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[Also: Trump Adviser Withholds Major Donation from SBC | Changing Minds on Abortion] Also: Trump Adviser Withholds Major Donation from SBC | Changing Minds on Abortion | [View online]( [Christianity Today Direct Newsletter]( Monday, February 20, 2017 WORK OF OUR HANDS [Investments for the Kingdom]( Eventide Funds has confounded the investment world with its success — and its biblically based principles. Jeff Haanen Not long ago, when reporters wrote about Robin John, the cofounder of Eventide Asset Management, a subtle snicker rumbled under the surface. One called him "The Believer"; others pointed out the odd language on his Boston-based mutual fund company's website: business as an "engine of blessing" and "biblically responsible investing." Theology as the foundation for picking stocks? Is this guy for real? Today the murmurs seem to have faded, and for good reason... 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