Progressive Covenantalism and the Doing of Ethics Stephen J
... On this point, 1 Cor 9:20-21 is a crucial text. As a Christian, Paul no longer sees himself as “under the law” and, remarkably, he does not equate God’s law with the Mosaic law! Instead, Paul views himself as under God’s law but God’s law is now defined completely in relation to Christ (ἒνομος Χριστ ...
... On this point, 1 Cor 9:20-21 is a crucial text. As a Christian, Paul no longer sees himself as “under the law” and, remarkably, he does not equate God’s law with the Mosaic law! Instead, Paul views himself as under God’s law but God’s law is now defined completely in relation to Christ (ἒνομος Χριστ ...
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... ascendant free-market liberalism, and attempts to renovate social democracy. I argued for a fourth model that I called “just, participatory, eco-development.” This explicitly normative vision was a pluralism that asserted the moral importance of basic human needs, democratic self-determination and p ...
... ascendant free-market liberalism, and attempts to renovate social democracy. I argued for a fourth model that I called “just, participatory, eco-development.” This explicitly normative vision was a pluralism that asserted the moral importance of basic human needs, democratic self-determination and p ...
The State of the Nation what: is the Ethical response?
... and divinely routed standard of right and wrong; which says there are standards of right and wrong based and are routed in a divine law which is above and beyond our own ideas of right and wrong. This is what we mean when we talk about standards transcended, and it’s interesting to know that this is ...
... and divinely routed standard of right and wrong; which says there are standards of right and wrong based and are routed in a divine law which is above and beyond our own ideas of right and wrong. This is what we mean when we talk about standards transcended, and it’s interesting to know that this is ...
political staurologies
... Leonardo Boff does not throw an accusation of a lie towards the traditional theological interpretation of the Cross, merely a distortion which omits or at least conceals the real reasons of Jesus’s death as their exposition would undoubtedly reveal the political and revolutionary dimension of the Cr ...
... Leonardo Boff does not throw an accusation of a lie towards the traditional theological interpretation of the Cross, merely a distortion which omits or at least conceals the real reasons of Jesus’s death as their exposition would undoubtedly reveal the political and revolutionary dimension of the Cr ...
Be Right - The Good Teacher
... right and wrong. Subsequent research, however, has shown that in the aftermath of the attacks, a minority of Americans believes in the existence of absolute moral truth. Even more surprising, the data from a pair of nationwide studies conducted by the Barna Research Group of Ventura, California show ...
... right and wrong. Subsequent research, however, has shown that in the aftermath of the attacks, a minority of Americans believes in the existence of absolute moral truth. Even more surprising, the data from a pair of nationwide studies conducted by the Barna Research Group of Ventura, California show ...
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... Apologetics and evangelism are also related in the sense that both are tasks in which all believers must engage, to some extent. Neither is a job for “professionals” only. (It is not correct to object on the basis of Matt. 10:19.) Finally, evangelism is strengthened by proper apologetics, and apolog ...
... Apologetics and evangelism are also related in the sense that both are tasks in which all believers must engage, to some extent. Neither is a job for “professionals” only. (It is not correct to object on the basis of Matt. 10:19.) Finally, evangelism is strengthened by proper apologetics, and apolog ...
Theological Ethics and Neuroscience
... and especially Kantian conceptions of ethics. Moreover, there are alternative views in modern moral philosophy and theological ethics that have some affinity with how Lakoff & Johnson describe ethics. Lakoff & Johnson themselves use, e.g., the Thomism of Alasdair MacIntyre (1981, 1999). The ethical ...
... and especially Kantian conceptions of ethics. Moreover, there are alternative views in modern moral philosophy and theological ethics that have some affinity with how Lakoff & Johnson describe ethics. Lakoff & Johnson themselves use, e.g., the Thomism of Alasdair MacIntyre (1981, 1999). The ethical ...
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALING versus MENTAL
... human efforts were limited by the laws imposed by tides and winds. The era of the steamship overcame the restrictions which had existed for sailing ships. What had appeared to be laws were found to be nothing more than the limitations of ignorance. Men began to perceive that they had been battling n ...
... human efforts were limited by the laws imposed by tides and winds. The era of the steamship overcame the restrictions which had existed for sailing ships. What had appeared to be laws were found to be nothing more than the limitations of ignorance. Men began to perceive that they had been battling n ...
Notes - Grace Life Bible Church
... “Did Erasmus use other manuscripts beside these five in preparing his Textus Receptus? The indications are that he did . . . It is well known also that Erasmus looked for manuscripts everywhere during his travels and that he borrowed them form everyone he could. Hence although the Textus Receptus wa ...
... “Did Erasmus use other manuscripts beside these five in preparing his Textus Receptus? The indications are that he did . . . It is well known also that Erasmus looked for manuscripts everywhere during his travels and that he borrowed them form everyone he could. Hence although the Textus Receptus wa ...
six Study Guides - Baylor University
... When God called Abram to leave his father’s family and continue on to the land of Canaan, God promised that through his descendants “all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3). Making “a great nation” in Israel was a major step in fulfilling that promise. However, for Luke the Ab ...
... When God called Abram to leave his father’s family and continue on to the land of Canaan, God promised that through his descendants “all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3). Making “a great nation” in Israel was a major step in fulfilling that promise. However, for Luke the Ab ...
Get Ready to Read (cont.)
... The Byzantine Church • The Greek-speaking Christians in the East developed their own form of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church. • The Byzantines believed their emperor represented Jesus Christ on Earth. • The emperor appointed the patriarch of Constantinople, the leader of the Eastern Or ...
... The Byzantine Church • The Greek-speaking Christians in the East developed their own form of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church. • The Byzantines believed their emperor represented Jesus Christ on Earth. • The emperor appointed the patriarch of Constantinople, the leader of the Eastern Or ...
Chapter 10: Christianity
... The Byzantine Church • The Greek-speaking Christians in the East developed their own form of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church. • The Byzantines believed their emperor represented Jesus Christ on Earth. • The emperor appointed the patriarch of Constantinople, the leader of the Eastern Or ...
... The Byzantine Church • The Greek-speaking Christians in the East developed their own form of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church. • The Byzantines believed their emperor represented Jesus Christ on Earth. • The emperor appointed the patriarch of Constantinople, the leader of the Eastern Or ...
[Gē`zus] (“the Lord is salvation”)
... “All the authentic information about her comes from Scripture.” (Westminster Dictionary) “The Bible tells nothing of Mary’s birth or childhood. We first meet her at the time of the conception of Jesus. Tradition, however, names her parents as Joachim and Anne (or Hannah) and says that Anne was born ...
... “All the authentic information about her comes from Scripture.” (Westminster Dictionary) “The Bible tells nothing of Mary’s birth or childhood. We first meet her at the time of the conception of Jesus. Tradition, however, names her parents as Joachim and Anne (or Hannah) and says that Anne was born ...
Print this article - New Theology Review
... the features of virtue ethics, which is different from principles-based ethics. Second, I will scrutinize the virtue features in early Confucianism, with foucs on the other-regarding or social dimension. Third, I will investigate the comparable virtue features in Christian ethics. I will also demons ...
... the features of virtue ethics, which is different from principles-based ethics. Second, I will scrutinize the virtue features in early Confucianism, with foucs on the other-regarding or social dimension. Third, I will investigate the comparable virtue features in Christian ethics. I will also demons ...
Pacifism and Militarism in the American Restoration Movement
... covenant together ... to promote peace and to oppose war now and always. We propose to carry out this covenant for the abolition of war by fostering good will among nations, races and classes, by opposing military preparations .... "19 In 1936 the Disciples convention, like most other mainline Prote ...
... covenant together ... to promote peace and to oppose war now and always. We propose to carry out this covenant for the abolition of war by fostering good will among nations, races and classes, by opposing military preparations .... "19 In 1936 the Disciples convention, like most other mainline Prote ...
Chapter 1 – Historical Development
... Virtue Ethics: based on Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics Goal is the development of a good or virtuous human being; an action is not right or good in itself. ...
... Virtue Ethics: based on Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics Goal is the development of a good or virtuous human being; an action is not right or good in itself. ...
How Do We Know the Bible is True? article
... Some people think the Bible was all written down about the same time, copied and distributed. But the Bible is not "instant" Scripture and it wasn't all written down around the same time. Instead, the books of the Bible were written over a lengthy period of time by different people inspired by God. ...
... Some people think the Bible was all written down about the same time, copied and distributed. But the Bible is not "instant" Scripture and it wasn't all written down around the same time. Instead, the books of the Bible were written over a lengthy period of time by different people inspired by God. ...
THE BIBLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTIAN MYSTERY, THE
... because the Church is neither the sum of beliefs of some religious system – that is an ideology (no matter whether “orthodox” or not) – nor a kind of mystery cult, but rather the collective manifestation of the Kingdom of God, the Divine Eucharist was also characterized as a “Mystery”, more precisel ...
... because the Church is neither the sum of beliefs of some religious system – that is an ideology (no matter whether “orthodox” or not) – nor a kind of mystery cult, but rather the collective manifestation of the Kingdom of God, the Divine Eucharist was also characterized as a “Mystery”, more precisel ...
The Study of Theology and Philosophy in the 21st Century
... Wittgensteinian approach to religion which, to the contrary, tends to emphasise that a religion has its own unique form of linguistic coherence and standards as to what can count as true. By comparison with the dire general run of analytic approaches to religion this is highly salutary and valuable. ...
... Wittgensteinian approach to religion which, to the contrary, tends to emphasise that a religion has its own unique form of linguistic coherence and standards as to what can count as true. By comparison with the dire general run of analytic approaches to religion this is highly salutary and valuable. ...
format - CSDirectory.com
... tell us that life is both good and evil. ---Her uncertainty about God’s unchangeable laws of good, and her acceptance of the serpent’s wily whisperings, leads her to the hardships that come from believing we have to take the good with the bad. • A fate that our loving Father-Mother, God, could never ...
... tell us that life is both good and evil. ---Her uncertainty about God’s unchangeable laws of good, and her acceptance of the serpent’s wily whisperings, leads her to the hardships that come from believing we have to take the good with the bad. • A fate that our loving Father-Mother, God, could never ...
World History I Reading Questions
... 3. Compare the significance of Peter’s mission with that of Paul for the later history of the church? 4. Given what you know about Athenian life, was Paul’s reception in Athens typical of what you might expect there? How did it differ from his testament in Jerusalem? 5. In what ways was the Ch ...
... 3. Compare the significance of Peter’s mission with that of Paul for the later history of the church? 4. Given what you know about Athenian life, was Paul’s reception in Athens typical of what you might expect there? How did it differ from his testament in Jerusalem? 5. In what ways was the Ch ...
Something to Think About
... the word from which we derive our English word, “logic.” So Paul is commanding believers to let Christian thought be the logic of their lives. Random thinking is perhaps the easiest thing human beings ever do, but right thinking is perhaps the hardest thing we ever do. Christians, of all people, oug ...
... the word from which we derive our English word, “logic.” So Paul is commanding believers to let Christian thought be the logic of their lives. Random thinking is perhaps the easiest thing human beings ever do, but right thinking is perhaps the hardest thing we ever do. Christians, of all people, oug ...
Communication Ethic
... humanity. However, that which works against our ability to reason works against our very humanity. If, for example, we can demonstrate that an advertisement on TV has been developed for the purpose of short-circuiting our thinking power and preventing us from fully reasoning to the proper conclusion ...
... humanity. However, that which works against our ability to reason works against our very humanity. If, for example, we can demonstrate that an advertisement on TV has been developed for the purpose of short-circuiting our thinking power and preventing us from fully reasoning to the proper conclusion ...
Hermeneutics of Slavery - Digital Commons @ Andrews University
... This brief review of the pro-slavery hermeneutical position makes it clear that Southerners viewed the abolitionist position as antithetical to the very Word of God and His established order, influenced more by modern culture than the Bible. They claimed that “the only rule of judgment is the wr ...
... This brief review of the pro-slavery hermeneutical position makes it clear that Southerners viewed the abolitionist position as antithetical to the very Word of God and His established order, influenced more by modern culture than the Bible. They claimed that “the only rule of judgment is the wr ...
1 corinthians - Thru the Bible
... vv. 16-20 — The believer’s body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. vv. 21-23 — All things and all believers are the possession of every other believer. We rob ourselves when we limit ourselves to one individual or a narrow circle. 4. Conditions of Christ’s servants constrain Christian conduct, 4 vv. ...
... vv. 16-20 — The believer’s body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. vv. 21-23 — All things and all believers are the possession of every other believer. We rob ourselves when we limit ourselves to one individual or a narrow circle. 4. Conditions of Christ’s servants constrain Christian conduct, 4 vv. ...
Christian ethics
Christian ethics is a branch of Christian theology that defines concepts of right (virtuous) and wrong (sinful) behavior from a Christian perspective. Various sources inform Christian ethics but ""comprehensive Christian ethical writings use four distinguishable sources: (1) the Bible and the Christian tradition, (2) philosophical principles and methods, (3) science and other sources of knowledge about the world, and (4) human experience broadly conceived."" Jewish ethics and the life of Jesus also figure prominently. According to D. Stephen Long, ""The Bible is the universal and fundamental source of specifically Christian ethics"", as ""Christian ethics finds its source in diverse means, but it primarily emerges from the biblical narrative."". Christians do not all follow one type of ethics. It depends on their view of Scripture and Tradition.Christian ethicists often engage with and draw from secular ethics. Like secular ethicists, different thinkers approach Christian ethics from different perspectives, variously using deontological, consequentialist, utilitarian and other frameworks for ethical reflection. The approach of virtue ethics has also become popular in recent decades, largely due to the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Stanley Hauerwas.Christian ethics developed during Early Christianity as Christianity arose in the Holy Land and other early centers of Christianity while Christianity emerged from Second Temple Judaism. Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire erupted periodically, beginning with the Crucifixion of Jesus in Roman Judaea (c.30-33 AD) and periodically continued until Christianity was legalized under Constantine in 313 and became the state church of the Roman Empire in 380. Consequently, early Christian ethics included discussions of how believers should relate to Roman authority and to the empire. It also included questions regarding how the rich should treat the poor, how women should be treated, and the morality of war.Christian ethics have been criticized for a variety of reasons, including ideas that exist in Biblical scripture that Christians have relied on to guide their actions. These include Old Testament stories that provide negative examples along with positive examples, as well as prescriptions that have caused some people to act in ways many modern observers would find wrong (such as permitting slavery).`Various ideas in the New Testament have also been criticized as being morally suspect.