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INTRODUCTION: Today I want to get the reader thinking about a topic that I have touched on before. It is a topic discussed by a variety of different people groups. And, it is vilified on nearly all sides. When it is not made a boogie man, it is downplayed by others who should be its…
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“See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these…
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“From the Christian standpoint, all true authority begins and resides in the sovereign God and His infallible Word. The Lord Jesus Christ declared, ‘All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth’ (Matt. 28:18)… In fact, what we believe about Christ’s authority and sovereignty actually has far-reaching implications for political life and…
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“The commentator who comes to the Bible with the assumption that it is immoral to tell a falsehood in every conceivable case, must naturally conclude that [all such] actions… [are] unlawful. However, such an a priori assumption concerning deception overlooks, or in some instances deliberately suppresses, the testimony of the Bible that God may bless…
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INTRODUCTION: Christian Ethics is a vitally important subject. The world takes its marching orders on matters pertaining to right and wrong from the well of human subjectivity. That is, opinions of what should and should not be done are constant. But, the question that needs to be asked time and time again is this: By…
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