Category Archives: Ethics

Should Reformed Christians Be Supporting Putin?

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Andrew Webb

Recently I shared a request from ARP NEWS for prayer and donations to help the refugees who are fleeing the war in Ukraine. Earlier I had shared a prayer request asking for prayer for the people of Ukraine and had … Continue reading →

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Are Christian Ethics Merely Reflections of the Primitive Beliefs of the Ancient Greco-Roman World?

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Andrew Webb

It’s common to hear from people who believe that Conservative Christian attitudes towards ethical issues like abortion, euthanasia, fornication, homosexuality, and different religions are merely reflections of “ancient” backward cultural attitudes towards those subjects. In reality, nothing could actually be farther from the truth. Continue reading →

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Teaching Children About Perversion from the Pulpit

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Andrew Webb

The other day after watching the news, my nine year old daughter asked me what “pre-operative transgender children” were. I seriously doubt that the conversation that resulted would have been necessary twenty years ago, but how many of us, 20 … Continue reading →

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A Thought for the Fourth of July

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Andrew Webb

One of the great purposes of constitutions in Republics and Democracies is to protect the rights of minorities. The U.S. Constitution has done an admirable job of doing that. For over 200 years, in a world filled with ethnic cleansing, … Continue reading →

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Does Matthew 7:1-5 Forbid All Judging?

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Andrew Webb

Matthew 7:1-5 (NKJV) “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the … Continue reading →

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Is There Any Such Thing As a “Good Lie?”

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Andrew Webb

Christians are called upon to be truth-tellers even when it is to our disadvantage to do so. In fact, being scrupulously truthful should be a mark of a Christian heart. As Dutch Theologian Wilhelmus A’Brakel put it: “If the heart … Continue reading →

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