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Theological Education: From Clerical and Scholastic to Ecclesial and Missional
Note: Paul Williams will be a featured speaker at Karam Forum 2021, taking place in Los Angeles on Jan. 5-6, alongside Mark Labberton, Darrell Bock and many more. This article has been adapted from our original newsletter coverage of his address at an Oikonomia...
Classic EWP Talk: Fred Sanders on “The Portable Trinity”
How does the Christian doctrine of the Trinity intersect with the reality of our day-to-day work? This doctrine has been a foundational conviction of Christian orthodoxy throughout church history. The eternally-existent, loving community of the Triune God is the...
Signs Your Help May Be Hurting – and What to Do
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. “Am I really helping this person? Or am I just handing them another band-aid?” As a deacon serving in a local church, these are some of the most difficult questions I’ve faced. Nearly every week, we meet with people from...
Receiving Holy Callings, Becoming Wholly Responsive, Part II
Note: This article spotlights the work of Paul Anderson, an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. He delivered this address as the 1985 Quaker Lecture, Western Yearly Meeting. See original text for full citations. Part Two of Two; read part one here....
New EWP Talk: Life-Giving Paradoxes for the Modern Economy
Being the church means bringing life to the world, but how do we help our students lead churches that do that? In this stimulating new talk, Oikonomia Network Director Greg Forster argues that “economic life is the most powerful way to bring life to the world,”...
New EWP Talk: Reconciliation Makes the Kingdom Visible and Changes Communities
When the church is divided by ethnic separation and political polarization, the kingdom of God is revealed less fully to our neighbors, and has a gravely diminished impact on communities. Sadly, our neighbors today are less likely to see the church either as an...
Local Churches Confront the Gig Economy
Reprinted from Made to Flourish. My friend Jason crowned me “Queen of the Side Hustle.” From the day we met, I had some sort of part-time, freelance work going on the side of being a student or a stay-at-home mom. Now, nearly a decade later, I’ve had to renounce my...
Classic EWP Talk: Andy Crouch on “Isaiah’s Posterity Gospel”
We inhabit a lonely, anxious culture bent on pursuing instant and constant gratification at nearly any cost. In this context, what does a truly flourishing life look like? What are the conditions necessary for cultivating a flourishing life? And what are the spiritual...
Seminary Spotlight: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
I’m grateful to write this month’s seminary spotlight on behalf of The Commonweal Project at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. I benefited from The Commonweal Project as a new student at Southern, grew with it through my MDiv, and now, get to serve it as its...
Receiving Holy Callings, Becoming Wholly Responsive
Note: This article spotlights the work of Paul Anderson, an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. He delivered this address as the 1985 Quaker Lecture, Western Yearly Meeting. See original text for full citations. Part One of Two The Revelation of John...