I’ve started to engage with Federal Vision theology and have some more posts planned. However, I want to deal early on with one specific and important issue that has made engaging with The Federal Vision particularly difficult. Have a read of this particular article by Doug Wilson. He repeats his views found here in a… Continue reading Doug Wilson and deception in a time of war – one of the challenges with engaging with Federal Vision
Category: ethics
Union Jack dresses and cultural celebrations
Just before the schools broke up, there was one of those perennial news stories about a school running an event to celebrate different cultures and them victimising children who turned up to celebrate British culture. In this case, the child had turned up in Union Jack costume and been prevented from giving their speech, it… Continue reading Union Jack dresses and cultural celebrations
Labubu: The real darkness
Every parent’s nightmare right now is something called a Labubu. It’s a type of doll, actually a hideously ugly little thing and also hideously expensive. Its price seems to be down to demand availability and this seems to be because done K-Pop star was sporting one as an accessory. Now, they are a must have.… Continue reading Labubu: The real darkness
Letter to EN editor Christian College in Oxford Questions
Here’s a letter I wrote to Evangelicals Now about the new Christian college in Oxford. I don’t think it was published. Dear Editor, In the recent edition of Evangelicals Now, you refer to the start up of a new college in Oxford which claims a Christian ethos. A further bit of checking raises a number… Continue reading Letter to EN editor Christian College in Oxford Questions
How do we make the case against Assisted Dying to those who don’t share our Christian worldview
One of the things that comes up in my conversations with other Christians about beginning and end of life ethics is the difficulty of engaging with people who don’t share our worldview. We know that we are made in God’s image and so share equal dignity. We know that God is sovereign, is life and … Continue reading How do we make the case against Assisted Dying to those who don’t share our Christian worldview
If God is sovereign and all knowing, might my assisted suicide be part of his plan?”
This is one of the questions I’ve been asked concerning assisted dying. There is a point there isn’t there? God knows everything: past present, future. In fact, Scripture goes further and points to him being in control, planning and purposing what will happen. Every minute and every day is in his hand. Doesn’t that mean… Continue reading If God is sovereign and all knowing, might my assisted suicide be part of his plan?”
Signals: Please don’t exclude us from the conversation about assisted dying
Whenever we speak, write or act, we are communicating far more than we may realise. When we speak, there is the content we communicate but there are also other signals we are sending out and they may be communicating far more. Sometimes those signals communicate things we would desire to say even if we are… Continue reading Signals: Please don’t exclude us from the conversation about assisted dying
Can we impose our values onto everyone else?
We may conclude that Christians should be against abortion and euthanasia based on what the Bible teaches us about God, ourselves, creation and new creation. However, does this mean that we can impose this value on the rest of society? If the democratic majority think that assisted dying is okay, or even if this is… Continue reading Can we impose our values onto everyone else?
The case for life part 2. Assisted Dying and what the Bible says about Creation and New Creation
In part 1, we looked at how what we believe about God and about us (humanity) shapes our ethics when it comes to abortion and euthanasia. There are four key questions that I encourage people to think about when making practical and ethical decisions. In this article we are going to look at the second… Continue reading The case for life part 2. Assisted Dying and what the Bible says about Creation and New Creation
The case for life (and against abortion & Euthanasia)
In the Uk we have seen two recent votes in the House of Commons touching on the beginning and end of life. First, an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill intending to decriminalise abortion for women in the case of their own pregnancy will have the affecting of enabling unregulated abortion up and to… Continue reading The case for life (and against abortion & Euthanasia)
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