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How Grace Overcame Justice

Karma. The idea that every action has a natural, inescapable reaction. Every choice will be met with an inevitable consequence. Justice. The way through which actions are answered. Rights are rewarded and crimes are puni…
Karma vs Justice (and God)

The basic idea of karma suggests that for every choice or thought that we make, there is a direct result - some results may not actually manifest themselves, though, until a later life (reincarnation). The disciples in…
Glenn Beck and The Church: At Odds Over Social Justice

At any one moment in time, some large percentage of the U.S. population is at odds with Glenn Beck, a popular and often controversial Fox News political correspondent. So it should come as no surprise that this week Bec…
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People (and Vice Versa)?

The infamous question that we all wrestle with is "Why do bad things happen to good people and viceversa?" It's a question that knocks people out of faith and seriously discourages believers and nonbelievers from trusti…
Christian Ethics and the Story of God

"The God of Israel, the creator of the world, has acted (astoundingly) to rescue a lost and broken world through the death and resurrection of Jesus; the full scope of that rescue is not yet apparent, but God has creat…
The Manhattan Declaration: Furthering Truth or Misconceptions?

The Manhattan Declaration was signed by a group of Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians back on November 20. They have agreed on three "fundamental truths about justice and the common good," these are: 1) t…
Capital Punishment: What Is The Christian Stance?

Capital punishment has been the center of a long debate. Do murderers, rapists, child molesters, etc. deserve to die? Should we use death as a punishment? I find many people divided on this issue, Christian and non-Chri…
Rethinking Justice: Retribution vs. Restoration

...a lot of people think this is just a job that you go to.....take a lunch hour, the job’s over, something like that. But...it's a 24 hour deal...no two ways about it....and what most people don't see: Just How Hard…
The Lockerbie Bomber Set Free: A Christian Moral Dilema

The Lockerbie bomber killed 270 people...but because the Scottish government felt that mercy was appropriate, the terminally ill mass murderer he now lives free in Libya, where he came home to a hero's welcome. For th…
Enemies and Justice

Shalom. The last couple of weeks, I've been thinking about the importance of loving my neighbor as myself and loving my enemies as well. I don't have any enemies per se... not to my knowledge, anyway, but nevertheless,…