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The Moral Argument for God’s Existence/ A Letter against Moral Relativism

                 I have been seeing a lot of people argue the morality of certain actions done by the President, or by various people in leadership. I’m sure these types of debates are nothing new, as the debate of what is good and what is evil have been a part of human identity since our creation. One of the biggest questions surrounding the topic of morality is this: “Is morality a human construct, or does morality transcend the human perspective?” What I want to present today is the moral argument for God’s existence, the concept of objective moral values pointing to God, and why even the atheist requires objective morals to make any claims on the validity/invalidity of any other worldview.                 To introduce the moral argument for God’s existence, there are a few ideas that we must first consider. The first is the idea that God is morally perfect and unchanging in these morals. The second is that we derive our morals from God, not society, as our standards. These God

How do we integrate Christianity into our jobs?

                I have been blessed with a job where I am encouraged to practice my faith (so long as it isn’t heretical). During all this week I have been in meetings as to how we integrate our faith into our work. What I want to do is write a quick little thought piece about what I learned and how this could be applied in a general sense.                 Firstly, we must recognize the authority of God through all of creation, even our jobs. I think there is a pressure in this “post-Christian” era to compartmentalize our faiths into a private room where it is only us and God. However, this goes against our Great Commission handed to us by Jesus, to go into all the world and make disciples. Assuming a full time job, we spend a little less than a third of our adult lives at work, which makes it prime time disciple making season! We should at least recognize that we have the opportunity to disciple our coworkers if they aren’t Christians, and be able to be encouragers to our Christ