A CEO Is Forced to Resign Because of Adultery



Christianity has produced the most powerful culture of all time. How powerful? Andy Byron, CEO of the AI company Astronomer, was forced by his board to resign for alleged adultery. Byron was at a Coldplay concert when a webcam caught him snuggling with the company’s HR director, who it so happens, is not the wife of the married Byron.

Even though much of modern America has been paganized the Christian view of relationships has remained strong. Even when people are living together without benefit of marriage they are still expected to be faithful. Their word for violating that trust is “cheating.” Even those who claim no faith believe you should not cheat on your partner. That’s a thoroughly Christian concept.

After my hip replacement surgery I was required to undergo a specified amount of physical therapy. I was ushered into a room where a young woman had me lay on a table and then moved my legs into all kinds of different positions turning me into something of a pretzel. This was supposed to help me and I suppose it did. During the session she began asking me questions and found out I was retired college professor. She then asked the question we love to hear; “What was your specialty?” I told her that my focus for a number of years was on how Christianity impacted culture. She said, “I’m not really that religious.” And I told her, “Yes you are.” I asked her, “are you married?” She said yes. I then asked, “Do you expect your husband to be faithful to you?” she had a rather shocked look. Hey, she asked about my specialty. Finally she said, “Of course.” I told her, “That’s a religious belief. Christianity has produced the first culture in the history of the world that restrains male sexual behavior. It’s a religious value you hold, probably rather passionately.” The power of Christian culture is such that both she and her partner believed in fidelity in marriage. I assured her no one in the Roman Empire believed that. It took Christianity impacting culture to produce that belief.

In Dominion Tom Holland recounts Christianity’s sexual revolution: “Never before had an attempt to recalibrate sexual morality been attempted on such a scale. Never before had one enjoyed such total success.” Christianity changed the way an entire culture thought about sexual morality.

In my book, Seven Ideas that Changed the World, chapter six is devoted to sexual ethics. The Christian view on sexual morality comes straight from Almighty God. He tells us how to conduct ourselves. You can read countless articles online these days that talk about how the failure to follow that morality leads to disaster. The sexual liberation movement of the 60s has produced catastrophe in people’s lives. Once again, God continues His winning streak of always being right.

Which brings us back to Andy Byron and the board of Astronomer. They felt the scandal was too great and he was fired. Fired for breaking a cultural norm that had been produced by Christianity. Today Mr. Byron is unemployed because of the power of that culture.

We are witnessing a slow drift from Christian values in the West today but it is still present and must be accounted for. I am reading these days of the comeback of Christianity and its culture. Let’s pray that it is so. In the meantime we need to continually remind ourselves of how powerful Jesus Christ is. When the Father promised Him the nations he meant it. Ask Andy Byron.

More: “Where non-Christians Agree with Christian about Sex”; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRo6hFk7WXU

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