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Creation and Christian Ethics: From the Trinity to the Triumphant Return
Note: From Creation and Christian Ethics (Baker 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. What has creation to do with ethics? That’s the puzzled question I’m frequently asked by people who hear about this project. The prophets and...
Influencing Our Work and Our World
Note: From Working from the Inside Out (InterVarsity 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The gospel is what God has done. Culture is where we find ourselves. And vocation is our response to God in the here and now. Five...
F&F Volume 2 (2023 Issue) Digital Release
Yes, that's a new header image you see above this article, because yes, that's a new F&F cover you see on it - because yes, we have just released the digital edition of a new issue of F&F! Volume 2, our 2023 issue, once again collects the top-notch theological...
Responsible to Flourish, and Help Others Flourish
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...
Don’t “Work Like It Depends on You”
Note: From Urban Legends of Theology (B&H 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. The Legendary Belief Preachers who affirm the insights of both Calvinism and Arminianism tend to chalk up the differences to a division of...
Member Spotlight: Investing in Whole People
Note: Our Member Spotlight series continues with Jennifer Powell McNutt. A transcript of the interview appears below. If you are a Karam Fellowship member and would like to be in the spotlight, drop us a line! https://youtu.be/C14XI5wNDEA Greg Hi everybody, this is...
An Altar Call for Evangelical Ameirca
Note: From Losing Our Religion (Sentinel 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. Two words filled me with rage: Jesus Saves. On January 6, 2021, the president of the United States assembled a mob in Washington – promising a “wild”...
What Is Gender? And Why Does Trying to Answer That Question Drive Everybody (to Put It in Highly Technical Theological Terms) Absolutely Bonkers?
Note: From Gender as Love (Baker 2023). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Citations have been omitted. I think that [Sarah] Coakley is basically correct in her claim that gender is defined by that which makes us who we are, our identities, something that...
A Window and a Mirror: Christ at Sundance 2023
From babies raised in AI-driven artificial wombs to a London father forced to care for the child he abandoned, movies are an essential embodiment of cultural discourse about what it means to be human. By understanding and responding well to contemporary film,...
Classic EWP Talks: Political but Not Partisan
When it comes to what Vince Bacote has called “political discipleship,” the church in the U.S. is already beginning to emerge – yes, it really is! – from a generation of Babylonian captivity. Young Christians aren’t interested in taking their public theology from...