Category Archives: Ethics

Radical Love and Kingdom Generosity (2)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by John Armstrong

Yesterday, I suggested that Luke 6 provides a pattern for how we can live extravagant, generous lives rooted in the love and mercy of God himself. This sixth chapter of Luke has often pushed me to deeper resolve to follow … Continue reading →

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Radical Love and Kingdom Generosity (1)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by John Armstrong

At the very heart of the kingdom message of Jesus is a call to radical love that will not easily go away under convenient readings of the text, readings that fit comfortably with our way of treating people in a … Continue reading →

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FDR’s Holocaust Legacy – A Lesson in the Failure of Moral Courage

Posted on March 13, 2013 by John Armstrong

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was, and still is, one of most admired and esteemed presidents in American history. I grew up hearing a lot of good things about FDR. I also heard some bad things from those who felt the … Continue reading →

Posted in America and Americanism, Culture, Ethics, History, Immigration, Israel, Politics | 8 Comments

Why Politics Matters and How We Got the Wrong End of the Stick (3)

Posted on February 6, 2013 by John Armstrong

The liberal church’s response, against the backdrop of the social presumptions that I discussed in yesterday’s blog, has very often been a weak-kneed call for “peace with justice.” Hauerwas and Willimon (photo at left) put it this way: “Most of … Continue reading →

Posted in America and Americanism, American Evangelicalism, Books, Culture, Discipleship, Ethics, Ideology, Missional Church, Politics, The Church, The Future | 5 Comments

Why Politics Matters and How We Got the Wrong End of the Stick (2)

Posted on February 5, 2013 by John Armstrong

It has become our unquestioned assumption, in the modern American context, that we have the “right’ to develop our potential to the fullest extent possible. This assumption is constantly fed by pop-psychology and a goodly number of new unexamined religious … Continue reading →

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Payback: How We Understand Debt and Revenge

Posted on January 2, 2013 by John Armstrong

The famous Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood defines the subject of her book “Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth” — which originated as the 2008 Massey Lectures in Toronto — as “one of the most worrisome and puzzling things … Continue reading →

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The Stain That Stays: How Should We Respond to the Sexual Misconduct of Pastors/Leaders?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by John Armstrong

What should happen to pastors who fall into sexual misconduct? Should they return, repentant, to their pulpits/leadership within weeks or months – or should they return at all? Around the world sexual misconduct is defeating ministers and destroying ministries. As … Continue reading →

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Justice, the Kingdom of God and Reading the Bible

Posted on October 25, 2011 by John Armstrong

A recent article on the Christianity Today web site brought considerable surprise to many. The article revealed that a recent poll sponsored by LifeWay Research found that owning a Bible is quite different from reading it. Most polls, surveys, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Theology, Ethics, Kingdom of God, Politics, Poverty, The Future | 4 Comments

“God’s Preferential Option for the Poor”

Posted on July 28, 2011 by John Armstrong

Over the last two centuries wealth has grown in the West. Now it spreads to other parts of the world through a growing globalized economic system. I am a huge proponent of this growth and believe one way of addressing … Continue reading →

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An Ecumenical Document of Historic Consequence: Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World

Posted on July 11, 2011 by John Armstrong

The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Vatican’s Pontifical Council on Inter-religious Dialogue (PCID) recently released (June 28) an historic document on the ethics of Christian mission – Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: … Continue reading →

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