Category Archives: Anthropology

The dignity of human beings

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

About the urgent challenge to tell people who they are, to enlighten them about their identity, that is, to teach without compromise the full biblical doctrine of our human being – its depravity, yes, but also its dignity. Continue reading →

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A Christian understanding of Government

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Democracy is not an achievement secured but an experiment to be advanced. It is both gift and task. Continue reading →

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What does postmodern mean?

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

This is my most popular post with almost 100,000 views. Continue reading →

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What happened in Genesis 3?

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

By tracing our way through the original departure from God, we gain helpful insights into how to live as we were originally meant to live — as we were created to live. Continue reading →

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Total depravity?

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Caution is warranted on articulating a doctrine of human depravity from the wrong starting point. Continue reading →

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Three kinds of people in the world

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

any merely twofold division of the world into good and bad is disastrous. It overlooks the fact that the members of the second class (to which most of us belong) are always and necessarily… Continue reading →

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Evil from childhood?

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Five essential personal applications. Continue reading →

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The human will and the findings of Neuroscience

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Sometimes life is not easily reduced to raw choosing. If we treat people only as volitional beings, we fail to relate to them based on the Imago Dei and the human fall from it. One must consider matters related to nurture and nature when addressing complex issues of life in this world. Continue reading →

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The human need for change

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Wisdomforlife

Politics, culture, and the role of law are agents of change but these means offer limited solutions to our problems. We have a deeper need that cannot be addressed through these agents of change.
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Seven considerations before talking about marriage, sexuality and gender

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Seven foundational truths for discussing marriage, sexuality and gender. Continue reading →

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