Welfare for the Rich?
Should Christians support welfare for the rich?
It might make sense. If the rich get richer, everyone benefits. Pour water into a cup long enough...
The Myth of “God’s Uncontrolling Love”
John Wesley said God’s providence is a key Christian truth. “There is scarce any doctrine in the whole compass of revelation which is of...
How We Vote
If you live in the United States—or anywhere else, for that matter—you may have noticed that a major Presidential election is looming. So let’s...
Where Are the Reformers?
The world is a mess. Where are the reformers?
Americans are frustrated with what is variously called “gridlock” or “dysfunction” in Washington. We face boat-loads...
The World Is Getting Safer
The world is a getting safer. For centuries, violence has been subsiding.
Really? Most people find this hard to believe.
But consider evidence presented by Stephen...
Biblical Wisdom: Reasons for Kings and Chronicles
Why in the world are the books of Kings and Chronicles in our Bibles?
Commentators offer their answers, of course. Certainly these long, repetitive books...
It’s All About Economics
My visits to Haiti (2009, pre-earthquake, and again this year) have prompted me to think more deeply about the relationship between the gospel and...
Jonathan Edwards: Shadows or Realities?
I’m reading a remarkable little book, Images or Shadows of Divine Things, by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). It was edited by the noted Harvard historian...
Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Economics
The paperback edition of The Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology has just been released by Oxford University Press (524 pp.). The original hardback was...
Only a Natural Cycle!
When war killed the land and the people were slain,
and governments raged, then I heard this refrain:
“It’s only a natural cycle.”
When economists saw how...
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