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Why Nationalism? And Why Now?
Note: From The Religion of American Greatness (InterVarsity Press 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The resurgence of nationalism in the twenty-first century is a response to decades of weakening national identities driven...
Member Spotlight: Living on a Prayer
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Ron Marrs. 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0olUH9bGE Greg Hello everybody. I’m...
Daniels at Karam Forum: Good News and Bad News on Evangelical Faith and Work
One of the most popular highlights of Karam Forum 2022 was our Friday morning session titled “Christian Entrepreneurship: Communities Thriving in a Changing World.” The session consisted of two parts. The first part presented research findings on Christians in...
How a Seminary Created Jobs in a Challenged Urban Neighborhood
Note: From What Are You Doing about It? (Wipf & Stock 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. I have spent a lot of my life trying to help people take their faith to work. But I have always been concerned about those who could...
“They’re Moving Jesus to Memphis!”
Our peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, is pleased to publish its latest scholarly article. It examines how a theology of place shaped business at one of the most important Christian-led firms of the last century. The article surveys how ServiceMaster used...
EWP Talks on OT: God’s Firm Foundation
Our collection of EWP Talks on Old Testament will help your students explore how this often-challenging material – the large majority of our Bibles! – provides vital insight for how we live our lives today. As we strive for economic wisdom, we need to know, and know...
Discipleship Assessment: All of Daily Life as Worship
Note: From Life in 5D (5D Press, 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. “PC [Pastor Charlie], My team and I are just as much ministers as you and the church staff. People come to us needing help, and we send them on their way...
Member Spotlight: Concentrated Gratitude
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Philip Thompson. 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/AB1sDysNuxU Greg Hello everybody. I’m Greg...
Yong at Karam Forum: Thriving Theological Education in a Networked World
In the keynote address of Karam Forum 2023, Amos Yong of Fuller Theological Seminary spoke about the challenging moment we and our schools are facing, in an increasingly globalized, pluralized and networked world. Building on his recent book Renewing the Church by the...
Two Compelling Visions: Marxism, or a New Reformation
Note: From Our Secular Vocation (B&H 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Three generations ago a thoughtful Christian writer described human labor as one of the “lost provinces” of Christian faith. The result of the...