Debates about abortion often involve conversations about the role of tradition in our faith.

Is there a place for “traditional gender roles” in modern society? How do we define marriage and in what cases is divorce appropriate? What does it mean to build a family in today’s world? What does it mean to have a “Christian sexual ethic”? What does “inclusion” mean and how should we embody inclusion in our faith lives? To what extent should Christianity adapt to modern culture?

For many Christians, the answers to these questions come down to how we interpret letters that early Christians wrote as they attempted to spread Jesus’ message and build the early church. What did Paul and the authors of the General Epistles think about these questions and what would they tell us if they were here today?

This section explores how Christians across the political spectrum have interpreted scripture to answer those questions.