The West, as a whole, has developed beyond the rest of the world and in fact has blessed many in other parts of the globe. Notwithstanding its postmodern critics, including professors who love to censure Western civilization, the history of the West has something to teach the rest. While there
Envy, one of the roots of racism, often springs from the faulty assumptions of zero-sum economics. The Judeo-Christian worldview establishes a positive sum economic model. God created an open universe, open to God, angels and imago Dei humans. In this economic model, the creation is to be stewarded and wealth
Racism is manifested in personal and institutional evil. Its ultimate cause is found in the sin deep in the human heart. Racism flows in many streams, one is envy, a pathetic contrast to love. Envy appears at multiple levels: individual, family, tribe or race. We envy the talents of others,
Is money the primary capital investment in a community or nation’s development? What capital is needed for nations and communities to develop? Who is responsible for communities and nations to be lifted out of poverty? The most common answers to these questions in the modern world is the need is
Singapore in the evening Bengalis sometimes tell this unflattering story about their Indian Hindu neighbors: One day a genie appeared to a farmer in India. The being told the man he would grant him one wish—anything he desired. Overjoyed, the man began to think of great wealth. Then the genie
Evolutionists explain poverty in material terms Given that more Christians are alive than at any time in world history, that more churches (and more large churches) exist, why do our nations remain so broken? Secularism says that the roots of human brokenness in its many manifestations (hunger, poverty, injustice, environmental
It is time to celebrate the global REDUCTION in POVERTY! While in college, I lived in a Mexico City orphanage for six weeks. It was a life-altering experience. My eyes were opened to the plight of people who were poor. I said to the Lord, “When I die, there needs
God invented capital Mark 12:1-12 is a parable about accountability, theft and judgment. It also reveals something about resources. And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower,
Fossil fuels are bad. Green energy is good. That’s upside down, says Andrée Seu Peterson in an outstanding article at World. She addresses some of the same themes we wrote about in What Does God Think About Overpopulation? We are happy to point our readers to this gem from Ms.
Last September we published David Evans’s article, Ten Biblical Principles for Agriculture. This post has generated lots of views, so we want to harness that interest by offering an animated version here. Click the image below (or go here if the image does not appear). David’s full paper is available
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