Human Rights

Sanctity of Life

The author deals with the biblical teaching of the image of God and its implications and applications in various areas of life. The author notes that this doctrine has implications for two main ethical subjects: capital punishment and the dignity of man.

Re-Thinking Human Rights

Are human rights absolute rights? Are human rights also dangerous for the church and society? Can human rights stand in the way of our duty to obey God?

Human Rights Need God

Without God it is impossible to speak about human rights. Speaking of human rights is governed by how one thinks about man and his responsibilities. Only through God's revelation and grace it is possible to speak about human rights.

Are Human Rights Christian?

Are human rights Christian? To share some light into this question this article looks at human rights in biblical context, civil rights through the historical context, and the relationship between truth and rights, rights and entitlement.

A Clash of Individual Liberty

What should the response of the Christian be to the promotion of individual rights by the state? This article shows that no individual has total liberty; each individual's rights are limited by another man’s rights. This clash has great bearing on individual Christians who seek to fulfill their calling in society. It also poses a danger to the Christian and the church in general.

Man and Beast

Christians should stand for the rights of people over against animal rights.

Cause for celebration?: 25 Years of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

This article is about human rights. In this article the author looks at human rights in its relation to duties towards God and the right God has on people. The place of the government is also discussed.

This article looks at human rights from a Scriptural perspective.

The Christian, Torture and Intercessory Prayer

Loving our own security often turns to justifying the means we use to protect it. This article gives an ethical reflection on torture used by the government in the name of protecting security.

Freedom of Religion and a Bill of Rights

A bill of rights can lead to only three outcomes: moral relativism, demolition of law, and abuse of human rights.

Human Rights and Image of God

This article looks at the relation of human rights and man as the image of God, common grace and civil rights.

Issues in Religious Toleration from the Reformation to the Present Day

What is religious toleration? Is it the same thing as freedom of conscience? How is this toleration related to God's toleration of sinners? This article gives primarily a historical overview of how toleration functioned since the sixteenth century Reformation. It starts with the classic development of a theory of toleration first expressed by Tertullian.