Tag Ethics

Augustine On Blood Sports:

Augustine On Blood Sports: "Sipping Animality"

Towards the end of last year I put up an article exploring the ethics surrounding human blood sports, particularly boxing and MMA. I argued that blood sports have created a...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
08 Mar 2022
Blood Sports: An Acceptable Context To Celebrate Violence

Blood Sports: An Acceptable Context To Celebrate Violence

A friend recently told me about the first and last time he attended a boxing match. We were talking about a couple of my posts asking whether Christians should watch...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
08 Dec 2021
Would You Watch Porn If The Plots Were Better?

Would You Watch Porn If The Plots Were Better?

Would you watch porn if the plots were better? That probably sounds like a silly question to most readers. For few people pretend to watch porn for its rich characterisation,...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
23 Sep 2021
Should Christians Watch Blood Sports?

Should Christians Watch Blood Sports?

There is no chapter and verse I can quote to answer the question posed by my title. In fact, the Bible itself is a particularly bloody historical record, from the...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
22 Jul 2021
Doodle: Abortion and an Unborn Baby Rhino

Doodle: Abortion and an Unborn Baby Rhino

I am unaware of a single word that describes the leveraging of misfortune and tragedy to bolster your position in an argument. Though there are plenty of fitting adjectives that...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
22 Sep 2019

Doodle: Thanos and Abortion

Last year I wrote a satirical piece at Rekindle, 5 Steps to Feeling Better About Killing Unborn Children. Though a few readers called my approach insensitive and unhelpful, I remain...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
09 May 2019

Doodle: Did Jesus Decriminalise Sex Work?

Just over a year ago, Central Methodist Mission (CMM), in partnership with a local organisation for sex workers, printed and hung a large yellow banner that read: ‘Jesus was the...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
02 Apr 2019

5 Steps to Feeling Better About Killing Unborn Children

The old guard, out-dated media, hate-filled Christians, and a few pesky psychologists – as well as psychiatrists – have for too long persuaded the general public that abortion is harmful....

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
29 May 2018

Doodle: Hellenism, Ethics, and Old Testament Eschatology

Max Bemis, of the band Say Anything, sings: “God and death are none of my concerns / I’m no philosopher”. And these words have often struck an uneasy chord with...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
10 Apr 2015

The Qualities that make a Gospel Worker

Many readers will likely know that if I can get the funds I need I will be doing a MA Theology (technically in Biblical Studies) in the States. One of my scholarship...

James Cuénod James Cuénod
20 Mar 2015

The Ethics of Reading

Most people read to relax. It's much easier for me just to soak up the words as the pages turn than to consider the stance into which I am being drawn....

James Cuénod James Cuénod
13 Dec 2013

Fools and Firebrands (The Ethics of Deceit in Gameplay)

From lying in a game of Survivor in front of millions of viewers in order to win the million dollars, to a dummy pass in rugby for a clear run...

James Cuénod James Cuénod
08 Dec 2011

The Limits of Emotional Intimacy between Christians

“Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart” (1 Peter 1:22, ESV) It is the...

Kyle Groger Kyle Groger
07 Oct 2011

Evolving beyond faith, and ethics

It never really surprises me when I come across an article in public media that rails against religion (even less so when the article vilifies Christians). It was, therefore, not...

James Cuénod James Cuénod
15 Jan 2011