Month: March 2007

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Muddying the Human-Animal Boundary

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From Contentions, the blog of Commentary magazine, comes this disturbing post about stem cells and cloning: To get a hint of the mind-boggling issues to come, consider the debate over human-animal hybrids in Britain. Scientists in the UK have asked for government permission to use cloning techniques to produce a new entity that is almost entirely human, but not quite. In human cloning, a human egg is emptied of its nucleus, and in its place scientists insert the nucleus of another human adult cell (like a skin cell, for instance). The result is a developing embryo—a clone—with the genetic identity … Continue reading Muddying the Human-Animal Boundary

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Guilt and Shame (1 John 2:28)

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 Listen to The Daily Word online.   Have you ever felt ashamed of yourself for something you have done?   Several weeks ago, a friend of mine sent me the picture of a Beagle puppy that looks like he’s been caught in the act of wetting the rug. If there’s a picture next to the word shame in the dictionary, I’m pretty sure it’s of this puppy’s face. His head is bowed and his ears are lowered, but his eyes look up with a plea for understanding and forgiveness.   I’m sure that all of us have been caught in … Continue reading Guilt and Shame (1 John 2:28)

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Competing Spiritualities (1 John 2:26-27)

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  Listen to The Daily Word online.   Is there any way to judge between competing spiritualities?   Since the 1960s, there has been a significant growth of “alternative spiritualities” in America, including traditional eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism, as well as nontraditional New Age and metaphysical practices.   These alternative spiritualities have not been silent about Jesus. Traditional Christianity teaches that Jesus is God’s unique Son (John 1:14, 18); alternative spiritualities that we can become God’s sons and daughters in the same sense as Jesus is. Christianity teaches that Jesus is the exclusive means by which God … Continue reading Competing Spiritualities (1 John 2:26-27)