Making Biblical Decisions
Instructor: John FrameLessons: 10
Discipline: Practical Theology
Course Group: Biblical Ethics
Christian morality has always been challenged and rejected by unbelievers. But today even many believers have lost their moral footing. Moreover, believers who want to live ethically are frequently confused by the complexities of ethical decisions. Even so, with proper study of the Bible's system of ethics, Christians can learn how to evaluate problems in ways that lead to biblical solutions.
Course Goals:
- Describe the Bible's system of morality in terms of ethical standards, goals and motives.
- Equip Christians to understand the biblical standards that apply to modern dilemmas.
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62 min.
Lesson 1: Ethics in ScriptureEstablish a definition of Christian ethics, examine the threefold criteria of good works and present a biblical threefold process for making ethical decisions. -
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62 min.
Lesson 1: Ethics in Scripture
Establish a definition of Christian ethics, examine the threefold criteria of good works and present a biblical threefold process for making ethical decisions.
Establish a definition of Christian ethics, examine the threefold criteria of good works and present a biblical threefold process for making ethical decisions.
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71 min.
Lesson 2: The Normative Perspective: God and His WordExplore the authority of God and his word in ethics. -
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71 min.
Lesson 2: The Normative Perspective: God and His Word
Explore the authority of God and his word in ethics.
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77 min.
Lesson 3: The Normative Perspective: The Attributes of ScriptureExplore the proper standards for ethical decisions by investigating the divine authorship and the attributes of Scripture. -
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77 min.
Lesson 3: The Normative Perspective: The Attributes of Scripture
Explore the proper standards for ethical decisions by investigating the divine authorship and the attributes of Scripture.
Explore the proper standards for ethical decisions by investigating the divine authorship and the attributes of Scripture.
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87 min.
Lesson 4: The Normative Perspective: Parts and Aspects of ScriptureExamine the different ways the various parts and aspects of Scripture communicate God's norms to us. -
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87 min.
Lesson 4: The Normative Perspective: Parts and Aspects of Scripture
Examine the different ways the various parts and aspects of Scripture communicate God's norms to us.
Examine the different ways the various parts and aspects of Scripture communicate God's norms to us.
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98 min.
Lesson 5: The Situational Perspective: Revelation and SituationFocuses on how a proper understanding of situations can help us understand God's revelation. -
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98 min.
Lesson 5: The Situational Perspective: Revelation and Situation
Focuses on how a proper understanding of situations can help us understand God's revelation.
Focuses on how a proper understanding of situations can help us understand God's revelation.
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85 min.
Lesson 6: The Situational Perspective: Pursuing Our GoalFocuses on the overarching goal that God has laid before us, namely, the success and triumph of his kingdom as it spreads from heaven to cover the whole earth. -
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85 min.
Lesson 6: The Situational Perspective: Pursuing Our Goal
Focuses on the overarching goal that God has laid before us, namely, the success and triumph of his kingdom as it spreads from heaven to cover the whole earth.
Focuses on the overarching goal that God has laid before us, namely, the success and triumph of his kingdom as it spreads from heaven to cover the whole earth.
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88 min.
Lesson 7: The Situational Perspective: Understanding the FactsIdentifies the major components of the ethical situation we encounter in the modern world, and to explain how each component bears on the ethical decisions we must make. -
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88 min.
Lesson 7: The Situational Perspective: Understanding the Facts
Identifies the major components of the ethical situation we encounter in the modern world, and to explain how each component bears on the ethical decisions we must make.
Identifies the major components of the ethical situation we encounter in the modern world, and to explain how each component bears on the ethical decisions we must make.
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71 min.
Lesson 8: The Existential Perspective: Being GoodExplores the existential perspective by looking at the relationship between goodness and our being, focusing on how goodness relates to who we are. -
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71 min.
Lesson 8: The Existential Perspective: Being Good
Explores the existential perspective by looking at the relationship between goodness and our being, focusing on how goodness relates to who we are.
Explores the existential perspective by looking at the relationship between goodness and our being, focusing on how goodness relates to who we are.
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100 min.
Lesson 9: The Existential Perspective: Intending GoodInvestigates the existential perspective on ethics by looking at the ways our motives and intentions affect the morality of our decisions. -
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100 min.
Lesson 9: The Existential Perspective: Intending Good
Investigates the existential perspective on ethics by looking at the ways our motives and intentions affect the morality of our decisions.
Investigates the existential perspective on ethics by looking at the ways our motives and intentions affect the morality of our decisions.
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90 min.
Lesson 10: The Existential Perspective: Choosing GoodExplore how Christians actually make ethical decisions, how we go about choosing good. -
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90 min.
Lesson 10: The Existential Perspective: Choosing Good
Explore how Christians actually make ethical decisions, how we go about choosing good.
Explore how Christians actually make ethical decisions, how we go about choosing good.









