As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
Review: ‘Reformed Social Ethics’ by Herman Bavinck… “Though technology and circumstances have changed since Bavinck wrote, he was wrestling with many of the same basic questions that drive today’s political discourse.” - TGC
“What Harari missed was that if humanity has no purpose and, as he put it ‘nothing that exists is unnatural,’ why would prejudice or persecution be wrong when sexual deviancy is not?…By removing the very concept of evil, Harari has no way to call anything evil.” - Breakpoint
“We will answer that by introducing basic paradigms in Christian ethics, considering the use of the Bible in ethics, and connecting the theology of Christ and his church to a Christian ethical framework.” - Word by Word
As humans, we have a strong bias toward the practical. It makes sense. Even before the Fall, Adam was given responsibilities that required problem-solving, outcome-oriented, cause-and-effect thinking.
My first draft of this rejoinder mysteriously disappeared. Given our times, I should say the Woke Left did it, and if Trump had been put in office sooner, I’d still have my file.
No, let’s just go with, “the dog ate my homework.” So I am cranking out a new post. Apologies for the length. I won’t have time to edit it down.
“Of course, the effects of the fall on creation, people, and nations will never be wholly erased until Christ’s return. Until then, as Ecclesiastes observed, there is indeed a time to kill.” - Breakpoint
“There’s intense debate over practicalities in Trump’s plan regarding the money required and whether Congress will appropriate it, how to track down persons living here illegally…. Beyond calculations on what’s feasible or wise or popular, Christians are pondering what’s moral and immoral.” - Religion Unplugged
“Superficially, deporting 11 million illegal immigrants is justified. It is the law, and the government is ordained to uphold the law. Case closed? Maybe not.” - WORLD
“The Greek word for conscience appears in the New Testament thirty-one times, and it seems to have a two-fold dimension, as the medieval scholars argued. It involves the idea of accusing as well as the idea of excusing.” - R.C. Sproul
“Trueman is correct that moral sensibilities have profoundly shifted both within the church and without in recent decades. The church is generally ill-equipped even to begin formulating rationale to address the complex ethical questions it is confronted with.” - Mere Orthodoxy
Discussion