Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Everyday Ethics

Home
Evangelical

2015-01-27T17:17:25-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Separating ourselves from same-sex marriage

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 5:17 pm By Jeremy Neill

In recent months, among conservative and religious participants in the same-sex marriage debate, an idea that has been thrown around with increasing frequency is that civil and religious marriage should be separated. The proponents of this idea think that it would be good from the perspective of traditional marriage if pastors and priests voluntarily ceded their authority as wards of the state and instead sought to marry couples in a religious capacity only. Then, the idea goes, the pastors and... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-01-27T17:15:23-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Ways to be free from anxiety

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 5:15 pm By Jeremy Neill

“What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.” (1... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-01-27T17:14:17-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Why God wants you – a Biblical example

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 5:14 pm By Jeremy Neill

In Jeremiah 1:5 and 1:8 we read how God, speaking to Jeremiah, gives him a commission: “‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations….Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,’ declares the Lord.” The vision that Jeremiah had in these passages was not a mere emotional encounter, but a vivid and commissioning moment... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-01-27T17:09:11-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

How to talk to your secular friends

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 5:09 pm By Jeremy Neill

Since I am a conservative Christian and a professional philosopher, I am sometimes asked how I get along with my secular colleagues. The truth is that I have many friends in my professional life whose worldviews are different from my own. I love and cherish these persons, and I regularly pray for blessing in their lives. What is the key to getting along with friends who think differently than I do, both inside and outside of my profession? Part... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-01-27T17:08:39-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

The secret of scheduling life

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 5:08 pm By Jeremy Neill

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, and 8 are some of the more famous verses in the Old Testament: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.” These verses provide wisdom for the way in... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-02-10T09:26:06-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

50 Shades of Grey: when consent is not enough

Last updated on: February 10, 2015 at 9:26 am By Jeremy Neill

Consent is not enough. It is not enough to justify BDSM or any other exploitative sexual practice. Consent is too flimsy a foundation for Ana Steele to justify the destructive things that are done to her by Christian Grey in “Fifty Shades of Grey.” For this reason I consider “Fifty Shades” to be grossly sexually destructive – especially of women – and I am boycotting the film. “As long as he or she is consenting, it’s OK.” No it’s not,... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-01-27T17:07:51-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

A horrific scenario

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 5:07 pm By Jeremy Neill

Imagine that you are a passenger on a ship, that your ship sinks in a major thunderstorm, and that you manage to put out into the open ocean in a lifeboat with three other persons. But then the waiting ordeal begins. Suppose that you know, based on your ship’s position in the thunderstorm when it sinks, that you are more than 1500 miles from the nearest body of land. You have no food or water in the lifeboat, except two... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-02-04T10:07:06-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

God and morality: the answer

Last updated on: February 4, 2015 at 10:07 am By Jeremy Neill

Today I want to explore once more the ‘Euthyphro’ [you-thi-fro] problem. Remember, this problem is stated by Socrates as follows: “Are moral things loved by God because they are moral, or are they moral because they are loved by God?” I mentioned yesterday that we can avoid the problem of the independent standard if we instead say that there is no independent moral standard and that it is God’s will that determines which actions are good. The good actions... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-02-04T10:06:36-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

One of the great philosophical dilemmas

Last updated on: February 4, 2015 at 10:06 am By Jeremy Neill

One of the oldest philosophical dilemmas is called the ‘Euthyphro’ [you-thi-fro] problem. It was first raised by Plato in the dialogue titled ‘Euthyphro,’ and it is actually pretty simple. In the course of the dialogue between Euthyphro and Socrates the question is raised, ‘what is it to be pious?’ What they really seem to mean when they use the word ‘pious’ is ‘moral.’ So they are really asking the question ‘what is it to be moral?’ or ‘what makes something... Read more

Uncategorized

2015-02-04T17:36:58-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

American waterboarding and ISIS pilot-burning: not as different as you think

Last updated on: February 4, 2015 at 5:36 pm By Jeremy Neill

This last week the world was horrified to watch a video of the Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive in a cage by his ISIS captors. The latest and most sophisticated of a long series of ISIS brutality episodes indicates that ISIS is more ruthless and more organized than any of the coalition countries seems to have anticipated. Religious fanatics like the ISIS fighters are willing to do anything to swell their numbers and expand their borders in eastern... Read more

Uncategorized

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What structure did humans try to build to reach the heavens, leading God to scatter them?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Tower of Babel Great Pyramid Golden Calf Temple of Solomon

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Uncategorized

Select a Month March 2018 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 May 2017 March 2017 November 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Evangelical