Human rights is a hot topic these days, but getting the right interpretation seems to be difficult! Join us this week on Home School Heartbeat, as host Michael Farris discusses this topic with one of society’s foremost Christian human rights experts, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery.
Mike Farris:
My guest this week is Dr. John Warwick Montgomery. He’s one of the greatest Christian minds of our lifetime. Dr. Montgomery is an expert on human rights, Christian apologetics, and many other subjects. It’s an honor to have him in the studio and as a professor at Patrick Henry College. Dr. Montgomery, welcome to the program.
Dr. John Warwick Montgomery:
Thank you so much.
Mike:
With your background in international law and human rights, I’d like you to talk to us about the age we’re living in. Human rights seem to be discussed so much and practiced so little.
Dr. Montgomery:
Yes, everyone is in favor of human rights—even the worst dictators. This is very interesting, because for the non-Christian, human rights essentially mean “my own rights” or “the rights of my group or my country,” and not the rights of somebody else. And therefore, when people look at human rights, they don’t understand that you’ve got to have a higher dimension in order to make sense out of this whole business.
Mike:
I think you’ve pinpointed the heart of the problem, Dr. Montgomery. That higher dimension is key to understanding the entire concept. We’ll discuss this further next time. Until then, I’m Mike Farris.
