Tag Archives: intolerance

What is it that drives some people over the edge? What is it that will motivate them to be defiant, to do the unreasonable? To do, what is to them, the unthinkable? Is it exclusively rebellion and sin that can cause an otherwise reasonable, law-abiding citizen to carry out outrageous ...

In a culture that worships tolerance, Christians are increasingly made to feel that any stand for righteousness is “judgmental.” A common phrase is “all sin is equal” but does the Bible support this statement? In a previous post, we examined how different sins under the Law of Moses were categorized ...

Why are Christians who claim to be moral so intolerant? What is tolerance? Is tolerance a virtue? The dictionary gives the following definition: “a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions, beliefs, and practices that differ from one’s own.” Tolerance is not found among the four cardinal virtues of temperance, prudence, ...

With all the celebrating and parades and rainbows, it is still a fact that not everyone is free to marry the one he loves. There is the Montana threesome who are filing now to legalize their polygamy. What about that guy who’s infatuated with his ten year-old neighbor? The kid ...

Just recently I received a magazine in my school mailbox with the headline titled, “Teaching Tolerance in the Classroom.” Instantly the article’s words began to rub me the wrong way. We exist in a world that lives, eats, and breaths tolerance, but what does it really mean to be tolerant? ...