A very helpful article by Anne Bradley at The Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics. Here’s a great part, which shows the connection between our mandate as Christians to care for the poor and the importance of economic freedom as a means of enabling the poor to lift themselves from poverty: Reason #2: We are […]
Beyond Bad Religion
I enjoyed this post by Jud Wilhite over at Catalyst on the difference between Jesus and religion. Way back in college I first heard someone say “Christianity is not a religion, it’s a relationship with God,” and I loved it. I’m not interested in getting people involved in ritual and ceremony, and frankly, I stink […]
Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze's Catalyst Message: Raising Your Kids to be Sound Financial Stewards
This is part of the series Catalyst 2013. Dave Ramsey, of course, is host of the popular Dave Ramsey Show. Rachel Cruze is his daughter, who also speaks on issues of financial stewardship. Dave and Rachel spoke together at Catalyst, and it was a lot of fun to watch. Here are my notes. Dave’s History […]
Angela Ahrendts' Interview at Catalyst
This is part of the series Catalyst 2013. Angela Ahrendts is the CEO of Burberry who engineered an extraordinary turnaround, beginning in 2006 when she took over. Since the interview, it was announced last week that she would be joining Apple in mid-2014 to head up its retail efforts — which sounds like a fantastic […]
One-Way Love, and Are Christians Still Totally Depraved?
I’ve dipped into Tullian Tchividjian’s new book One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World a bit, and have really enjoyed it. It is so clear and understandable. For example, in the last chapter he has a great discussion of the question “Are Christians totally depraved?” The answer is that we need to make some […]
John Piper: Glorifying God by Maximizing Our Joy in Him
This is part of the series Catalyst 2013. Piper’s message was excellent, and I think it is a fantastic ingredient in the leadership teaching here at the conference. It is critical to not just lead, but to lead in a God-centered way. And that means understanding the centrality of God’s glory to all of life […]
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
This is a great video summarizing the Kalam cosmological argument, which shows how science helps demonstrate that it is fully rational to believe in the existence of God. The Kalam cosmological argument was initially developed in the middle ages, but it has been updated and refined in an incredibly insightful way in recent years by […]
Why Prayer and Bible Study Are Not Enough
That title sounds pretty bad on the face of it. So don’t hear me diminishing the importance and significance of prayer and Bible study in the slightest. In fact, I originally started one of the chapters in my book this way: “If you do nothing else, other than read your Bible in faith every day, […]
Have We Missed the Meaning of the Incarnation?
Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 8:9: For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. Here’s the point: Sometimes, helping the poor requires taking part of their burden on ourselves, and suffering deprivation […]
The Meaning of Justice
In his excellent book Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City, Tim Keller quotes Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke’s very shocking, but absolutely correct, definition of justice: The righteous are willing to disadvantage themselves to advantage the community; the wicked are willing to disadvantage the community to advantage themselves. Keller expands: Most people think of […]
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