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By Charlie Self
One of our favorite coffee shops when we lived in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s was The Daily Grind. The name’s humorous wordplay about everyday work and the delicious fresh-roasted coffee made us smile.
But too many of God’s people are not smiling as their alarms sound and they head to their daily tasks. Recent surveys reveal…
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By Joseph Sunde
With our newfound economic prosperity and the political liberalization of the West, we have transitioned into an era of hyper consumerism and choice. This brings all sorts of blessings, to be sure. But it also brings plenty of risks.
Whether we’re drawn by raw materialism or a more basic idolatry of choice, such distortions will…
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By Joe Carter
Sold into slavery, Joseph is put in charge of Potiphar’s household. Potiphar “entrusted to his care everything he owned. From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph” (Genesis 39:4-5 [NIV]).You may not recognize it, but this is one of…
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By Jordan Ballor
At the conclusion of the first of his two chapters exploring the theological virtue of faith in Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis provides a brief illustration that helps set the stage for a discussion of the relationship between theology and economics, a relationship that currently stands in need of serious repair.
Lewis wants to…
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By Joseph Sunde
“We see immediately that grace is inseparably connected with nature, that grace and nature belong together.” –Abraham Kuyper
In their new book, One Nation Under God: A Christian Hope for American Politics, Bruce Ashford and Chris Pappalardo offer a robust vision of Christian political engagement — one that neither retreats from…
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By Jessica Driesenga
This article is adapted from an essay in The Church’s Social Responsibility: Reflections on Evangelicalism and Social Justice, a new collection of writings from Christian’s Library Press.
God has given humanity two great tasks. First, “fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen. 1:28)—a call to societal life; to create art,…
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