Christian Ethics

Lesson 21: Conclusion

Lesson 21: Conclusion

Bob suggested another challenge to Christian Ethics might be that people who certainty. I got that all the time during my ministry. Many said they missed the old days when you were told what was right and what was wrong. “At least, you knew what you were supposed to believe in those days,” they said. […]

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Lesson 20: The Greatest Challenge to Christian Ethics

Lesson 20: The Greatest Challenge to Christian Ethics

A couple weeks ago Derek asserted that the problem in Christian ethics is not so much Christians arguing with the world as Christians arguing with each other. He suggested the Bible does not help much, because all groups cite scripture passages that support their positions. He pinpointed the contemporary Church’s biggest embarrassment, which I think […]

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Lesson 19: The Right Questions

Lesson 19: The Right Questions

In last week’s comments, Don pushed us in the right direction when he observed that we ask the wrong question by responding to Jesus’ “return good for evil” with inquiries about self-defense. Anne, Bob, and Derek already started us in that direction with their objections to the passiveness we usually associate with nonviolent resistance. Quite […]

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Lesson 18: How Do You Stop a Bad Guy With A Gun?

Lesson 18: How Do You Stop a Bad Guy With A Gun?

Let’s use Christian ethics to examine Wayne LaPierre’s claim, “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I think the first observation would be this goes far beyond gun control, as it exposes perhaps the basic problem in our culture, the belief our salvation depends […]

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Lesson 17: John’s Christian Ethics

Lesson 17: John’s Christian Ethics

You could make a case that humanity’s greatest problem is fear. We do not follow Jesus, because we are afraid to let go of what we mistakenly think gives us security. Our authorities, even the best, work to keep us in fear, because if we are afraid, they can pretty much do anything they please. […]

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Lesson 16: Paul’s Christian Ethics

Lesson 16: Paul’s Christian Ethics

Bob, Rita, and Derek all observed we do not base our lives entirely on what Jesus said in the Gospels, because we are sinners and live in a sinful world. From the very beginning, Christians understood this. They struggled with what Jesus’ words meant in this interim period between Jesus’ lifetime and the establishment of […]

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Lesson 15: The Simplest Christian Ethic

Lesson 15: The Simplest Christian Ethic

The simplest Christian ethic is based on what Jesus said and did. It begins by believing Jesus said exactly what he meant. It discerns that he lived by what he said. And it assumes if we are to follow him, we are to do the same. Other New Testament writers and the early Church pretty […]

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Lesson 14: Jim Wallis’ Ten Personal Decisions

Lesson 14: Jim Wallis’ Ten Personal Decisions

The rest of the course will focus on Christian ethics. In a sense, it will try to answer the question Derek advanced last week, “How do Christians participate in a society that not only does not accept its values, but often opposes them?” Many argue Christians should confine themselves to their own small groups at […]

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Lesson 12: Community Loyalty (Sandel, Chapter 9)

Lesson 12: Community Loyalty (Sandel, Chapter 9)

If I asked you who you are, chances are you would describe yourself with a list of the groups to which you belong: your family, neighborhood, ethnic group, town, and nation, as well other social affiliations. Sandel claims these communities shape our ethics as much, if not more, than abstract rational reasoning or voluntary choices. […]

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