Why Christian morality begins with God
Where do our ethics come from? Are they based on unchanging realities or subject to revision as human culture develops and changes? What distinguishes Christian ethics from other moral claims? And how can Christians engage these questions with clarity and confidence--without either abandoning their convictions or abandoning the conversation?
In
Giver of All Good, Chase R. Kuhn argues that the answer begins not with ourselves--our feelings, our culture, our moral intuitions--but with God. What we believe about God shapes how we live. Our theology guides our ethics. And when we begin with God as he reveals himself in Scripture, we have a foundation for moral reasoning that doesn't shift with the cultural moment.
Kuhn walks readers through a Trinitarian basis for Christian ethics--encountering God as he has actually given himself to us:
● The Father--as the giver of all good, whose character and gifts establish the moral order of creation
● The Son--whose gift of himself meets our deepest moral need, not simply forgiving us but reorienting us toward the good
● The Spirit--whose life brings true freedom, making the Christian life not a burden of rules but an expression of who we are becoming
Written at a level accessible to any Christian,
Giver of All Good equips readers with a coherent, God-centered framework for navigating the moral questions of everyday life--in their relationships, their communities, and a culture where moral claims feel increasingly unstable. When we begin with God rather than ourselves, we can be confident in our daily decision-making and our interactions with other people.
Christian ethics don't begin with us. They begin with the God who is the giver of all good--and who has given us everything we need to live well.
