Christian Ethics
Sunday, February 27th, 2005Even though society may have difficulty wrestling with the morality of “hot button” ethical issues, God has supplied to us the information necessary to “discern both good and evil” (cf. Hebrews 5:14).
Archive for February, 2005
Sets and Subsets
Friday, February 25th, 2005Dress is only one area where we should first consider what God thinks in limiting the “set” of things we can practice. What we watch on TV, our habits and hobbies, and our treatment of God and others. Our first question should not be “What do I want?”; rather “What does God want?”
Evolution Stickers Must Go
Sunday, February 20th, 2005An unthinking bias against all things religious obviously goes against what the framers of the constitution originally intended. It is, rather, the radical agenda of a society which is completely antagonistic toward professions of faith.
Expediency
Sunday, February 20th, 2005While it is always acceptable to use an expedient means of fulfilling a command of God, too often men have sought to justify unscriptural practices by an appeal to “expediency.” Some will say that as long as a command or work is being done, the means by which it is done is an expediency. This is an “end justifies the means” mentality, and is not true.
License to Clone Human Granted
Sunday, February 13th, 2005From the time the egg is fertilized, and becomes an embryo, human life has begun. Science has established this without doubt.
Generic and Specific Authority
Saturday, February 12th, 2005A study of authority reveals that it can be categorized in two ways, Generic authority, and Specific authority.
By Generic we mean “general, opposite to specific” (Webster’s). So, Generic authority is inclusive. It includes all the methods or ways in which the thing authorized may be accomplished.
In contrast, by Specific we mean “precisely formulated or restricted; specifying or explicit” (Websters). So, Specific authority is exclusive. It only includes that which is expressly stated or specified.
Necessary Inference
Friday, February 4th, 2005God expects us to use reason as we study and interpret his word. However, it must be noted that the inferences we make from scripture must be necessary! The implication has to actually be there. We are not free to “freelance” and take wild leaps of intuition and speculation in the name of inference.
