Category Archives: Ethics

Three categories for Christian standards

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

When we treat our personal convictions as absolutes from God, we threaten the unity of the church. When we reduce God’s clearly stated absolutes to matters of personal preference, we threaten the purity of the church. Continue reading →

Posted in Debatable Matters, Discernment, Ethics, Family life, Morality, Sin | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

What should we think about war?

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Do you find it difficult (and a little bizarre) to sit in the comfort of your home watching people flee their country as it’s being bombed by another country? Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Good Wars, Just War, Morality, War, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

What would you do?

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Eight scenarios for choosing right from wrong. What would you do and why? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian worldview, Decision making, Ethics, Morality, Wisdom | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

No belief is true for everyone

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Wisdomforlife

“Nothing is universally true.”
“All generalizations are false.”
“No belief is true for everyone.”
“Everything is relative.”
“Everyone’s beliefs are true or false only relative to himself.” Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Culture, Ethics, Government, Humanism, Law, Philosophy, Relativism, Social work, sociology, Tolerance, Wisdom, Worldview | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

God of the vulnerable

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

“What a contrast. We see God, the most potent and self-sufficient Power imaginable, continually expressing profound concern for the least potent and self-sufficient — the orphan in distress.” Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Adoption, Anthropology, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Call to ministry, Christian life, Christian worldview, Christianity, Comfort, Common Good, Common grace, Ethics, Evangelicals, Evil in the world, God, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Grace, Holistic ministry, Love, Mercy, Missions, Orphans, Prison Ministry, Radical love, Religion-not the answer, Seeing God, Seeking God, Social work, Theodicy, Vision | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Supreme court case

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

Imagine that Obamacare mandated provision of health insurance for the abortion procedure itself. Would you feel that companies like Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties had a right to refuse to support it? Sound like a stretch? Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Barack Obama, Breaking News, Church and State, Courts, Democracy, Ethics, Faith, First Amendment, Freedom, Government, Health Care, Justice, Law, Liberal, Obama, Political Correctness, Politics, Religion, Republican, Sanctity of life, Separation of Church and State, Supreme Court | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Mocking the Bible

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

Seven considerations for those who mock the Bible based on strange Old Testament laws. Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Bible, Bible from God, Bibliology, Christian worldview, Cynicism, Ethics, Evil in the world, Fools, God's Will, Law, Legalism, Morality, Old Testament Law, Origin of Bible, Political Correctness, Scripture | 2 Comments

Should we avoid political engagement?

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

Given the growing polarization and divisive tone of politics, I understand why Christians might want to distance themselves from the whole project. It seems that no matter how graciously we engage, we risk being misunderstood as taking sides with a “Radical Right” or a “Radical Left.” Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Barack Obama, Calling, Campaign, Christian worldview, Church and State, Citizenship, Courts, Democracy, Democrats, Ethics, Evangelicals, First Amendment, Freedom, Gay Marriage?, Health Care, Justice, Kingdom, Leadership, Liberal, Obama, Planned parenthood, Political Correctness, Politics, Post-abortion, Pro-life, Problem of evil, Republican, Same-sex, Sanctity of life, Separation of Church and State, Wisdom | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Faith in the Science Department

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

Many young people attending universities assume that there professors are right when they stretch science into philosophy and suggest that it is an evidenced-based path to a strictly material understanding of the universe. Continue reading →

Posted in Academy, Apologetics, Atheism, Atheists, Belief, Campus ministry, Christian worldview, Christianity, Ethics, Evil in the world, Evolution, Faith, Intelligent Design, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Problem of evil, Richard Dawkins, Science, University students, Worldview | 3 Comments

We serve no sovereign here

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Wisdomforlife

We now live in bondage under the final authority of the individual will, whose impulses and decisions are their own moral index. Even our religion betrays our inviolable spirit of autonomy. Continue reading →

Posted in Addiction, Attitude, Authority, Behavior, Blaming religion, Christian worldview, Christianity, Conceit, Culture, David B. Hart, Democracy, Democrats, Equal Rights, Equality, Ethics, Fear of religion, First Amendment, Freedom, Glorify God, Government, In Christ, Jesus Christ, Kingdom, Meaning of life, Morality, Narcissism, Politics, Progressive?, Religion-not the answer, Republican, Selfishness, Separation of Church and State, Sovereignty, Wisdom | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment