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June 2016

June 06, 2016

David Brat on the Need for Theologians Who Understand Economics

By Joseph Sunde “I never saw a supply and demand curve in seminary. I should...

June 01, 2016

Christianity and the Rise of Capital

By Samuel Gregg Given that he was a member of the famously ascetic Franciscan order...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

A Charismatic Approach to Work

By Paul Graves What are we called to do with our lives? This question permeates our...

May 19, 2016

Why Cultural Capital Is Necessary for Economic Flourishing

By Joseph Sunde Western activists and foreign aid experts often pretend as though material redistribution is...

May 11, 2016

Love Is the Law of His Kingdom

By Herman Bavinck We are seeing a universal pursuit of equality, a yearning to eliminate...

May 03, 2016

Money and Moral Absolutes

By Samuel Gregg From the beginning of the first forms of capitalism in northern Italy,...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

Finding Meaning and Beauty as a Fast Food Worker

By Joseph Sunde “This is not what I thought I’d be doing at twenty-seven.” So...

April 07, 2016

The Disabled Deserve the Dignity of Work

By Joe Carter Last week, Hillary Clinton became the first major presidential candidate to ever...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

When Generosity Transforms a Community

By Joseph Sunde Bishop Hannington longed to see an awakening toward generosity in his town...

March 23, 2016

Economy of Wisdom: Four Questions of Christian Education

By Anthony Bradley One of the advantages of living in a free society is that...

March 16, 2016

How Growth Rates Lead to Flourishing

By Joe Carter Why do some countries grow richer faster than others? How can we...

March 10, 2016

Creating Value for the Glory of God

By Joseph Sunde The real estate crisis led to plenty of finger-pointing and blame-shifting, but...

March 04, 2016

Why Capitalism Is Really About Love

In a recent lecture at the Acton Institute, Jeffrey Tucker, Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me, explains...

March 02, 2016

3 Lessons on Social Institutions from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

By Jordan Ballor Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s letter to their daughter may indeed be...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Living in the Mystery of Kingdom Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde When it comes to economic stewardship, Christians are called to a frame of...

February 23, 2016

What Christians Should Know About Crony Capitalism

By Joe Carter Note: This is part of an Acton blog series titled, “What Christians...

February 18, 2016

Kuyper’s Impact on Chuck Colson

By Joseph Sunde “I’ve done my best to popularize Kuyper, because that’s what’s so desperately...

February 15, 2016

The Moral and Economic Poverty of the Lottery

By Jordan Ballor The nationwide furor has died down a bit after the $1.586 billion Powerball...

February 11, 2016

Kitchen Redemption: From Spiritual Hunger to Second Chances

By Sarah Stanley The atmosphere at Edwins is calm and casual three hours before opening...

February 09, 2016

Music Box: A Parable on Finding Joy at Work (and in Life)

By Joseph Sunde When struggling with work that wounds — work that is “cross-bearing, self-denying,...

February 08, 2016

Charles Koch’s Metaphysics of Business

By Stephen Schmalhofer Adam Smith, that venerable a supporter of free enterprise, held businessmen in...

February 03, 2016

Social Justice and the Evangelical Church Today

By Jordan Ballor An understanding of the rise, decline, and reinvigoration of institutions in the history...

February 03, 2016

Gospel as Oasis: Bringing Economic Flourishing to Urban Deserts

By Joseph Sunde “The Bible has a rich desert theology…He will cause rivers to flow,...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Seeking Justice Must Always Be Personal

By Joseph Sunde Conversations about justice tend to quickly devolve into debates over top-down solutions...

January 26, 2016

How Churches Can Help the 93 Percent of U.S. Counties That Haven’t Recovered From Recession

By Joe Carter “Anyone claiming that America’s economy is in decline is peddling fiction,” said...

January 21, 2016

Executive Stewardship: Where Work and Wage Meet

The following is an adapted excerpt from Work: The Meaning of Your Life by Lester DeKoster. It...

January 20, 2016

Gospel Entrepreneurs

By Joseph Sunde In his book, Risky Gospel, Owen Strachan calls Christians to an active life...

January 18, 2016

Hot Fries and the End of Work

By James Bruce “The end of work” means at least two different things. The phrase...

January 15, 2016

The Mundane Morality of Les Misérables

By Jordan Ballor The 2012 film, Les Misérables, is a remarkable achievement, not only for its ambitious cinematic...

January 13, 2016

Aslan’s Song of Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde When we think about “stewardship,” our minds tend to revert to the material and...

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