In the case of environmental stewardship, therefore, where a part or the whole of the planet is in view, we ought to want to know who the planet belongs to if not us.More
Tag Archives: Provision
Providing the Energy and Other Resources Upon Which All Economies Depend
You may balk, but I say a good start to answering this would be recognizing the theological claims at the center of the push to abolish fossil fuels and combat climate change.More
What the Proper Role for the Family, Community, and Nation Is in Fostering Prosperity
I want us to consider a certain question in light of these realizations, as the third entry in the Alliance for Responsible Citizenry survey has come to my attention in recent weeks.More
Why Men Get Paid More Than Women
One reason men earn more than women is because they are more specifically designed and predisposed to asking the challenge question of what the unfamiliar person is doing here.More
Plans Are Useless, but Planning is Indispensable
To the end of clarifying what God’s Word says about plans and planning, it seemed good to me to delve into what Psalms and Proverbs in particular have to say on the subject.More
Doing the Math and Cost of Living Adjustments
What your money is actually worth in terms of being able to exchange it for goods and services has experienced 25.2% in cumulative inflation over the past decade.More
Loving God With Everything You’ve Got, and Your Neighbor as Yourself
Given the importance of relationships to a happy, healthy, holy life, we do well to grapple with what to do when various relationships in life present competing claims.More
If Our Fourth Son Daniel Had Never Been Born…
I would not trade our son Daniel for all the world, much less a little more comfort and the appearance of security in it. Being uncomfortable, as it turned out, pushed as to grow.More
How Psalm 127 Reads Differently After the Birth of Our Seventh Son
Now more than ever, I should understand our situation better in light of what God’s Word says here. So how does a father of eight children and seven sons read this passage?More