"The Moral Disciple: an Introduction to Christian Ethics," is a text that introduces readers to the study of ethics, Classically, ethics has dealt with character/virtue, norms/laws, and consequences/goals.
This book came out of my experience as a missionary in Latin America and is a reflection on the big difference that occurs in the world economy, and what a Christian should think and do about it.
The fact that the question of homosexual marriage has been addressed negatively in the past is no reason not to address it now. The same could have been said of slavery and women's equality.
I have a hard time following the technical and linguistic arguments on "status confesionis." In practice, would accepting the report disallow pro-gay marriage positions, and imply excommunication...
All true! As a former missionary I can affirm them. Though, in a good sense, I think it's true that "once a missionary, always a missionary."
Terrific to hear.
I met a missionary who is an ethno-musicologist. She works in Africa trying to track down local music.
A problem she runs into is that the African music scene has...
You are certainly right about it not being a new problem. Socrates had the same lament.
A colleague turned me toward psychological studies on this. Makes sense. A name to pursue is Brene Brown. She has two TED talks that are instructive here. She points out that shame is quite...
Amen! The problem is, our theology in the West is not aimed at shame and cleanliness; It is aimed at sin and guilt, e.g. the Satisfaction Theory of Atonement. Therefore we are rarely effective...
I am told that Bono was at an awards ceremony and heard a Christian Artist thank God for "giving" him a particular song.
Bono's response was, "I'm sorry to hear that God has no sense of...
The classic definition of justice is "rendering to each his due."
That's a good start, but invites lots of questions: Due to whom? What things? Due on what basis? Etc.
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You could check my "From Cairo to Christ." It tells the story of my fellow Calvin Sem. grad who converted from Islam 40 years ago, and has been working as an evangelist to Muslims every since. ...
