Category: Ethics

I don’t normally respond to social media post. But the following was posted in the Anglican Communion group on Facebook. It epitomizes the danger we’re in. “Jesus didn’t eat with tax collectors and sinners because he wanted to appear inclusive, tolerant, and accepted [sic]. He ate with them to call them to repentance.” Wrong, Jesus…

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good…

“Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord” (Eph. 5:22). There are two major views about this injunction by Paul. Is this a universal principle or a cultural construct? Complementarianism The first is called complementarianism. It is the view that men and women have different but complementary roles and responsibilities in marriage, family,…

D.E.I. stand for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Are these Christian values? Let’s first define our terms. Definitions Diversity is “the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.” (Oxford English Dictionary). Equity is “the quality of being fair and…

By Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie, reprinted by permission. If you’ve ever wondered how you might have responded to the rise of fascism in 1930s Germany, our times will provide your answer. Democracy is under attack in the United States, and so are human rights. To make matters worse, this attack is fueled in large part…