trinity Evangelical...