By: Calvin Chin At the 2012 Ei Forum, held on April 13-14 at the Redeemer W83 Ministry Center, we posed the question above to the 330 participants, including entrepreneurs, investors, pastors, and lay leaders from 23 states. Together we explored how we are to view, pursue, and steward power in light of the gospel. Our Forum’s theme of Re-Imagine Power was based on Acts 1:8 wh...
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Make the Cake
and Eat It, Too
By: Maria Fee “Lately, I’ve been thinking about Jesus in the manner of how he is all consuming.” Or, it was something in this vein the artist Melissa Beck articulated during my recent visit to her Pratt studio. Evidence of this statement filled my eyes as I perused one of her utensil pieces: a horizontal band of silver-plated forks happily glued to the w...
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Kingly Work and
the Paradox
of Power
Power is not inherently bad. All of us possess an innate need to make an impact upon the world. Yet, when we acquire power we tend to use that power for our selfish purposes rather than for the greater good. Therefore, Christians in positions of power must be people of repentance. We must be quick to turn away from our tendency to aggrandize ourselves. Most imp...
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Why Tree Frogs
Need Believers
Contrary to what both atheists and Christians often believe, the Bible teaches that Christians should be environmentally conscious. Psalm 24 states that the “earth is the Lord’s.” Christians should treat the earth accordingly. When Christians realize the goodness of creation and realize how God has called them to be stewards of His creation, then Christia...
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How the
Gospel Affects
Your Pitch
By: Kenny Jhang “And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” -Matthew 5:36-37 NIV Have you ever thought about how different the business pitches you give to potential clients or invest...
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Eternal
LIFE: Love
and Death
By: Kenyon Adams Seeing Werner Schroeter’s grotesque and penetrating film Two at the MoMA’s retrospective of the German filmmaker this week sent me away with a new awareness of the commonality between love and death. Outside the theater after the 117 minute screening one wondered if any of the audience, those who stayed until the end, really got anything out of the film...
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