Christian Ethics in Plain Language
Overview
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics, suitable for individual study or textbook use in a Bible college or seminary. The first four chapters survey of the field of Christian ethics before focusing on specific issues. Eighteen chapters confront all of the issues faced by believers today, including a discussion of racial issues that goes beyond black and white, business ethics on this side of Enron, and war and international relations in light of today’s headlines.
Top Highlights
“A second way we discern God’s will is through prayer. We” (Page 24)
“Aristotle’s ethic rests on the Greek word telos, meaning end or goal. All of life should be directed toward goodness. The chief good is goodness or happiness, and happiness comes from self-realization. This understanding of life contrasts with Christian theology, which teaches that loving and obeying God is the highest goal for human beings, not personal happiness.” (Page 7)
“The first principle is that Christians should not have a judgmental attitude toward one another in regard to issues that are morally neutral.” (Page 25)
“A third principle is whether a morally neutral activity would be ‘a stumbling block or obstacle’ to another believer (Rom. 14:13).” (Page 26)
“ Quite simply, the study of ethics considers what ought to be, not what is.” (Page 5)
- Title: Christian Ethics in Plain Language
- Author: J. Kerby Anderson
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2006
- Pages: 213
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian ethics; Social ethics
- ISBNs: 9781418525279, 1418525278
- Resource ID: LLS:CHRSTNETHCS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:41:06Z