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*** SHOW NOTES (not a transcript) ***
Lead:
How do we know where God is working?
Intro:
Today’s Kindle deal is better-than-average: Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christianity Answer Book. I don’t know how long it’ll be there, but now you know.
Sponsor:
Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):
Passage: Esther 6-10
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 92
Words: ~3018
Thinking/reflection segment:
Yesterday we looked at two forms of decision making, and one of them — “teleological decision making” — leads to a philosophy called pragmatism.
Pragmatism: As a philosophical concept, an epistemological theory that assumes that every truth or idea has practical consequences and that these practical consequences are a critical test of its truthfulness. Some pragmatists add that there are no transcendental sources of truth; therefore, truth and values are relative to their usefulness to either individuals or societies. Pragmatists such as William James regard the world as ethically neutral but capable of being improved. In ethics, pragmatism is sometimes associated with utilitarianism, insofar as both appeal to results in the process of making moral judgments. (1)
Wisdom segment: none
Passage:
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Love you!
-R
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Sources and resources:
(1) Stanley J. Grenz and Jay T. Smith, Pocket Dictionary of Ethics, The IVP Pocket Reference Series (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003), 93.