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Flourish Boringly! Rejecting the Cult of the Extraordinary Self
Our peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, launched last month with the publication of an essay laying out our editorial vision: “Why We’re Here: Theology for the Life of the World.” We have now published our first actual article, by Brent Waters, on the...
Desire Is Good: Helping Our Neighbors Discover What They’re Made For
The Economic Wisdom Project is best known for our Economic Wisdom Project Talks, which are short, accessible, engaging and rich presentations suitable for use in classrooms and group discussions. But the EWP also features print resources, including our vision paper...
The Noonday Demon: Apathy as Fountain of Vice
Note: From Overcoming Apathy (Crossway 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Apathy is an enemy of the soul. Since this book seeks to help those struggling with apathy, it’s important to define our terms – in other words,...
Drop the “Para-Church”: The End of a Relationship
Note: This is the executive summary of a Mission Increase paper, “The End and Future of the Church/’Para-Church’ Relationship.” The authors are interested in connecting with more potential collaborators interested in these issues; contact Scott Harris...
A New Vision, a New Journal and a New Way to Save $$$ on Karam Fellowship
Today we officially launch our new peer-reviewed journal, Faith & Flourishing, with the publication of an essay laying out our editorial vision. “Why We’re Here: Theology for the Life of the World,” signed by the members of F&F’s Founding Editorial Board, lays...
Ten Percent Won’t Work for Everyone
Reprinted with permission from CT Pastors (Fall 2021), a publication of Christianity Today. A church my wife and I were part of for 14 years regularly served a meal after its Sunday service. Everyone was welcome, there was no charge, and we relied on volunteer help...
Is Finance for Flourishing? Or Is It All Just Math?
“What do you perceive to be the greatest threat to justice, or the common good, in our modern economy?” Scott Rae posed that super-simple and not-at-all-provocative question to the three speakers in our March 15 webinar on modern finance. Jason Myhre answered in part...
When God Made Eve, He Made the Economy
The Economic Wisdom Project is best known for our Economic Wisdom Project Talks, which are short, accessible, engaging and rich presentations suitable for use in classrooms and group discussions. But the EWP also features print resources, including our vision paper...
Our Participation in Christ and “The L Word”
Note: From A Visible Witness (Fortress 2016). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. This volume examines the contours of Latin American Protestant Christology in explicitly Trinitarian terms in order to highlight how the historical...
Amos: Prophet of God’s Heart for Justice
Content taken from Reading the Prophets as Christian Scripture by Eric J. Tully, ©2022. Used by permission of Baker Academic. Citations have been omitted. As we have seen in previous chapters, God’s covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai obligates the people to observe a...