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Isaiah 9:1-7

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King Duncan

... world. According to the prophet Isaiah, war is a sign of a world in darkness. And in this darkness, the people began to question God. Many years ago, criminologists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling formulated a theory about how a neighborhood or community slowly gives in to increasing crime rates. They called it the Broken Window theory. Wilson and Kelling said that crimes are more likely to be committed in areas where it appears that the residents have lowered their standards and no longer care about ...

2. Time to Pull the Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

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King Duncan

... 's neglected? How about a home? A garden? Malcolm Gladwell in his book, The Tipping Point, tells about "the Broken Window" theory of crime. Many years ago, criminologists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling formulated this theory about how a neighborhood or community slowly gives in to increasing crime rates. They called it the Broken Window theory. Wilson and Kelling said that crimes are more likely to be committed in areas where it appears that the residents have lowered their standards and no longer care ...

3. The Broken Window Theory

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

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King Duncan

Malcolm Gladwell in his book, The Tipping Point, tells about "the Broken Window" theory of crime. Many years ago, criminologists James Q. Wilson and George Kelling formulated this theory about how a neighborhood or community slowly gives into increasing crime rates. They called it the Broken Window theory. Wilson and Kelling said that crimes are more likely to be committed in areas where it appears that the residents have lowered their standards and no longer care about their community. If a window is ...

4. The Naval Code

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... A 1967 Annapolis graduate, Armitage notes that one point of honor is still pounded into all midshipmen from Day 1: "Never bilge (endanger) a shipmate." That credo cuts two ways, says James Q. Wilson, author of The Moral Sense. It explains why some midshipmen betrayed their personal honor by lying to protect their classmates; but, says Wilson, those same people will never let their buddies down during times of war. He adds, "I wouldn't worry that this indicates a decaying moral fabric of the next generation ...

5. How To Love

John 15:1-17

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King Duncan

... result of individuals making, as they put it, wrong moral choices. In their 1977 work THE CRIMINAL PERSONALITY, they concluded that the answer to crime is a "conversion of the wrong-doer to a more responsible lifestyle." In 1987, Harvard professors James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein came to similar conclusions in their book CRIME AND HUMAN NATURE. They determined that the cause of crime is a lack of proper moral training among young people during the morally formative years, particularly ages one to ...

6. Training the Formative Years

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... result of individuals making, as they put it, wrong moral choices. In their 1977 work The Criminal Personality, they concluded that the answer to crime is a "conversion of the wrong-doer to a more responsible lifestyle." In 1987, Harvard professors James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein came to similar conclusions in their book Crime and Human Nature. They determined that the cause of crime is a lack of proper moral training among young people during the morally formative years, particularly ages one to ...

7. The Only Place of Worship

Deuteronomy 12:1-32

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... church but also in the sharp words of Paul (1 Cor. 11:17–22) and of James (Jas. 2). Additional Notes The comparison McConville draws between Deut. 12 and Deut. 7 is as ... sanctuary. However, they ignore the fact that the last two words of v. 3 are hammāqôm hahûʾ, “that place” (sg.; the NIV again shows its preference for plurals with those places ... Wilson, Fire, argues that it implies a true, localized presence of Yahweh for his worshippers when, for example, they eat and rejoice before him. Wilson ...

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