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Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Industry: The Dependent Life (not Wife)

Will Thompson | 2 min read

The story of Proverbs 31 boils down to a central concept that extends to all humanity: interdependence. Often forgotten, the first nine verses reveal the advice of a mother to her royal son (King Lemuel – likely Solomon) where she implores the boy to stay maritally faithful (v.3) and sober (v.4). Furthermore, our mysterious mother...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Industry: A Heart to Have (Not an Ideal to Crush Us)

Kate Moody | 3 min read

A few years ago, after the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, a social media movement among young Christian women and men exploded. Protesting unrealistic body standards and the usage of raw sex appeal to market swimwear, one Baylor college student posted a Facebook status criticizing Victoria’s Secret, saying, “I’d rather have a Proverbs 31 woman...

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...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Daniel: No Hand Washing!

Will Thompson | 3 min read

“Daniel in the Lion’s Den” has become one of the iconic Biblical stories of faith for Daniel’s bravery and devout persistence in the face of lethal opposition. For good reason, Daniel has often occupied the lion-share of the story (I could not resist); but, Darius deserves some analytic attention as well. After all, here is a...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Daniel: Living in Babylon

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 2 min read

Jeremiah 29 instructed the Israelites in exile in Babylon to live and work for the good of the pagan society in which they were immersed. The first six chapters of the book of Daniel give pictures of Israelites who tried to do just that, including both their successes and their challenges. The Babylonian (and later...

Faith • Biblical Reflections

Missio on Loving the City: So Heavenly Minded as to be Earthly Useful

Kayla Burgess | 4 min read

I’ve always been a black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinker, which for the most part has not served me well — because most of life is lived and figured out in the gray areas. If I didn’t get an A on that assignment in college, then I failed. The cake I baked fell a little in the oven,...

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