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Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Loving the City: Jeremiah 29

Jeremiah 29 is one of the seminal texts to biblically consider faith, work, and vocation. Unfortunately, verse 11 is often read without the surrounding context: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11, ESV)...

Culture • Christianity & Culture

Our Teachers Teach Us

Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read

Our teachers teach us, and that’s the point. We choose to learn, and because that is true, who we choose to learn from is crucial in what we learn. I have long described the deepest learning as over-the-shoulder, through-the-heart learning, because the most formative pedagogy is always that. Anyone who knows me knows that I...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Rest: A Prescription for Rest

Houston Massey | 4 min read

We live in a restless world—a world of idea generation, of progress, of movement, of working hard and of playing hard. Today we are the most medicated, indebted, and obese American adult cohort in recorded history. We have moved from a routine of coffee to 5-hour energy to Prozac. Our bodies cannot naturally keep up...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Rest (Deuteronomy 5:12-15)

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 2 min read

When God created us, He built work into the very core of our being and purpose: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” (Genesis 2:15, ESV) But when God laid out the principles of His law for His people, He also indicated...

Culture • Popular Culture

Missio on Joseph: FanDuel, Dorothy Sayers, and Joseph

Stanton Coman | 5 min read

Sports are one the most enjoyed and exclusive past times in the whole world. Virtually every country has a national sport, and every four years each of those countries vies for a spot in one of a dozen major international competitions, from the World Cup to the Winter Olympics. Most of us, though, will never...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Strife: Unnecessary Generosity, Part 2

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 2 min read

In Genesis 13, even though the promise of the land was to Abram, he allowed Lot to choose the best part of the land, showing uncommon and unnecessary generosity. And Abram lived less well because of this choice. Lot took the fertile and well-watered land of the Jordan valley, and Abram took the steeper, more...

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