What Is the “Common Good”? July 04, 2023 by: Andrew T. Walker Social Ethics 101 The common good is one of the most important concepts in social ethics. Problematically, it has been understood as a predominantly Catholic concept through its use in Christian ethics. And I don’t think that has to be the case. The…
Podcast: Why the Church Needs Spiritual Mothers (Susan Hunt) July 03, 2023 by: Crossway This article is part of the The Crossway Podcast series. The Essential Role That Older Women Have in Your Church In today’s episode, Susan Hunt reflects back on decades spent working to nurture the practice of Christian mentoring and shares her…
The Center of the Center of the Pentateuch July 02, 2023 by: Ian J. Vaillancourt The Day of Atonement If you look at the structure of the Pentateuch, we’ve got five books. Right in the middle, we’ve got Leviticus. So that suggests maybe Leviticus is central, at least structurally. We could also observe that, if…
What Does It Mean to Walk in the Spirit? July 01, 2023 by: Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger Life in the New Covenant Galatians is probably Paul’s first epistle, sent to instruct the young church about basic doctrine and practice to be lived out differently now according to the new covenant. Serious adjustments were required of these…
Why Elisabeth Elliot Changed Her Beliefs about Finding God’s Will June 28, 2023 by: Lucy S. R. Austen Seeking God’s Will Of the many books Elisabeth Elliot wrote, her best-known is surely her first, Through Gates of Splendor. The 1957 multibiography is first and foremost a narrative of how five families came together to plan…