Yet, within the Church as well as outside it, this perverted notion persists. Truth is conceived on a quantitative basis—no doubt under the influence of statistical reasoning and public opinion polls. It is being assumed that the more people there are with different opinions to contribute, the greater ‘truth’ will emerge from the mixing of […]
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Tag: Values / Manners / Morals
Lying – The Denial of God’s Reality
Truth forever on the scaffold Wrong forever on the throne Yet that scaffold sways the future, and Behind the dim unknown Standeth God within the shadow Keeping watch above His Own ~James Russell Lowell, The Present Crisis Not long ago, in a prophetic way, the Boston Globe reported, “In our culture, it is not […]
Present Concerns
This is another collection of articles written by Lewis, mostly during war time. I still think Lewis offers a wealth of practical insight in these articles that few, if any, today have. These cover subjects from home life to ethics of war. The size is manageable as well.
Good Manners
It is assumed that equality means all men being equally uncivil, whereas it obviously ought to mean all men being equally civil. Such people have forgotten the very meaning derivation of the word civility, if they do not see that to be uncivil is to be uncivic. . . Now for this particular moral and […]
Vital Contemporary Issues
Last month I reviewed Vital Theological Issues from this same series. These books are a good way to bring yourself up to date on current issues. In section one, this volume deals with moral conflicts, abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia and AIDS. In section two, it deals with doctrinal issues such as Liberation Theology and the Signs […]
Values Or Morals?
May I express my opinion about you being so fat? Not according to a recent interview I heard on the radio! It seems a woman journalist adorned her averaged sized frame with a ‘‘fat suit’’ that made her appear 150 pounds heavier than normal. She then spent the day mingling among the unaware, expecting to […]