Category Archives: Justice

Can we be pro-life and support capital punishment?

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

NT Wright (who is brilliant on many subjects) is clearly wrong to suggest that, “you can’t reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.” This is a surprisingly simplistic view of what the Bible teaches. Opposing abortion and supporting the death penalty are both pro-life positions. Continue reading →

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Social Justice and the Church

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

If we live in a political system that allows us to sit at the table to seek the good that leads to laws and policies, we should not neglect such an opportunity and privilege. Continue reading →

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Blaming God for the evil in the world?

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Why do we so strongly oppose evil and long for a world without it? 
Why do we cry foul? 
Why do we long for a lost Paradise? 
Why do we even think in terms of good and evil? Continue reading →

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Rain on the just and the unjust?

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Wisdomforlife

What did jesus mean that God “makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matthew 5:45). Continue reading →

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Only one response to Bruce Jenner’s sex change is allowed

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Wisdomforlife

Our society is increasingly controlled by a small group of people who tell the rest of us what we’re allowed to think and say on select moral issues. Continue reading →

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Confused about God in a world of suffering

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

In our efforts to understand how God relates to the evil actions of humans (or even to His own acts of judgment), we must make some important distinctions concerning God’s will. Continue reading →

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Celebrate the Resurrected Judge!

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

The most important court appointment has already been made. It is an appointment to the highest judiciary seat possible and it covers the entire human race. Continue reading →

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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 →

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A night in solitary confinement

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

“Colorado’s Head of Department of Corrections, Rick Raemish, changed his thinking about Solitary Confinement (Ad Seg) after spending 20 hours in a cell.” Continue reading →

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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 →

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