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Hollywood Strikes Again
Hollywood Strikes Again In his 1977 Oscar-winning movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen’s character quipped, “I’m a bigot, but it’s okay, because I’m a bigot for the left.” This classic one-liner reminds us of the adage that many a true word is spoken in jest, and some 48 years later, as we look at this year’s nominations for the 97th Academy Awards, it’s abundantly clear that Allen’s wisecrack still reflects the views of the movers and shakers in Hollywood. Year after…
Destroying God’s Gift
Destroying God’s Gift According to God’s inspired spokesman, “children are a heritage (gift NASB NET) from the Lord,” His “reward” or favour to those who enjoy the blessing of parenthood (Psa 127:3). But throughout history, when the light of His word has been extinguished or dimmed, innocent, vulnerable infants have suffered terribly at the hands of those who should have cherished them. For example, according to Plutarch, under Spartan law, weak and deformed children were put to death (Life of…
Good and Evil – Who Decides? Part 2
Good and Evil – Who Decides? Part 2 Biblical theists like C S Lewis are not alone in recognising that if there is no God “all moral judgements (are) … statements about the speaker’s feelings” and nothing more (Part 1). In his influential 1979 essay Unspeakable Ethics, Unnatural Law [Unspeakable Ethics, Unnatural Law (duke.edu)] Yale Law School professor Arthur Allen Leff bluntly states: The so-called death of God turns out not to have been just His funeral; it also seems…
Good and Evil Who Decides Pt 1
Good and Evil – Who Decides? Pt. 1 In her 1969 counterculture anthem Woodstock, songwriter Joni Mitchell intones: “We are stardust, we are golden, and we’ve got to get ourselves Back to the garden.” Of course, there is no getting ourselves back to the Garden. We live in a decaying universe which “groans and suffers” (Rom 8:22) because our first parents succumbed to temptation and disobeyed the LORD God when they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and…