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Christian Morality in Legal Matters


We Cannot Separate Christian Morals and the Rule of Law - Imprimis

True law necessarily is rooted in ethical assumptions or norms; and those moral principles are derived, in the beginning at least, from religious convictions.

Christian Morality: Jesus' Teaching on the Law - The Gospel Coalition

He thereby established a principle which is helpful in the interpretation of other laws. For example, Deuteronomy 22:8a states, 'When you build a new house, you ...

The Biblical Case Against 'Legislating Morality' - Relevant Magazine

Because it means that there are followers of Christ who believe, at least to some extent, that laws regulating moral behavior are the best way ...

Law, liberty, and Christian morality

3 This is rather the sole aim of the. Church. Although Locke is addressing the issue of religious toleration – or the legal enforcement of true religion, rather ...

SHOULD CHRISTIANS LEGISLATE MORALITY? - Advocates for Truth

If “legislating morality” means “trying to put every moral principle into law,” then this is something Christians should oppose. Why? Consider ...

When Breaking the Law Becomes a Moral Obligation - Kirk Durston

It may take months before a ruling is made, but if successful, churches that desire to follow an authentic Christianity (1) will find it morally ...

How do we obey the moral law without being moralistic?

Take the Ten Commandments, for example: the moral law. The moral law given in Exodus 20 is a written form of the basic way in which Adam and Eve functioned as ...

Should Christians Attempt To Legislate Christian Morality? - Patheos

In other words, it is to use law to do what Paul said it can't, that is, to change people's hearts. You can ban abortions, for example, but ...

Legal Does NOT Mean Moral! - Christian Worldview

Civil Law (which restrains society) will either be based on an objective moral law (which can only ultimately come from God), or man's ...

Is Legislating Morality Biblical? - Christian Research Institute

We do not need to legislate religion, but we cannot avoid legislating morality. Second, there are churches on both sides of these issues. In ...

Christian Morality and Public Law-Five Theses - AlbertMohler.com

Even though the law must deal with ultimate issues, the argument is still being made that Christian morality ought to be shut out of the public ...

The Paradox of Christian Morality | by Walter Harrington - Medium

You get a system of law that only works to condemn. Actually, this is true for any moral system; it is not specific to Christianity. Any moral ...

Talking to the World about Christian Morality III: Becoming What We ...

Christian morality is about calling us to something great—and this great thing to which we are called is hindered by all the vices that the ...

3 Parts of the Law: A Case for Continuity of the Moral Law

According to this view, the moral law is forever binding, the ceremonial law was intended to point to Christ and is thereby abrogated since his ...

Christian Legal Thought – Why Bother?

It turns out that Christian faith has plenty to say about law, but often not in the way my students expect. To be sure, the moral teaching of ...

Where Do Moral Laws Come From? - Stand to Reason

Morality, being good, depends on there being morals, moral laws, and moral laws require a moral law maker.

How Christianity offers a basis for absolute moral law

If an absolute moral law exists, there must be a lawgiver. In Christianity the moral law is revealed in our hearts & in the Bible.

Christian morality vs some legal rights (criminal justice) - Reddit

Christian morality vs some legal rights (criminal justice) ... In the United States, there are some legal rights that are as enshrined as can be.

THE ADVOCATE - A Biblical Approach to Legal Ethics

Christ's burden is light. Through our common struggle we can also fashion common solutions. Often it seems that lawyers face tough ethical issues-e.g., ...

Should Christians legislate morality? - The Rebelution

Should we force non-believers to operate like believers? They will ultimately be judge according to God's law, of course, but can you make ...


A Christmas Carol

Story by Charles Dickens https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJg1kKRFDPbAkLZkCLsHCEaKN8ypVDRMaDlfdmYM5Lra-fLV7r

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Play by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband.

Sense and Sensibility

Novel by Jane Austen https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS7SPeC_Oc8xwf0zs8w3nfE_Nx0Yu5iNYwIaM2LtxVTuSqHhUFD

Sense and Sensibility is the first novel by the English author Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been.

Measure for Measure

Play by William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the First Folio of 1623.