#769: Beyond 'Sinfulness'

Reflections on cosmetic enhancements.

“Is getting a facelift sinful?”

A pastor recently put a variation of that question to me and—surprisingly—I was not quite prepared for it. Perhaps I have become more disconnected from evangelical modes of moral reasoning than I have realized, but the pastor’s (well-intentioned) effort to get clear on what forms of body enhancements are permissible seemed…