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What does the Bible teach about how to live in today's world? Best-selling author and professor Wayne Grudem distills over forty years of teaching experience into a single volume aimed at helping readers apply a biblical worldview to difficult ethical issues, including wealth and poverty, marriage and divorce, birth control, abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, business practices, environmental stewardship, telling the truth, knowing God's will, understanding Old Testament laws, and more. - Back cover.
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Christian Ethics: an introduction to biblical moral reasoning
2018, Crossway
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1433549654 9781433549656
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Table of Contents
Part 1 : Introduction.
Introduction to Christian ethics
The ultimate basis for ethics : the moral character of God
Our source of ethical standards : the Bible
The goal of ethics : living for the glory of God
The joys and blessings of obedience to God and the harmful consequences of sin
How to know God's will : factors to consider in making ethical decisions
Christians will never have to choose the "lesser sin"
How should Christians use the Old Testament for ethical guidance?
Part 2 : Protecting God's honor.
No other gods
No carved images
Purity of speech
Lying and telling the truth
The sabbath commandment
Part 3 : Protecting human authority.
Authority of parents
Equality and leadership in marriage
Civil government
Other authorities
Part 4 : Protecting human life.
Capital punishment
War
Self-defense
Abortion
Euthanasia
Suicide
Aging and death
Racial discrimination
Health
Alcohol and drugs
Part 5 : Protecting marriage.
Marriage
Birth control
Infertility, reproductive technology, and adoption
Pornography
Divorce and remarriage
Homosexuality and transgenderism
Part 6 : Protecting property.
Property : the goodness and necessity of private ownership of property
Work, rest, vacations, and retirement
Increasing prosperity : is more prosperity a good thing?
Poverty and wealth
Personal financial stewardship
Borrowing, lending, and the question of debt
Business ethics
Stewardship of the environment
Part 7 : Protecting purity of heart.
Purity of heart
Appendix A : Should we move beyond the New Testament to a better ethic?
Appendix B : Scripture versions cited
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