I just finished watching an excellent DVD series entitled, PovertyCure. In this six-part study, Michael Matheson Miller leads the viewer through an exploration of the causes of poverty, the role of aid in poverty alleviation, and the significant obstacles aid-only approaches create for people seeking to move from poverty to flourishing ...
This summer I had the privilege of attending Acton University. This week-long meeting is hosted by the Acton Institute, a think-tank 鈥渨hose mission is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.鈥 Common themes at Acton are religious liberty, economic liberty, and natural law. Much like C.S. Lewis鈥 鈥渕ere christianity,鈥 Acton seeks to promote a civil society advanced on natural law reasoning. At Acton one encounters philosophers, economists, entrepreneurs, theologians, biblical scholars, ethicists, and aid workers from around the world ...
The account of humanity鈥檚 creation in the image of God in Genesis 1:26-28, is specifically crafted to lead the reader to conclude that God鈥檚 intended outcome, his purpose, for creating humanity in his image, was to create flourishing communities, not just flourishing individuals. The cultural or creation mandate as it has been called鈥擥od鈥檚 command to be fruitful, multiply, fill and subdue the earth, and to rule over the living things on the earth鈥攊s rightly seen as a command to fulfill God鈥檚 intention. Humanity is to fill the earth and bring about flourishing ...
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