Lying for God?

Lying for God?

by | Jan 23, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Ethics, World Issues

I made a big boo boo when I preached on Rahab from Joshua chapter 2 last Sunday. I didn’t touch on the question of whether it is okay to lie for God. I guess the issue was not one the narrative surfaced, and I was so blown away by her conversion experience, and how a...
Shocked

Shocked

by | Jan 24, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Ethics, World Issues

I remember my mum hinting that my beloved Teochew nanny may have lost her daughter in very tragic circumstances. Sons were prized in China. Daughters were not. Apparently, when her daughter was born, they tore her from her mother’s arms and threw the new born...
True North

True North

by | Nov 15, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Ethics, World Issues

Please read the following: “It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and Dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the Lady of the Wood and yet live; and the Sword comes back to war that...
Test Everything

Test Everything

by | Sep 6, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Ethics, World Issues

TIME Magazine–reliable newsweekly or trojan horse for ungodly values? Well, both actually. In a rapidly shrinking world, TIME, and other weeklies like NEWSWEEK and ECONOMIST provide well written articles and editorials that help one understand the world. But...
Good Death

Good Death

by | Dec 9, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Ethics, World Issues

By a vote of 104-40, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament has just passed a new law that permits euthanasia under certain circumstances (Economist, December 2nd – 8th, 2000, p. 61). People over the age of 16 who suffer acute and unremitting pain may now...