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Your Job Is Not a Vocation
Malcolm B. Yarnell III, professor and department chair of systematic theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Today we use words like “calling” and “vocation” in association with jobs and tasks. However, these are external circumstances that the world can...
Jonathan Edwards’ Theology of Inequality
Uche Anizor, associate professor of biblical and theological studies, Biola University There are different degrees of glory in heaven. Some saints will there be exalted higher in glory than others. This is a doctrine very fully revealed in the Scriptures. – Jonathan...
The Year of Jubilee
Keith Reeves, professor of biblical studies, Azusa-Pacific University Note: This article is the first of a three-part series on economic production and Jubilee in the Old and New Testaments. Jubilee is often proclaimed as a time when debts are forgiven and land is...
Working for the Weekend
Michelle Lee-Barnewall, associate professor of biblical and theological studies, Biola University As part of my normal teaching schedule, I have a Friday morning “block” class that meets for almost three hours. The typical response I get from most people when I tell...
Seminary Spotlight
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Ali Dixon, news and information specialist Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary launched its Oikonomia Network program, “Intersect: The Wisdom Project,” last year. Intersect has opened the door for our community to...
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Flourishing in Black Churches and Communities: The Jubilee Summit Bruce Fields, associate professor and department chair of biblical and systematic theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School A gathering called “The Jubilee Summit” took place at The King’s College...
How Do You Measure a Mindset?
Greg Forster Helpful models of institutional partnership: The assessment system profiled in this article was selected by the ON Advisory Committee as a “helpful model” for network faculty to consider. Does the faith and work movement matter? It has generated a lot of...
A Time for Change
The annual faculty retreat of the Oikonomia Network, held on Jan. 8-10, focused on the need for theological education to change in a changing world. The retreat hosted 63 theological educators from 23 schools. Plenary speakers addressed the need for both...
Getting Past “Order v. Sin”
Theology and Business: From “Order v. Sin” to Personhood, Relationship, and Community Randal Franz, associate professor of management, Seattle Pacific University This article is adapted by the author from “An Exercise in Theological Imagination,” which appeared in the...
The Privilege of Teaching
Donald Guthrie, Jeanette L. Hsieh Chair of Educational Leadership, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School The ON advisory committee has developed a brief summary of key pedagogical principles that guide its work when considering syllabi and other potential “helpful...