Flawed Principles for Making Moral Decisions

Views: 78[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1  page.] Making moral decisions has to do with confronting day-by-day temptations and behavior options. Everyone operates by some set of “moral standards” that determine his/her behavior, even if they are immoral….

Jerusalem From Three Perspectives—Isaiah 2–4

Views: 92[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction1 In Isaiah 1 the prophet unleashed numerous denunciations of God’s people that spanned the reigns of Uzziah through Hezekiah. Judah and Jerusalem (especially Jerusalem) had become so corrupt that God sarcastically…

Scriptural Pragmatism

Views: 93[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Longer Articles  page.] Introduction Our English word pragmatic generally connotes that which is practical, that which “gets the job done,” sometimes to the exclusion of reasonable or artistic considerations. When I was a youngster…