“Injustice, when endured without surrender, becomes the forge of justice—where the soul learns what laws forget, and truth finds voice in the silence of the wronged.” ~Lesallan There are seasons when injustice reigns unchecked—when the righteous are silenced, the humble overlooked, and the wicked prosper. Scripture does not shy away Read more
Lesallan | October 23, 2025 When Conscience Demands Resistance: A Christian Case for Principled Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience is the intentional, public, nonviolent refusal to obey particular laws, decrees, or commands of a government in order to bring attention to perceived injustice and to prompt legal or moral reform (Geisler, Read more
Lesallan | October 22, 2025Ohio Christian UniversityPHL2100 Ethics (ONL25F3A)Professor Mark Godbold This discussion explains how individuals with opposing ethical views can engage in productive dialogue, applies those principles to a difficult real-life encounter at the author’s Aurora, MO apartment, and evaluates which elements produced constructive or destructive outcomes. The discussion Read more
Christian Ethics and Civil Disobedience: A Graded-Absolutist Response to Unjust Law A local law believed to be unconstitutional and unjust presents a pressing moral dilemma, especially for Christians who must balance obedience to civil authority with obedience to God; Norman L. Geisler’s treatment of civil disobedience offers a framework for Read more
Lesallan | October 21, 2025 Devotional: Violence, Justice, and Conscience The biblical witness places me in a persistent moral tension between divine justice and Christlike mercy; Genesis declares the gravity of taking human life because every person bears God’s image (Genesis 9:6, New International Version). When I reflect on Jesus’ Read more
Lesallan | October 18, 2025 Personal Journal Entry: Euthanasia Human life is a sacred gift from God that deserves protection and compassionate care from conception to natural death. The Christian objection to euthanasia is based on the belief that all individuals are made in God’s image, granting them intrinsic worth Read more
Lesallan Ohio Christian University PHL2100 Ethics (ONL25F3A) Professor Mark Godbold October 17, 2025 The Imago Dei and Compassionate Limits: A Christian Ethical Analysis of Euthanasia Euthanasia provokes sustained moral concern across clinical, legal, and theological domains because it directly engages questions about suffering, human dignity, and the permissible limits of Read more
Lesallan | October 15, 2025 Between Relief and Restraint: Ethical Choices at Life’s End I approached this ethical scenario from a personal perspective, guided primarily by the principles of principlism—respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice—while also integrating a virtue-ethical sensibility rooted in compassion, fidelity, and stewardship. These commitments influence Read more
Lesallan | October 7, 2025 Faith, Ethics, and Moral Formation: A Personal Reflection by Lesallan Bostron My understanding is that religion and ethics are distinct but deeply interconnected domains. Religion provides a narrative, vocabulary, and normative commitments that shape moral imagination and offer a foundation for moral duties, virtues, and Read more
Lesallan Bostron Ohio Christian UniversityProfessor Mark GodboldOctober 2, 2025 A Theological Middle Way: Generalism Compared with Antinomianism and SituationalismLesallan BostronOhio Christian UniversityProfessor Mark GodboldOctober 2, 2025 A Theological Middle Way: Generalism Compared with Antinomianism and Situationalism This paper explains three nonabsolutist ethical systems—antinomianism, situationalism, and generalism—as presented in Geisler (2010) Read more