• When It’s Time to Make a Judgment Call * We know what it is to make “judgment calls” in various circumstances of everyday life. In general terms, a judgment call is a decision based on personal opinion or preference. In our last session, we noted the difference between specific and generic instructions from an authority figure:  Specific instructions specify. By their very nature, they exclude and rule out every other option. Specific instructions don’t generally leave room for judgment calls on the part of the recipient.  On the other hand, general instructions generalize. By their very nature, they include any number of options within a specific group, category, or class. General instructions typically leave room for judgment calls on the part of the recipient. One word that naturally arises in discussions of judgment calls is expedient. An expedient is an appropriate, profitable, advantageous way of accomplishing something. Expedients are helpful means to necessary ends. The word expedient is used seven times in the King James Version of the Bible. “Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.” (John