Search results for: "community-christian" (51)

Be Where You Are

Audio

An associate of mine recently witnessed an all-too-common scene: four people at a restaurant table, deep in conversation...

Through Pain and Grace Toward Redemption: Part Two

Blog

When you discover that your unmarried teen-age daughter is pregnant, you feel anger, grief, sorrow, and shame among...

Competition as Cooperation is the Solution

Article

We have seen that competition is essential, yet it can also hurt people. The Bible recognizes both of these facts. It...

Course Module in NT - Leadership in the Epistles

Seminary Curriculum

Teach seminary students to rethink epistles for the modern worker.

God’s Work of Redemption for Israel (Exodus 5:1-6:28)

Bible Commentary

In the book of Exodus, God is the essential worker. The nature and intent of that divine work set the agenda for...

The Need for Social Capital (Haggai 1:1-2:19)

Bible Commentary

One of the challenges we face in work is the temptation to put self and family ahead of society. The prophet Haggai...

Confrontation Over the Disruption of Trade in Ephesus (Acts 19:21-41)

Bible Commentary

The following discussion falls a little out of order (skipping over Acts 19:17-20 for the moment) so that we can cover...

A Just Community Is a Witness to the World (Acts 2:47; 6:7)

Bible Commentary

When resources are properly deployed in the life of the Christian community—as they are after the selection of the...

The Holy Spirit Empowers Radical Generosity With Every Kind of Resource (Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-38)

Bible Commentary

Two final points are important to note with regard to the use of resources in the early Christian community. First is...

The Economics of Radical Generosity (Acts 2:45; 4:34-35)

Bible Commentary

There is continuing debate about whether or not these community summaries advocate a certain economic system, with some...

Passion, Family and Work (Song of Songs 3:1-8:5)

Bible Commentary

In a series of songs, the text describes the marriage of the man and woman and their coming together. The woman yearns...

Job’s Complaints Take on Special Significance for Our Work (Job 24)

Bible Commentary

Like Job’s, our sufferings often begin with difficulties at work. But seldom are God’s people equipped — or even...