Responsibility

God would not command us to do what we cannot do. Or ‘God would not command us to do what we cannot do.’ God gave the Law to Moses, The Ten Commandments, to reveal what man cannot do, not what he can do. A. This premise is unscriptural. God gave the Law for two reasons: [...]

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Wes Widner on October 14th, 2010

Parenting is a time-intensive activity. And in today’s fast-paced world where we are always plugged-in and always on the go, many parents are tempted to abdicate their responsibility to train their children up properly to someone else. Whether it is the school system, a group of peers, or a piece of technology like the TV [...]

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Wes Widner on September 8th, 2010

A friend of mine on Facebook posted the following video with the following claim: No responsibility doesn’t presuppose freedom, but responsibility does presuppose authority. Here is my initial response, along with the ensuing conversation’s highlights. It presupposes both actually. Responsibility requires both someone to be held accountable and someone to be held accountable to. Both [...]

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Wes Widner on February 5th, 2010

I recently ran across a poll on Facebook which posed the question, “Is a woman ever “asking” for rape?” This question intrigued me so I thought about it and came up with the following in reply: This is a misleading question meant to elicit an emotional response as opposed to a rational one. A woman is [...]

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