Work and Rest – Part 1
I am writing a series of posts on the subject of “living justly” as Christians. My thinking about living justly has been formed from thirteen years of leading a Bible study with college women entitled “Money, Possessions and Charity,” inspired by Craig Blomburg’s...
Getting Our American History Straight
Before I write any further about living justly, I want to take the time to post some resources on American history. I know it is a bit of a trend to post these types of resources, but Ruth and I would like to add some of our own suggestions to your (hopefully growing)...
Made to Work
I wanted to say here at the beginning of this post that some of our readers have commented that Ruth is not presently writing for our blog. Ruth and I are in different stages of life, so I have more time to write posts. But Ruth is very active in editing all of the...
One Human Race
This is the first post in my series inspired by my readings on racial justice. Here, I’d like to discuss the equality of all people from a biblical perspective. There are certain basic beliefs which underlie much of Christian doctrine and practice. They are simple...
The Unifying Authority of God’s Word
At present, I read or listen almost daily to something on the topic of racial justice. By God’s grace, I was confronted about a year ago by a Black sister. She pointed out that the present crisis of racial injustice warranted an “all hands on deck” type of focus among...
Corona #5 – Our God is so big, so strong and so mighty . . .
Every couple of weeks, I have some nights when I can’t fall asleep. Usually it means something is upsetting me. I had a couple of nights last week when I tossed and turned till after midnight. Off and on since March, I have had an ebook out of the...