You must do what is right. It’s very sad that we live in an age where what is right can be personalised. It suggests that what is right is only what is right for you. And it goes on to suggest that just because it’s right for you does not mean it’s right for everyone […]
Read More JJ 24 #33: What’s RightThis is a further entry in the ongoing blog conversation with my eminent and admirable brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: David took a question on racism and really, really, really brought out some outstanding thoughts on it. Just when I thought he was already hot, the man took the heat up another […]
Read More ADBC: 08 – Can You Be Good? When Is It Right To Kill?In real everyday life, the existence of right and wrong is ever before us. There’s the simple and straightforward – a young man aggressively pushes past a fragile elderly lady to get to the front of a queue to purchase something. The lady is physically hurt and there are concerns about her. The young man […]
Read More There Is Right and Wrong Isn’t There?Have you ever sat through a conversation that features the other person doing most of the talking? In as much as I don’t go looking for confrontation, others I have known in my time have not had such reluctance. That has lead to me having to sit through certain people having those types of conversations […]
Read More Convincing more than ConfrontingOne of the things I love to hear is people say, “That’s right.” Why do I love it? When things are not right, when there is that little bit that kinda spoils it. When there is that element that just makes the something off-putting, it is not a pleasant experience. To dwell on that which […]
Read More It’s RightIf you’ve been following the progression of Proverbs to this point you’d have been treated to some lovely extensive treatments about the basis of life being the pursuit of wisdom grounded on fearing God and leading to fullness of life and forsaking the foolish adulteress. These passages of scripture are essential for a proper grounding […]
Read More MTP10 Remix Popcorn Proverbs – Check Those ButsThere is an attitude that I developed that was not helpful at all in relationships. That attitude was based on a thinking that if I was right about something and you didn’t agree with it then not only were you wrong, but you needed to be shown the error of your ways and then convert […]
Read More I’m Right – But You’re Not WrongThere’s this provocative blogger called Lionel Woods (he’s one of the dudes I recommend in the list on the right). I love his blogs because he does not tow the line, say the safe stuff and conform to comfortable conventional convenient Christianity. Obviously having a blog, he has a Facebook account where he leaves even […]
Read More Is There Such A Thing As Safe Sex?Questions of morality centre around what people consider to be right and wrong and this is ever before us. It is the reason for strikes, protests, rallies and petitions. It stirs people to get legislation made. It stimulates conversation and shapes people’s entire approach to life. Interesting to see as well how the foundations of […]
Read More What Is Right and Wrong?If you’ve been following the progression of Proverbs to this point you’d have been treated to some lovely extensive treatments about the basis of life being the pursuit of wisdom grounded on fearing God and leading to fullness of life and forsaking the foolish adulteress. These passages of scripture are essential for a proper grounding […]
Read More MTP10 Popcorn Proverbs – Check Those Buts
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