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Creation Mandate

A collection of 4 issues

The Market and the Family of God

Sometimes people balk at the idea of a society based on “abstract,” “cold,” and “impersonal” rules. Why not, they say, run society like a family? The church is the family of God, and after all, no (good) father charges his children for food or diapers. A well-functioning family runs on

Michael Heiser on Acts 2

In previous posts, Art has revealed that he is a fanboy. I, too, must confess some fanboy tendencies of the paradigm-shifting Old Testament and languages scholar, Michael Heiser. Here are eight points he makes about the "Acts 2-teaches-socialism" canard: 1. The Bible neither forbids nor condemns private property.

F.A. Hayek's Commentary on the Book of Genesis

You didn't know he had one? Well, he doesn't, at least not exactly. But in revisiting the introduction to The Fatal Conceit, I was surprised to see him frame the problem of comparative political economy similarly to how many Christian economists (myself included) think about our

Our Cart Runneth Over

My intrepid "Mere Economics" co-author is a slayer of Walmart myths. Here are just a few of his papers: 1. Competing with Costco and Sam's Club 2. Does Walmart Reduce Social Capital? 3. Do Walmart Supercenters Improve Food Security? This research formed a natural backdrop for