About / Matthew Arbo

Matthew Arbo

Matthew Arbo has a Ph.D. in ethics from the University of Edinburgh, currently serves as a research fellow in Christian Ethics at the ERLC, and has taught at Southeastern, Midwestern, and Southern Seminary in Christian Ethics and Public Theology. He has formerly held a bioethics fellowship at the Paul Ramsey Institute. He is a pastor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at Frontline Church.

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Matthew Arbo

covid vaccine

How should Christians think about religious exemptions for vaccination?

Flagging vaccination rates over the summer of 2021 combined with a sudden surge of...

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How can there be disagreement about justice?

Examining the reasons behind different accounts of justice

Everyone has an interest in justice. Everyone would say they want justice and despise...

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Holy longing: The struggle with infertility

Infertility is one of the hardest things a couple can walk through, and it’s...

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How the lottery exploits the poor

Recently the Mega Millions lottery jackpot was $1.6 billion. Prior to the drawing on...

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How would you counsel someone interested in assisted suicide?

Imagine you are a pastor of a local church and a man who comes...

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religious liberty

The Guy Who (You Didn’t Know) Made All This Possible (Part 2)

Richard Rorty once defined truth as “what your contemporaries will let you get away...

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religious liberty

The Guy Who (You Didn’t Know) Made All This Possible (Part 1)

His name is John Rawls. Born in Baltimore, his father was an attorney and...

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Abortion and the Problem of Personhood

Hillary Clinton: “The unborn person does not have constitutional rights.” “It’s wrong to kill...

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Symbols and Enmity: Why Oklahoma Baptist University is Removing an Image of the Confederate Flag

President of Oklahoma Baptist University, Dr. David Whitlock, announced last month a decision to...

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human dignity

Surrogacy and the Making of Modern Families

Not many weeks ago news emerged that Modern Family actress Sophia Vergara is embroiled...

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religious liberty

The Covenantal Nature of Marriage

The Apostle Paul isn’t ambivalent about marriage. In replying to inquiries of the fledgling...

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The Perils and Contingencies of Statecraft

Editor’s Note: Canon & Culture is beginning 2015 with a Symposium on Statecraft and...

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