By Larry Ray Hafley Three years ago, the Institution for Social Research at the University of Michigan made an extensive study of gambling in the United States. The study revealed that in 1974, two out of every three Americans made a bet. Gambling is a mufti-billion dollar business of crime and sin. More than 30 billion …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Situation Ethics
By Weldon E. Warnock Ethics means “a series of rules and laws and principles by which we act and which tell us what to do.” But “situation ethics” is not geared to rules and regulations. This system of ethics refuses to be circumscribed by rules and laws. It says there is nothing right or wrong. Moral …
The Basis Of Christian Ethics
By Norman Midgette While attending the University of Richmond (Virginia) I was required to take a course in Classical Greek. It was a study of Plato’s Euthyphro, his Apology and Crito. The setting was Greece; the story was about Socrates and the time approximated that of Malachi. The writings were of Socrates’ philosophy, teaching, trial, and …
The Authority Of The Bible In Ethics
By Guthrie D. Dean Authority refers to “the power or right to act or command.” Ethics has reference to “a set of moral principles or values; the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group.” The chief priests and elders of the people came to Jesus and asked Him, “By what authority doest thou these …