City Asks Christian Schools to Repaint Snow Plow Art — Students at Lutheran High School of Sioux Falls have been asked to repaint their submission on the city-owned snow plow blades for the city -sponsored Paint the Plows event after a group complained about student artwork with Christian themes. See also the KELO TV follow-up
Combining the DNA of Three People Raises Ethical Questions
Combining the DNA of Three People Raises Ethical Questions — NPR’s 8 min audio clip on procedures to create human embryos with recombinant mitochondrial DNA in order to eliminate some hereditary disorders. The report can serve as a current relevant example in science ethics and biblical anthropology.
Four Challenges for Christians on Assisted Suicide
Four Challenges for Christians on Assisted Suicide — “Those who try to win an ethical argument that it is morally wrong for terminally ill patients to take their own lives are on their way to losing that argument. But those who are ready to articulate a better way have a real chance in changing the […]
Divorced, Remarried, and Catholic: Please Don’t Change Church Practice
Divorced, Remarried, and Catholic: Please Don’t Change Church Practice — This first person essay from a divorced Catholic (“My Plea”) argues for maintaining that tradition’s divorce exclusion from the Eucharist. As a discussion artifact, students may find much to respond to, pro and con, in considering marriage, culture, and ways in which the church is […]
Reformation Day: an essay by Timothy George
Reformation Day — An essay by Timothy George for this year’s Reformation Day: “It is good to remember that Martin Luther belongs to the entire Church, not only to Lutherans and Protestants…. Luther taught that every human being at every moment of life stands absolutely coram Deo, before God, confronted face-to-face by God. This led […]
The Economics of Modern Death: How Money Shapes the End of Life
The Economics of Modern Death: How Money Shapes the End of Life — A brief starter piece for discussing the current norms and expectations about paying for the last of this life. In America, the entry-level funeral costs about $8000. But a funeral isn’t the biggest expense. Most of the money spent at the end […]
The Classic Heresies Endure
The Classic Heresies Endure — Many Christians (not surprisingly) hold views condemned as heretical by some of the most important councils of the early church. This survey from LifeWay Research reveals a significant level of theological confusion that can be used to demonstrate the linkage between cultural influences and theological uncertainty and error.
Human Trafficking Survivors Offered Full Scholarhship at Christian University
Human Trafficking Survivors Offered Full Scholarship at Christian University — Point Loma Nazarene University has officially launched a crowd-funding campaign today with a goal to raise $40,000 in 40 days to fund the Beauty for Ashes Scholarship Fund, named in reference to Isaiah 61:3.
Women’s College Re-defines ‘Women’
Women’s College Re-defines ‘Women’ — Mount Holyoke College announced that the school would accept openly transgender students, including students who were born male but identify themselves as women. The policy change comes after Mills College in Oakland, Calif., announced this summer it would accept “self-identified women” into its all-women’s school.
Leading Evangelical Ethicist Now Pro-LGBT
Leading Evangelical Ethicist Now Pro-LGBT — David Gushee, Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, plans to announce that he now affirms same-sex relationships in a speech to The Reformation Project Conference on Nov. 8.
