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Even Proximate Justice Is Hard to Find

Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read

Proximate justice, one more time. I walked into a familiar classroom this morning, one where I spent many hours over many years. And as I prepared to begin, I saw an essay I had written some years ago, “Making Peace with Proximate Justice” on the desks in the room filled with students from all over...

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...

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...

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....

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Just Economics: Angry

Elizabeth Manley | 3 min read

Nehemiah got angry. He got angry when he heard the outcry and words of the people. Often in Christian circles, anger is seen as a sinful emotion. Sometimes it seems that any emotion outside of joy, happiness, and trust is sinful. In conservative Christian environments we act as if all is right with our personal...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Just Economics: From Jerusalem to South Asia

Cara Brown | 4 min read

There are times when I read the Bible that the people and their cultures seem so far away from me that I feel detached from the story. Their lives are so different from mine in how they eat, dress, where they live, etc. Yet the more I read and dissect their lives, the more I...

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