Search results for: "ethics" (152)

A Preacher’s Perspective on Reading the Bible with Workplace Eyes by Haddon Robinson

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When the Sermon Goes to Work, by Haddon Robinson. Does selling insurance, running a laundromat, driving a cab, or...

Connecting Lending Practices to the Fear of the Lord (Nehemiah 5:1-5:19)

Bible Commentary

Nehemiah’s wall-building project was threatened, not just from the outside, but also from the inside. Certain wealthy...

The Economic Effects of War (Judges 6:1-11)

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After Deborah, the quality of the judges begins to decline. Judges 6:1-11 illustrates what was likely a common feature...

Obadiah Saves a Hundred People by Working Within a Corrupt System (1 Kings 1)

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At least two episodes during this period deserve our attention. The first, Obadiah’s saving of a hundred prophets, may...

The Workplace Consequences of Personal Failings (Psalm 73)

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Psalm 73 depicts a four-fold journey of temptation and faithfulness, playing it out in the psalmist's work.[1] In the...

Welcoming Overcomes Quarrels over Differing Opinions (Romans 14:1–23)

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“Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions,” begins Paul (Rom. 14:1)....

Living Under the Power of God (Romans 13)

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Romans 13 serves as an encouragement that God is sovereign over every earthly authority.

Living According to the Spirit Leads to a New Quality of Life (Romans 8:1–14)

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Believers are free from the law, but walking in newness of life is based on a firm moral structure (hence, “the law of...

Good in What Context?

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Context is ethically important. Sometimes this is because actions mean different things among people of different...

Can the Good be Calculated?

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Consequences can be hard to measure and quantify; sometimes impossibly so. In some cases we know the consequences, but...

Good for Whom?

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An issue for consequentialist ethics is defining whose consequences are to be optimized. Self Interest There...

What is Good?

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Jesus claims that the situations we might feel aggrieved or sad about can be the very ones to make us blessed or happy.