Articles - 03/2008

Everyone has a religious worldview--even famous atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. The only distinction between worldviews is whether the object of worship is God the Creator, or this world, the creation. The Bible makes the radical assertion that it is necessary to know and fear God before arriving at any true conclusions about yourself and the world.

We live in a world in which injustice is all around us. Injustice that can seem a far cry from the mercy of Jesus. Yet, the gospel has something to say to those that have suffered injustice, those that do injustice, and those that see injustice. Neither injustice nor the resulting wounds have the last word. There is healing available. There is reparation for the victim. But it can only be experienced by freshly appropriating the good news, clinging to the cross rather than to our injury.

A graphic description of what the crucifixion of Jesus meant physically and spiritually. Theology in prose:

“Jesus is bowed and bloody. 110 pounds of lumber is strapped across his shoulders. The weight of the rough wood proves too much as it grinds against the lacerations left by the Roman scourging. Pain explodes like light in Jesus’ brain. And he crumples under the beam.”

Sometimes the most obvious truths are the easiest to forget. Pastor Rich Richardson shares how he seeks to apply the gospel to his work as a pastor. Along the way he suggests helpful questions to help both pastors and laymembers keep the gospel at the center of life and ministry. 

Sometimes becoming a Christian doesn’t make things easier with an unbelieving family, it makes them harder. How should we relate to an unbelieving family in light of the gospel? From his experience with his own unbelieving family Chris Daukas shares three sins to guard against and one hope to hold on to. 

What are practical ways you can work for God’s glory from 9 to 5? And how can you tell what your calling is in the first place? Justin Taylor continues his thoughts from part one of his article on a biblical perspective of work. 

Have you ever seen a TGIM (Thank God It’s Monday) bumper sticker? I haven’t.

As Americans—and Christians usually aren’t much different—we spend many years and thousands of dollars getting an education, all to prepare us to get a job. Then once we get a job, we spend many years and thousands of more dollars awaiting the soonest time that we can retire! In the meantime—we live…