by Oikonomia Network | Mar 12, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
Evangelism versus justice. Great Commission versus Great Commandment. Kingdom work versus ordinary work. Proclamation versus discipleship. Gathered versus scattered. Missionaries versus deacons. Justification versus sanctification. Faith versus love. A lot of people...
by Oikonomia Network | Mar 12, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
What if we’re getting the whole sacred/secular problem backward? The faith and work movement is concerned that Christians have divided a sacred church from a secular world, cutting off the world from the mission of God – and cutting off most of our own...
by ALISTAIR MACKENZIE, TEACHING FELLOW, LAIDLAW COLLEGE | Mar 11, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
This the latest in a series of articles sharing insights from a joint curricular development initiative of the ON, the Theology of Work Project and three ON schools (Asbury, Assemblies of God and Western). In our curricular workshops, we only had one conversation with...
by ALISTAIR MACKENZIE, TEACHING FELLOW, LAIDLAW COLLEGE | Feb 20, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
This the latest in a series of articles sharing insights from a joint curricular development initiative of the ON, the Theology of Work Project and three ON schools (Asbury, Assemblies of God and Western). Previous articles in this series have dealt with...
by Klaus Issler, professor of educational studies and theology, Biola University | Feb 20, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
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...
