Tag Archives: Stewardship
What I Learned From a Loud Crash in the Middle of the Night
I lived for many years with a weak grasp of God’s intentions for the world. I was a missionary. My job was to evangelize, teach the Bible, gather believers, and develop leaders. When a missionary suffers from this limitation of … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Great Commission, Theology, Worldview
Tagged biblical worldview, Stewardship, work, work ethic
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Francis Schaeffer and a Christian View of the Environment
[Gary Brumbelow and Darrow Miller recently exchanged email about Francis Schaeffer’s 1974 seminal book, Pollution and the Death of Man. Their (slightly edited) conversation is offered here in hopes of being of value to our readers.] Gary: I have just finished reading Pollution … Continue reading
Great Commission Utilitarianism, Part 4
Work and Wealth In the biblical framework of oikonomia, work and the creation of wealth are intrinsically good and are to contribute to the end – the telos – to which all of history is moving: the Glory of God, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Development, Economy, Ideas Shapers, Missions
Tagged biblical worldview, Dignity, Stewardship, transformation, Values, Vocation, Wealth, Western society, work
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Great Commission Utilitarianism, Part 3
Oikonomia vs. Chrematistics In direct opposition to what those possessing a GCU (Great Commission Utilitarianism) mindset state, God’s ends reveals that human beings are placed on earth for economic purposes: to be the catalysts to allow families, communities and nations … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Culture, Development, Economy, Ideas Shapers, Language, Politics
Tagged Capitalism, Communism, creation, Economics, Morality, Socialism, Stewardship, Wealth
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Great Commission Utilitarianism, Part 1
Recently a friend told me of his growing concern for the impact of the concept of Great Commission utilitarianism on the church. As someone who is relatively well read and is currently writing a book on the Great Commission I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Church, Culture, Economy, History, Ideas Shapers, Missions
Tagged beauty, Bible, calling, Church, Economy, Mediocrity, Spirituality, Stewardship, Utilitarianism, Wealth, work
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Music that Writes Culture, Part 7
I mentioned earlier that years ago I had a “revelation” when I was singing this hymn. This was the stanza that startled me. There is an imperative here, “No more let sins and sorrows grow!” How far? “As far as … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Economy, Language, Music, Science
Tagged accountability, Art, behavior, Bible, biblical worldview, Christ, Christianity, Christmas, Community, consequences, consumerism, creation, Culture, Eden, Entertainment, evil, Faith, Fall, Francis Bacon, integrity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Morality, Music, Religion, responsibility, restoration, Science, Sin, Stewardship, transformation
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Music that Writes Culture, Part 1
On December 10th, I wrote a blog entitled Joy to the World as the beginning of my reflections on the Advent season. Since then I have done more reflection on this wonderful hymn and I wanted to share some of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Church, Language, Music
Tagged Bible, biblical worldview, Christianity, Christmas, Church, Culture, Great Commission, Music, New Year, Stewardship, Values, Words
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Global Economic Crisis – Part 3 of 6
As mentioned in the previous blog, the current global economic crisis is really a moral and metaphysical crisis. All social, economic and political institutions are founded on what might be called a “mental infrastructure” or set of ideas and ideals. … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Economy, Poverty
Tagged calling, Communism, Community, consumerism, Global Economic Crisis, hedonism, Individualism, Materialism, Secular, Stewardship, Theism
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