Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Define and describe evangelical ethics

• Summarize the tension between works and grace in evangelical ethics

• Describe the ethics embodied by the life of Jesus

• Explain the role of the Ten Commandments in evangelical ethics

• Compare and contrast the positions of Calvin and Luther, as well as Paul and James, in regard to the law and the gospel

• Give examples of contextualization in the Bible

• Identify the primary postmodern views that impact biblical contextualization

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: The Gospel and Good Works

• Philippians 1:3–11 as a Guide

• The Antinomian Charge

• Defining Freedom

• Christ and Discipleship: Evangelical Freedom

• Metaphysics and Ethics: Indicative and Imperative

• What Are Good Works?

• Faith, Hope, and Love

• The Dynamic of Faith and Law

• Paul and James on Good Works

• Motivations for Obedience

• Luther on Law and Gospel

• Calvin on Law and Gospel

• Covenant Theology

• Covenant of Works

• Covenant of Grace

• The Marrow of Modern Divinity

Unit 2: The Ten Commandments

• The Law in Redemptive History

• Biblical Witness #1: Jesus and the Mosaic Law

• Biblical Witness #2: The Jerusalem Council

• Biblical Witness #3: Paul and the Law

• New Perspective on Paul

• The Tripartite Distinction in Biblical and Historical Theology

• The First Commandment

• The First Commandment as Axiom

• The Second Commandment

• The Third Commandment

• The Fourth Commandment

• The Fifth Commandment

• The Sixth Commandment

• The Seventh Commandment

• The Eighth Commandment

• The Ninth Commandment

• The Tenth Commandment

• Love and Law

Unit 3: Contextualization

• Deuteronomy as Example

• The Gospels as Example

• Hebrews as Example

• Postmodernity and Contextualization

• A Biblical View of Contexts

• Imitation of Christ

• Imitation of the Saints

• The Third Commandment as an Example of Contextualization

Conclusion

• Course Summary

Details

• Title: ET101 Law and Gospel: The Basis of Christian Ethics

• Instructor: R. Michael Allen

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2016

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 5