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 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 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 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 Read more
Lesallan | October 19, 2025 Prayer for Sunday, October 19, 2025 — For Fear and Loss Holy God, steadying presence in every season, we come today weighed by fear and acquainted with loss. Hold us when our hands tremble, speak 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 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 Read more
Lesallan | October 16, 2025 Call to Completeness Matthew 5:43–48 (NIV) frames a startling invitation: to love not only those who love us but also our enemies, to pray for those who persecute us, and to emulate the impartial generosity Read more
Lesallan | October 16, 2025 Critical Thinking and Ethics Critical thinking and ethics are interrelated practices that inform our evaluation of information, assessment of actions, and responsible decision-making in complex situations. Drawing on principles from Weston (2011) and incorporating a 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 Read more