Wayne Grudem draws on forty years of teaching classes in ethics to write this wide-ranging introduction to biblical moral reasoning, organised according to the structure of the Ten Commandments.
How should Christians live when the surrounding culture is increasingly hostile to Christian moral values? Granted, the Bible is our guide—but how can we know if we are interpreting it rightly with regard to ethical questions such as wealth and poverty, telling the truth, marriage and divorce, birth control, abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, business practices, environmental stewardship, and dozens of other issues? And on a very practical level, how can we know God’s will in the ordinary decisions of life?
To address questions like these, Wayne Grudem, author of the best-selling Systematic Theology, draws on forty years of teaching classes in ethics to write this wide-ranging introduction to biblical moral reasoning, organized according to the structure of the Ten Commandments.
He issues a challenging call for Christians to live lives of personal holiness, and offers a vision of the Christian life that is full of joy and blessing through living each day in a way that is pleasing to God.
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Contents
Part 1: Introduction
1. Introduction to Christian Ethics
2. The Ultimate Basis for Ethics: The Moral Character of God
3. The Bible: Our Source of Ethical Standards
4. The Goal of Ethics: A Life Lived for the Glory of God
5. The Joys and Blessings of Obedience to God and the Harmful Consequences of Sin
6. How to Know God’s Will
7. Christians Will Never Have to Choose the “Lesser Sin”
8. How Should Christians Use the Old Testament for Ethical Guidance?
Part 2: Protecting God's Honor
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
9. No Other Gods
10. No Carved Images
11. Purity of Speech
12. Lying and Telling the Truth
13. The Sabbath Commandment
Part 3: Protecting Human Authority
“Honor your father and your mother.”
14. Authority of Parents
15. Equality and Leadership in Marriage
16. Civil Government
17. Other Authorities
Part 4: Protecting Life
“You shall not murder.”
18. Capital Punishment
19. War
20. Self-Defense
21. Abortion
22. Euthanasia
23. Suicide
24. Aging and Death
25. Racial Discrimination
26. Health
27. Alcohol and Drugs
Part 5: Protecting Marriage
“You shall not commit adultery.”
28. Marriage
29. Birth Control
30. Infertility, Reproductive Technology, and Adoption
31. Pornography
32. Divorce and Remarriage
33. Homosexuality and Transgenderism
Part 6: Protecting Property
“You shall not steal.”
34. Property: The Goodness and Necessity of Private Ownership of Property
35. Work, Rest, Vacations, and Retirement
36. Increasing Prosperity: Is More Prosperity a Good Thing?
37. Wealth and Poverty
38. Personal Stewardship
39. Borrowing, Lending, and the Question of Debt
40. Business Ethics
41. Stewardship of the Environment
Part 7: Protecting Purity of Heart
“You shall not covet.”
42. Purity of Heart
Appendix: Should We Move Beyond the New Testament to a Better Ethic? An Analysis of William J. Webb's Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis