Month: July 2022

Can God Change His Mind?

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Traditional theism has held that God is “immutable,” meaning that God cannot change.  If God changes for the worse, then God would become imperfect.  On the other hand, if God changes for the better, then that would mean that God was previously imperfect.  Both of these possibilities would contradict the fact that God is the … Read more

On Young-Earth Creationism

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The Bible and the Age of the Earth All Christians believe that God is the Creator of the world.  In this sense, all Christians are creationists.  But in the modern period, the term “creationism” has come to refer to a rejection of the scientific theory of evolution in favor of a belief that God directly … Read more

Abortion, the Law, and the Church’s Witness Against Violence

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which had established the legal freedom to have an abortion as a Constitutional right.  This has moved the question of the legality of abortion back into the democratic legislative process (where it belongs), and a number of states have quickly moved to make … Read more

The Problem with Progressive Christianity, Part 2

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This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series The Problem with Progressive Christianity

The Ethical Consequences of Progressive Christianity It is no secret that progressive Christianity’s abandonment of historic Christian orthodoxy is often motivated by a desire to be free of the constraints of traditional Christian sexual ethics.  While the Church has always believed that human sexuality should be expressed either through celibacy or through a lifelong covenant … Read more