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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...

February 2016

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 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 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 18, 2016

Hot Fries and the End of Work

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

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Life in Exile: Bringing Peace and Prosperity to Rural New York

By Evan Koons We’ve got another testimony for you. This one is from Judilynn Niedercorn...

October 19, 2015

6 Quotes: Angus Deaton on Poverty

By Joe Carter Last week, Princeton economist Angus Deaton won the Nobel prize in economic sciences for...

October 13, 2015

Immigrants, Refugees, and the Conversionary Tale of Jean Valjean

By Evan Koons As heated talks on immigration flare up and the horrible injustice of...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Is There a Case for Virtue and Economic Growth?

By James V. Schall Bernard de Mandeville (1670–1733) famously (or infamously) suggested that the cause of...

August 11, 2015

The High Price of Human Trafficking

By Elise Hilton "Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society,...

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...

January 2015

January 06, 2015

When Freedom, Creativity, and Opportunity Meet

By Anthony Bradley Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) was the first African-American to be granted a...

October 2014

October 09, 2014

Walking on Water

By Evan Koons World-renowned fine artist, and special guest in Episode 6 of For the...