Theology that Works
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Tolle Lege
Greg Forster One of the things I do most frequently in my work is recommend books. There are tens of thousands of titles on this topic, and quality is very uneven. People need to know what titles they can trust to be a fruitful investment of their time. It has been...
Bock & Bradley @ ETS
Come hear Darrell Bock and Anthony Bradley address “Economic Justice and the Mission of the Church” at this year’s meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society! Bock is a senior research professor of New Testament studies and the executive director of cultural...
Willard on Well-Being
Just before he joined the church triumphant, Dallas Willard gave two talks on economic wisdom at the Oikonomia Network’s first faculty retreat in January 2013 (audio available here). Material from these talks has been incorporated into Willard’s posthumously published...
Class Integration
Greg Forster A helpful model of curricular integration: The curricular integration program profiled in this article was selected by the ON Advisory Committee as a “helpful model” for network faculty to consider. See the reports for participating New Testament and...
Opus: The Art of Work
Chris Armstrong, Director, Opus On July 1, 2014, Wheaton College launched a new institute, Opus: The Art of Work. The institute has set several goals for our first year: Support scholar-teachers who are developing a deeper, clearer Christian vision of vocation Help...
Seminary Spotlight
Indiana Wesleyan University Eddy Shigley, director, Kern Ministry Program Students and faculty at Indiana Wesleyan University are expanding their understanding of the fully integrated life through internships, retreats, and campus events. Nineteen of our pastoral...
More Highlights
ON at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Jessica Chang, Foundation Relations Coordinator A historic gathering of pastors and congregant leaders from 18 churches took place in May at the 2014 Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) Pastoral Collaboration hosted by...
Two Views of Shalom
Just before he joined the church triumphant, Dallas Willard gave two talks on economic wisdom at the Oikonomia Network’s first faculty retreat in January 2013 (audio available here). Material from these talks has been incorporated into Willard’s posthumously published...
ON Things New
Greg Forster A new school year is upon us, with new students and new opportunities. We’ve got lots of new things going on in the Oikonomia Network as well, as we continue to expand our enterprise and bring the gospel to bear on the world of daily work, for the sake of...
Course Changes Lives
David Gill, Mockler-Phillips professor of Workplace Theology and Business Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary A helpful model of curricular integration: The seminary class profiled in this article was selected by the ON Advisory Committee as a “helpful...