Mike Wittmer

Category: Ethics

  • not less in your mess

    Here is my latest entry for Our Daily Journey: read > Genesis 29:16-30:24 Then Rachel told him, “Take my maid, Bilhah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me, and through her I can have a family, too.” God’s royal family, the most important family in the history of the world, was a…

  • chaos monster

    This title isn’t the name of a Sesame Street character, although it should be. Who wouldn’t tune in to the alphabet in the hands of the Chaos Monster? Just think what he could do to the number six! This could open Sesame Street to an older demographic, who would gladly pledge a few bucks for…

  • marriage changes you

    Here is my latest entry for Our Daily Journey. Any recommendations before I submit it are always welcome. “In Solomon’s old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the LORD his God, as his father, David, had been” (1 Kings 11:4). When we’re in love we easily…

  • xenophobia

    This excellent article on what ex-gay men can teach us about marriage got me thinking. These thoughts are not fully developed, but I offer what I have in hopes that someone might be able to correct or add to them. Our culture’s highest value seems to be inclusion—no matter what, we must love the other.…

  • fork in the road

    I’m already weary of the gay marriage debate issue (the debate seems to be over), though I am sure it’s an issue we’re not going to be able to ignore, and here’s why. These are two links from CNN, one which reports that last Friday the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America elected its first openly…

  • whose justice? whose morality?

    I awoke this morning with a thought experiment that might be interesting to try out. When someone says that opposition to same sex marriage is immoral (or disrespectful, demeaning, unjust, unloving, or whatever term they might use), ask them how they know this. On what basis is it immoral? They can’t just say it’s obvious,…

  • I am very interested in this question

    I blogged a few months ago about the inconsistency of defending abortion while lamenting the horrible shooting in Newtown. An editorial in USA Today picks up on this theme, noting that President Obama demurred during the Gosnell trial to comment on its proceedings, but… “now that the trial is over, reporters should ask if President…

  • the new legalism?

    Anthony Bradley’s essay in World magazine is receiving some well-deserved attention. If that piqued your interest and you want to read more on the subject, I highly recommend Larry Osborne’s recent book, Accidental Pharisees.  Osborne wisely and pastorally explains how we’re never free from the temptation to legalism. In fact, the more zeal we have…

  • game on

    Michael Bird has a prophetic post about where western culture is headed, and fast. It wasn’t that long ago when this essay would have seemed outlandish, even irresponsible. Now the future it predicts seems almost inevitable, because it’s already happening. This may not be the end, but it’s beginning to feel like we can see…

  • evangelical funerals

    Readers of this blog know that I rarely reference my books in these posts–not because it would be wrong but because I don’t like the feeling that I’m trying to sell you something. I perhaps too naively believe that good writing will find readers, and am content to leave it at that. Someone mentioned last…