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The Church must remember its mission
From time immemorial, it has been the case that the most difficult work of caring for the least among us has been initiated by churches and from the resources that church leaders and members accumulated voluntarily.Practical virtue: Finance and administration in the spirit of church organizations
Is there a vision of management – particularly in the area of finance and administration – specific to church organizations? If so, what does it involve?Calling, vocation, and business
Does God call people to business as a vocation, because business has intrinsic value or only as a means to accomplish "real" ministry?The Economics and Morality of Caring for the Poor
Today, social programs account for about 50 percent of the federal budget—including Social Security and Medicare, which comprise the lion's share of social programs (public housing, public schools, unemployment benefits, job training programs, food stamps, etc.). Total spending on social programs in the United States exceeds $1 trillion annually.The culture of life, the culture of the market
The market is not a mere abstraction of economic production and distribution, but, rather, people themselves,Is it on the test? Teaching Christianity and the humanities in a secular environment
I owe my fellow citizens a great debt for their willingness to create and support a public educational system. Yet that system constantly works against the values and objectives I believe are essential.Boycotts do not help the poor
No matter how bad off you think these workers are, there is one sure way to make their plight worse: cut off their place within the economy of the division of labor.The tithe: Land rent to God
The tithe, one of the most critical facets of the economic Law, is much misunderstood today. It may be that non-farm laborers kept 100 percent of their income, tax-free.Morality and liability
The goal of any legal reform should be toward an evenhanded system of strict liability that would, insofar as it is possible, place blame for damages on those who caused the damage, while not unjustly punishing those who appear to have deep pockets.Christianity and liberty defined
The key to reconciling Christianity and classical liberalism by means of reconciling their definitions of freedom can be found in the Christian understanding of human nature.New attitudes toward an old problem
Many of us have a misguided understanding of how to be compassionate to those in poverty.Sustaining people and planet: The moral challenge of the twenty-first century
We are by nature creators who can transform the earth’s natural resources to better sustain life, not merely consumers doomed to deplete the earth’s natural resources.