“That’s just wrong!” When you hear that statement, ask what makes some things wrong and other things right. Listen to this lesson to learn that decisions about right and wrong must be based on a standard. Find out that only the biblical standard is the correct value system that never changes. See that when righteous standards are violated the tyranny of relativism takes over and destroys safety and peace.
Below are links to some of the resources Dr. Dean mentioned during this Bible class:
The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
Fireside Chat Episode #138 - Pay Attention: Your Freedom is Fragile - with Dennis Prager
Can the Bible help us to decide how we should vote? Listen to this lesson that begins a new series on understanding and applying a Judeo-Christian worldview. Hear two verses in Proverbs that show the importance of having a righteous standard as the foundation of a nation. Find out where this standard comes from. See the four ways of thinking that help us come to conclusions. Use this opportunity to learn what a good, wise government looks like.
During this lesson Dr. Dean mentioned the book The Universe Next Door by James Sires.