A Labor Day post at Christianity.com offers “8 Biblical Principles of Work.” The list, by seminary professor James Eckman, is thoughtful and instructive. See it after the jump. But the list is all about serving oneself or serving God. It leaves out what Luther taught
I have written three books on vocation. I just realized that this constitutes a trilogy. They aren’t The Lord of the Rings, but they are connected and build into a whole. (1) God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life. This sets forth
Carl Trueman reflects on an interview with a member of “the ethical non-monogamy community.” That is, a married mother who has sex with men she isn’t married to and who argues that her promiscuity is good for her children because it makes her a better
Banks being punished for their part in the mortgage bubble disaster must pay restitution to the tune of, in some cases, billions of dollars. But the obligation may be satisfied, in part, by contributing to Democratic-leaning advocacy organizations. That money could go into the U. S.
Donald Trump set forth his immigration plan, which features 10 points. (See them after the jump.) He still wants to build an “impenetrable wall” paid for by Mexico, and he still wants a “deportation task force,” which, however will concentrate first on illegal immigrants who
One silver lining in the black cloud that is the current election is that many Christians are rethinking the relationship between their faith and their political beliefs. Many Christians are rejecting both the Republicans and the Democrats and are seeking different possibilities for political engagement. There is
We had wondered how Donald Trump would get Mexico to pay for the wall along the border to keep out illegal immigrants. Trump, who will be meeting with the President of Mexico next week, has released his plan. He will tell Mexican officials that unless
GoodReads is giving away five copies of Family Vocation: God’s Calling in Marriage, Parenting, and Childhood. I wrote that book with my daughter Mary Moerbe. It goes beyond God at Work, not just in exploring the family vocations in depth–important in itself, if we want
Heroin used to be a problem mainly for the big cities. Today it is also ravaging rural communities in the American heartland, a cheap alternative to pain pills and crystal meth. In the white working class, divorce is soaring, marriage rates have been plummeting, and
Fifteen years ago, President George W. Bush banned the use of federal money for extracting stem cells from human embryos. At the same time, he doubled funding for finding alternative sources. Today, virtually all stem cells used for medical treatments and research come from adult sources
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