September 30, 2015
December 12, 2014
3 Reasons to Stop Referring to ‘The Poor’
July 16, 2014
Entrepreneurship: An Engine of Human Flourishing
February 12, 2014
Beyond Humanitarianism: Staying ‘Mission True’ in a Culture of Drift
Peter Greer recently wrote a book about the spiritual danger of doing good, encouraging Christians to deal closely with matters of the heart before putting their hands to work. “Our service is downstream from the Gospel message,” he said in an interview here on the blog. Continue Reading...
October 16, 2013
Q&A: Peter Greer on Heroism, ‘Christian Karma,’ and the Dark Side of Charity
September 10, 2013
Peter Greer on the ‘Spiritual Danger’ of Service and Charity
July 31, 2013
How Church Foreign Aid Programs Make Things Worse
June 28, 2013
Making ‘Good Intentions’ Good
I recently wrote on the implications of “pathological altruism,” a term coined by Oakland University’s Barbara Oakley to categorize altruism in which “attempts to promote the welfare of others instead result in unanticipated harm.” Continue Reading...