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Moral Questions of the Bible: Timeless Truth in a Changing World is unavailable, but you can change that!

Are all the moral commands of the Bible meant to be obeyed exactly for all time, or are there some that need to be adapted for our modern world? Scripture contains lots of guidance on ethical issues, including statements about polygamy, slavery, divorce, sex, and other things that sound strange to our modern ears. Even Christians, who believe the Bible is God’s word, disagree on whether women...

that some details of God’s laws changed when society and circumstances changed. The unchangeable nature of God’s law lies in the underlying principles and purposes: the most valuable things on earth are people, not commodities. This is the unchanging ethical principle of the Bible. God supremely loves and values people, and his law teaches every generation to do the same. But how do we know when a law can change—such as the day of the week on which we rest, or one’s dress code? And which laws are
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