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To Think Theologically, We Must Live Obediently
Note: From Practicing Christian Doctrine (second edition, Baker 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. John Calvin claimed, “All right knowledge of God is born of obedience” [Institutes of the Christian Religion, ed. John T....
Member Spotlight: Read, Think, Write
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Brent Waters. 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/xNOpLfvwzQc Greg Hello everybody. I'm Greg Forster,...
From Fate to Choice to Fragmentation
Note: From Uncommon Unity: Wisdom for the Church in an Age of Division (Lexham, 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Ours is a vastly different world than the world of the early church. The two are separated not merely by...
Becoming Firefighters in MLK’s “Burning House”
Note: From A Burning House: Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining Its History, Mission and Message (Zondervan 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. While adjusting to the realization that I am a guest in the house that...
Punishment, Restoration & Shalom in Revelation
Our peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, is pleased to publish its latest scholarly article: “Punishment and Shalom: A Restorative-Justice Reading of Revelation" by Craig Long, which is being published in Faith & Flourishing Volume 2 (2023). This is our...
EWP Talks on Spiritual Formation: A Vast Vision
Our collection of EWP Talks on Spiritual Formation will give your students a bigger vision of what it means to be formed in Christlikeness. Against the spiritual bankruptcy of rote “box checking,” haranguing people to go through the motions of religious works and...
The Gifts of Routine, Space, People & Purpose
Note: This is an excerpt of an article that was first published in the journal Faith in Business Quarterly 22.1 (www.fibq.org). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Many leaders experience unstable, even precarious, work environments....
Member Spotlight: Online Learning Done Right
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Kara Martin. 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/kc8MJH1g4kU Greg Hello everybody. I'm Greg Forster...
Karam Forum 2022: Redeeming Our City’s Spaces
Karam Forum 2022 continued our tradition of hearing from people doing the work of bringing life to the world in the cities where we meet. In Denver, we were grateful to our friends at the Denver Institute for Faith and Work for providing a rich exploration of how two...
The One Place Where the Evangelical Mind Has Become Less Scandalous
Note: From the newly expanded edition of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans, 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. If the “evangelical” designation implies little about intellectual standing, so too might contemporary...