As a young man attending the University of Washington, I was one of 35,000 students. While our minds were busy with academic pursuits, insid...

As a footnote to last week's post, let me add something here: to say that God is continuously sustaining all the elements of the univer...

A good starting point for ridding oneself of the “sacred-secular split” is to accept the premise that the entire universe is sustained, day...

Ridding oneself of the "sacred-secular distinction" is like shedding 420 pounds. If you weigh 600, it probably means there is a lo...

Leland Ryken, Christian writer and professor at Wheaton College, says, " Nancy Pearcey is unsurpassed in the current generation of Chri...

Research by George Barna demonstrates that a person’s worldview has a powerful effect on human behavior. Furthermore, his studies indicate t...

The current coaching movement emerged in the 1990s, and is gaining momentum. The term "coaching," however, conjures up different m...

Tony Stoltzfus, in Leadership Coaching , wrote: "...one study I've seen found that learners who practiced a skill retained 700% mor...

I invite you to take out a clean piece of paper, and write the following at the top: My Personal Board Of Directors . (Yeah, I know it sound...

Tom Rath discovered something surprising that goes against common thinking about the workplace. He discovered that a person having a "b...

The most effective accountability is the  self-imposed kind. Last week, I heard a great example of self-imposed accountability. A friend ...

The question is not whether accountability is needed. The question is by what means. The Reformers of Geneva understood that all humans h...

A close look at Geneva of the sixteenth century should include an assessment of the Reformers' approached to the third main principle th...

A biblically-shaped theology of work energized Geneva. "Calvin," writes Bloomer, "taught that your work was your worship...[a...

John Calvin dedicated most of his adult life to rebuilding Geneva from the ground up, on biblical foundations. Thomas Bloomer maintains that...

He was 27 years old when John Calvin was convinced by William Farel to come and rebuild the socially, economically, and spiritually broken ...

When the city electors voted unanimously to make Geneva a Reformed Protestant city in 1535, several culture-shaping initiatives were set in ...

As we continue our look at the transformational effects of applied Christianity on cities and countries, we would be remiss if we didn't...

[This post first appeared December 25, 2009.] One of my favorite carols is Joy To The World. The words are by Issac Watts, based on Psalm...

If government and business leaders of a particular city or nation were to view Christianity as a catalyst for economic development, stabilit...