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Miroslav Volf on the Crisis of Theology
At a joint meeting of the 2019 ON faculty retreat and three ON-sponsored scholarly colloquia, Miroslav Volf gave a provocative talk on “The Crisis of Theology.” Speaking after dinner on January 2, just before Karam Forum, Volf laid out what he saw as the nature of the...
Moses, Modern Finance, and Payday Lending
When friends learned I was studying lending in the Old Testament, some asked: What about “payday loans”? Let’s see how the Old Testament’s teaching about loan ethics applies to this controversial practice. As we have seen, one component of Old Testament...
Seminary Spotlight: Sioux Falls Seminary
Previous articles on Sioux Falls Seminary have shared stories of how our innovative approach to theological education, Kairos, is enabling students to cultivate human flourishing in both ecclesial and non-traditional contexts of ministry. Since the Kairos model was...
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 ninety-two years, LABI has trained and equipped thousands of pastors, ministers, superintendents and professional leaders. Recently, LABI has made...
New ON Impact Report
At Karam Forum in Dallas, the Oikonomia Network presented its new 2018 Impact Report. This document introduces the mission and vision of the network, with an overview of who our partners are and what we're doing; provides testimonies and statistics on the scope of our...
Our New Curricular Integration Page
As a new semester begins - and due dates for next year's syllabi are coming up - it's a great time to think afresh about curricular integration of oikonomia issues in your classes. The insights of whole-life discipleship, fruitful work and economic wisdom are not some...
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....