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Archives for August 2020

Karam Forum: Richard Mouw on Theological Education and the Common Good

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One of the foremost evangelical leaders in building a theology for the common good is Richard Mouw, former president of Fuller Theological Seminary. In a newly-released video of his talk at Karam Forum 2020, Mouw insightfully identifies potential pitfalls among evangelical leaders driving this change, and offers a more integrated way forward in theological education. […]

Compassion and Conviction: Faithful Civic Engagement

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Note: Adapted from Compassion & Conviction: The AND Campaign’s Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement, by Justin Giboney, Michael Wear and Chris Butler. No one makes political decisions from a neutral position. To make a policy decision is to choose certain values and goods over others. Political decisions are inevitably informed by a certain worldview or […]

The Sixth Commandment and American Democracy

byIrwyn Ince, pastor, Grace DC Presbyterian Church

Note: Reprinted from Made to Flourish. In 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr. made the following statement about the Civil Rights Movement: From the beginning a basic philosophy guided the movement. This guiding principle has since been referred to variously as nonviolent resistance, non-cooperation, and passive resistance. But in the first days of the protest none […]

Classic EWP Talk: Fruitfulness Matters

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In today’s pandemic-adapted alternative learning environments, Economic Wisdom Project Talks are an invaluable classroom resource. One of the most important methods to avoid losing students to “Zoom fatigue” in your digital or blended class is to switch teaching modes on a regular basis – every 20 minutes is a typically recommended length. Our 15-20 minute […]

Seminary Spotlight: Asbury Theological Seminary

byJay Moon, professor of church planting and evangelism

Note: Appropriately for the new pandemic reality, this spotlight update comes to you via Zoom video. A transcript, with links to the resources discussed in the video, is provided below. Transcript Hello, I’m Jay Moon, one of the directors of the Office of Faith, Work and Economics at Asbury Theological Seminary in the Wilmore Campus. […]

Seminary Spotlight: Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

byTaylor Worley, managing director, Center for Transformational Churches; and Greg Forster, director of the Oikonomia Network, Center for Transformational Churches

The Center for Transformational Churches (CTC) at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School continues to sponsor programming, cultivate curricular integration and hold campus events focusing on whole-life discipleship and the future of theological education. Some of our key themes under that umbrella include resilient ministry, vocation, human flourishing and economic wisdom. Things have been chaotic here, as […]