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The Vocation of Law in God’s Global Mission to Bring Justice & Wholeness: Brian Dennison at Urbana

December 30, 2015 by Angelo Blancaflor Leave a Comment

How can legal knowledge and experience bring justice to contexts outside the U.S.? The opportunities are real and plentiful. In this seminar, Brian  Dennison shared  what he learned as a law lecturer and coordinator of the law clinic at  Uganda Christian University. From Dec 27 - Jan 1, volunteers with our network of early career Christian academics are liveblogging seminars at the Urbana conference, a mission-focused student gathering of 16,000 Christians from across North America and the world. This post was written … [Read more...] about The Vocation of Law in God’s Global Mission to Bring Justice & Wholeness: Brian Dennison at Urbana

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What do “the righteous” look like in higher education?

January 12, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? -- Micah 6:8 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. -- Proverbs 11:10 What do you consider the characteristics of "the righteous," particularly in the area of vocation? How do you (as an individual and as a member of God's people) envision, glimpse, even embody "the righteous" on … [Read more...] about What do “the righteous” look like in higher education?

Filed Under: Christ, Christ and the Academy, Public Intellectuals, Vocation Tagged With: Amy Sherman, Ann Boyd, big questions, books, Center on Faith in Communities, common good, discussion questions, Head Heart Hands, higher education, IJM, Jay Sivits, justice, Kingdom Calling, n. t. wright, Prayer, righteous, Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, Sara Scheunemann, shalom, Take Time to Look at Your Life, Tim Keller, tsaddiq, Up In Out, vocation

Kingdom Calling in the New Year

January 3, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? --  Micah 6:8 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,  and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness. --  Proverbs 11:10 When behind me arose such a clatter,  I turned to see what was the matter. And what did I find? A little one eager to add Amy Sherman's  Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good  (InterVarsity Press. … [Read more...] about Kingdom Calling in the New Year

Filed Under: Christ, Christ and the Academy, Public Intellectuals, Quotes, Vocation Tagged With: Amy Sherman, books, Center on Faith in Communities, christmas, church, church leaders, common good, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Head Heart Hands, IJM, justice, Kingdom Calling, righteous, Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, shalom, vocation

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