Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Define the scope of Christian ethics

• Demonstrate the role of Scripture in reshaping the conscience and making decisions

• Discuss the role of wisdom in ethical decision-making

• Reflect critically on religious liberty

• Explain the necessity of the separation of church and state

• Discuss the ethical implications of maleness and femaleness

• Demonstrate Scripture’s concern with the equal dignity of men and women

• Explain the createdness and reality of gender in a sensitive manner

• Demonstrate how marriage points to the reality and relationship of Christ and the church

• Explain the ethical problems related to sexual immorality and pornography

• Discuss the importance of human dignity and how this relates to abortion, suicide, and euthanasia

• Critically assess the use of Assisted Reproductive Technology

• Demonstrate the dangers of systemic and personal racism and reflect on the church’s role in engaging these issues

• Consider war and peace from a biblical perspective

• Explain why Christians should practice Christocentric stewardship

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and Course

Unit 1: Introduction

• Introduction to Ethics

• Different Types of Ethical Systems

• Session 1 Questions and Answers

Unit 2: Aspects of Christian Ethics

• Christic, Kingdom, and Eccleerlcsial Aspects of Christian Ethics

• Personal, Social, and Political Aspects of Christian Ethics

• Session 2 Questions and Answers

Unit 3: Wisdom and Decision-making

• Maturity and the Conscience

• Wisdom as Discernment

• Session 3 Questions and Answers

• Sessions 1–3 Open Forum Questions and Answers

Unit 4: Religious Liberty

• Ethical Aspects of Religious Liberty

• Church and State

• Session 4 Questions and Answers

Unit 5: Maleness and Femaleness

• Ethical Implications of Maleness and Femaleness

• Equal Dignity of Men and Women and the Reality of Gender

• Session 5 Questions and Answers

• Sessions 4–5 Open Forum Questions and Answers

Unit 6: Marriage and Divorce

• Marriage as Act of the Covenant Community

• Marriage as Signpost to Christ

• Divorce

Unit 7: Sexual Ethics

• Spiritual Reality of Sex

• Pornography

• Sessions 6–7 Open Forum Questions and Answers

Unit 8: Human Dignity: Sanctity of Life, Infertility, Adoption, and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

• Humanity’s Unique Position in Creation

• Abortion and the Role of the Church in Upholding Human Dignity

• Suicide and Euthanasia

• Assisted Reproductive Technology

Unit 9: Race and Immigration

• Personal and Systemic Aspects of Racism

• Racism Breaks Down in Our Identity in Christ

• Immigration

• Sessions 8–9 Open Forum Questions and Answers

Unit 10: Peace, War, and Capital Punishment

• Peace and War on the Ecclesial, Kingdom, and Personal Levels

• Peace and War on the Social and Political Levels

• Capital Punishment

• Session 10 Questions and Answers

Unit 11: Environment, Poverty, and Political Economy

• Responsibility to Nature

• Christocentric Stewardship on the Christic and Kingdom Levels

• Christocentric Stewardship on the Ecclesial Level

• Christocentric Stewardship on the Social and Political Levels

• Sessions 10–11 Open Forum Questions and Answers

Unit 12: Breakout Session 1: Gender and Sexuality with Andrew T. Walker

• Biological Sex and Gender

• Transgenderism

• Breakout Session 1 Questions and Answers

Unit 13: Breakout Session 2: Religious Liberty with Michael P. Farris

• History of Religious Liberty in the US

• The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty

• Breakout Session 2 Questions and Answers

Product Details

• Title: ET201 Intro to Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues

• Instructor: Russell D. Moore

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2020

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

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

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 13