Problem #2. What is the correct foundation for Christian Ethics? Norman Geisler (again in the book, “Christian Ethics: Options and Issues”) states that Fiery furnace by Toros Roslin, Mashtots, 1266 (MS No. 2027, Fol. 14 V.) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) there are six basic systems of ethics. This is not Deontological versus Teleological, but rather that …
Month: April 2012
The Unethical Church. Part I
Having attended church since before I was born, I have long been aware of the difficulties that churches have with member discipline. That is, maintaining and enforcing ethical/moral standards. Matthew 18:15-17 has often been used as the sum total of discipline, yet the passage is completely inadequate. First, it provides, at best, a loose set …
Some thoughts on Christian Social Ministry
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Wondering about Signs and Wonders
I was writing an article on crisis care within the context of the story of Elijah. It occurred to me how generally useless is miracles (as they are popularly identified). There are different ways to define “miracle” of course. However, I am using the most common, although doubtful, definition. That is, a miracle is a …
Playing Nice on the Net, and the Divine Sysop
Long ago and far away (22 years ago and 9,000 miles away) back before the Internet was called the Internet, I used to hang out on the Religion Forum of Compuserve (especially the Christian Sub-forum). It was a strange place. Although, proselytism was strictly forbidden and language was fairly strongly controlled, I felt that it …
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Don’t Get Out of the Pool
The church can be involved in missions on several levels. Here are three. 1. Pooling Pooling is pretty obvious. Churches pool their resources, particularly their money... giving them to an outside body, such as a denominational organization or non-denominational mission agency. The involvement of the church in missions is extremely limited. Relationship with missionaries/ministry sites: …