Jamie Dew, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College, has written a newly published book entitled “Moral Apologetics: A Short Companion.” 

The book, released April 15, is part of the “Essentials in Christian Ethics” series, edited by C. Ben Mitchell and Jason Thacker. Dew co-wrote the volume with Jordan L. Steffaniak, president of the London Lyceum in London, U.K. 

The “Essentials in Christian Ethics” series is designed as short introductory volumes each exploring how the topic of ethics applies to all areas of Christian life and thought. 

The text of “Moral Apologetics” overviews an ethical framework to common moral questions asked in our world today. The book provides Christian responses to moral debates about a variety of issues including human nature, body/soul composition and the Imago Dei. 

“In a day and age when the core of the human person is under attack, ‘Moral Apologetics’ provides an ethical framework to address several moral questions related to human nature and similar issues,” Dew said in a statement.  

“Jordan and I want to address major moral questions from a biblical framework so that we can all work to identify the best way forward to address these issues. We need to address these moral questions because the critique of Christianity has moved from one demanding evidence to one insisting that Christians are bad and evil for believing in a biblical sexual ethic.” 

During the spring meeting of the NOBTS board of trustees on April 14, Dew spoke to the trustees about the rationale and content of the book.  

“The big attack on Christian faith today comes from ethics and morality,” Dew explained to the trustees. “Everything has to do with our moral teachings, specifically having to do with anthropology.  

“The first half of the book is more theoretical, and we delve into the theological and philosophical issues that ultimately led us to where we are as a society today with LGBTQ+ issues and things like that. We examine how Christians can think theoretically about these issues.  

“The second half is more like a typical ethics book where we take out certain theoretical issues and examine them according to a few big moral issues of our day. I hope the book can be a helpful resource for Christians in today’s world.” 

The book is available for purchase here.