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Welcome to our blog on Christian ethics. In today's secular age, Christian ethics serve as a vital moral compass, guiding us to act with integrity, compassion, and justice. Here, we explore how these biblical principles can help us navigate ethical dilemmas, foster trust, persuade the skeptic, and positively influence our communities. Join us as we delve into the wisdom and grace that Christian ethics bring to our everyday lives.

Family Vicky Stinziano Family Vicky Stinziano

Why Christians Should Care About Adoption

Caring for vulnerable children is one of the few causes nearly everyone instinctively supports. But for Christians, engagement with adoption is rooted in something deeper than compassion. Scripture teaches that everyone who trusts in Christ is adopted into the family of God—sought out, claimed, and loved. By its very nature, then, adoption is a reliving and retelling of the gospel story, as we care for others with the same posture God had toward us.

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Politics Dan Trippie, PhD Politics Dan Trippie, PhD

Adoption Is Pro-Gospel Legislation

The parents tremble. The child fidgets. Grandparents beam. The judge fights back a smile. Seldom do we ascribe beauty to a courtroom — except when a child is adopted. Adoption reflects a culture's deepest beliefs about goodness, truth, and beauty. This is precisely why Congress has a moral responsibility to pass the Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2025.

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Life Cindy Johnson Life Cindy Johnson

What is the Value of a Life?

My mother died recently at nearly 96, after a slow descent into dementia. As I cared for her through that final year, I kept wrestling with a question our culture is increasingly eager to answer the wrong way: does a person's value decrease when their body and mind begin to fail?

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Work Stephen Johnson Work Stephen Johnson

On the Virtue of the Medical Profession

Medicine is lonely, stressful, and draining—but it's also noble, necessary, and deeply meaningful. Explore why the medical profession pursues intrinsic goods, why hard ethical questions need Christian voices, and how good doctors bring hope.

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Transcendentals, Faith Stephen Johnson Transcendentals, Faith Stephen Johnson

Beauty We Will Share

Christians are destined for beauty—not just to see God's glory, but to share in it. Discover what Scripture promises about our future transformation, why seeing Christ means becoming like Him, and how this hope sustains us through present suffering.

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Transcendentals, Arts, Faith Stephen Johnson Transcendentals, Arts, Faith Stephen Johnson

Beauty is Divine

Is beauty just in the eye of the beholder, or is it something real? Discover why beauty points beyond itself to God, how the cross reveals divine beauty in the darkest moment, and why our longing for perfect beauty can only be satisfied in Christ.

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Transcendentals, Faith Dan Trippie, PhD Transcendentals, Faith Dan Trippie, PhD

Goodness Revealed

A young man thought he knew the way to the good life—until Jesus exposed what he was missing. Discover Jesus’ surprising answer, why goodness finds its completion in God, and how to experience the good life for yourself.

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Transcendentals, Faith Jeremiah Taylor, DMin Transcendentals, Faith Jeremiah Taylor, DMin

Truth Unleashed

True freedom isn't doing whatever you want—it's living according to God's design. Learn how Jesus transforms lives, why the Christian worldview stands on the firmest ground, and how your example can draw others to the Truth.

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Faith John C. Keller Faith John C. Keller

Can God Forgive Me?

A broken mother believed she'd done too many awful things for God's forgiveness. Discover why Christianity offers hope to those who feel too far gone—and why God's grace is bigger than your worst failures.

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Tech, Ethics Dan Trippie, PhD Tech, Ethics Dan Trippie, PhD

AI’s Hidden Threat to Religious Freedom

AI is quietly reshaping religious life in ways most people don't see. Discover how algorithmic bias, faux theological literacy, and semantic confusion pose threats to faith communities, and why protecting religious freedom is critical in the days ahead.

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Faith John C. Keller Faith John C. Keller

What If I See My Abuser in Heaven?

A painful question for abuse survivors: might heaven reunite them with their abuser? Christianity's answer is unflinching—God's justice demands full payment for sin, yet his grace transforms perpetrators entirely. Neither victim nor abuser enters eternity unchanged. Both are remade, scars healed, fear extinguished.

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About the Center

The Center for Christian Thought and Ethics exists to resource and support Christians for a post-Christian world. We resource by deploying scholars to research today’s most pressing issues from a Christian worldview. We support through teaching, coaching, and convening spaces that promote confessional Christian thinking.