Nearly 15 years ago, noted Anglican ethicist and Oxford professor Oliver O’Donovan applied his insight to the crisis in his own Anglican...

We have come to the end of a long journey. As we continue to live with the fallout of one of the most contentious elections in living...

If there is one moral topic applicable to modern politics, it is that of “lying”. Most Americans assume our politicians are liars while...

In our contemporary discourse, the subject of gender looms large, especially in discussing gender inequality, abuse, and sexuality....

In our last post, we considered Augustine’s varied response to imperial persecution of a heretical sect known as the Donatists [1]. In...

In today’s post, we arrive at an intriguing, puzzling, and frustrating element of Augustine’s thought, the subject of using persecution...

No discussion about politics is complete without discussing the topic of war and Augustine is no exception. His political thought is most...

We are now turning our attention to Augustine’s thoughts on various ethical matters related to our political life together. We will begin...

The biblical story begins with God’s act of creation. At the start, God creates humanity in His image: “So God created mankind in his...

The Christian’s body is designed for union with Christ and thus, belongs to Him (CRC Report 2019 p. 28). All other relationships a...

Calvin emphasizes that Christians are those who are “consecrated and dedicated to God in order that we may thereafter think, speak,...

Guest post by Andrew J. Belcher. For more on Andrew, visit https://www.olivetbiblechurch.org. 1560 in Geneva, Switzerland, John Calvin...

Jesus inaugurated the Kingdom of God, not through violent resistance, but by dying on a cross at the hands of the Roman empire. Life in...

The New Testament repeatedly and clearly calls on Christians to share their wealth with the poor (Hays 466). Because all humans are...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer rejects an ethical schema based on principles or abstract universals (145). Instead, ethics arise out of a...

N. T. Wright describes virtue as living out the values of the Kingdom of God in the present age and practicing those virtuous habits...

In His earthly ministry, Jesus initiated the Kingdom of God breaking into the world (Mark 1:15; Mat. 6:10), particularly through His...

When St. Paul refers to “the Law”, he typically means the Mosaic Law as a whole (Moo 84, 90; Gal. 3:10). The Law had a limited and set...

Humanity was created to have dominion over God’s creation in order to guide its progress and help it develop according to God’s plan for...

Christians approach the ethical task primarily as those who participate in the life of Christ. St. Paul states that “we are no longer...