In Theology of Everyday Life (PC151), Dan Doriani shows how theology can inform social and personal life. From eating and playing, to friendship and weddings, this course looks at the importance of developing a deeper sense of the relevance of Scripture and Christian ethics to physical and relational life. Reflecting deeply on what the Bible has to say about various everyday topics, Doriani points students toward rich ethical guidance and provides tools to help people find insight from Scripture for all of life.
“Communist culture can give us some insights into our own. He said, ‘What we have to do in Communist lands,’—he said this in the ‘80s, before the collapse of the Communist regime—‘What we have to do is stop living the lie, or living in the lie,’ as he said it, ‘And start living the truth or living in the truth.’” (source)
“God didn’t intend one person to supply all of our social needs.” (source)
“It’s dangerous to think that life is good if we meet all of our cravings. I’m happy if I have no unmet desires. That’s a false ideology. Fasting says, ‘I don’t live for my appetites. I live for God and for His blessing.’” (source)
“Agapē, then, is divine and unmerited love. God loves the unlovely, but philia goes toward those who are beautiful—not necessarily physical beauty in mind here—but those who are beautiful in character or in their tastes or in their abilities. It’s a very human feeling or emotion.” (source)
“The Greek view says that we should use our leisure—which is not the same as play—our leisure time for self-improvement, for study, and for discussion.” (source)