Aug
28
2008
Christian Influence In The Public Square
As I’ve mentioned before, the Work Research Foundation is a think tank located in Hamilton, Ontario. According to it’s website, “The Work Research Foundation’s mission is to influence people to a Christian view of work and public life. We seek to explore and unfold the dignity of work, the meaning of economics, and the structures of civil society, in the context of underlying patterns created by God.” I’ve been learning more and more recently about the Foundation and have been impressed with the work and the research that they do.
This morning I read an article by Ray Pennings, the vice president of research for the WRF. This paper was given in Toronto at “Christian Influence in the Public Square,” a special Toronto Baptist Seminary 80th anniversary event on October 19, 2007.
In it he says:
What’s needed for our time is a Christian witness rooted in sound doctrine, that has a worldview robust enough to answer the questions society is asking, lived out of an ethic of integrity and characterized by a pilgrim spirit that recognizes we’re not trying to build a city here below but that we seek one to come.
I think it’s crucially important for Christians to be able to answer the question, “Why should we be involved in the public square?” In my opinion, this paper helps us do that.
Please read the whole thing here.