Gospelism.org

I believe Gospelism is my life’s work.  I admit that may sound a little presumptuous, but the essence of what I mean is that before I die, I am compelled by the spirit of God to share the illumination God has revealed to me.

“Gospelism” is a burden that the Lord placed on my heart in the summer of 2005. In preparing to attend graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, I was shocked by the contrast between classical economic theory and the truths found in the bible.  So during the course of my graduate studies, this reverse corollary to modern capitalism and western political economy, the scriptures have prompted me to research, define and codify the essence of what biblical economics is.  To my surprise, outside of a few instances, there was limited biblical economic theory and the material that did exist merely corrolated scriptures to pre-existing concepts and assumptions without challenging the essential historical premises.

I don’t expect most people will agree me (particularly religious folk).  But what I’ve found through observation and discussion, is most believers appreciate the concepts of Gospelism intuitively, but are hampered practically from applying them because no one has ever clearly articulated with authority the truth of God’s Word within the construct of a biblical, economic system.

Here are a list of reasons why I feel compelled by God to coin the term Gospelism and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to the 21st century generation of believers.

• God is at work in this area. For example, the social economic movement is making great strides in pushing for the eradication of poverty, child slave labor, and addressing humanitarian issues.
• It will stem the tide of materialism infecting the church throughout the world, particularly in Africa.  
• There is a great reward promised for those who believe and practice the principles of Gospelism.
• Gospelism provides a systematic approach to making faith-based, spirit-filled, moral economic decisions. 
• There is a great void within the current economic systems both in morality and fairness.  The lack of morality has led not only to corruption but a continuum of coercion and violence over the past few centuries.
• Numerous voices in academia acknowledge the alarming bubbles and inequities and are calling for a new theory.
• There is a great sense of hope in the Christian community for the establishment of pro-life, pro-family value system aligned with realpolitik.
• The church has been spiritually blinded and apathetic towards the onslaught of materialism and the impact of globalism on the lives of the least developed nations, including the poor, diseased and oppressed.
• Future salvation of the lost (all man have sinned) require that we as Christians who profess to believe the Gospel, not only talk about the love of Christ but walk in it as well.