Christian civility does not commit us to a relativistic perspective. Being civil doesn't mean that we cannot criticize what goes on around us. Civility doesn't require us to approve of what other people believe and do. It is one thing to insist that other people have the right to express their basic convictions; it is another thing to say that they are right in doing so. Civility requires us to live by the first of these principles. But it does not commit us to the second formula. To say that all beliefs and values deserve to be treated as if they were on a par is to endorse relativism – a perspective that is incompatible with Christian faith and practice. Christian civility does not mean refusing to make judgments about what is good and true. For one thing, it really isn’t possible to be completely nonjudgmental. Even telling someone else that she is being judgmental is a rather judgmental thing to do (Richard Mouw)!
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Bible – Afrikaans – Psalms Chapter 143:1-12.

Index: Afrikaans

 

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143:1 ‘n Psalm van Dawid. o HERE, hoor my gebed; luister tog na my smekinge; verhoor my in u trou, in u geregtigheid.

143:2 En gaan nie na die gereg met u kneg nie, want niemand wat leef, is voor u aangesig regverdig nie.

143:3 Want die vyand vervolg my siel; hy vertrap my lewe teen die grond; hy laat my woon in duisternisse soos hulle wat lankal dood is.

143:4 En my gees versmag in my, my hart verstyf in my binneste.

143:5 Ek dink aan die dae uit die voortyd; ek peins oor al u dade; ek dink ná oor die werk van u hande.

143:6 Ek brei my hande tot U uit; my siel dors na U soos ‘n uitgedorde land. Sela.

143:7 Verhoor my tog gou, HERE: my gees beswyk! Verberg u aangesig nie vir my nie, sodat ek nie word soos hulle wat in die kuil neerdaal nie.

143:8 Laat my u goedertierenheid in die môre hoor, want op U vertrou ek; maak my bekend die pad wat ek moet gaan, want ek hef my siel op tot U.

143:9 Red my van my vyande, HERE! By U skuil ek.

143:10 Leer my om u welbehae te doen, want U is my God. Laat u goeie Gees my lei in ‘n gelyk land.

143:11 o HERE, maak my lewend om u Naam ontwil; lei my siel uit die benoudheid, in u geregtigheid.

143:12 En vernietig my vyande in u goedertierenheid, en bring hulle almal om wat my as vyand behandel; want ek is u kneg.