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Karam Forum 2021, Live in Ft. Worth or via Zoom: Buy Now, Decide Later!
We’re announcing more opportunities at Karam Forum, which will gather for catalytic conversations about justice and discipleship at Doxology Bible Church in Ft. Worth this November 18-19. Chris Brooks, Jennifer Powell McNutt, Gavin Ortlund, David French, Michael...
When Rich People Pray for Bread
Pictured: Caricature of Kuyper's opening speech at the 1891 Social Congress. Note: Excerpt from “Commentary on Lord’s Day 50 of the Heidelberg Catechism,” in On Business and Economics (Lexham 2021), part of the 12-volume Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public...
A Career in Ruins and a Lover of Footnotes
Two important contributors to our community, Bob Cooley and Anthony Cross, have joined the church triumphant this year. As they exalt in the victory of the saints in our Lord Jesus, we pause this month to express our gratitude to our Lord for all they gave to us, to...
Productive Work and the Virtue of Economic Growth
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...
Religious Freedom for All: Three Biblical Grounds
Note: Excerpt from Liberty for All (Baker 2021). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Recent Christian scholarship, in both quantity and quality, has failed to provide a robust account that makes religious liberty intelligibly...
Seminary Spotlight: New Missiological Models
Note: This is a video update from one of our partner schools. A transcript is provided below. https://youtu.be/GS4qnIHz3SM Hello! What do sailing and COVID have to do with faith, work and economics? Well, if you hang in there, I’ll let you know. Hello, my name is Jay...
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...