Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian Appraisal
(Note: An earlier version of this book review appeared on the Center for the Study of Ethics and Technology website) The world is changing quickly. The nature of the change varies from region to region, but behind these economic, social, and political “accelerations,” to use Thomas Friedman’s term, lays one unified force: modern technology. “Modern automatic machine technologies,” as author and professor Craig Gay states it, are...
The Bible and Economics
Imagine one morning you wake up and you’re suddenly the only person living on the planet.[1] How would you respond? After realizing the surrounding events, you might take up residence in that house you’ve always dreamed of living in. You can now drive anywhere you want, because, well, gas is free. You might decorate your home with the rug from the Oval Office and take all the food you want from the grocery stores. However, several...
Faith & Finance: An Interview with Bill Evans (Part 1)
Much could be said about the significance of money in contemporary life. For Free Will Baptists, there has not been a more important voice in the last twenty-five years than that of Bill Evans. Evans is a long-time pastor, financial counselor, tax preparer, and administrator. Though he and his wife Brenda are retired in Ashland, Kentucky, they still enjoy a fruitful ministry as they travel, write, teach, and preach in a number of...
Perspectives on Tithing (ed. David Croteau)
Review by Craig Batts “When evangelicals in the United States, living in the most prosperous global economy, still give less than 3 percent of their income to Christian causes – something is wrong with our understanding of God’s mandate for generous giving!” [1] These words are the first to greet the reader upon opening the cover of one of the latest books in the Broadman & Holman Perspectives series. Jeff Iorg’s endorsement would...
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