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Karam Forum: 2019 Memories, 2020 Anticipation
Karam Forum 2019 was an unforgettable experience! We are sent by the Son with the Spirit, just as the Father sends the Son; we are called to our work with the same call that calls us to Christ; we must find the sacred in the church to find it in the world. We released...
Moses, Modern Finance and Poverty
What implications can be drawn from the Old Testament Torah teaching on lending and interest passages (Exod. 22:25, Lev. 25:35-36, and Deut 23:19-20)? The previous article in this series showed how access to loans without interest is an important component of...
Seminary Spotlight: Covenant Theological Seminary
Covenant Seminary in St. Louis has increased its commitment over the past decade to viewing and delivering theological education that emphasizes and values all vocations as vital to God’s mission of redeeming and restoring all things in Jesus Christ as reflected in...
Seminary Spotlight: Criswell College
2018 was a banner year for Criswell College. We celebrated our one-year anniversary as an Oikonomia Network partner school, and we took steps to begin the largest and most comprehensive undertaking in the school’s nearly 50-year history....
New Workshops at Karam Forum
This is it - our final announcement before Karam Forum this Janurary 3-4! Check out the scoop below on new workshops we've added. Register for Karam Forum today - don't wait, space is limited and we are on track to fill it. Then reserve your room at the...
Homiletics Curricular Workshops: Insights
This the latest in a series of articles sharing insights from a joint curricular development initiative of the ON, the Theology of Work Project and three ON schools (Asbury, Assemblies of God and Western). Check out the ON website's new Curricular Integration page,...
God of the Second Shift
This is an excerpt of an article that first ran in Christianity Today in the October 2018 issue. We are grateful to CT and the author for permission to reprint it. Our group was white, college-educated, and passionate about helping people find meaning in...
Moses and Modern Finance
The question of what the Old Testament has to say about lending money at interest has engaged the attention of Bible scholars for centuries. In a recent series of articles in this newsletter, I presented a case that the three passages in the Torah on lending money at...
Seminary Spotlight: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Times of transition are a good time for reflection. As Gordon-Conwell prepares for a new chapter in our history (a milestone anniversary and a new president), I’ve been reflecting on the big picture, and how we are to deal with events and circumstances beyond our...
Seminary Spotlight: Grand Rapids Theological Seminary
At Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, we are seeking to discover in fresh ways how the gospel of Jesus Christ calls us to live as a multiethnic body of Christ. As an outgrowth of gospel faithfulness, we desire to integrate faith with the world of work, economics and...