by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
Perhaps the most frequently cited study that maintains the connection between genetics and homosexuality is that conducted by molecular biologists at the National Institutes of Health under the direction of Dean Hamer in 1993. By examining DNA samples from...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
The Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century reminded the church of the primary authority of scripture in the wake of certain practices of the church of the time for which there can be no biblical or theological warrants. By the theological principle ‘scripture...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
The recent financial crisis, which began in the summer of 2007, resulted in what some economists have described as the near-death experience of the global economy. In a seminal review published by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in March 2009, Lord Turner...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). A growing number of evangelical Christians seem to be suffering from...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
Demon possession is a phenomenon that is increasingly dismissed not only by secular psychiatrists and psychologists but also by some Christian counsellors. The reasons for this are the influence of the scientific worldview, and the anti-supernaturalism that has subtly...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
“You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). In its May 12, 2014 post, Mail Online reported that an 85 year old Italian woman paid €10,000 to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland to help her to commit suicide because she was ‘unhappy about losing her looks’....