Taking Advantage or Caring?
(First posted in 2011)
Aesop told the tale of the Peasant and the Apple Tree.
King Solomon’s Advice to Americans in 2023
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“What means are justifiable in pursuit of good ends? What alliances are defensible? What schemes are permissible? … Proverbs takes a dim view of dirty tricks and amoral transactionalism.” - CToday
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Brain-computer interfaces advance but the ethics of neurotechnology lags behind the science
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“BCIs are currently being tested in people with severe neuromuscular disorders to help them recover everyday functions like communication and mobility….
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Why I’m Probably Not Voting This Year
As election day approaches this year, the prospect of voting looks different to me than it has in the past. Whether I look to the left or to the right, my thoughts echo the prophet Jeremiah: “…Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?” (Jer 12:1).
Hopefully the situation improves by 2024.
Some may wonder what principles would normally make a Christian feel obligated to vote. They include these:
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Should Christians Own Guns for Self-Defense? A Global Snapshot
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“Leaders in nine nations explain how they think theologically and biblically about personal safety as mass shootings plague the world.” - CToday
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It’s Time to Remember Tolkien
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“Tolkien knew that the alternative, the grasp for ultimate power, meant that the contest between good and evil would be transformed into a contest between evils. The raw quest for power will corrupt all it touches.” - David French
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On Shamelessness: In a performative age, brazenness gives an illusion of strength.
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“In the short run, shamelessness works. Eventually, though, one must stand before God—naked and unable to fight one’s own conscience with bravado.” - CToday
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Christian Political Ethics Are Upside Down: “We’re adamant about politics and flexible about virtue.”
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“To understand what I mean, let’s refer back to one of my favorite passages in scripture—Micah 6:8…. simple to understand yet tough to execute: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”” (So why is our political culture so toxic?) - David French
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Business Ethics in a Pandemic
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“…profit for business is like breathing for humans—both are necessary for existence, but very few of us claim that respiration is the ultimate purpose in life.” - IFWE
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How Politics Poisoned the Evangelical Church
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“The movement spent 40 years at war with secular America. Now it’s at war with itself.” - The Atlantic
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