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Economics and Investing w/Jonathan Wellum

by Joe Boot and Jonathan Wellum and Ryan Eras

July 20, 2022 | Proverbs Proverbs 24:30

On this week’s episode we consider the biblical conditions necessary for human flourishing, which always manifests in economic prosperity. Jonathan Wellum, CEO of Rocklinc Investment Partners, shares how a biblical approach to economics handles inflation and private property, and how contemporary theories and policies cause the greatest harm to the world’s poorest people.

 

Gun Control Laws, Fatherlessness, and the Failure of Feminism

by Joe Boot and Ryan Eras

June 1, 2022 | Proverbs 

In this week’s episode, we dive into a few recent news stories as we work to discover meaning in a world that has increasingly abandoned truth and reason. We consider some of the causes and responses to the recent Texas school shooting, as well as the growing realization that the biggest victims of the Sexual Revolution have been women.

 

Critical Theory: Its Roots and Fruits

by Joe Boot and Nathan Oblak and Ryan Eras

May 25, 2022 | Proverbs 

We conclude our introduction to Critical Theory by identifying some of the key personalities responsible for this school of thought and their major ideas. You may have heard of some of these men: Georg Lukacs, Antonio Gramsci, Herbert Marcuse, Wilhelm Reich, and Erich Fromm. From their own writing, it is clear that Critical Theory is more than an analytical tool, but is in fact a self-consciously religious worldview, complete with doctrines of sin, justice, and salvation.

 

Creation through Christ’s Powerful Word

by Joe Boot

February 18, 2022 | Proverbs 

Neither the cosmos as a whole, nor any particular part of it, is self-sufficient. Nothing exists by itself or for itself – including man – but consists in an unbreakable coherence with all other things by virtue of creation in Jesus Christ.

 

Engaging the Cultural Landscape

by Joe Boot and Ted Fenske

August 8, 2018 | Proverbs 27:17

Founder Joe Boot and EICC Fellow Ted Fenske join a panel discussion at BreakForth Edmonton to talk about racism, Christianity as colonialism, teaching your kids critical thinking, the relationship of the state to other spheres of society, and the principle of cultural diversity found in the Trinity.

 

The Educational Pillar of Culture

by Dennis Doty and Ryan Eras

March 15, 2018 | Proverbs 1:20-33

Dennis Doty, Principal of Westminster Classical Christian Academy, talks about What our view of education says about our culture, and a biblical way to think about education that involves the whole community for the benefit of children and society.

 

Gospel Hospitality

by Russ Hiebert

April 30, 2017 | Proverbs 24:3-12

To practice hospitality as Jesus did we need to minister to both the spiritual and the physical needs of the whole person. We can only do this by hearing God's call upon our own lives and acting in the resurrection power of Christ.

 

Wisdom and Friendship

by David Robinson

August 31, 2014 | Proverbs 1:8-19

Keeping company with wise friends, who are both loyal and candid, leads to unity, restoration, and life.

 

Wisdom and Friendship

by David Robinson

August 31, 2014 | Proverbs 1:8-19

Keeping company with wise friends, who are both loyal and candid, leads to unity, restoration, and life.

 

Give Me Neither Poverty nor Riches

by David Robinson

August 24, 2014 | Proverbs 30:1-9

We should not seek after wealth (Pr. 30:7-9) but God wants us to be both wise and generous with the wealth he has given us.

 

Give Me Neither Poverty nor Riches

by David Robinson

August 24, 2014 | Proverbs 30:1-9

We should not seek after wealth (Pr. 30:7-9) but God wants us to be both wise and generous with the wealth he has given us.

 

Education and the Mission of God

by Scott Masson

August 17, 2014 | Proverbs 3:1-12; Genesis 1:26-28; Matthew 28:18-19; Ephesians 6:1-4

If we reject the Lord of life we will reap a culture of death. Education in the knowledge of God and submission to His law-order is the basis for freedom, blessing, and a long life.