Scott Carr, Jr.
Review: Church In Crisis by Oliver O'Donovan
Nearly 15 years ago, noted Anglican ethicist and Oxford professor Oliver O’Donovan applied his insight to the crisis in his own Anglican...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Nov 24, 2020
- 4 min
Augustine 2020: Closing Arguments
We have come to the end of a long journey. As we continue to live with the fallout of one of the most contentious elections in living...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
Augustine 2020: Lying
If there is one moral topic applicable to modern politics, it is that of “lying”. Most Americans assume our politicians are liars while...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Nov 13, 2020
- 5 min
Augustine 2020: The Status of Women
In our contemporary discourse, the subject of gender looms large, especially in discussing gender inequality, abuse, and sexuality....
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
Augustine 2020: The Pursuit of Property, I Mean, Happiness
In our last post, we considered Augustine’s varied response to imperial persecution of a heretical sect known as the Donatists [1]. In...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Nov 6, 2020
- 6 min
Augustine 2020: The One Augustine Couldn't Figure Out
In today’s post, we arrive at an intriguing, puzzling, and frustrating element of Augustine’s thought, the subject of using persecution...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Nov 3, 2020
- 5 min
Augustine 2020: War
No discussion about politics is complete without discussing the topic of war and Augustine is no exception. His political thought is most...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Oct 30, 2020
- 6 min
Augustine 2020: Self-Defense and Divine Law
We are now turning our attention to Augustine’s thoughts on various ethical matters related to our political life together. We will begin...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- May 21, 2019
- 5 min
The Biblical Vision of Sexuality
The biblical story begins with God’s act of creation. At the start, God creates humanity in His image: “So God created mankind in his...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Apr 15, 2019
- 2 min
The Christian Tradition of Sexual Fidelity
The Christian’s body is designed for union with Christ and thus, belongs to Him (CRC Report 2019 p. 28). All other relationships a...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Apr 8, 2019
- 2 min
Suffering, Vocation, and Celibacy
Calvin emphasizes that Christians are those who are “consecrated and dedicated to God in order that we may thereafter think, speak,...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Apr 5, 2019
- 4 min
Christ Our Exemplar
Guest post by Andrew J. Belcher. For more on Andrew, visit https://www.olivetbiblechurch.org. 1560 in Geneva, Switzerland, John Calvin...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
Peace and Reconciliation
Jesus inaugurated the Kingdom of God, not through violent resistance, but by dying on a cross at the hands of the Roman empire. Life in...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Mar 18, 2019
- 2 min
Good News for the Poor
The New Testament repeatedly and clearly calls on Christians to share their wealth with the poor (Hays 466). Because all humans are...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Mar 9, 2019
- 2 min
Bonhoeffer and Christological Ethics
Dietrich Bonhoeffer rejects an ethical schema based on principles or abstract universals (145). Instead, ethics arise out of a...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Mar 5, 2019
- 2 min
Kingdom Virtues
N. T. Wright describes virtue as living out the values of the Kingdom of God in the present age and practicing those virtuous habits...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Feb 18, 2019
- 2 min
The Kingdom of God Here-and-Now
In His earthly ministry, Jesus initiated the Kingdom of God breaking into the world (Mark 1:15; Mat. 6:10), particularly through His...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Feb 11, 2019
- 2 min
St. Paul's Ethic
When St. Paul refers to “the Law”, he typically means the Mosaic Law as a whole (Moo 84, 90; Gal. 3:10). The Law had a limited and set...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Feb 5, 2019
- 2 min
Natural Law and the Human Telos
Humanity was created to have dominion over God’s creation in order to guide its progress and help it develop according to God’s plan for...
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Scott Carr, Jr.
- Jan 26, 2019
- 3 min
Scripture and the Christian Life
Christians approach the ethical task primarily as those who participate in the life of Christ. St. Paul states that “we are no longer...
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