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What Does the Bible Teach about How to Live in Today's World?
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 about wealth and poverty, marriage and divorce, birth control, abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, ethical 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 bestselling book Systematic Theology, draws on 40 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.
- Written by Wayne Grudem: Bestselling author of Systematic Theology and the What the Bible Says About series
- Biblical and Applicable: Teaches readers how to protect 7 central tenets of God's law: God's honor, human authority, life, marriage, property, truth, and purity of heart
- Accessible: An ideal textbook for Christian college and seminary ethics classes, with straightforward language and a bibliography for the topic at the end of each chapter
- Replaces ISBN 978-1-4335-4965-6
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Newsletter Signup
- Endorsements
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Part 1 Introduction
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Christian Ethics
- Chapter 2 The Ultimate Basis for Ethics: The Moral Character of God
- Chapter 3 Our Source of Ethical Standards: The Bible
- Chapter 4 The Goal of Ethics: Living for the Glory of God
- Chapter 5 The Joys and Blessings of Obedience to God and the Harmful Consequences of Sin
- Chapter 6 How to Know God’s Will: Factors to Consider in Making Ethical Decisions
- Chapter 7 Christians Will Never Have to Choose the “Lesser Sin”
- Chapter 8 How Should Christians Use the Old Testament for Ethical Guidance?
- Part 2 Protecting God’s Honor
- Chapter 9 No Other Gods
- Chapter 10 No Carved Images
- Chapter 11 Purity of Speech
- Chapter 12 Lying and Telling the Truth
- Chapter 13 The Sabbath Commandment
- Part 3 Protecting Human Authority
- Chapter 14 Authority of Parents
- Chapter 15 Equality and Leadership in Marriage
- Chapter 16 Civil Government
- Chapter 17 Other Authorities
- Part 4 Protecting Human Life
- Chapter 18 Capital Punishment
- Chapter 19 War
- Chapter 20 Self-Defense
- Chapter 21 Abortion
- Chapter 22 Euthanasia
- Chapter 23 Suicide
- Chapter 24 Aging and Death
- Chapter 25 Racial Discrimination
- Chapter 26 Health
- Chapter 27 Alcohol and Drugs
- Part 5 Protecting Marriage
- Chapter 28 Marriage
- Chapter 29 Birth Control
- Chapter 30 Infertility, Reproductive Technology, and Adoption
- Chapter 31 Pornography
- Chapter 32 Divorce and Remarriage
- Chapter 33 Homosexuality and Transgenderism
- Part 6 Protecting Property
- Chapter 34 Property: The Goodness and Necessity of Private Ownership of Property
- Chapter 35 Work, Rest, Vacations, and Retirement
- Chapter 36 Increasing Prosperity: Is More Prosperity a Good Thing?
- Chapter 37 Poverty and Wealth
- Chapter 38 Personal Financial Stewardship
- Chapter 39 Borrowing, Lending, and the Question of Debt
- Chapter 40 Business Ethics
- Chapter 41 Stewardship of the Environment
- Part 7 Protecting Purity of Heart
- Chapter 42 Purity of Heart
- Appendix A Should We Move Beyond the New Testament to a Better Ethic?
- Appendix B Ethical Systems
- Appendix C A Partial List of Christlike Character Traits or “Virtues”
- Appendix D A Critique of “Theonomy”
- Appendix E Scripture Versions Cited
- Glossary
- Name Index
- Hymn Index
- Scripture Index
- Subject Index