We previously described what we call the four settings of justice: judicial, familial, political, and economic. These settings of justice naturally combine in a variety of ways. We’ll consider four such combinations, which we’ll call the four theories of justice.
Read MoreGod’s special love for some rather than for all fits awkwardly with the spirit of the age. But the biblical emphasis on exclusive love—regularly elided in Christian conversation about God’s relationship to the world—cannot be avoided, because it’s all over the Bible.
Read MoreWe are mothers and brothers, teachers and preachers; we are customers and consumers. But we aren’t everything to everyone. We have different kinds of relationships, and these relationships vary in scope. It sounds complicated, but that’s life. When we talk about God's relationship to the world, we have to keep kind and scope in mind.
Read MoreEveryone wants justice and equality as surely as everyone wants peace. But whether or not the equality, the justice, or the peace is desirable depends considerably on what kind of equality, justice, or peace one hopes to achieve. And there’s a big problem facing anyone thinking about—much less striving for—justice and equality: confusion.
Read MoreWhose Christianity? Which equality? Before considering the relationship between Christianity and equality, we have to say something about what we mean by each term. Let's say something about Christianity now.
Read MoreWhat causes people to leave the church: evolution, the sexual revolution, or something else? Perhaps all of the above. In a series of posts to inaugurate this blog, I offer an additional reason why people abandon Christianity: equality.
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