Some Ethical Questions Christians Face Today: Cultural Engagement

Among the many intramural debates the church faces—gender roles, worship and music controversies, COVID protocols, not to mention theological doctrines—we also face the debate how the church engages the world. How do we (and how should we) engage the culture in which we find ourselves. Central here are questions of how you view human depravity and its extent, the role of common grace and its effects, the aim or goal or responsibility the church has (or, specifically, Christian believers in the world have) toward society at large for its welfare, and what authority governs or guides or determines a course of action or inaction in living and being a Christian out in the world.