I can't read Psalm 8:4 without remembering how it sounds in the older translations: "What is man that Thou art mindful of him?" (KJV). And I can’t hear the classic translation of this...
Romans 5 outlines the terminal impact of Adam’s sin: because one man sinned, all will be condemned, all will die. Yet God’s...
Recently I received a note from a young woman who was struggling with a renewed sense of her own sinfulness. She saw clearly just how wrong her sin was and how much it...
You probably can recite the story of the Good Samaritan. Jesus' gospel parable is a staple of Sunday school classes and Bible...
The only way Christ can use us is by breaking us; it is the rule of our nature. Before the house can be built, the tree must be broken, or there is no...
The day I put on my first eyeglasses, I left the ophthalmologist’s office feeling like a 14-year-old with scaffolding attached. Then I walked outside and stopped dead. The trees had individual...
Martin Luther King, Jr., was somebody. On that, few people disagree. Born in Atlanta in 1929, he whizzed through school, skipping both ninth and twelfth grades. His college entrance exam score...
Since God made us inherently relational, relationships are not just incidental to work; they are essential.
A variety of attempts have been made to reduce the multitude of biblical commands to just a few overarching commands or principles. Some examples of this emphasize the importance of the Ten Commandments...
There is an undeniable attraction in reducing all the Bible’s moral imperatives to just one overarching command. For John Maxwell, this is...
For Alexander Hill, “the foundation of Christian ethics in business is the changeless character of God.”[22] The commands or principles that humans should follow are defined by the character of God. Note that...
It can be a challenge for a Christian to draw a point from a verse in the book of Exodus or especially...
The first commandment reminds us that everything in the Torah flows from the love we have for God, which in turn is...
When it comes to answering the question, ‘Does our work matter to God?’ most churches say yes. But they give different answers...
An integrated understanding of work from a biblical perspective needs to include a clear sense of Christian vocation, or calling. As Christians...
Leviticus teaches that Israelites must not “oppress” resident foreigners (Lev. 19:33). (The same Hebrew verb appears in Lev. 25:17, “You shall not...
God holds truth and love together in a perfect marriage. When they are married, there is no conflict. When they are sundered...
In the biblical narrative God creates everything for his glory and honor (Colossians 1:16, Revelation 4:11). The foundations of finance—like all of...
Finance makes certain activities of justice and love possible. We are using Wolterstorff’s conception of justice wherein persons are to be treated...
God enabled humans to represent material value in media that are durable, storable and transportable. In his original creation design God made some physical elements, such as gold, to be attractive, small, and...
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