by Myles Werntz | Mar 10, 2021 | Opinion
The future of theological education is, like all forms of higher education, in a great deal of flux. When you couple 1) the dynamics of post-Christian culture, 2) low church attendance for the last year due to pandemics and 3) growing skepticism about the role of...
by Myles Werntz | Feb 16, 2021 | Opinion
The United Nations pursuit of closing the gap between the poorest and the wealthiest is a long-standing and elusive goal, always out in front and always outpacing structural efforts to achieve it. I do not think that this is reason to abandon it, but we live in an...
by Myles Werntz | Oct 20, 2020 | Faith Freedom 2020, Opinion
Voting is the most American religious ritual. Like most things religious, we do it infrequently, but with great fervor and passion when necessary. With every presidential election, we hear it is the most monumental one in our lifetimes until the next one, which allows...
by Myles Werntz | Oct 22, 2019 | Opinion
In the world of Christian ethics, it is generally assumed that what proceeds by way of ethics has to be rooted in the Scriptures in some way, but what that means is as divided as the church is. For some, “biblical ethics” means not only that one’s ethic is a...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 17, 2018 | News
Myles Werntz is the T.B. Maston Chair of Christian Ethics at Logsdon Seminary at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Where did you grow up? Shreveport, Louisiana. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? John 6:67-68. After some difficult...
