Christians know they are to work (Genesis 1:28; John 9:4; Col. 3:23-24; 2 Thes. 3:10-13). They are not so sure they should play.
It is difficult to pin down the elusive character of pleasure.
Should Christians in a democratic society join political parties?
The term politics is often used to refer to all situations in which power is important.
Pollution is an old word for “uncleanness” that has taken on grim new meanings in the modern world.
Poverty is without doubt one of the most persistent and universal tragedies of our post-World War II world order.
Power is troubling for many Christians. We are suspicious that its exercise violates the ethos of the Sermon on the Mount with its call for meekness and willingness to be last.
In the workplace power of different sorts is required to perform the services or create the products intended by the business or institution.
Prayer is one of the most self-revealing acts of a human being. It is simply communion with God.
Preaching is hard work; listening to sermons is harder still.
The mother’s experiences are as diverse as seasonal changes as she marks time in contemplation, preparation, prayer and hope.
The reason for the complexity of life is not simply the perversity and sin of individual human beings or even the cumulative effect of all the sinners in the world, but something more...
Privacy is one of the most highly prized values. We regard having time and space to ourselves as both a need and, increasingly, a right.
Can everyone and everything be professionalized?
Profit, as defined by the accounting profession, is the excess of a business’s total revenues over total costs.
What is the good of making promises? Are there levels of promising, with levels of moral obligation?
Many employees have the ambition to advance into positions of greater responsibility within their organization.
The fact is that by moving around enormous numbers of people in the most economical way, public transport supports the whole infrastructure of a city’s economy and contributes significantly to its productivity.
A quilt may be a token of celebration, commemoration or thanksgiving.
What is racism? As an idea or concept, it seems to have emerged among Europeans caught in the turbulence of social and political change during the mid-nineteenth century.
