Bible and Theology

April 18, 2018

Co-laboring and co-creating with the most high God

“My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” -John 5:17 As the faith-work movement continues to grow across modern evangelicalism, many Christians are gaining renewed perspectives on the meaning and dignity of daily work. Continue Reading...

March 22, 2018

The bishop, Balaam, and communism

Lester DeKoster begins his book Communism and Christian Faith, now out in a new edition from Christian’s Library Press, with a quote from Bishop Joseph Butler’s sermon ‘Upon the Character of Balaam’: “Things and actions are what they are, and their consequences will be what they will be: why then should we seek to be deceived?” Continue Reading...

March 14, 2018

Teaching and learning for a free and virtuous society

Once upon a time I was a teacher. A regular ‘according-to-Holye’ teacher of English, History, Government, and Economics in public high schools. The reasons I am no longer a teacher are relatively simple and boring. Continue Reading...

January 05, 2018

Incorporation as incarnation: Giving economic form to divine truth

What can the incarnation teach us about Christian cultural witness and economic action? When God became a man, He showed us the power of embodied truth. But that divine act wasn’t just meant to rescue us from a fallen world; it was meant to model what transformation actually looks like in the here and now. Continue Reading...

December 07, 2017

‘On Islam’: Abraham Kuyper reflects on the Islamic world

In 1905, Abraham Kuyper, the Dutch statesman and theologian, set forth on a journey around the Mediterranean Sea, visiting 80 sites and cities in 20 countries. His travels brought him to ancient lands and some of the most revered sites of Christianity. Continue Reading...

November 08, 2017

Beyond consumer Christianity: Equipping the church for cultural transformation

Modern evangelicalism’s recent fondness for “church shopping” (or “church hopping”) has led to plenty of perpetual daydreams about the “perfect church” that checks the right boxes of comfortability and convenience. In turn, many are falling prey to consumeristic tendencies and attitudes that influence their thought and action well beyond Sunday mornings. Continue Reading...

October 25, 2017

How a church in Chicago’s South Side is empowering people through work

After purchasing an abandoned, dilapidated pool hall in Chicago’s South Side, Living Hope Church began massive renovations, engaging a range of help, including church members, volunteer construction workers, generous donations, and random passersby. Continue Reading...

October 19, 2017

Vocation is not an excuse to ‘follow your passion’

Amid modern society’s more common materialistic assumptions about business and economics, Christians have a great deal to contribute when it comes to reviving and sustaining a transcendent view toward work and calling. Continue Reading...

October 06, 2017

‘Work Songs’: A new collection of hymns on work and vocation

In June of 2017, a group of 60 Christian creatives gathered in New York City to discuss and reflect on the intersection of worship and vocation. Known as the The Porter’s Gate Worship Project, the group is comprised of musicians, pastors, writers, and scholars, aiming to “reimagine and recreate worship that welcomes, reflects and impacts both community and the Church.” Continue Reading...

August 30, 2017

Toward an economics of neighborly love

As a child growing up in rural poverty, Tom Nelson was constantly confronted by material lack and the social shame that sometimes comes with it, instilling an acute sense that economics mattered. Continue Reading...

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