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June 2014

June 20, 2014

Contextualizing the Gospel for the Postmodern Culture

Ross Hastings, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Regent College, offers this very helpful list...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

Human Trafficking & Reintegrating Faith with Business

"It ought to concern every person, because it’s a debasement of our common humanity. It...

May 27, 2014

So What’s Wrong with Neo-Calvinism?

In response to the rise of the new Calvinists, we need to make sure we...

November 2013

November 07, 2013

To be Human is to be Response-Able

Seems a long time ago now, but I once found a Narnia board game and...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Consumed by Consumerism

I’ve been paying bills and looking at the statements for our credit card purchases for...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

“Why Evangelism Cannot Be Our Focus” – Alan Hirsch

When I was first introduced to the incredibly important passage in the Gospel of Matthew called...

July 16, 2013

How to be a “Radical” Christian

A business manager wants to live a radical Christian life—a life for which Jesus will...

July 10, 2013

LIVE event from The High Calling: “The Activist Faith Team” (July 16)

The Bible doesn't call us to like or tweet or even vote about human need...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Subversive for the Common Good: Seek the Welfare of the City

Imagine, if you will, a leader telling his followers who are living within the enemy's...

May 29, 2013

What “The Office” Taught Us about the Workplace

The finale of “The Office” had me laughing and even close to shedding a tear....

May 16, 2013

The Secret to Better Work and Life Is Not Rocket Science

What if someone told you they knew the secret to a better life? What if...

May 10, 2013

Christian Faithful Presence in the Culture

If Christians are to be “missional,” then we must take seriously that our work, as...

May 03, 2013

Structure and Direction: A Better Paradigm for Cultural Engagement

One of the recurring topics of conversation I have with college students pertains to how...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

What God has done, and is doing, about evil

"Jesus' death and resurrection is the foundation, the model, and the guarantee for God's ultimate...

April 05, 2013

Bravery vs. Ambition: A Reflection on Sheryl Sandberg’s book “Lean In” from Rebekah Lyons

Sheryl Sandberg is making headlines because she is challenging long-held beliefs about women and leadership. Her...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

Easter Resurrection: Life after Life after Death

"Heaven is important, but it's not the end of the world!" I laughed out loud...

March 19, 2013

Embracing the True, the Good, and the Beautiful

The true, the good, and the beautiful: through the ages, these ideals have been at the heart of...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

The Mission of God and the Missional Church

According to Alan Hirsch in The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church, a missional reading...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Welcome to Holy Week: The Super Bowl as Religious Festival

To the extent that sports is America’s civil religion, the Super Bowl represents its most...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

Beauty Kisses Justice

Dealing with the knowledge of a very broken and depraved world. "Can we know...

December 09, 2012

“Redemption” by James K. A. Smith

Restoring creation will require the Spirit-inspired work of building caring institutions and life-giving habits. Jamie...

December 08, 2012

Jamie Smith Named Editor for Comment Magazine from Cardus

HAMILTON, December 5, 2012—Cardus Director of Research Ray Pennings announced today that Comment Magazine (www.cardus.ca/comment)...

December 05, 2012

Who is to Blame for the Secularization of our Culture?

As I said earlier this week, a major theme I hear in evangelical churches is...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Anna Karenina and the Reality of Marriage

"Don’t leave your brains at the box-office." They are words that I try live by,...

November 29, 2012

The Christian Life is a Peach, Not an Orange

In this 3-minute video, Mark Greene, the Executive Director of LICC (London Institute for Contemporary...

November 28, 2012

The People of God or The Corporation of God?

Is the local church an institution that does the mission of God, or is it...

November 09, 2012

Christianity for the Common Good

Andy Crouch, of Christianity Today and author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, wrote...

November 07, 2012

Individualism + Global Marketing = Destruction

We are meant to find our identity in community. In his book God for a Secular...

November 05, 2012

Without Equality, We Have No Freedom

Finding a Third Way in Our Politics. __ Jürgen Moltmann, in his book God for a...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Faux Fame or Worthy Celebrity?

In a chapter on celebrity in the excellent book, A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture by...