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Rev. DeVries is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church in Wingham, Ontario, Canada. Tolerance We live in an age of almost unparalleled tolerance. Tolerance is put forth as one of the great virtues of our times. It is possible to give it other names, to use another label for this notion, differen
Tolerance is defined as “to allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of something (that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference.”1 Tolerance is an idea that has taken root in American society. The idea of toleration does not have followers who blatantly proclaim it to b
Sometimes, perhaps in more liberal circles, tolerance simply means that all truth is relative; i.e., that we possess no sure standard of what truth is because no such thing as absolute truth exists. This is a kind of spiritual agnosticism which claims that in all matters which have to do with religi
There is one group of people, however, on whom society permits us to pass judgment, and toward whom we may be intolerant: those who judge this modern morality as wrong, and do not tolerate it! In this latter group true Christians must find themselves, and the true church of Jesus Christ must find he
To judge is to make a pronouncement of what is right or wrong. The common view today is that we may not judge, but rather are to show tolerance. We must accept homosexuality as a viable lifestyle, abortion as a personal choice and drunkenness as a fun past time. The world openly embraces all manner
The Intolerance of Tolerance, D.A. Carson. (Eerdmans Publishing: Grand Rapids, MI, 2012.) 196 pp. ISBN: 0802831702. [Reviewed by Matt Kortus.] Throughout Western culture, more and more emphasis is being placed on the importance of tolerance. However, as society has elevated the position of toleran
Negatively, the view is that our attitude toward the ideas or actions of others must never be one of intolerance. An attitude of intolerance is wrong for several reasons, we are told. First, it manifests hatred; thus it is morally wrong. God Himself condemns intolerance by forbidding us to judge (Ma
Tolerance is allowance for error or deviation. The human body is able to tolerate certain environmental factors which work physiological detriment externally, or the body can tolerate a certain level of poison (drugs) which combat the body's well-being internally. The term toleration is also commonl
I should like to think that tolerance is the product of the imagination of men that “hold down the truth in unrighteousness.” These men are those described by David as the fools who say, ‘NO’!!! God.” Those who advocate the doctrine of tolerance advocate a cold impossible neutral ground in the batt