Last semester I was privileged to take a course in pastoral and social ethics at the seminary; and as a class assignment, I was tasked to deliver a presentation defending the controversial thesis that “Corrie Ten Boom was wrong to lie to the Nazis about the Jews she was hiding.” Such was no small task, as the question of whether it could ever be biblically permissible in the course of our lives to lie is a particularly difficult one to navigate. Through my various investigations, it has become clear to me that both the ‘yea’ and ‘nay’ positions concerning the possibility of a permissible lie can find some plausible support in both biblical and logical arguments. Accordingly, opinions are split even among the most diligent, intelligent, trustworthy, accomplished biblical scholars; and among us average, ordinary Christian folk, many on each side of the issue appeal to their consciences in support of their respective stance.
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