Often when the secular world speaks of evangelicals, these Christians are caricatured as lacking education, social and historical awareness, and even a realistic understanding of the way the world actually works. In 1957, the esteemed theologian Carl F.H. Henry wrote Christian Personal Ethics to equip the church of the Lord Jesus Christ and to engage the apparent hostility demonstrated by elites toward evangelical thought. Henry wrote this comprehensive account of Christian personal ethics in a period some have called a revival of fundamentalist scholarship. Henry’s treatise on Christian ethics was written as an introductory text for seminaries, colleges, and those desiring to be equipped to engage the debates surrounding philosophy, epistemology, and especially the role of the Bible in ethics. Henry’s aim was to expose the “severance of ethics from fixed values and standards” in modern culture, and show the ways that a Christian ethic must be rooted in the Word of God (13).
Henry was the founding editor of Christianity Today and served as a professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary. He authored the influential six-volume work, God, Revelation, and Authority,which he completed in 1983. He also wrote a number of other works including a companion volume to the present work called Aspects of Christian Social Ethics. The present volume was designed to address the personal aspects of Christian ethics. In the book, Henry walks the reader through a host of alternative ethical systems, showing readers the inherent faults of these systems in light of the moral revelation of Christianity. For Henry, “ethics is the incisive and universal requisite for survival,” meaning that ethics is essential to human existence (13).
The Rundown
Kids’ screen time up 50% during pandemic – Axios
When the coronavirus lockdowns started in March, kidstech firm SuperAwesome found that screen time was up 50%. Nearly a year later, that percentage hasn’t budged, according to new figures from the firm.
Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up – Wired
Wikipedia is seeking to rebalance its relationships with Google and other big tech firms like Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, whose platforms and virtual assistants lean on Wikipedia as a cost-free virtual crib sheet.
Should Online ‘Church’ Continue After the Pandemic? – The Gospel Coalition
As the communal worshiping life of the church has been relegated to the same devices that carry our entertainment, many “churchgoers” have slid too easily into a consumer identity. We were living the tension between participation and passivity long before March 2020, but at least we did so primarily together, in person, shoulder to shoulder.
Deep Dive: Translating Chinese Data Assurances – Klon Kitchen
Recent news reports indicate that Washington is shelving a proposed deal to let Oracle and Walmart purchase the U.S. operations of Chinese social media giant TikTok, while President Joe Biden decides how to deal with China more broadly on technology competition and cybersecurity.
What We Learned About Clearview AI and Its Secret ‘Co-Founder’ – The New York Times
The start-up, based in New York, gathered billions of photos available online to create an app that searches people’s faces to help identify who they are. For the last year, I’ve been reporting on Clearview and how it was dealing with these challenges for a story for The New York Times Magazine. Here are five revelations from my reporting.