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Church/City Partnerships Restore Dignity with Work
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Shantel had come to a very difficult point in her life, living in her car with her four-year-old child. Through the Hampton (Virginia) Department of Human Services, she found a jobs preparedness class and decided to take a shot at a...
A Better Story for Our Economies
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...
Biblicism, Seminaries and the Next Evangelicalism
Note: Excerpt from The Hope of the Gospel (Eerdmans 2022). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Perhaps more so than any other major Christian group, we evangelicals are known for our commitment to studying the Bible. Evangelical...
Our Politics Is a Reflection of Our Souls
“In what ways is our politics a reflection of our souls?” Chris Brooks asked Michael Wear in a January 18 webinar on Reviving Reconciliation. “Oh, goodness!” responded Wear. “I think this is the question of our time.” Navigating politics is no longer optional for...
New EWP Talk: A God Who Crosses the Tracks
Social action by the church wasn’t optional or secondary in the theology of the early reformers – or in their practice as church leaders. Luther and Calvin were militant for justification by faith alone, and also for church-driven efforts to alleviate poverty and...
Two Webinars and a Video Resource: Thinking about Politics Is No Longer Optional, So Get Equipped with These Catalytic Conversations!
You might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you – and in your students. We know it can be intimidating to engage with the difficult challenges of an increasingly polarized world. That’s why we’re bringing you resources from leading Christian...
Call for Papers: Send Us Your Articles & Essays!
It’s here! Faith & Flourishing: A Journal of Karam Fellowship, whose founding editorial board includes some of the world’s leading scholars, is pleased to release its Call for Papers. Send us your scholarly articles on issues related to the flourishing of human...
Global Goodwill, Local Control
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...
Lost Shepherds: A Calling in Crisis
Note: From The Flourishing Pastor (IVP 2021). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. American pastors are abandoning their posts, left and right, at an alarming rate. They are not leaving their churches and getting other jobs....
Seminary Spotlight: Loving Our Neighbor Every Day
Over the last semester, things at Southern have been in transition. What was the Commonweal Project has now become the Faith and Work project, and Rob Plummer has replaced Ken Magnuson as director. Nevertheless, much of the vision of the project remains the same. As...