Category Archives: Human dignity

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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An unnerving but amazing truth

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

This should make those who strive to be religious more than a little nervous. It should warn those who are working their way “up” the structured ranks of religion Continue reading →

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Return to glory

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

This panoramic view is too often left out when we tell the story of salvation. The outcome is a shortsightedness which leaves us inadequately grounded for a living hope in Christ. 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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Honor one another

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Let’s renew our love for honoring others! Continue reading →

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Every Jekyll has his Hyde

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Wisdomforlife

Humans are beings of dignity (made in the image of the good Creator) and beings of depravity (fallen from that image). This explains a lot about the world and our daily struggles.  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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A danger to ourselves

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Wisdomforlife

Our demand for freedom without limits has contributed to profound short-term thinking and devolved into forms of self-serving individualism that threaten the stability and future of our communities and, perhaps even, our nation itself.
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