by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
“All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back” (Proverbs 21:26). This passage from Israel’s wisdom literature presents a stark contrast between the wicked and the righteous man. The former’s desire for wealth and...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
“You shall not murder.” (Exodus 20:13) In a recent article in The New York Times it was reported that in the past decade there has been a sharp increase in the number of suicides, especially among middle-aged Americans. According to the Morbidity and...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
The traditional doctrine of hell has recently come under fire even from evangelical theologians. In the past twenty years or so, an increasing number of evangelical theologians have rejected the traditional understanding of hell and eternal punishment and have...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
Christians from all the traditions of the Church – Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant – believe that the Bible is the Word of God. That is why in most traditional Churches, the declaration, ‘This is the Word of the Lord’, is made after the lector reads the...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
There seem to be two extreme responses to the reality of angels among Christians today. On one end of the spectrum, some Christians seem to dismiss angels as a myth that no one in this scientific age can be expected to take seriously. On the other end, however, there...
by Ethos Institute | Jan 29, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
It simply warns against confounding these images with God. THERE is no consensus on the interpretation of Exodus 20:4-6. Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians maintain that these verses refer not to Christian icons but pagan idols. According to this interpretation,...
