What the Resurrection Means for Our Work
Hugh Whelchel, Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
The resurrection and the coming Kingdom of God bear great implications for our faith and work. When we talk with biblical clarity about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation and purpose for our vocational work in this present world—not, as some suppose, for an escapist piety.
Is This the School Choice Movement’s Biggest Win Ever?
Suzi Parker, Take Part
The country’s broadest school voucher program is upheld by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Ayn Rand Really, Really Hated C.S. Lewis
Matthew Schmitz, First Things
U.S. Could Be Courting Trouble in Europe
Joel Kotkin, New Geography
One has to be a cockeyed optimist not to see that the long-term prognosis, even without the current euro crisis, is not good.
The Poor, Economic Policy, and Christian Ethics
Shawn Ritenour, Economics for Everybody
Unfortunately much confusion has emerged over the past 100 years regarding how we are to fulfill God’s requirement to show charity to the needy. Much of the confusion stems from a change in the conventional definition of poverty.
Our First Right: Religious Liberty
Charles J. Chaput, Public Discourse
America’s founding documents assume an implicitly religious anthropology—an idea of human nature, nature’s God, and natural rights—that many of our leaders no longer share. Adapted from testimony submitted to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
What Principles Are Important for Human Flourishing?
Jay W. Richards, Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
Restoring the culture to the glory of God: it’s the reason we at IFWE are working to inspire Christians to live out a theology that integrates faith, work, and economics. If Christians do this, together we can bring about human flourishing.
Food Stamps Participation Hit Record Highs in 2012
Ashley Shelton, The Foundry
Citing the latest statistics released by the Department of Agriculture, the Weekly Standard reported food stamp participation was at an average of 46,609,072 people every month of 2012.
Why the Size of Government Matters
Michael Tanner, National Review Online
Leviathan costs too much, sure, but its attack on freedom is the real problem.
The Obama Justice Department’s Disastrous Course on Religious Liberties
Ammon Simon, Patheos
Russian Church pins high hopes on Pope Francis
Pavel Korobov, Kommersant
“We see a big area here where we can work together with the Roman Catholic Church,” said Metropolitan Hilarion. “I hope this alliance between us will develop under the new pontiff.”
Eric Metaxas CPAC Speech on Religious Freedom
Eric Metaxas
You may know that Josef Stalin in a battle with the Catholic Church once asked: “How many divisions does the Pope have?” It’s an ugly moment in American history when the current Presidential administration is taking a page out of the book of Josef Stalin .
