Culture God-Fearers Respond to Economic Injustice Promptly Luke Bobo | 4 min read Fear of God The starting point for living a moral life begins with fearing God. Fearing God does not mean having a boogeyman-type fear of God; nor does fearing God mean He is like Little Bunny Foo Foo, a rabbit who went about bopping field mice on the head. God will not bop us on the... Continue Reading
Faith • Theological Reflections A Disposition to Dualism Dr. Steven Garber | 5 min read A disposition to dualism. The image caught me, thinking through my work last week. From teaching here in Washington, to speaking in Birmingham and Chicago, those words captured what I saw and heard. But what is dualism? and why does it matter? On Thursday morning this jumped into my face, standing in a large circle... Continue Reading
Faith Missio on Genesis 1: How Reading is Fundamental to Fulfilling the Cultural Mandate Today Cameron Barham | 5 min read To dwell in theory and abstraction serves as one of Christianity’s most tempting and crippling sins. Thinking is easy; working is hard. As the insightful Don Chaffer sings, we are far too often “long on diagnosis and short on cure.” To move from discussing abstract Biblical concepts to applying them in our own lives and... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Missio on Justice (Acts 16:16-40): Getting to the Root Baylee Eby | 3 min read Italian philosopher and writer Niccolò Machiavelli once stated, “The reason there will be no change is because the people who stand to lose from change have all the power, and the people that stand to gain from change have none of the power.” Exploitation of the poor has been a part of our world since... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Missio on Justice (Acts 16:16-40): A Sacrifice Worth Making Will Thompson | 3 min read Acts 16 shows an extraordinary example of God’s sovereignty reigning over the power of men. Yet it is easy to misconstrue that sovereignty in this story. As Paul and Silas cast out a demon from a fortune-teller, her owners realize that their cash cow is now gone and hand the miracle-workers over to the authorities.... Continue Reading
Vocation • Visions of Vocation Redeeming Vocation: Shutting Down “Underground Economies” Luke Bobo | 3 min read Although the word, ‘covenant,’ is not spoken in Genesis 1-2, all the elements of a covenant are present – showing that God entered into a covenantal relationship with Adam and Eve. It was a covenant that God initiated. In response to this act of divine grace, Adam and Eve were to use their vocations, their... Continue Reading
