Category Archives: Ethics

Texas Ten Commandments – a Little More

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

One of the new laws in the state of Texas mandates the posting of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. You walk into a classroom and you see a poster that looks like this: Several interpretive questions come … Continue reading →

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The Popularity of Manichaeism

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Though you’ve likely never heard of Mani, Manichaeism or a Manichaean view of the world is still very popular. When Manichaeism looks at the world they see an absolute distinction between good and evil. There is no middle ground, nothing … Continue reading →

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Texas Ten Commandments

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

As a Christian – and a Pastor, no less! – I’m expected to be for the public imposition of signs of (my own) religion. Recently Texas has taken the step of requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in school … Continue reading →

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Should Christians Be Leftists?

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

I’m sucker for free books. In this case Eerdmans, the publisher, offered me a free copy of Phil Christman’s Why Christians Should Be Leftists to read on condition that I’d share my opinions. My initial thoughts were that this book … Continue reading →

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Recognizing that People Are Complex

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

In his book, What If Jesus Was Serious About Justice? Skye Jetani has a helpful comment about how we often have too simple a view of the people around us: “Just as we are each more than the worst thing … Continue reading →

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The Power of Character

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

In his The Scandal of the Kingdom, Dallas Willard writes: People can do good things and appear to be very good, but when opportunity arises, they may do whatever it takes to get what they want, even if they have … Continue reading →

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Love of Domination

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Richard Heyduck

Do you want to live in a society ruled by those who love to dominate others? In this post economist Timothy Taylor discusses Adam Smith’s analysis that those who pursue domination are not working in their own best interests (let … Continue reading →

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The Downside of Church Success

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Richard Heyduck

There is a long-standing tendency to reduce the Christian faith to ethics. In Christology this shows up when we see Jesus primarily as teacher. As a teacher – in fact The Great Teacher – Jesus gives us the information we need … Continue reading →

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Today’s Lament

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Richard Heyduck

A lament, in light of the signs of the times. I lament that so many women suffer from the depredations of men who treat them as mere objects. I lament that so many of those men cover their actions with, … Continue reading →

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The Possibility of Market Morality

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Richard Heyduck

Major Nathaniel B. Davis of West Point writes recently of the need for a morality of the market similar to the way just war theory provides a morality for war. As one who believes all areas of human action benefit from … Continue reading →

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