Where Do Human Rights Come From?
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“God’s righteousness is what makes human rights right. What we call human rights are right only if God says they are right.” - Andy Naselli
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“God’s righteousness is what makes human rights right. What we call human rights are right only if God says they are right.” - Andy Naselli
“I don’t think we can deny that government has authority to make regulations to protect life. In fact, it is a significant purpose of government.” - Don Johnson
“This perspective does sometimes identify actual oppression. And God hates oppression….But this oppression view is different. It opposes Christian understanding, redefining humanity, including creation, sin, and redemption, in meaningful ways.” - John Hanna
“…the Bible shows that in His unfolding drama of redemption, God is at work to reclaim not just our souls, but also our bodies, and not just our bodies, but also the earth from which that first human body was made, and over which God purposed us to reign.” - Randy Alcorn
“Every generation since Adam and Eve has experienced forms of post-truth thinking, as humanity has attempted to rewrite the script of truth with their own opinions. As Proverbs says, ‘All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirits’ (16:2).” - Sara Barratt
“…their prevailing worldview is best described as Syncretism, the blending of ideas and applications from a variety of holistic worldviews into a unique but inconsistent combination that represents their personal preferences. More than six out of 10 pastors (62%) have a predominantly syncretistic worldview.” - CRC
“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? Is 40:28 - Olinger
“As Christ followers, we will never feel normal in this world. Sin’s influence keeps the sands shifting beneath our feet. Pandemics, politics, pseudo-science all threaten our security. But as I keep my eyes on the One who secured my salvation and holds my future, I can live steadied by His truth.” - Sandy Carter
“I am going to give you answers to basic questions about identity from the only person who has the authority to answer them, the authority to tell you who you are: God himself.” - Ward
“…the claims that ‘scholars’ like Du Mez, Gushee, and Jacob Allan Cook (as we will see) are making are so cynical and unbiblical, not to mention corrosive to constructive discourse, that they merit attention and correction.” - C.Post
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