A society does not end slavery, racism, or sexism merely by writing new laws. As we saw in part 1, the changes must begin at a moral level. An Old Testament example We read an example from Philemon, here’s one from Jeremiah. The word that came to Jeremiah from the
How does one end moral evils like slavery, racism, or sexism? First, by recognizing that culture is upstream from laws and policies, and worship–“cult” –is upstream from culture. We make societies like the God or gods we worship. A godless universe leaves people free to enslave others, objectify women, and
In the West, we have a new coping mechanism for a guilty conscience. Just slander those who disagree with you. When anyone attempts to speak, even with courtesy, from a biblically informed perspective on morality, just shout them down and call them hateful. I thought about this while preparing Darrow’s
Life brings its own rewards We have been examining Paul’s discussion on worldview in Romans 1. We have seen the shifting of paradigms from the Judeo-Christian worldview to either pagan humanism or pagan animism. Because ideas have consequences, a shift in worldview inevitably leads to a shift in values and
Answer: God’s invisible, moral character is revealed in His creation. Question: How can the invisible be visible? That’s where we ended last Thursday’s post. Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities … have been clearly seen, Romans 1:19–20. The creation makes visible the invisible. This seems like a conundrum.
“What is truth?” The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, Romans 1:18 With this overarching statement, Paul opens his short course on worldview (Romans 1:18 -32). God’s wrath stands against the rebellion and
What does Abraham Lincoln have to teach us about tolerance? Some years ago I heard a Christian leader relate a conversation he’d had with his son upon his graduation from public high school. “What values were you taught?” he asked the young man. “No values,” was the grad’s initial reply.
My heart has been broken, as have so many hearts in America and around the world, at the unspeakable murder of twenty children and seven adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Words cannot describe the horror. How do we process such evil? What kind of culture
[The following post, refreshed from its original publication, is highly relevant to the current political-economic environment.] The global economic crisis is, at its root, a moral and metaphysical crisis. Our economic principles and polices are founded on assumptions which are either theistic or atheistic. One set of assumptions fits reality the
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