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The Corruption of the Best Is the Worst
This year will deliver major superhero ensemble films that provide alternative views of the limitations and proper exercise of power. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice premiered this spring to uneven reviews, and Captain America: Civil War debuts this weekend.
Social Justice and the Evangelical Church Today
This essay is adapted from the introduction to The Church’s Social Responsibility: Reflections on Evangelicalism and Social Justice, a new book edited by Jordan J. Ballor and Robert Joustra, available through Christian’s Library Press.
Gospel as Social Cure: Inside Guatemala’s Liberty Movement
By Joseph Sunde
Guatemala is not known for freedom and stability, with a history colored by authoritarianism, political corruption, civil war, segregation, colonialism, post-colonial interventionism, and so on.
Dire poverty and street violence remain endemic, and yet hope remains: for political and economic liberty, yes, but also for freedom of spirit.
Grace Renews Nature (Even in Politics)
By Joseph Sunde
“We see immediately that grace is inseparably connected with nature, that grace and nature belong together.” –Abraham Kuyper
A Higher Freedom: David Brooks on the Power of Christian Institutions
By Joseph Sunde
We continue to see the expansion of freedom and economic prosperity around the world. Yet despite having enjoyed such freedom for centuries, the West is now stuck in a crisis of moral imagination.
Election 2016: 3 Principles and Practices for Christian Political Engagement
By Charlie Self
“This is the worst campaign in history.” “Unbelievable – it cannot get any worse!” “Is this the best the two parties can offer?” “How did we get here?” “He is unworthy of being president.” “She is the least qualified candidate in history.” “He is a misogynist, racist and xenophobe.” “She is corrupt, a serial liar and does not like people.” “Half of his supporters are a basket of deplorables…and irredeemable.” “Her Presidency would be a third Obama term – disaster!”
Sound familiar?
The Trinity and Human Flourishing: A New Ode to Joy
By Charlie Self
Followers of Jesus worship a God who is at once the Almighty and Abba, infinite and personal, uniquely One and a relation of Three, utterly perfect and unchanging in character and nature, full of pathos and personally engaged in every detail of life.
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