he principle of the greatest good for the greatest number is one by which dictators can justify their cruelty. When the communists starved to death millions of Ukrainians, massacred thousands of Polish officers, murdered possibly twenty million Chinese, and slaughtered the Tibetans, they could justify themselves on the ground that the pleasure of future generations of communists would The
critique of secular views continues to ethics. Here too, Clark contends,
secular philosophy fails. He briefly dispatches Kantianism before addressing
utilitarianism. As he has written elsewhere, a major problem is that the
calculations required by utilitarianism are impossible. The ‘still greater
difficulty’ in calculating the greatest good of the greatest number is
establishing the The first and basic point in a
Christian philosophy of education, or a Christian philosophy of anything, is
Biblical authority. Just as Platonism is
defined by what Plato wrote, and not by the decadent skeptical Academy of later
years, so the ultimate definition of Christianit not the decadent confusion of
the liberal churches, not the pronouncements of the Pope, not the inconsistent Some suggest that North American Pentecostalism
represents an anti-cultural posture arising from
an experience of deprivation or marginalization from
mainstream culture.1 One response to cultural marginalization is the adoption of conservative politics and
the materialistic values of consumer culture. A sense of
disenfranchisement often leads to withdrawal from society or to a The Bible and the Bible alone is the word of God. 2 Timothy 3:16I'm not an expert in making and uploading videos. However, this is my first video uploaded to the Reasonable Christian channel in YouTube: Reasonable Christian Apologetics channel. s the Doctrine of
Common Grace Biblical or Confessional?
“To
the reprobate the preaching of the gospel is no favor because as it increases
their knowledge, it increases their responsibility and condemnation. Better if
they had never heard the gospel. One can reply, nonetheless, that in some cases
the preaching of the gospel may restrain an evil man from some of his evil
ways. Being recently retired from secular employment, I have been looking to join with a local congregation. My employment was a traveling job and kept me away from home. I lean in the direction of a good Evangelical presbyterian church. The only churches in my area in that category are either Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), or Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP). The Short Response to
Last Sunday’s Election Sermon by Dr. Neil Stewart
Sermon Text: Romans 13:1-7 ESV. 1 Timothy 2:1-6 ESV
This post is about First
Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina. The current pastor is Dr. Neil Stewart, who is an Irishman who testifies
that he was converted in northern Ireland under the ministry of Dr. Derek
Thomas.