Brad Alles

Dr. Alles is an Associate Professor of Education at Concordia University Wisconsin. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in education from Concordia University Nebraska, his Master’s degree in Christian education from Concordia University Chicago, and his Ed.D in Leadership, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement from Concordia University Wisconsin.

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The Truth About…Ethics (Part 4)

Let’s wrap up this month’s focus on ethics.  As Christians, we believe that God exists and He has declared what is right and wrong through the Bible.  These moral absolutes are for all people everywhere. Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in [&hellip

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The Truth About…Ethics (Part 3)

Let’s continue this series of blogs on ethics.  If the Christian worldview is wrong, and there are no absolute moral standards, then moral relativism must be true.  We each decide what is acceptable and what is not.  But if that’s the case, then there is no such thing as “wrong”, even in the case of [&hellip

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The Truth About…Ethics (Part 2)

This month’s blogs focus on ethics.  The Bible teaches moral absolutes: there are certain things either right or wrong that God has declared.  These standards, or norms, of right and wrong, are grounded in God’s holy character.  He is holy, so he expects holy behavior out of His creation. How do you know that’s true?  [&hellip

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The Truth About…Ethics (Part 1)

This month’s blogs focus on the topic of ethics.  What does the word “ethics” mean?  Ethics are the standards and norms of right and wrong.  In other words, these are the ways to measure if something is wrong or right, much like a target shows a hit or miss. There are two basic beliefs about [&hellip

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The Truth About…Philosophy (Part 4)

This blog series ends with some concluding thoughts on philosophy from a Christian perspective.  If philosophy is the search for meaning and purpose in life, then the Bible gives humans two directives: the Cultural Commission and the Great Commission. The Cultural Commission is for all people, whether they confess Christ as Lord or not.  It [&hellip

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The Truth About…Philosophy (Part 3)

This blog series continues with a focus on the Christian worldview of philosophy. What if the Christian worldview of philosophy is wrong? During a debate on life’s origins, Dr. William Provine of Cornell University stated the implications of naturalism and evolution for humanity. In no uncertain terms, he stated that there is no God (or [&hellip

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The Truth About…Philosophy (Part 2)

This month’s blogs series continues on the subject of philosophy. The Bible teaches that there are two realms of reality, the natural and supernatural. We believe we can known some of the supernatural realm through the Bible, and know the natural realm through our experience and reason.   Yet the question may arise–how do we know [&hellip

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The Truth About…Philosophy (Part 1)

These blogs on truth continue with a series on philosophy.  Don’t be intimidated by that word!  We all have a philosophy.  But first things first.  What is meant by “philosophy’? The word” philosophy” literally means “the love of wisdom.”  The dictionary definition means studying reality and the meaning of life.  If we focus on what people [&hellip

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The Truth About…Theology (Part 4)

There are two good answers when answering the question, “Does God exist?”   The answers are order and morality.  We focused on order last blog, so let’s focus on morality. Nearly everyone has a sense of right and wrong, and there is a universal agreement that there are certain things that should not happen, like theft [&hellip

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The Truth About…Theology (Part 3)

Let’s continue to examine theology, the study of God, by looking at arguments for God’s existence. You might wonder, how do we know that God exists? That’s a good question. And here are two good answers: order and morality. God reveals Himself by creation—that He is. This is called a natural knowledge of God, and [&hellip

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