The fact is, no one is tolerant of everything. Tolerance itself is a neutral word. It is what one is tolerant of that makes it good or bad. Even those who cry the loudest for tolerance claim to have “zero tolerance” for sexual child abuse, rape, and racial discrimination – and so they should. Despite their assertion that they are moral relativists, they do have moral absolutes, and they are prepared to fight for them. They are more than willing to take strong disciplinary action in the workplace and in government agencies against those who violate those moral absolutes. Ironically, the so-called tolerance of secular relativism is quite intolerant of those who disagree with its philosophy of truth and ideological commitments. Numerous books and articles, from both secular and religious perspectives, have exposed the arrogance and hypocrisy of the relativist’s tolerance.

Alexander Strauch (b. 1944), Bibellehrer und Autor

Topics: Freedom & Truth, Ethical Questions

Occasions: For Reflection

Alexander Strauch

Alexander Strauch (* 1944) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Bibellehrer und Autor aus der Tradition der Brüderbewegung, der über vier Jahrzehnte als Ältester in Colorado wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch sein Werk „Biblical Eldership“, in dem er für eine kollegiale Gemeindeleitung durch eine Mehrzahl biblisch qualifizierter Ältester plädiert. Während seine Schriften im konservativ-freikirchlichen Raum zur Leiterausbildung herangezogen werden, stößt sein komplementaristischer Ausschluss von Frauen aus Ältestenämtern auf theologische Kritik.

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