That Chokey Feeling

Apparently the office at the Vatican responsible for ushering in the millennium has suggested that we obtain for ourselves a central world bank, and has further intimated that various market idolatries are responsible for the economic mess we are in. One headline I saw suggested that the Vatican butt out of economics and go back …

A Zombie Apocalypse Would be Worse

  Some sins, Paul tells us, run out in front of a man, while others bring up the rear. Some are screamingly obvious, while others are more subtle (1 Tim. 5:24). This means that in Bible-believing churches, cavorting with prostitutes, shooting out street lights, and knocking off convenience stories is generally frowned upon. But other …

Organic and Dark Brown

I am reading a book right now that promises to be enormously helpful — When Helping Hurts. Often poverty relief efforts are as well-intentioned as it gets, but the results unfortunately do not match the intentions. This book understandably begins with the biblical mandate to see the connection between the gospel and actually changing the …

On Losing Your Shirt Like a Christian

We are far enough into this meltdown that we are starting to see its effects on individuals, and this of course includes individuals in the church. We are talking about layoffs, losses in retirement accounts, housing investments going south, and all the rest of it. If Christians are called to understand the times they are …