This is post 3 of 8 in the series “Mennonite case study” A Wasteland Transformed to a Garden The Church and Development in Paraguay’s “Green Hell” Community: The Engine of Mennonite Economic Development Commerce, Roads, and Mennonite Obedience to the Cultural Mandate Vision and Technology Turned Desolation Into Abundance Women
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This is post 2 of 10 in the series “wisdom” Wisdom book preview Poverty: The Fruit of Neglected Wisdom What Wisdom Has to Do with Wealth Creation Laws: Wisdom Sustains the Universe Wisdom Sustains the Universe Through Human Obedience Wisdom is Better Than Knowledge Wisdom: The False and the True
We are happy to reproduce here, by permission, the following excellent post from Reconciled World. Creator & Creation – The Place of Beauty & Creativity in God’s Design Have you ever walked into a movie late? What was that experience like? After shuffling through the theatre’s darkness, you sit down
This is post 1 of 8 in the series “Mennonite case study” A Wasteland Transformed to a Garden The Church and Development in Paraguay’s “Green Hell” Community: The Engine of Mennonite Economic Development Commerce, Roads, and Mennonite Obedience to the Cultural Mandate Vision and Technology Turned Desolation Into Abundance Women
Darrow Miller and Friends is a big fan of Christian artists. That flows from the Cultural Mandate of Genesis 1:26-28 and 2:15. Darrow writes about this concept in his book, LifeWork. What God made in Genesis chapter 1 was perfect, but it was not finished yet. God is the primary Creator; humankind,
Arthur Guinness operated a brewery for the glory of God. You could say he was part of the Monday Church of his generation. On Sunday Christ followers gather for worship, fellowship, and equipping. On Monday they go all over the city to be the hands and feet of Jesus. This is what we call
Failure to see the future coming condemns societies to poverty. One of the things I have heard over and over again in my years working among the poor is the fatalistic mantra, “We are poor and there is nothing we can do about it!” People who think this way have
Wendell Berry (born August 5, 1934) is a true intellectual. He’s also a farmer. He models what we will see someday in the garden city (see Revelation 22:1-5). Berry comes from a long line of Kentucky farmers. His life is uniquely balanced as an American poet and novelist, a cultural
History began in a garden and will end in a city! We are the children of Adam and Eve; the Cultural Mandate given to our first parents (Genesis 1:26-28) remains in force today. We are to have children, form families and communities of families, and do something God-honoring with the
Our good friend Nancy Pearcey wrote a brief eulogy for Edith Schaeffer, who died March 30 in Switzerland. Edith taught us both about the apologetics of beauty. Nancy’s post by that title tells it much better than I can. What most impressed me in knowing Edith at L’Abri was her emphasis on
