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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.
Religious Liberty at 250
For 250 years, religious liberty has been America's first freedom — the one that animates the rest. But the pressing question on this anniversary isn't whether the courts will keep upholding it. It's whether we still have the theological conviction to sustain it. A liberty grounded only in pragmatism is vulnerable to weaponization, so the church must recover the doctrine that makes the conscience worth protecting in the first place.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Goodness Draws Us
A young man asked Jesus the question every human soul asks: “How can I have a good life?” Explore what true goodness really means and why we can't find it apart from Christ.
Can AI Bring Back the Dead? A Christian Perspective on Griefbots
Your grandmother can live forever—as a chatbot. Companies now sell AI avatars that sound, look, and respond like the deceased. The pitch: "Reunite with your loved ones." The question: should Christians participate in digital resurrection?
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.
The Social Impact of Christianity
Modern values like human rights and healthcare owe more to Christianity than we admit. Its quiet revolution still shapes the world we take for granted.
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