by Oikonomia Network | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Note: Paul Williams will be a featured speaker at Karam Forum 2021, taking place in Los Angeles on Jan. 5-6, alongside Mark Labberton, Darrell Bock and many more. This article has been adapted from our original newsletter coverage of his address at an Oikonomia...
by Oikonomia Network | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
How does the Christian doctrine of the Trinity intersect with the reality of our day-to-day work? This doctrine has been a foundational conviction of Christian orthodoxy throughout church history. The eternally-existent, loving community of the Triune God is the...
by Austin Humbles, marketing & communications specialist, Chalmers Center | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. “Am I really helping this person? Or am I just handing them another band-aid?” As a deacon serving in a local church, these are some of the most difficult questions I’ve faced. Nearly every week, we meet with people from...
by Paul Anderson, professor of biblical and Quaker studies, George Fox University | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Note: This article spotlights the work of Paul Anderson, an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. He delivered this address as the 1985 Quaker Lecture, Western Yearly Meeting. See original text for full citations. Part Two of Two; read part one here....
by Oikonomia Network | Feb 4, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Being the church means bringing life to the world, but how do we help our students lead churches that do that? In this stimulating new talk, Oikonomia Network Director Greg Forster argues that “economic life is the most powerful way to bring life to the world,”...