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Cutting-Edge Scholarly Papers at Karam Forum 2021 – Live in Ft. Worth or via Zoom, Nov. 18-19
Karam Forum is where you’ll find conversations that will shape the church’s witness in the coming generation. That doesn’t just go for our speakers, like Chris Brooks, Jennifer Powell McNutt, Gavin Ortlund, David French and Michael Wear, in plenary addresses, panels...
Atando Cabos (“Tying Loose Ends”)
Note: Excerpt from Atando Cabos (Eerdmans 2021) as part of the book series Theological Education between the Times. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. My five-year-old granddaughter had just lost her first baby tooth. She was excited...
Ethics Is Worship
Note: Excerpt from Ethics as Worship (P&R Publishing 2021). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The book is available for purchase at a discount price from the publisher. Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all...
Contributing More than We Consume
The vision of the Economic Wisdom Project is summarized in twelve “elements” that provide starting points for thoughtful, biblically informed understanding of contemporary opportunities and challenges. For a handy guide to the twelve elements, download this...
Seminary Spotlight: Seattle Pacific Seminary
Note: This is a video update from one of our partner schools. A transcript is provided below. https://youtu.be/odK6UjUo6gI Rev. Derick Harris, associate dean:There are a lot of things that the Pacific Northwest does well, from technology to education to mass media...
Seminary Spotlight: LABI College
Founded in 1926 by Alice E. Luce, LABI College is one of the oldest Hispanic Bible colleges in the country. Over the past century, LABI has trained and equipped thousands of pastors, ministers, superintendents and professional leaders. Our mission is to...
Prophetic Independence at Karam Forum 2021 – Live in Ft. Worth or via Zoom, Nov. 18-19
Looking for a community that pursues a Christian witness to justice and mercy in the world, grounded in the authentic discipleship of people like Chris Brooks, David French and Michael Wear, instead of partisan polarization? Karam Forum will gather at Doxology...
Lives that Matter
Note: Excerpt from Invitation to Christian Ethics (Kregel Academic 2020). Reprinted with permission. Citations have been omitted. From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth. Acts 17:26 You are being renewed in knowledge according to the...
Economic Justice in Paul’s Epistles
Note: This article spotlights the work of John Taylor, an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. It is an excerpt from the author’s chapter in the book Human Flourishing: Economic Wisdom for a Fruitful Christian Vision of the Good Life, which...
An Education in Belonging
Note: Excerpt from After Whiteness (Eerdmans 2020) as part of the book series Theological Education between the Times. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. I was an academic dean at a divinity school. I learned the secrets. I cannot...