Theology that Works
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New EWP Talk: Sending Disciples to a Pluralistic World
Note: This article describes one of the ON’s Economic Wisdom Project Talks, designed to be used as class assignments. At the inaugural Karam Forum, Vincent Bacote of Wheaton College spoke on how Christians can live as faithful disciples in a pluralistic and...
Mission, Culture and Economics
Jay Moon of Asbury Theological Seminary opened a session at the inaugural Karam Forum with provocative comments on cultural change, communal beliefs and the economics of technology. Using a perplexus ball, Moon describes the “functional integration of a culture” and...
Sample Assignments Across the Curriculum
Here are more sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. As in my last article – which covered biblical studies, theology, preaching and liturgy – several...
Fellowships at Acton University
Note: This article is the latest in a series highlighting resources for classrooms and local churches. Sponsored by the Kern Family Foundation, the Oikonomia Fellowship Program is building a cohort of evangelical seminary professors to bridge the sacred-secular...
Spotlight: Trinity International University
The Center for Transformational Churches (CTC) at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School has had a busy year. In May of 2016, Donald Guthrie, professor of educational ministries and Jeanette L. Hsieh Chair of Educational Leadership, was named executive director of the...
Spotlight: Dallas Theological Seminary
Oikonomia Network activities continue at Dallas Theological Seminary. Our approach has been to wrap these themes and values around our curriculum. Changes in curriculum are difficult and take a long time, so we build energy and equip students on the faith and work...
New EWP Talk: Fruitfulness Matters
Note: This article describes one of the ON’s Economic Wisdom Project Talks, designed to be used as class assignments. At the first Karam Forum in March, Made to Flourish President Tom Nelson spoke on the integral relationship between faithfulness and fruitfulness....
Teaching Hermeneutics & Homiletics: Is Work Meaningful or Futile?
Interpreting and Preaching Ecclesiastes 2 & 3: Two Different Ways to Assign this Topic Both of these assignments assume that the biblical text of these chapters will be read and examined. Also that the TOW Commentary on Ecclesiastes will be...
Helping People Live Like God Owns It All
Note: This article is the latest in a series highlighting resources for classrooms and local churches. For information on God Owns It All, including a free copy of Session 1, check out the website of the Ron Blue Institute, located at ON partner school Indiana...
ON Names Individual Faculty Affiliate Partners
The Oikonomia Network has created a new “affiliate partner” status for individual faculty who share our mission and are at schools that are not ON partner schools. Our inaugural affiliate partners are: Paul Anderson, George Fox University Dean Blevins, Nazarene...