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Why Ethics?
When we find ourselves at the crossroads of a difficult decision, we ask ourselves, “What is the right thing to do?” Oftentimes, sin leaves us choosing between the lesser of two evils.
We live in a fallen world. Many would call it a Post-Christian World, where even the once-recognized biblical principles are now being completely forsaken. As a result, the fog of sin has distorted and tainted our ethics, or moral principles, on just about everything—technology, sexuality, even the sanctity of human life.
Christians can no longer deceive themselves into thinking we can watch from the sidelines as these ethical dilemmas unfold. We must be prepared to face these issues from a biblical framework as they make contact with our workplaces, churches, and homes.
Conference Speakers
Dr. Justin Hawkins
Dr. Hawkins is a scholar and theologian whose research interests include disability theory and bioethical questions related to the dignity of persons with profound cognitive disabilities. Hawkins received his PhD with distinction from Yale University in 2024. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in New Haven and is Post-Doctoral Researcher in Bioethics at Columbia University Medical School.
Dr. Mark Farnham
Dr. Farnham is Professor of Apologetics at Lancaster Bible College and the founder of Apologetics for the Church. He loves helping ordinary Christians gain confidence to defend and proclaim the Christian faith. He is the author of “Every Believer Confident” and co-author of “Talking About Ethics.” He and his wife have three children and eight grandchildren. He is unusually tall and loves to fish for striped bass.
Dr. Sam Andreades
Dr. Andreades has been a minister (PCA) for over 20 years, pastoring churches in New York City and rural Pennsylvania and is currently associate pastor of Iron Works Church, Phoenixville. Much of his pastoral work puts gender issues front and center. He is the author of three books, including “Across the Kitchen Table: Talking about Trans with Your Teen.” He and his wife Mary K. have four children.
Conference Schedule
Registration
8:00am – 8:50am
Welcome
9:00am – 9:15am
Main Session 1
Imagining a World Without Ethics
Dr. Mark Farnham
9:15am – 10:00am
Main Session 2
What’s Going on With Gender in Our Country
Dr. Sam Andreades
10:15am – 11:00am
Main Session 3
Dignity Beyond Accomplishment: How the Christian Faith Can Help Us Value Persons
Dr. Justin Hawkins
11:15am – Noon
Lunch
Noon – 12:45pm
Main Session 4
Transhumanism, Posthumanism, and the Promise of Technology
Dr. Mark Farnham
1:00pm – 1:45pm
Breakout Sessions
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Main Session 5
Panel Q&A
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Breakout Sessions
Should Christians Use IVF?
DR. MARK FARNHAM
The Promises & Pitfalls of Reproductive Technology
Talking About Trans With Your Teen
DR. SAM ANDREADES
Honest, Biblical Conversations at the Kitchen Table
Until Christ Is Formed in You
DR. JUSTIN HAWKINS
How Developing Virtue Forms Us Into the Image of Christ
The Case for Life
JEFF MINDLER
A Christian Refutation of Abortion
Event Details
COST
Registration: $10
Children 10 or under FREE
Lunch (Optional): $5
DATE
February 22, 2025
(9am – 4pm)
Snow Date: March 1, 2025
WHERE
Cedar Crest BFC
1151 S. Cedar Crest Blvd.
Allentown, PA 18103
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