culture
King David on the Heart of Christian Stewardship
By Joseph Sunde
We live amid unprecedented economic prosperity, and with the promise of globalization and the continued expansion of opportunity and exchange, such prosperity is bound to grow.
Exiles in the American Lion’s Den
By Joseph Sunde
We have long pointed to Jeremiah 29 as an introductory primer for life in exile, prodding us away from the typical temptations of fortification, domination, and accommodation.
Christian Education Is Not About Cultural Withdrawal
One of the great misconceptions about Christian higher education is that Christian colleges are places where Christian young adults go to withdraw from “the world.” A closer look at some historical roots of Christian colleges prove otherwise.
C.S. Lewis on Vocation in the Economy of Wisdom
By Joseph Sunde
In Abraham Kuyper’s newly translated Scholarship, he addresses students of Free University in Amsterdam, asking, “What should be the goal of university study and the goal of living and working in the sacred domain of scholarship?”
Dory Rowing in the Canyon: Where Work and Wonder Meet
By Joseph Sunde
One day, while rowing down the Colorado River, Amber Shannon suddenly realized her vocation. “I really wanted to row little wooden boats down big rapids with big canyon walls,” she says. “That was the life dream.”
It may sound impractical to some, but tour guide John Shocklee calls being a boatman in the Grand Canyon “the most coveted job in the world.” “It’s definitely easier to get a PhD than it is to get a dory here in the Grand Canyon,” he says.
A Pearl and a Leaven: The Twofold Call of the Gospel
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.
The Rhythm of Vocation: A Challenge to ‘Work-Life Balance’
By Joseph Sunde
“If all of our working and all of our resting serves the same vocation of love, why do we so often feel out of balance?”
The Shepherd Motif: Gregory Thornbury on Cain, Abel, and Culture-Making
By Joseph Sunde
“It needs to be our job to envision a different future for the church in which we teach our young people to compete in the arena and be so excellent that they cannot be denied — to be shepherds.” -Gregory Thornbury
Joy for the World: Restoring the Joy of God to Cultural Witness
By Joseph Sunde
Over the last century, Christianity has declined in social influence across much of the Western world, leading many to believe it has little place or purpose in public life.
Are Christians Stuck With 3 Approaches to Cultural Engagement?
By Joseph Sunde
How are we to be in the world but not of it? How are Christians to live and engage, create and exchange, cultivate and steward our gifts and relationships and resources here on earth? Beyond getting a “free ticket to heaven,” what is our salvation actually for?