Conscience

Your Conscience Can Tell You Bad News, Not Good

Looking for clarity on the role of your conscience? Read this article to see both the blessing and limitation of your conscience.

A Candle in the Wind - Shaking the Tree

This book discusses the subject of conscience. In this chapter, the author surveys the Old and New Testament to give a biblical perspective on this subject.

A Clear Conscience

This article is about our conscience and the growth of our conscience. Guilt and forgiveness is also discussed.

This article contends that the Christian church is losing its conscience, on account of the impact of the world on the church. The author makes a call for us not to allow the world to dull our sensitivity to the law of God.

Some Things About the Christian's Conscience

What is the role of the conscience in the Christian life? To answer this question the article looks at the relationship between the conscience, God’s law, and Christian liberty.

Four Sorts of Conscience

What is a conscience? It is that area in your being that gives a sense of right and wrong. This article explains that you get Christians with a strong conscience, others with a weak conscience, bad conscience and a good conscience. It explains how to deal with these differences.

Bound or Free?

Feelings of guilt or innocence are linked to our conscience. This article explains the role of the conscience in determining whether one is guilty or not.

Twelve Principles for Disagreeing with Other Christians

How should Christians handle disagreements between themselves? From Romans 14:1-Romans 15:7 this article provides twelve principles for handling disagreements between Christians, giving due consideration to the matter of conscience.

God's Voice? Conscience is a Critical Guide, but it is not Infallible

This article explains that while our conscience is valuable, it is not the final voice; God's Word is.

Conscience: A Voice of God

This article discusses the conscience. It is not infallible, but is subject to the Word of God.

How Reliable Is Your Conscience?

This article explores the value of maintaining a good conscience. It addresses the question of whether your conscience is perfectly reliable, and then shows how you can calibrate your conscience.

Conscience, Choice, and Character

What is involved in making a moral choice? This article shows that this question can be answered by looking at one's understanding of what man is, the role of the conscience, and the question of standards and motives. This is what shapes an understanding of Christian ethics.

The Puritan Conscience

Conscience is knowledge held in common with another, namely, God. It is a man's knowledge of himself as God knows him. This article discusses the role of the conscience within Puritanism. It reflects on the place of conscience among Puritans, their teaching about it, and how their understanding of conscience shaped their preaching.

Is Your Conscience Clear? What Points Us Up and Keeps Us Looking Up

The conscience is a moral faculty, given by God. This article looks at the difference between a dull conscience and a good one. It shows how to keep a good conscience.

Discovering the Joy of a Clear Conscience – The Inner Voice

Chapter 1 is a reminder of the way our conscience functions and how it is subject to the Word of God. The author does it through an exploration of five features of the conscience.

The Conscience in Ethics

This article considers the place of the conscience in ethics. It evaluates a medieval distinction between synteresis (the light of nature) and conscientia (conscience). It also considers a more modern, philosophical view of the conscience, which in turn it rejects. It explains that even a good conscience does not justify us before God. Nevertheless, God can and does make claims on the conscience.

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