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Category Archives: Ethics
The Virtue of Wisdom
An exciting new book has recently been released. It is entitled Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life (Eerdmans), edited by Michael Austin and Douglas Geivett. The book features chapters on eleven different virtues—faith, open-mindedness, wisdom, zeal, hope, contentment, courage, … Continue reading
Is God a Moral Monster?—A Book Review
Anyone familiar with the writings of the new atheists is aware of their penchant for taking potshots at Old Testament ethics. Their moral objections target such things as: (1) God’s desire to be worshipped, (2) God’s preferential treatment of the … Continue reading
Taylor University: Central States Region Ethics Bowl Champions!
For the last ten years I have had the privilege and joy of coaching the Taylor University Ethics Bowl team. Ethics Bowl is an intercollegiate debate competition focusing on moral issues. Each Fall semester teams are given fifteen cases dealing … Continue reading
Homosexuality, State Dogma, and the Censoring of Christians
A lot of attention is being given to two recent legal cases regarding Christian counseling students who are being censored because of their views on homosexuality. Last week a federal court upheld Eastern Michigan University’s expulsion of Julea Ward, a … Continue reading
Evidence for an Innate Moral Sense?
In the book of Romans the Apostle Paul writes, “when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since … Continue reading
Why Illegal Drug Use is Immoral
From time to time I am approached by students who have sincere questions about why illegal drug use is wrong. They come to me, I suppose, because I sometimes mention in class that in my pre-Christian days (now over thirty … Continue reading
God Judges Animals?
Amy and I have practiced what we call a “cruelty-free diet” for more than a decade. We do this out of a conviction that it’s the least we can do to avoid moral complicity with the factory farming system in our … Continue reading
The Discipline of Fasting
Recent years have seen a significant increase of interest among evangelicals in spiritual formation. Authors such as Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, and John Ortberg have led the way in reminding us that personal sanctification is not properly a passive affair. … Continue reading
Midlife, Mortality, and Faith
I recently turned 46, which happens to be the average age of onset of midlife crises for American men. As for signs of this event in my own life, so far so good. I haven’t experienced any sudden impulses to … Continue reading
The Devil’s in the Details
Greetings from Asia! Bailey and I are visiting my sister and her family who work at an international school in Taichung, Taiwan. This is Bailey’s first international experience and it has been interesting to watch him processing the sights, sounds, … Continue reading
