Entries Tagged as 'Politics'

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Bioethics and Christian Spirituality: Faking Life

The Series
1. Introduction
2. Taking Life
3. Making Life
4. Faking Life
5. Discussion
This podcast revolves around the final steps in modern mans quest to set the world to rights: the faking of human life.
bioethics, bioscience, biotechnology, christian spirituality
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Bioethics and Christian Spirituality: Making Life

The Series
1. Introduction
2. Taking Life
3. Making Life
4. Faking Life
5. Discussion

If previous bioethical coversations revolved around the taking of human life (through abortion, euthanasia, etc…), contemporary bioethical conversation deal with the making of human life. This next powerful segment addresses the ethical dilemma of [...]

 
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Morality In A Pluralist Public Square

“There is now no recognized moral knowledge upon which projects of fostering moral development [can] be based.” -Dallas Willard, Divine Conspiracy, pg. 3

This very idea was reflected by Peter Steinfels in a column in this mornings New York Times. Commenting on the fading Religious Right but unfading ‘culture wars,’ Steinfels comments that the pluralistic nature [...]

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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Bioethics and Christian Spirituality: Taking Life

The Series
1. Introduction
2. Taking Life
3. Making Life
4. Faking Life
5. Discussion
Today’s podcast centers on the questions of taking human life. Nigel Cameron makes the bold claim that we need to de-link the abortion question from issues of bioethics (like cloning and stem cells). Additionally, he wades through the ethics of taking embryos and using them [...]

 
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Bioethics and Christian Spirituality: Introduction

The Series
1. Introduction
2. Taking Life
3. Making Life
4. Faking Life
5. Discussion
Folks, you all are in for a real treat!
I was browsing through my iTunes library and stumbled upon a series of mp3 recordings I did for the ministry for which I worked a few years ago. During that time I was the coordinator of our [...]

 
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Sunday, June 17th, 2007

A Wrist Divided

Today I was reflecting on, of all things, my right wrist. Yes, I actually expended mental energy on the recent transformation of my wrist with two colored wristbands. As pictured above, one represents a desire to see an end to global poverty, the other an end to the heinous act of pre-born homicide, abortion. It’s funny that in a town that prances giddy over polarization and politicization, two opposites can co-exist on the same wrist. And why not? Both seem to be equally important and valid concerns to God; the Creator of universe cares equally, undivided about the poor and children, unborn or not.

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Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

A Patriotic Reminder

George W. Bush is not Lord. The Declaration of Independence is not an infallible guide to Christian faith and practice. Nor is the U.S. Constitution, nor the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights. “Original intent” of America’s founders is not the hermeneutical key that will guarantee national righteousness. The American flag is not the Cross. [...]

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