By Dusty Owens EVERY SMALL CHILD FROM MY ERA WAS given a Tinker Toy set to help develop his creativity and ingenuity. I was no exception. You could follow the pictures and build what the designer had in mind, or use your own imagination and arrange the pieces just any way that suited your fancy. There …
Monthly Archives: June 2012
“Except It Be For Fornication” (3)
By Johnny Stringer The Rule And The Exception When God established the institution of marriage, He intended it to be permanent, though He tolerated some deviation from that ideal for a while. Reverting to God’s original intention regarding marriage, the law of Christ forbids divorce. Jesus declared, “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man …
I Was Just Thinkin’
By Lewis Willis Let me share with you some thoughts on a couple of unrelated ideas which have come before me recently. “My Father Was My Wife” Now, don’t let that title trip you up. You will notice it is a quotation. I received a letter last week from someone who is apparently a listener to …
Judging the Seriousness of Sin: Catholicism and Situation Ethics (Part 2)
By Jim Venturino In a previous issue we introduced the theory that Catholicism bases its teaching regarding the seriousness of sin on situation ethics. With the aid of Webster’s Dictionary situation ethics can be defined as, “the principles of moral values or conduct as determined by the relative combination of circumstances at a certain moment.” Joseph …
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