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June 2016

June 14, 2016

3 Things to Know About Stewardship

By Joe Carter Note: Please forgive the self-promotion, but since my new book — the NIV...

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...

March 2016

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...

February 2016

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...

January 2016

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...

January 12, 2016

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...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

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...

December 07, 2015

Envy in a Time of Inequality

By Samuel Gregg Envy, I’ve often thought, is the very worst human emotion. The epic...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Unemployed at Thanksgiving

By Joe Carter For many people the holiday season is their favorite time of the...

November 12, 2015

Abraham Kuyper’s Public Theology Today

By Jordan Ballor The Acton Institute has launched a new 12-volume series of Kuyper’s works, titled Abraham Kuyper...

November 10, 2015

What Christians Should Know About Consumption

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Consumerism Gone Wild....

October 2015

October 13, 2015

Cultural Task #1: Crucify Our Incipient Darwinism

By Joseph Sunde One of the long-running mistakes of the church has been its various...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Show Me the Way to Poverty

By Dylan Pahman In a recent speech in Bolivia, Pope Francis voiced his indictment of what...

September 28, 2015

The Trinity in the Household

By Evan Koons Our mailbox keeps on getting filled with letters from you, and all...

September 14, 2015

Psalm 19: What Is Human Flourishing?

By Joe Carter The mission of the Acton Institute is to promote a free and virtuous society...

September 09, 2015

What a Fingerless Goldsmith Can Teach Us About the Mirage of Disability

By Joseph Sunde Annette Gabbedy is a business owner and an expert designer and goldsmith. She was also...

August 2015

August 24, 2015

3 Things I Wish Pope Francis Knew About A Free Economy

By Joe Carter Pope Francis has said that he’s generally “allergic” to financial matters. Yet...

August 19, 2015

Giveaway: Win All 3 Books from Kuyper’s ‘Common Grace, Vol. 1’

Christian’s Library Press has released Volume 1 of its English translations of Abraham Kuyper’s most...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

Justice Requires Love – Watch

By Evan Koons It’s been a heart-wrenching few weeks. We have witnessed horrific acts of...

July 08, 2015

Unsanctified Mercy: Integrating Compassion and Conviction for Human Flourishing

By Charlie Self Compassion is a marvelous virtue. Feeling concern for others and acting sacrificially...

July 08, 2015

Work and Prayer: Of Coins, Sheep, and Men

By Jordan Ballor One of the most famous stories from the Bible is that of...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Spiritual Competition and the Zero-Sum Game

By Jordan Ballor One of the main criticisms of the market economy leveled by people...

June 03, 2015

Gift, Gratitude, and the Grace of Stewardship

By Jordan Ballor There’s a misunderstanding of the nature of gifts and giving that is...

June 02, 2015

Pentecost Reimagined: How the Spirit Reveals New Economies

By Charlie Self Pentecost Sunday: The Holy Spirit comes with tongues of fire and an “incendiary community” is...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

It’s Not About You: Vocation as a Means of Crucifixion

By Joseph Sunde As I've noted in the past, Christians must always remain conscious of the...

May 05, 2015

Dig Deeper: The Writers and Thinkers Behind ‘FLOW’

By Evan Koons Hello Fr-angers and St-riends, Perhaps you’ve completed For the Life of the...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

The Disease of Self-Chosen Sacrifice

By Joseph Sunde In our efforts to serve others and do good in the world,...

April 28, 2015

Pope Francis and the Idea of Christian Poverty

By Oskari Juurikkala To provide a synthesis of Pope Francis’s thinking on the economy is both...

April 23, 2015

Workers and Laborers or Kings and Priests?

By John Bolt The following is an adapted excerpt from Economic Shalom, John Bolt’s Reformed primer...

April 03, 2015

Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Economy of Love

By Jordan Ballor On August 12, 1943, months after having been arrested by the Gestapo and...