By Paul Woolley, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them.God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. How can we really, effectively, place the gospel within the larger context of who God is and his plan for all things? God’s unfolding mission of redemption in history is grounded in his eternal plan, which in turn is grounded in his own triune nature – three persons loving one another forever with holy love.…
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. At the turn of the new year, many of us make plans. We might want to do more and do better, or we might want to do less and be more intentional in what we pursue. In life and ministry, setting goals and resolving to move forward with renewed vigor can be a good thing,…
By Demi Prentiss, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. I’ve been thinking a lot about vocation during these weeks of Advent, and the season has shifted my sense of how I’m seeking to live into the call God has placed on my life. What is my Advent vocation? And how does that shape my life as a “child of God, beloved…
By David Gill, reprinted from The 313. Mr. Rogers and his television “neighborhood” have “classic” and even “iconic” status for many of us. If we personally missed it in its heyday, surely our kids would have watched it, perhaps even every day. When children are exposed so often to violence and uncivil behavior in cartoons and other media—to say nothing…
By David Williamson. I’m old enough to remember the motto “dress for success.” Recently, reading in Colossians about the clothing a person “puts on” as one of “God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with…..” (Colossians 3:12) reminded me of an article about a baseball player who was traded to the Yankees. A huge change in self-concept came to…
By Jo Swinney, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.’ And it was so. God called the dry…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. Jesus is, among so much else, an economic teacher. How can we receive his instruction today as authoritative for our economic thought and practice? Several of our most popular Economic Wisdom Project Talks explore the possibilities: Joshua Jipp of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School reflects on how his grandfather’s creative, unassuming and faithful service modeled the economic…
Reprinted from The Chalmers Center. From the very beginning, the content from When Helping Hurts helped shape how we handled our operations. Christy Chermak, Executive Director, Watermark Health When a patient walks through the doors of a Watermark Health clinic in Dallas, TX, they will be warmly greeted with a smile. Often, that smile is Julie’s. By all appearances, when Julie began volunteering at…
By Pam Tinsley, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. On November 1 the Church celebrates the Feast of All Saints’. On All Saints’ we remember all the saints – past, present, and yet-to-come – and well-known and revered saints with a capital S, as well as lesser-known saints. Saints with a capital S include apostles, such as Peter and Paul; the…
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