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[[Norman Geisler]] writes:
[[Norman Geisler]] writes:
{{Cquote|The [[Christianity|Christian]] view of right and wrong is neither arbitrary nor groundless. It is not arbitrary because what God wills is in accord with His nature as absolute good. It is not groundless because it is rooted in what never changes, namely, God’s immutable essence: “I the Lord change not” (Mal. 3:6); “There is no shadow of change” with God (James 1:17). Even though the universe will change, “You [God] are the same,” declared the psalmist (Ps. 102:27). Although God is free to act according to the dictates of His own essential goodness, He is not “free” to act contrary to it. Likewise, His commands will always be rooted in His immutable nature as the ultimate Good.<ref>[http://www.equip.org/article/any-absolutes-absolutely/ Any Absolutes? Absolutely!] by Norman Geisler</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The [[Christianity|Christian]] view of right and wrong is neither arbitrary nor groundless. It is not arbitrary because what God wills is in accord with His nature as absolute good. It is not groundless because it is rooted in what never changes, namely, God’s immutable essence: “I the Lord change not” (Mal. 3:6); “There is no shadow of change” with God (James 1:17). Even though the universe will change, “You [God] are the same,” declared the psalmist (Ps. 102:27). Although God is free to act according to the dictates of His own essential goodness, He is not “free” to act contrary to it. Likewise, His commands will always be rooted in His immutable nature as the ultimate Good.<ref>[http://www.equip.org/article/any-absolutes-absolutely/ Any Absolutes? Absolutely!] by Norman Geisler</ref>}}
[[Saint Augstine|Augustine of Hippo]] said of [[Jesus Christ]]'s [[Sermon on the mount]]:
{{Cquote|If any one will piously and soberly consider the sermon which our Lord Jesus Christ spoke on the mount, as we read it in the Gospel according to Matthew, I think that he will find in it, so far as regards the highest morals, a perfect standard of the Christian life: and this we do not rashly venture to promise, but gather it from the very words of the Lord Himself. For the sermon itself is brought to a close in such a way, that it is clear there are in it all the precepts which go to mould the life. … He has sufficiently indicated, as I think, that these sayings which He uttered on the mount so perfectly guide the life of those who may be willing to live according to them, that they may justly be compared to one building upon a rock.<ref> Augustine of Hippo. Commentary on Sermon on Mount. Translated by William Findlay.</ref>}}
Wayne Jackson wrote in the ''Christian Courier'':
Wayne Jackson wrote in the ''Christian Courier'':