Introduction In our contemporary context we perceive the sinfulness of racism with unconventional moral clarity. Somehow, in a culture obsessed with ensuring that no one can make any claims about absolute and exclusive moral truths, the prevailing philosophies of the day have declared that racism is not only a self-evident moral wrong–but that it is […]
Introduction It has been recently argued by Rev. M. Kyle Edwards of Holy Trinity Church that when engaging in conversations about politics, one should adopt a posture of humility and prioritize listening and understanding over attacking and demonizing. His argument has two prongs, with the first focusing on the fallibility of man, and with the […]
On Sunday, June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen opened fire in Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding 53. During the course of the evening, Mateen called the police and claimed allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL), making this not only the worst mass shooting in American history, but […]
Welcome to Scutarius. This blog will explore how the Bible calls the Christian and the church to live out their faith in the public square. How the Christian ought to think, and what the Christian ought to do in the public square in an increasingly secular world are the inquiries central to this blog. I […]