The Bible calls “the Sabbath” by many names: it is a blessed and holy day of rest (Genesis 2:3); a privilege reserved “for the people of God” and a taste of Heaven on earth (Hebrews 4:9); an act of trust in the power of the Lord (Ezekiel 20:12); a delightful and fulfilling day (Isaiah 58:13-14); […]
The Root Of The Issue
“What is your why?” is the question my football strength coach belted at the eighty of us as he stood on the dewed soccer field. Six-thirty in the morning is hardly the time for deep psychological questions, and yet his timing could not have been better. His question introduced the next two and half hours […]
Decisive Risks
Risk is an essential aspect of work. Forbes magazine documents risk as a crucial part of business, from the proposal to choosing where to invest your time and money [1]. Plato analyzed the implications of vocational decision making, offering wisdom for people in need of guidance. Tao Te Ching in the East did similarly by […]
Self-Reflection
Few are unfamiliar with the constant weight of day-to-day activities. Whether it be working in a vocation, completing chores around the house, or running errands, the routine activities of life consume swaths of one’s time. In the most recent publication of the American Time Use Survey, the United States Department of Labor found the average […]
Redefining Self Interest: Christianity and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Game theory is a field which seeks to quantify and predict outcome to “games” of strategic interaction in fields like economic and international relations. These formal models of human interaction – and particularly one called the Prisoner’s Dilemma – reveal fundamental problems humans face and set us on a search for solutions. The theoretical setup […]
Interview with Dr. Russell Moore
Dr. Russell Moore is a Public Theologian and Director of the Public Theology Project at Christianity Today. He formerly served as the President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Moore is also a critically acclaimed author of Christian thought, publishing works such as The Courage to Stand and […]