Dignity and Death: Part II
“How should Christians think about dying?” That is the question we considered in Part I. Additionally, we examined some historical considerations regarding physician-assisted suicide. We traced this issue from Dr. Kevorkian in the 1990s to the most recent form of legislation in California that allows physicians to prescribe medicine for terminally ill patients to end their own lives. In this essay, we’ll focus...
We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry – Book Review
by Daniel A. Webster The average American Christian is quick to dismiss a book about idolatry on the grounds that worshipping graven figurines is not a modern church practice. However, when one considers that over one-third of the world’s population claims to be Hindu, Buddhist, or Catholic—all of which implement statues or icons in their worship—the topic seems strikingly pertinent. Even still, for many American pastors, the topic of...
Dignity and Death: Part I
In a landmark case on September 11, 2015, the California State Legislature approved a bill allowing for physician-assisted suicide. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act into law on October 5. The legislation now allows physicians to prescribe medicine for terminally ill patients to end their own lives. The political backdrop to this bill is interesting because the California...
The Trinity by Olson and Hall: A Review
I shall lightlier and sooner draw all the water of the sea and bring it into this pit than thou shalt bring the mystery of the Trinity and his divinity into thy little understanding as to the regard thereof; for the mystery of the Trinity is greater and larger to the comparison of thy wit and brain than is this great sea unto this little pit. A child reportedly spoke these words to Saint Augustine in regards to the doctrine of...
Recommended Books (Winter 2016)
At the Helwys Society Forum we firmly believe that theology is for all of life. Leroy Forlines’s Biblical Ethics deftly explains how the four basic relationships (man with God, man with man, man with creation, and man with himself) are governed by the four basic values (holiness, love, wisdom, and ideals), bringing our entire life experience under God’s direction. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that many of our Winter 2016...
Recovering the Art of Biblical Community
by Aaron Pierce Jesus wants His followers to live in loving community with one another. In John 15:12 He says, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” Yet this practice seems absent in evangelical churches today. It is no secret that many churches aren’t known as safe-havens from gossip and slander or peaceful business meetings. While broken people in a broken world will never perfectly love one...
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