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September 2016

September 27, 2016

Do We Simply Want to End Poverty, or Do We Want Humans to Flourish?

By Elise Hilton People of good will wish to end poverty. No one who lives...

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...

January 2016

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...

December 2015

December 02, 2015

Why Being Poor Is Too Expensive

By Joe Carter In the critically acclaimed, though rarely seen, movie Killer of Sheep (1978) there’s a...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Marriage as Cornerstone: How the Family Is a Foundation for Flourishing

By Joseph Sunde With the expansion of economic freedom and the resulting prosperity, we’ve reached...

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 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

Nurture in the Economy of Love: Insights on Parental Discipleship

By Charlie Self The spate of Planned Parenthood videos raises many issues, one of which...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

The Messy Vlog

By Evan Koons There are not a lot of differences between family and manure (or...

August 11, 2015

Chalk Art For the Life of the World

By Joseph Sunde In his review of the Acton Institute’s film series, For the Life of the World:...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

Have Christian Female Entrepreneurs Changed The World?

By Elise Hilton Christina M. Weber thinks so. She says that Christian women have been...

June 10, 2015

Love and Economics: From Contract to Cooperation

By Joseph Sunde The subject of contracts is not particularly romantic, which is part of...

April 2015

April 07, 2015

Bring Back Childhood Chores: How Hard Work Cultivates Character

By Joseph Sunde Today’s parents are obsessed with setting their kids on strategic paths to...

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...

March 2015

March 09, 2015

Why Gender Matters for Christian Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde “By putting male and female together as the image of God, there’s...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Whatever We Endeavor, All of It Is His

By Abraham Kuyper The following is an excerpt from Abraham Kuyper’s Rooted and Grounded, reprinted...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Graceful Marketing in a Broken World

By Jordan Ballor In his reflections on art and common grace, Abraham Kuyper affirmed that “the world of...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

The School of Love Acceptance Letter

By Evan Koons Dear Sir or Madam, Congratulations! I’d like to formally acknowledge your enrollment in,...