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October 30, 2009

Do We Adventists Have a Vested Interest in Everything Getting Worse and Worse?

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Posted by David R. Larson on October 30, 2009 at 09:00 PM in Church, Columns, Eschatology, Ethics, Seventh-day Adventism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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July 19, 2009

"What Were Capitalism's Moral Strengths and Weaknesses?" (1)

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Posted by David R. Larson on July 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM in Columns, Economics, Ethics | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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"Milton Friedman: Master of Disaster?" (2)

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Posted by David R. Larson on July 19, 2009 at 11:50 AM in Columns, Economics, Ethics | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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"Adam Smith: Selfishness of Self-Interest?" (3)

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Posted by David R. Larson on July 19, 2009 at 11:15 AM in Columns, Economics, Ethics | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

"Adam Smith and the Human Impossibility of Benevolence (4)

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Posted by David R. Larson on July 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM in Columns, Economics, Ethics | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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"The Disappearance of Adam Smith's 'Invisible Hand'" (5)

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Posted by David R. Larson on July 19, 2009 at 11:03 AM in Columns, Economics, Ethics | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

November 12, 2008

Gay Rights and the Discretion of Doctors: The Guadalupe T. Benitez Case

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Posted by David R. Larson on November 12, 2008 at 11:49 PM in Columns, Ethics, Homosexuality, Law | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 27, 2008

Abortion: Is Required Parental Notification a Good Idea?

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Posted by David R. Larson on October 27, 2008 at 10:20 AM in Abortion, Columns, Ethics, Law, Medicine | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 20, 2008

Atonement and the Divine Initiative

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Posted by David R. Larson on October 20, 2008 at 10:03 AM in Christ, Columns | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 14, 2008

Alternatives in Dying Well: California Doctors Must Now Tell All

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Posted by David R. Larson on October 14, 2008 at 09:00 AM in Columns, Death and Dying, Ethics, Law, Medicine | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 15, 2008

Why Does Desmond Ford's Biographer Lament Our Wesleyan Heritage?

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Posted by David R. Larson on September 15, 2008 at 07:12 AM in Books, Columns, Seventh-day Adventism, Wesleyanism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

September 01, 2008

Think Less of God Intervening, Think More of God Participating

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Posted by David R. Larson on September 01, 2008 at 09:30 PM in Columns, God, Panentheism, Prayer | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 08, 2008

Why Americans Should Pay MORE for Gasoline

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Posted by David R. Larson on August 08, 2008 at 01:10 PM in Columns, Ecology, Economics, Ethics | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

August 06, 2008

Revisiting Ellen White on Masturbation

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Posted by David R. Larson on August 06, 2008 at 01:07 AM in Columns, Ethics, Seventh-day Adventism, Sexuality | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 31, 2008

Raping Children, Executing Criminals and Second Guessing the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Posted by David R. Larson on July 31, 2008 at 12:56 AM in Children, Columns, Ethics, Law | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

July 03, 2008

Are "Sabbathers" Jews or Christians?

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Posted by David R. Larson on July 03, 2008 at 06:32 AM in Columns, Judaism, Scripture, Seventh-day Adventism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 17, 2008

Words Matter: The California Supreme Court on "Straight Marriages" and "Gay Domestic Partnerships"

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 17, 2008 at 10:33 PM in Columns, Ethics, Homosexuality, Law | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 13, 2008

Does Christian Ethics Exist?

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 13, 2008 at 05:51 AM in Columns, Ethics, Relativism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Process Theology and Me

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 13, 2008 at 05:37 AM in Columns, Free Will Theism, Panentheism, Scripture, Seventh-day Adventism, Wesleyanism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 12, 2008

Not "Sola" but "Prima Scriptura"

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 12, 2008 at 09:21 PM in Columns, God, Scripture, Seventh-day Adventism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 11, 2008

Give Me Five (Weeks of Pregnancy)!

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 11, 2008 at 04:22 AM in Abortion, Columns, Ethics, Law, Loma Linda University, Medicine, Stem Cell Research | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Why College and University Students Act the Way They Do and What We Can Do About It

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 11, 2008 at 04:20 AM in Columns, Education, Seventh-day Adventism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 09, 2008

Katrina, Doctor Pou and the Ethics of Killing and Letting Die

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 09, 2008 at 09:28 PM in Columns, Death and Dying, Ethics, Law, Medicine | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 08, 2008

Richard Rice Discusses Open Theism

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 08, 2008 at 11:39 PM in Columns, Free Will Theism, God, Loma Linda University, Panentheism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 03, 2008

Back to Yearning for Zion Ranch: Now the Real Work Begins

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Posted by David R. Larson on June 03, 2008 at 01:15 PM in Children, Columns, Families, Law | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 27, 2008

Texas and the Children of Yearning for Zion Ranch: The Sorrow Continues

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Posted by David R. Larson on May 27, 2008 at 01:20 PM in Children, Columns, Families, Law | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 12, 2008

We Ministers Have Professional Standards Too!

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Posted by David R. Larson on May 12, 2008 at 06:09 AM in Columns, Ethics, Ministry, Seventh-day Adventism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

May 05, 2008

Who Needs Capital Punishment in the First Place?

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Posted by David R. Larson on May 05, 2008 at 08:39 AM in Capital Punishment, Columns, Ethics, Law | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

April 21, 2008

Polygamy, Patriarchy and Tyranny: What Are We To Do?

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Posted by David R. Larson on April 21, 2008 at 01:36 PM in Children, Columns, Families, Law | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

April 07, 2008

The Humanity of Jesus: Like Adam and Eve or You and Me?

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Posted by David R. Larson on April 07, 2008 at 12:18 AM in Christ, Columns, Human Nature, Seventh-day Adventism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

March 08, 2008

Process Theology and Me

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Posted by David R. Larson on March 08, 2008 at 04:48 AM in Columns, Free Will Theism, God, Panentheism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

March 07, 2008

Arizona Professor Analyzes Research on Whether Prayer "Works"

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Posted by David R. Larson on March 07, 2008 at 08:46 AM in Columns, Medicine, Prayer, Science | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

March 02, 2008

Andy Lampkin Rejects Lethal Embryonic Stem Cell Research

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Posted by David R. Larson on March 02, 2008 at 03:34 AM in Abortion, Columns, Ethics, Families, Law, Loma Linda University, Politics, Science, Stem Cell Research | | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

February 23, 2008

Are Our Views About the Moral Status of the Human Embryo Inconsistent?

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Posted by David R. Larson on February 23, 2008 at 03:09 AM in Abortion, Columns, Ethics, Families, Law, Loma Linda University, Politics, Science, Stem Cell Research | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

February 07, 2008

Allah Agrees: It's Implantation Not Conception!

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Posted by David R. Larson on February 07, 2008 at 06:11 AM in Abortion, Columns, Ethics, Families, Law, Loma Linda University, Politics, Science, Stem Cell Research | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

January 26, 2008

Kyle Fedler on "Bioethics and 'Biblical Personhood'"

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Posted by David R. Larson on January 26, 2008 at 08:12 AM in Abortion, Columns, Ethics, Families, Law, Loma Linda University, Politics, Science, Stem Cell Research | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

January 15, 2008

Albert E. Reece on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

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Posted by David R. Larson on January 15, 2008 at 04:16 PM in Abortion, Columns, Ethics, Families, Law, Loma Linda University, Politics, Science, Stem Cell Research | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

November 10, 2007

Richard Rice Discusses Open Theism

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Posted by David R. Larson on November 10, 2007 at 11:40 PM in Columns, Free Will Theism, Loma Linda University, Panentheism, Prayer, Scripture, Seventh-day Adventism | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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  • "Minds matter and matter minds."

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