Should Christians Retaliate? The question of nonretaliation or nonviolence is often discussed in relation to Matthew 5:38-42. These verses serve to drive home the point that a Christian, rather than avenging himself upon a brother who has done him a personal wrong, should go to the opposite ...
They need to think ethically and to act with the proper attitude.doi:10.4314/actat.v32i1.6Lotter, G.ATheron, P.MActa TheologicaTheron M and Lotter GA 2012. Corruption: how should Christians respond? Acta Theologica 32(1):96-117.
In fact, these findings suggest an inherent struggle that (strategic) prosocial actors face when choosing a beneficiary within a hierarchy: should they choose a beneficiary with more power, who can offer resources in return, or should they choose a lower-power beneficiary, in the hopes of ...
However, the act of voting when exercised in behalf of justice, humanity and right, is in itself blameless, and may be at some times highly proper. At the same time, Christians should avoid participating in the spirit of party strife and debate. Some wise Christians have taken the position...
On the public level, it requires the willingness to act as whistle-blowers. Christians are called and sanctioned by God to participate actively in society's transformation. They need to think ethically and to act with the proper attitude. 展开 关键词:...
Parts of Acts Prayer for Christians ACTS Prayer, also known as the ACTS model, is a way of structuring prayer that can help individuals connect with God in a meaningful way. The ACTS model consists of four parts of Christian prayer: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. Each...
The Bible says, however, that we should have the opposite reaction when we hear about God’s sovereignty. Our faith in his plan should empower us to move forward in faith.Only when we trust God’s sovereign power will we be free to act in faith. Notice too that in 1 Samuel 17:46-...
The discipline of desire/aversion tells us very clearly what we should properly desire (good judgments) and be averse to (bad judgements), together with whatever is neutral or “indifferent” (everything else). What is this knowledge good for? So that we can act properly toward other people...
This is our challenge. Since Christians are called to always respect each person’s freedom, sharing this vocation to know the Father through Christ, the Son, is always a matter of gentle, loving education and persuasion. But we should not allow the difficulties to keep us from taking up th...
The primary reason that Christians wanted to adopt children from Korea after the Korean war seems to be to “save” that child from a difficult life of being stigmatized as a child born out of wedlock. But who should make that decision? If the scriptures teach believers to...