Identifying the specific sins of a society has long been the way the church has prophetically challenged culture, from Paul’s critique of worshiping an “unknown god” to Augustine’s criticisms of luxury in Rome to the Reformation. And confronting these evils will require more (but not less) than “opting out” of sin individually. Christians have an obligation to promote a human culture, one that reflects the goodness of creation, the uniqueness of human persons as image bearers, and Christ’s love.
