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Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon, 1757 to 1837.Why is PovertyCure starting the Outreach Program?
PovertyCure is an initiative of the Acton Institute that works to bring about change in the way we think about aid and poverty alleviation. PovertyCure has interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs from developing nations, former NGO leaders, nonprofit leaders, and more in the hopes of finding out what leads to economic growth and prosperity. This program works with students, nonprofits, and the PovertyCure Partner Network to share this message. We know that enterprise, not aid, is the longterm solution to poverty.Awakening the world’s moral conscience
The mass killings of minority groups, which have occurred time and time again throughout history, are often beyond comprehension. How can humans be capable of such evil?Double-edged sword: The power of the Word - Psalm 53:2-4
God looks down from Heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on God. Sometimes it seems evil is more powerful than God. Especially when we see and hear of brutal and devastating beheadings of Christians in the Middle East. The rise of Islamic State group and their ghastly, violent acts is particularly disturbing.The consumer conundrum
Those of us who affirm the market economy as a path to human flourishing need to offer an alternate to the basically negative view of human consumption that critics as well as apologists of the free market too often assume.A journey from religious radical to nothing new
Review of Thomas C. Oden’s A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir, (IVP Academic, November 2014) Hardcover, 384 pages, $30.58.Common grace in business: A roundtable discussion
An Interview with Sidney Jansma, Jr., Milton H. Kuyers, and Michelle Van Dyke.Editor's note
In the fall of 2014, business people, scholars, and theologians converged on the campus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the Symposium on Common Grace in Business.Joy in the new year
On the cusp of a new year, it is human nature to spend time looking to the past and anticipating what is to come. January, of course, is named for Janus, the Roman god of two faces, one looking back and one looking to the future. We wish the best for the coming year. We hope and pray for goodness and peace, but we know that humans often choose otherwise. I suspect it is part of the melancholy that settles in for some people this time of year.
Leonard Liggio
Leonard Liggio (1933-2014) was affectionately known as the "Johnny Appleseed of Classical Liberalism."What's left to accomplish in the 'Acton@25 Capital Campaign?'
Very soon, Acton will arrive at its 25th Anniversary and the conclusion of the Acton@25 Capital Campaign. In response to a burgeoning demand for our work, we launched a capital campaign in 2012 to support Acton's physical expansion and programmatic growth. Since moving to our new workspace, we have been able to plan larger-than-ever conferences, produce a DVD curriculum and documentary, and situate our unique collection of 13,000 books.In praise of the bourgeois, liberty-loving race of hobbits
A review of The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom that Tolkien Got and the West Forgot by Jonathan Witt and Jay Richards, (Ignatius Press, 2014). 232 pages. $21.95.